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Re: [RFC/T][PATCH][V3] mac80211: Exponential moving average estimate for rc80211_simple

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On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 22:30 +0100, Mattias Nissler wrote:
> This changes rc80211_simple failed frame percentage estimation to use an
> exponential moving average method. Failed frames percentage is sampled over
> time and a smoothed average is computed. This average is examined periodically
> and the rate adjusted eventually.
> 
> Compared to the old method this new approach is much more responsive. The old
> method used plain tx success/failure counters. This made rate control very
> unresponsive after a short time of using the interface, since old data wouldn't
> age properly.

Sounds sane and better than before. If it works we can apply this I
guess.

johannes

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