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commit 32987935a75b6922f7d70d7560702e071dfd597b Author: Linus Lüssing linus.luessing@c0d3.blue Date: Sat May 4 00:33:23 2019 +0000

doc: batman-adv/Broadcast

32987935a75b6922f7d70d7560702e071dfd597b batman-adv/Broadcast.textile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/batman-adv/Broadcast.textile b/batman-adv/Broadcast.textile index b6f93b1..8e5bb13 100644 --- a/batman-adv/Broadcast.textile +++ b/batman-adv/Broadcast.textile @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ To avoid frames looping around forever (a broadcast storm) an originating batman

h2. Interface Type: WiFi vs. Others

-__A broadcast frame transmitted three times__ +__A broadcast frame transmitted three times by batman-adv__ !bcast-3x.png!

In 802.11 based wireless networks broadcast transmissions have one specific downside compared to unicast: While for unicast transmissions a missing frame is detected and retransmitted ("ARQ":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_repeat_request) a broadcast transmission is performed only once, with no acknowledgements.