Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 10169] Is VHT action frame - MIMO control and compressed b

Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 05:28:17 +0000

Comment # 25 on bug 10169 from
(In reply to Sudheer from comment #24)
> (In reply to Anish Bhatt from comment #23)
> > https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/7111/
> > 
> > Added beamforming packet decoding, but actual compressed beamforming reports
> > are not decoded. They are made of varying bit length, such bit level
> > manipulation is not directly supported by wireshark.
> > 
> > Furthermore, actual format is only available in section  20.3.12.3.6. of
> > spec. This is not present in the spec that was provided in the bug, which is
> > only an amendment to the original spec. Spec is not easily available either.
> 
> The section 20.3.12.3.6 should be part of the original 802.11-2012 standard
> available for free at http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/802/802.11.html.

Thanks, I was able to get that, did not realise that was free. I would like to
get your opinion on the beamforming patch, especially the way the feedback
matrices are being show. Only the relevant bytes are highlighted, which is
sometimes more than the actual bits that are part of the feedback matrix for
the relevant carrier.


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