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38 .Nm wlan_ratectl_amrr ,
39 .Nm wlan_ratectl_onoe ,
40 .Nm wlan_ratectl_sample
41 .Nd rate adaptation support for 802.11 devices
43 .Cd "device wlan_ratectl_amrr"
44 .Cd "device wlan_ratectl_onoe"
45 .Cd "device wlan_ratectl_sample"
48 supports several TX rate control algorithms for use with 802.11 devices via the
51 .Bl -tag -width ".Sy sample" -offset indent
53 Adaptive Multi Rate Retry
55 Atsushi Onoe's algorithm
57 John C. Bicket's SampleRate algorithm
60 The following devices support TX rate control:
68 See the individual drivers' manual pages for more information on which
69 algorithms are supported.
71 To select a TX rate control algorithm, use the
85 The following papers have more information on the algorithms:
86 .Bl -tag -width "SampleRate"
88 .Pa http://hal.inria.fr/inria-00070784/en/
90 .Pa http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/papers/jbicket-ms.pdf
97 modules first appeared in
100 .Nm wlan_ratectl_sample
101 module first appeared in