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can N200 or N210 support realtime 802.11

KZ
Kai Zeng
Mon, Oct 3, 2011 3:47 AM

Hello,

Does anyone know if N200 or N210 can support realtime 802.11a/g/n?

Thanks,
Kai

Hello, Does anyone know if N200 or N210 can support realtime 802.11a/g/n? Thanks, Kai
AP
Andre Puschmann
Mon, Oct 3, 2011 9:44 AM

On 10/03/2011 05:47 AM, Kai Zeng wrote:

Does anyone know if N200 or N210 can support realtime 802.11a/g/n?

If you mean full transceiver capability, definitely not out of the box.
The temporal requirements of 802.11 are very strict, especially 802.11n.
With custom modifications to the FPGA, maybe. Without doing anything in
hardware I have my doubts.

There are quite some papers around that describe the issues in more
detail. One you might be interested in would be "Enabling MAC Protocol
Implementations on Software-Defined Radios" [1].

Regards,
Andre

[1] http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/gnychis/nychis_nsdi09.pdf

On 10/03/2011 05:47 AM, Kai Zeng wrote: > Does anyone know if N200 or N210 can support realtime 802.11a/g/n? If you mean full transceiver capability, definitely not out of the box. The temporal requirements of 802.11 are very strict, especially 802.11n. With custom modifications to the FPGA, maybe. Without doing anything in hardware I have my doubts. There are quite some papers around that describe the issues in more detail. One you might be interested in would be "Enabling MAC Protocol Implementations on Software-Defined Radios" [1]. Regards, Andre [1] http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/gnychis/nychis_nsdi09.pdf