Am 17.02.14 16:29, schrieb Harms, Hannes:

Dear list,

I have a problems to understand whre are the borders of batman-adv. For exampel if I use enddvices that support 802.n, I will achive a higher throughput than with 802.g devices. I tested this in practice. But what happens if I use devices that support 802.ac ? Will the throughput also be higher in my network, and would the devices use beamforming? I assume that all devices in the network are the same.

Best regrads and thanks for your time Hannes

Features that control/improve the throughput like beamforming or rate-control aren't influenced by batman-adv. Those are features inside the wireless driver. Just between batman-adv and the PHY-Layer in the network stack.

I might not have enough experience with 802.11ac devices but if you have a large scale outdoor network with big distances between your nodes (hundreds of meters to kilometers) there might be not a big difference between 802.11ac and 802.11n.

But if it's a smaller scale indoor network with lower distances and lower noise floor there should be a higher throughput with 802.11ac.

Kind regards, Franz