[wsfii-discuss] Re: [wsfii-coord] Fwd: Shridhar Iyer's message

[Fred Pook]

Hi Ramon,
Yes, this proposal would be feasible right now using atheros chips and
something along the line of madwifi (http://madwifi.org/).  But i am
sure anything could be rewritten in India for any hardware and be
open-source without any commercial company involvement apart from the
the low-cost hardware.
Question for me still is: why use only 1 channel?
thanks Fred


On 10/13/06, Ramon Roca <ramon.roca at guifi.net> wrote:
>
> First of all, sounds excellent to me any initiative oriented to solve
> some of the limitations of the wifi specs which penalized it's usage on
> medium distances.
>
> After a diagonal read, and I'm not the best in understanding some
> technical questions about RF communications dropped in the draft but to
> check my correct understanding of the overall and the impact that this
> could have at the real world:
>
> -Is that draft something which is intended to be applicable to current
> deployed RF equipments 802.11b/g?
> -Regardless of the response to the previous question, I assume that to
> make it successful, will require the support from the industry
> (manufacturers, drivers...), is that right? There is already any
> visibility on this?
>
> Sorry if I missed something obvious already described in the draft.
>
> Ramon.
>
>
> En/na Fred Pook ha escrit:
> > Hi Nagarjuna,
> > I have done a quick scan of the WiFeRe specs:
> > http://www.cewit.org.in/docms/cewit06/WiFiRe-draft-lines.pdf
> > I find (among many great insides) a strange assumption to use only 1
> > and the same 20MHz channel on all (3 or 6) sectored radio's on 1 base
> > station mast. This would normally be done using several channels and
> > different polarization. Using 1 channel creates the need for a new
> > "shared" MAC layer and Time Division (what WiFeRe proposes).
> > The choice for just 1 channel is based on avoiding other operators
> > interference? (not clearly explained or motivated)
> > There must be many great minds on the lists to explain if this a wise
> > choice.
> > Looking forward to the discussion,
> > Thanks Fred
> >
> >
> > On 10/13/06, Nagarjuna G. <nagarjun at gnowledge.org> wrote:
> >> Please see if any of you could review draft standard WiFiRe, ref in
> >> the message.
> >>
> >> Nagarjuna
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: Sridhar Iyer sri at it iitb ac in
> >> Date: २००६ अक्तूबर १३ १३:३३
> >> Subject: Re:
> >> To: "Nagarjuna G." <nagarjun at gnowledge.org>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I didnt know about this summit till I got your mail!
> >> I am leaving for UK tonight for nearly 2 weeks, so I cannot attend.
> >> I will see if any colleagues can make it.
> >>
> >> Are any of the trainers coming to Mumbai later? If so, we can try to
> >> meet.
> >>
> >> Meanwhile, we have published a a draft standard WiFiRe (WiFi
> >> Rural Extension) which defines a new MAC for an efficient rural
> >> broadband access network using the WiFi Physical Layer. We have begun
> >> some efforts to implement this and have made the standard open so that
> >> others may also build equipment.
> >>
> >> This is published by Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT)
> >> and available at www.cewit.org.in. We are currently in the review
> >> process, so any comments you or others may have are welcome.
> >>
> >> best wishes,
> >> sridhar
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 12:09 +0530, Nagarjuna G. wrote:
> >> > Dear Sridhar
> >> >
> >> > Are you or any of your colleagues planning to attend Airjaldi Summit?
> >> > http://summit.airjaldi.com/
> >> >
> >> > regards
> >> > Nagarjuna
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Nagarjuna G.
> >> http://www.gnowledge.org/
> >> http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/Data/Objects/n/nagarjun/viewObject
> >>
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