RE: [Karlnet] Point-Coordinator function of 802.11

[John Tully <tully@mikrotik.com>]

Hello,

802.11 has a function called "Point-Coordinator function" or PCF.  It is 
not completely implemented in Prism Firmware yet, but it should be quite 
fast polling.  When prism supports it, we [Mikrotik] will add support to 
our AP software for it.

If you have bandwidth shaping on your clients -- routers at the client site 
as well as NOC or AP, the possibility of one site hogging the network 
capacity is eliminated.  I don't have test to prove this, but I think this 
will show higher total throughput than Turbocell.

Any comments.

John
Mikrotik.com



At 04:06 PM 6/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >What are the specific advantages to using Karlnet?
>
> polling over CSMA/CA as your MAC control algorithm
>
> see attached
>
> for more info - search the archives of the isp-wireless list and look for
> polling, CSMA/CA, my name - and you'll see some pretty heated discussions
> b/n BreezeCom and I over the advantages/disadvantages of KarlNet
>
> or call - 866-751-7357
>
> -Charles