RE: [Karlnet] Point-Coordinator function of 802.11

["Charles Chia Sheng Wu" <cwu@cwlab.net>]

>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.

uh-oh, the secrets out...

-Charles