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Low throughput observed with UDP client configuration on QCA4020
karthik.gunturi
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Posted: Tue, 2022-04-19 09:35

I've measured UDP client uplink throughput for 1Mbps using QCLI_demo command line interface with 1Mbps bitrate. It only transferred with 8kbps

1. Flash QCA4020 with QCLI_Demo project

2. Establish serial connection with higher comport as mentioned in setup guide with rate-115200, databits-8, stopbit-1, flowcontrol-none

3. Browse to WLAN in CLI and type 'enable'

4. Type 'Scan' to scan for availabel networks. 

5. Connect to a network without security using "connect <ssid>" {Password isn't set when "SetWPAPassphrase" command is used. Need help with this}

6. Browse UP and goto NET

7. Use "dhcpv4c wlan0" command to enable dhcp client.(ping AP IP Address to verify)

8. From AP, send "iperf -s -i 1 -u"

9. From Net, send "iperf -c <IP> -t 20 -u -i 1 -b 1M"

Issue is only seen in client configuration with UDP throughput measurement. Low throughput is not observed with TCP UL/DL and UDP DL (server configuration)

Net> iperf -c 192.168.0.154 -t 20 -u -i 1 -b 1M
 
Net>
Net: ------------------------------------------------------------
Net: Client connecting to 192.168.0.154, UDP port 5001
Net: ------------------------------------------------------------
Net: Connecting
Net: Sending
Net: [  0]  0.0- 1.0 sec   4.38 KBytes 16.00 Kbits/sec
Net: [  0]  1.0- 2.0 sec   2.92 KBytes 8.00 Kbits/sec
Net: [  0]  2.0- 3.0 sec   1.46 KBytes 8.00 Kbits/sec
Net: [  0]  3.0- 4.0 sec   1.46 KBytes 8.00 Kbits/sec
Net: [  0]  4.0- 5.0 sec   1.46 KBytes 8.00 Kbits/sec
Net: [  0]  5.0- 6.0 sec   2.92 KBytes 8.00 Kbits/sec
Net: [  0]  6.0- 7.0 sec   2.92 KBytes 8.00 Kbits/sec
 
 
[root@cpu533 test]# iperf -s -i 1 -u
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on UDP port 5001
Receiving 1470 byte datagrams
UDP buffer size:  160 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 192.168.0.154 port 5001 connected with 192.168.0.151 port 62472
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth        Jitter   Lost/Total Datagrams
[  3]  0.0- 1.0 sec  1.43 KBytes  11.7 Kbits/sec   0.000 ms    0/    1 (0%)
[  3]  1.0- 2.0 sec  1.43 KBytes  11.7 Kbits/sec  61.371 ms    0/    1 (0%)
[  3]  2.0- 3.0 sec  1.43 KBytes  11.7 Kbits/sec  119.414 ms    0/    1 (0%)
[  3]  3.0- 4.0 sec  1.43 KBytes  11.7 Kbits/sec  174.455 ms    0/    1 (0%)
[  3]  4.0- 5.0 sec  1.43 KBytes  11.7 Kbits/sec  227.545 ms    0/    1 (0%)
 
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c_rpedad
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Posted: Tue, 2022-05-10 14:40

Try setting below commands to make sure the device is in performance mode to compare results:

wlan SetPowerMode 0
net profile set 1
lp deepsleep 0

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karthik.gunturi
Join Date: 14 Apr 22
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Posted: Tue, 2022-05-24 09:20

Thanks for the update. With above changes, the throughputs are 

1. TCP TX -15 mbps

2. TCP RX - 15 mbps

3. UDP TX - 28 mbps

4. UDP RX - 38mbps

Is this discrepancy in throughputs expected or are there any additional parameters I missed like setting max tx buffers ?

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c_rpedad
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Posted: Mon, 2022-08-08 19:18

Kindly refer to Document: 80-YA121-140 QCA402x (CDB2x) Development Kit User Guide,  Table A-3 WLAN throughput instructions between CDB20 and Remote Machine for throughput commands.

Also, refer to latest QCA402x SDK release notes for expected Wi-Fi throughput performance numbers

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