mac80211: 802.11p OCB mode support

This patch adds 802.11p OCB (Outside the Context of a BSS) mode
support.

When communicating in OCB mode a mandatory wildcard BSSID
(48 '1' bits) is used.

The EDCA parameters handling function was changed to support
802.11p specific values.

The insertion of a newly discovered STAs is done in the similar way
as in the IBSS mode -- through the deferred insertion.

The OCB mode uses a periodic 'housekeeping task' for expiration of
disconnected STAs (in the similar manner as in the MESH mode).

New Kconfig option for verbose OCB debugging outputs is added.

Signed-off-by: Rostislav Lisovy <rostislav.lisovy@fel.cvut.cz>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Rostislav Lisovy
2014-11-03 10:33:19 +01:00
committed by Johannes Berg
parent 6e0bd6c35b
commit 239281f803
14 changed files with 417 additions and 9 deletions

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@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ struct ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch {
* @BSS_CHANGED_BANDWIDTH: The bandwidth used by this interface changed,
* note that this is only called when it changes after the channel
* context had been assigned.
* @BSS_CHANGED_OCB: OCB join status changed
*/
enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC = 1<<0,
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change {
BSS_CHANGED_P2P_PS = 1<<19,
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INFO = 1<<20,
BSS_CHANGED_BANDWIDTH = 1<<21,
BSS_CHANGED_OCB = 1<<22,
/* when adding here, make sure to change ieee80211_reconfig */
};