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On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 05:17:15PM -0700, Manu Bansal wrote:

> I am trying to do a soft-radio implementation on linux using mac80211
> for the parts of 802.11 MAC it implements. It appears that it does not
> do the whole MAC, instead only the MLME portion of it, and the core
> functions of carrier sensing, backoff etc are still in
> firmware/hardware. Is this understanding correct? Are the mac80211
> book and code the best references to understand this split of
> functionality, or there is a more complete/concise reference?

I think you read it correctly.

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