Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of 802.11/FAQ


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Jul 28, 2013, 9:14:03 PM (11 years ago)
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    66== What parts of the 802.11 standard are implemented? ==
    7 Our implementation focuses on the OFDM PHY and DCF MAC. We tried to choose a subset of these specifications which are feasible to implement and provide the most utility to wireless networking researchers. We plan to continue developing the design. Feedback is welcome on which features in the standard would be most useful in future releases.
     7Our implementation focuses on the OFDM PHY and DCF MAC. We tried to choose a subset of these specifications which are feasible to implement and provide the most utility to wireless networking researchers. We plan to continue developing the design in the coming months. Feedback is welcome on which features in the standard would be most useful in future releases.
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    99The IEEE 802.11 standard is huge ([http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.11-2012.pdf 2700 page PDF]). Implementing the entire standard on WARP is infeasible, and frankly not all that useful as a research tool.
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    1111The specifics of the current implementation are discussed in the [wiki:../PHY PHY] and [wiki:../MAC MAC] pages of this user guide.
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    13 == What encryption schemes are supported? ==
    14 None.
     13== What hardware is supported? ==
     14The WARP 802.11 Reference Design is supported on Mango WARP v3 hardware.
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    16 This could be an interesting future extension, but falls far outside our areas of expertise.
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    18 == Is the WARP 802.11 Reference Design Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™? ==
    19 No.
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    21 Wi-Fi® is a trademark of the [https://www.wi-fi.org/ Wi-Fi Alliance], an industry association which seeks to ensure compliance and inter-operability of wireless networking equipement. Our design is intended to be a starting point for researchers, not a wireless device for end-users. The whole point of this design is to enable experiments with extensions to the standard. Pursuit of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ status doesn't facilitate this.
     16Previous generations of WARP hardware are not supported, as the design requires tools and FPGA features which preclude porting to Virtex-II Pro or Virtex-4 FPGAs.
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    2318== How is the WARP 802.11 Reference Design licensed? ==
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    3328Please note that the license requires this design only be used on hardware manufactured by Mango Communications. We recognize this requirement diverges from true open source. It is the only approach we can conceive that justifies the significant investment of resources to develop and support a complex design distributed at no cost. We want to provide hardware and reference designs that enable great research. We can't do this as free IP suppliers for competing platforms.
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    35 == What hardware is supported? ==
    36 The WARP 802.11 Reference Design is supported on Mango WARP v3 hardware.
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    38 Previous generations of WARP hardware are not supported, as the design requires tools and FPGA features which preclude porting to Virtex-II Pro or Virtex-4 FPGAs.
     31== What encryption schemes are supported? ==
     32None.
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     34This could be an interesting future extension, but is way outside our areas of expertise. As best we can figure, it also isn't necessary for most MAC/PHY experiments.
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     36== Is the WARP 802.11 Reference Design Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™? ==
     37No.
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     39Wi-Fi® is a trademark of the [https://www.wi-fi.org/ Wi-Fi Alliance], an industry association which seeks to ensure compliance and inter-operability of wireless networking equipment. Our design is intended to be a starting point for researchers, not a wireless device for end-users. The point of this design is to enable experiments with extensions to the standard MAC/PHY. Pursuit of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ status doesn't facilitate this.
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