Thanks a lot for the response. Is it OK to assume that as of now, there is no wimax hardware that supports adhoc mode? or it is advised to carry out a survey? Regards Sridhar > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 09:34 +0530, Sridhar K. N. Rao wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I'm new to this list, and this is my first mail! >> >> Referring to the mail by Mr. Marcel Holtmann, sometime in 2009, in this >> list, >> >> "...... So to have any kind of mesh operation you would either need >> to turn your WiMAX card into a basestation or have some ad-hoc mode >> between two cards ...." >> >> Is it possible to achieve one of the above mentioned options (may be the >> latter one), using the existing hardware? Like Intel 6250? >> >> If it is possible, can we also assume the current linux-wimax drivers >> can >> be updated to implement the IEEE 802.16d extensions? > > The Intel i2400m-based hardware, as a consequence of a set of design > decisions, receives and processes only the PDUs destined to it; thus, it > is not usable to implement basestation or anything similar to ad-hoc > mode. > > > -- Dr. Sridhar K. N. Rao Research Lead SRM Research Institute Bangalore
