open80211s evaluation

[Javier Cardona]

Hi Attila,

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Attila Szucs
<atticus80211s at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I am doing my masters thesis on evaluating mesh networks.
> I would like to do some measurements and evaluate the open80211s
> implementation.
> I am new to this list, but I am willing to help and share what I have found
> during my test.

Great!

> However, to start evaluating I would like to get a brief overview of what is
> included and what is not in the current version. (I have a 2.6.32.8 kernel
> version on a Debian Etch system).
> So here are a few things I would like to know:
>
> path selection metric protocol (is Airtime Link Metric Protocol
> implemented?)

HWMP with Airtime Link Metric, yes.

> is MCCA (Mesh Controlled Channel Access) or formerly called MDA (Mesh
> Deterministic Access) implemented or the the implementation uses the EDCA
> (Enhanced Distributed Channel Access) which was formerly called DCF
> (Distribued Coordination Function)... these namings are killing me ... :)

EDCA

> as far as I have seen there is no security implemented yet ... is that
> right?

Correct.

> what about congestion control?

None

Probably the best is to look at
http://o11s.org/trac/wiki/RELEASE_NOTES-0.2.1 ,
http://o11s.org/trac/wiki/RELEASE_NOTES-0.2.0 and
http://o11s.org/trac/wiki/RELEASE_NOTES-0.1.1

Cheers,

Javier

PS. If you want to document/post your results on the o11s.org wiki
(http://o11s.org/trac/wiki) let me know your username and we'll give
you write access.

> Thank you!
>     Attila
>
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Javier Cardona
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