<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 June 2011 19:37, Jouni Malinen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j@w1.fi">j@w1.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:42:31AM +0300, Xin Gu wrote:<br>
> I am doing research in 802.11 power saving mode in my university, and now I<br>
> am trying to control the sending of packets in PSM for the purpose of saving<br>
> more energy. The control I mentioned before means the ability to check the<br>
> content of incoming frames, decide when to send them, even generate a new<br>
> frame. for instance, check the content of the buffered frames, apply a<br>
> specific algorithm, then delay the sending of some frames to later beacon.<br>
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</div>hostapd is not involved in processing the actual transmission and<br>
buffering of frames. This is in the kernel driver and/or 802.11 stack.<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>Thanks Jouni, now I am more clear about the hostapd.</div><div><br></div><div>I am new to kernel/driver field, but will try if this way is possible. </div><div>Could you please answer me that can my goal be achieved if I get a prism wireless </div>
<div>card, and modify the Hostap driver to do the control of the buffered frames? </div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br clear="all">Best Regards,<br>Xin Gu</div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">