[PATCH] Per chain RSSI reporting

[Ben Greear]

On 05/27/2017 02:41 PM, Norik Dzhandzhapanyan wrote:
> Yes ~6dB

If a packet is sent on 1 chain with ath10k firmware (9880 hardware, specifically, but probably
others as well), it will be around 6db higher on that particular chain
than if the rate-control sends it on all three chains.

Are you measuring on a single chain, or on all of the chains at once and adding
the power?

I think we would need more detailed reporting using a good third-party device before
smoothing and RSSI.

Thanks,
Ben

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> From: Ben Greear
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Per chain RSSI reporting
> To: Norik Dzhandzhapanyan, Adrian Chadd
> Cc: ath10k at lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless at vger.kernel.org
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> On 05/27/2017 12:25 PM, Norik Dzhandzhapanyan wrote: > We see this inconsistent/incorrect reporting in our RF chamber. How different are the values, and did you sniff with a third-party device to see if it sees the same spikes in RSSI? Thanks, Ben > > Norik > > On 05/27/2017 09:39 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> On 27 May 2017 at 09:07, Ben Greear wrote: >>> At low encoding rates, especially if it switches to a single-chain encoding, >>> maybe the on-air signal really is stronger? >>> >>> Have you verified in some other manner than the signals reported by ath10k >>> are >>> wrong? >> Hiya, >> >> So yeah, multipath, higher TX rates == weaker TX signal, TPC, etc are >> all interesting to know about at the receiver. it's hard to separate >> that out from the noise sometimes, but in some controlled deployments >> its really obvious. >> >> >> >> -adrian >> >> > > > The contents of this transmission are Ethertronics Inc. Confidential and may contain proprietary or legally privileged
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