Minstrel-TX Rate Control in User space

Considering the wide deployment of IEEE 802.11 wireless networks and their shared use of the ISM band, there have been significant efforts in research and development of WiFi rate control algorithms. A notable example of such a rate control algorithm is Minstrel HT, the default for Linux-based OpenWRT access points. In Linux, the rate control is handled in the mac80211 kernel subsystem. As such, the development of rate control algorithms is restricted to the kernel space which includes Minstrel HT. This restriction has posed limitations and challenges in the research and development of rate control algorithms. To this end, this project aims to implement Minstrel HT in user space for OpenWRT access points.