Controlling Random Backoff Time

[Oleksij Rempel]

Am 06.10.2014 um 18:52 schrieb Matteo Danieletto:
> Hi,
> Olekesij, when you write backoff threshold do you mean CWmax, don't you?

I mean AR_D_MISC_BKOFF_THRESH and some more AR_D_MISC_ related bits. But
it dos not looks like it was ever used.

> Adam, what does control the random backoff mean? Change on the fly the random value chose? 
> 
> Also I was looking to find where is chosen the back off value, but I didn’t find the in source code . So I don’t know if the random backoff algorithm is implemented in firmware or inside the chipset .
> 
> Cheers
> Matteo
> 
> On Oct 6, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Oleksij Rempel <linux at rempel-privat.de> wrote:
> 
>> Am 05.10.2014 um 21:56 schrieb Greenstein, Adam:
>>> Hi all, 
>>>
>>> Is it possible to precisely control the random backoff time within this firmware? If so how can this best be done? 
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> this HW provide some control: backoff vs RTS/CTS mode; backoff threshold
>> and so on. If, it is what you need, that it should be possible to use
>> btw add it in to FW.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>> Oleksij
>>
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