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I realise this may be sensitive information but are you able to give some information regarding the future of the WARP 802.11 Reference Design. Specifically we would be interested to know:
- Do you intend to support the higher 802.11n modes above MCS 7, 65mbps.
- The PHY implies some basic 802.11ac support, will this be extended?
- Is there any chance of MIMO or Beamforming in future releases - This is of importance to our project
- Any other elaboration regarding the future of the project.
Thanks in advance
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Hi,
We just released 802.11 Reference Design v1.7 for WARP v3. Most of the changes in v1.7 are in the C code, including many "under the hood" improvements to the MAC frameworks. This release also lays the groundwork for future ports of the 802.11 design for third-party hardware and the Xilinx Vivado tools (this is something we're working on in parallel and we plan to post more updates soon).
Regarding your specific questions,
flowarp wrote:
- Do you intend to support the higher 802.11n modes above MCS 7, 65mbps.
- Is there any chance of MIMO or Beamforming in future releases - This is of importance to our project
Support for the two spatial stream MCS values (8-15) is on our immediate roadmap. I expect this to be the next major PHY feature we release. We don't have any specific plans for beamforming at this time, but it remains on the more distant to-do list.
flowarp wrote:
- The PHY implies some basic 802.11ac support, will this be extended?
The PHY currently can distinguish between DSSS (b), NONHT (g/a), HTMF (n), and VHT (ac) waveforms, but can only decode the first three. We intend to extend the design to support 802.11ac, but there are a few MAC things we need to add like aggregation before we can do that. This is on our roadmap.
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chunter wrote:
Hi,
This release also lays the groundwork for future ports of the 802.11 design for third-party hardware and the Xilinx Vivado tools (this is something we're working on in parallel and we plan to post more updates soon).
Is there any progress on this part?
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Is there any progress on this part?
The Vivado version of the 802.11 Ref Design works currently targeting hardware with Zynq + AD9361. We're currently working with a few customers on a pre-release version. We'll post updates to Mango's page (mangocomm.com) when the design is ready for general use. Please contact us (info@mangocomm.com) for more info.
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Hi, is there any progress now? I intend to use 802.11 Ref Design with ZYNQ too.
murphpo wrote:
Is there any progress on this part?
The Vivado version of the 802.11 Ref Design works currently targeting hardware with Zynq + AD9361. We're currently working with a few customers on a pre-release version. We'll post updates to Mango's page (mangocomm.com) when the design is ready for general use. Please contact us (info@mangocomm.com) for more info.
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Yes, we are currently working with a few customers on a pre-release version as a soft launch. Details of the design are posted here. Customers interested in the design should contact us for licensing costs and options.
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