[PATCH v2 1/2] Adjust the SNR when comparing BSSes based on Tx power config

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Fri Nov 10 07:18:19 PST 2023


On Wed, Nov 08, 2023 at 03:58:05AM +0000, Kaidong Wang wrote:
> The max transmit power of Standard Power (SP) Access Points (AP) on
> 6 GHz band and APs on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands is limited by effective
> isotropic radiated power (EIRP), while the max transmit power of Low
> Power Indoor (LPI) APs on 6 GHz Band is limited by power spectral
> density (PSD). Therefore the max transmit power of LPI APs grows as the
> channel width increases, similar to the noise power which has constant
> PSD.
> 
> Adjust the SNR of BSSes based on the transmit power config and max
> channel width. EIRP limited APs usually have constant max transmit power
> on different channel widths, their SNR decreases on larger channel width
> because the noise power is higher, while PSD limited APs have constant
> SNR over all channel widths.

Thanks, both patches applied with some cleanup.
 
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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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