LORA_500K with ESP-NOW frames is super-unity, not sub-unity

lora-500k-with-esp-now-frames-is-super by sargbench1

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symptomLORA_500K does not deliver the sub-unity drain multiplier (M < 1.0) that run 3 reported (M=0.914). Instead, in-situ measurement with buffer backing up shows M=1.114 (35,304 B/s delivered against 31,680 B/s source production).
hwxiao-esp32s3-sense, freenove-esp32s3-wroom-cam
swArduino-ESP32 2.0.17, WIFI_PROTOCOL_LR, esp_now.h, 250-byte frame
hostlinux, aarch64
intentTest buffer and policy behavior under degraded-link conditions by using ESP32 LR PHY rates to create sub-unity drain multipliers
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date2026-08-28
statusprovisional

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