RE: Regarding A-MPDU status field
"Rao, Krishna" <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:27:17 +0000
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Hi, >>> 4) (Debatable) Delimiter CRC value itself. I don't know if there is >>> any hardware which returns the actual value to software. Anyway, >>> having it as part of the field will allow platforms which do possess >>> the capability, to provide this information. It may come in handy for >>> some users. >> >> That seems a bit of a stretch, but it's only 8 bits so I wouldn't mind >> adding it. > >I think that in the interest of, as you say, "reconstruct[ing] what >happened on the air as precisely as possible", which is a goal that I >strongly agree with, it is important to pass that information up. > >On the other hand, if the information is only hypothetically >available.... Since there is always a possibility that some existing or future hardware might have this capability, having this subfield in the specification might prove useful down the line. Inviting comments on this. Regards, Krishna