#7900 HIGH 8.2.0 (: Reduce beacon frequency

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#7900: Reduce beacon frequency
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 Reporter:  carrano   |         Owner:  ashish              
     Type:  task      |        Status:  new                 
 Priority:  high      |     Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
Component:  wireless  |       Version:  not specified       
 Keywords:            |   Next_action:  code                
 Verified:  0         |     Blockedby:                      
 Blocking:            |  
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 The beacon frequency should be reduced from its current default value of
 10Hz to 1Hz.

 This will save a significant amount of airtime, see
 [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wireless_Management_Traffic the Wireless
 Management Traffic page] for analysis.

 Attention: This may impact current contention window adaptation logic that
 expects the beacon frequency to be 10Hz.

 Please...

    1. Marvell: please comment on the contention window adaptation logic
 impact, confirming or not that, and proposing a solution (new firmaware
 release?)
    2. Cozybit and Marvell: please clarify what is the best option to set
 the default value

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7900>
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