[Bloat] [Make-wifi-fast] [Starlink] bloat on wifi8 and 802.11 wg

Hal Murray halmurray+mwf at sonic.net
Mon Sep 2 00:20:24 EDT 2024


David Lang said:
> It really doesn't help that everyone in the industry is pushing for
> higher  bandwidth for a single host. That's a nice benchmark number, but
> not really  relevant int he real world.

> Even mu-mimo is of limited use as most routers only handle a handful of
> clients.

> But the biggest problem is just the push to use wider channels and gain
> efficiency in long-running bulk transfers by bundling lots of IP packets
> into a  single transmission. This works well when you don't have
> congestion and have a  small number of clients. But when you have lots of
> clients, spanning many  generations of wifi technology, you need to go to
> narrower channels, but more  separate routers to maximize the fairness of
> available airtime. 

What does that say about the minimal collection of gear required in a test 
lab?

If you had a lab with plenty of gear, what tests would you run?

How many different tests would it take to give reasonable coverage?


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