[ANN] acs: automatic channel selection utility for 802.11

Luis R. Rodriguez mcgrof
Mon Jun 13 10:05:34 PDT 2011


On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof at gmail.com> wrote:

> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?(busy time - tx time)
> ? ?int_factor = ------------------------- * ?3^(noise + min_noise)
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (active time - tx time)

Switching to a coefficient of 2 instead of 3 for the noise multiplier
to reflect the way power in "far-field" radiation decreases as the
square of distance from the antenna [1]. Thanks to Felix Bitterli for
the hint.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_and_far_field

  Luis



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