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authorstsp <stsp@openbsd.org>2020-04-30 10:29:45 +0000
committerstsp <stsp@openbsd.org>2020-04-30 10:29:45 +0000
commit424485be1e99421c421946ae9e538ec2357d09f9 (patch)
treee20f3807f2863b4bad2cc98b165f32786bb28041
parentExpand the 802.11 section in the ifmedia(4) man page. (diff)
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Fix description of "coding rate" in new ifmedia(4) 802.11 section.
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/ifmedia.46
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ifmedia.4 b/share/man/man4/ifmedia.4
index 97b8e3a452a..92e316b9114 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ifmedia.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ifmedia.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ifmedia.4,v 1.25 2020/04/30 10:12:00 stsp Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ifmedia.4,v 1.26 2020/04/30 10:29:45 stsp Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ifmedia.4,v 1.14 2001/06/30 17:57:56 bjh21 Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ Each 20 Mhz channel used by 802.11a and 802.11g provides space for
48 OFDM sub-carriers for data.
The sub-carriers use BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, or 64QAM modulation, combined with
a particular coding rate for error correction at the receiver.
-The coding rate specifies the ratio of redundantly transmitted data bits per
-payload data bit transmitted.
+The coding rate specifies how many data bits in a frame are transmitted
+without redundancy.
.Bl -column "Modulation" "Coding Rate " "Mbit/s" -offset 6n
.It Em Modulation Ta Em Coding Rate Ta Em Mbit/s
.It BPSK Ta 1/2 Ta 6