Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:47:02 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Bart Kus <me@bartk.us> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD TDMA: Legalizing 440MHz 802.11 modems Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonTTPfpHzAF-L95EP4ZXChH1Gb4AKmkPYNC6YE3ymqQ0g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <53FE6BDC.5030306@bartk.us> References: <53FE5CF4.1000901@bartk.us> <CAJ-VmokUyrvE-2bgkHDE9sCGJv_3EEffqWVWySvYf=7ra4PfUA@mail.gmail.com> <53FE6513.8040107@bartk.us> <CAJ-VmomNCMy8%2BihYyFFSW1oTVKNQDaaQjXqDxYLxDWCLjb0dDg@mail.gmail.com> <53FE6BDC.5030306@bartk.us>
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On 27 August 2014 16:38, Bart Kus <me@bartk.us> wrote: > I'm guessing the chip generates its own internal clocks from an external > reference. Can that PLL be slowed down ahead of timers overflowing? > Hopefully the PCI clock is generated independently. Yeah, that's what you're slowing down - you program the PLL. The PCI clock is generated separately. > Also, I think Mikrotik implements narrower bands by dropping subcarriers > instead of slowing down their symbol rates. I'll try to get a good spectrum > picture of their 5MHz mode tonight. Keeping the subcarrier symbol rates > relatively higher might offset some analog droops, at the cost of OFDM skirt > sharpness. Hey cool, if they're doing that then I should likely go digging for the PHY documentation for the AR5414 and find out. > Also, a slight correction. I think you meant the subs are 312.5kHz wide, > which would result in a 200kHz emission having 3.125kHz wide subs. Or, > perhaps more realistically, running at 1/128th the speed, 2.44140625kHz > wide. How can you not love a number like that? :) Someone else can do better math, I'm busy doing non-wifi at the moment. :) But, it really is 20MHz / 64 carriers == each subcarrier width. > Does the project have a map of all these clocks + timers which might need > tweaking for spectrum reduction? I know you can't cite original Atheros > docs, but perhaps there's been derivative documentation works created? Not at the moment I'm afraid. I haven't really dug into that level of detail. I documented what's needed for 5 and 10MHz modes. However - there's an analog filter that I don't know if it's programmable or not. It's used for both transmit and receive filtering. I know on these chips it can do 5/10/20/40 but I don't know if it's an arbitrary width. -a
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