Throughput testing using S132 and nRF52

[Sindhu]

Hi,

I am currently using nRF5_SDK version 11.0.0. I have 2 nRF52832 development kits. On the soft device side, i am using S132.

My understanding is that this (S132) has support for BLE 4.2 standard. If yes, then i would like to test the throughput using the max data length possible.

Can you please let me know how to increase the length of the packet as per BLE 4.2 in order to achieve higher throughput?

-Sindhu

[tesc]

Hi,

Longer packet lengths are unfortunately not available in our SoftDevices yet, although it is planned for later.

Regards, Terje

[Gustavo - Argenox]

Another item to consider is the other device you're using. If the two devices are nRF52, then once v4.2 Packet length extension is running you can use it.

Smartphones are another story. We did some testing and currently iOS doesn't support the packet length extension. You can see the information here

Both ends have to support the Packet Length extension to work.