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{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Implement RSSI threshold for mesh peering

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Mesh peer links are established only if average rssi of the peer
candidate satisfies the threshold. This is not in 802.11s specification
but was requested by David Fulgham, an open80211s user. This is a way to avoid
marginal peer links with stations that are barely within range.

This patch adds a new mesh configuration parameter, mesh_rssi_threshold. This
feature is supported only for hardwares that report signal in dBm.

Signed-off-by: Ashok Nagarajan <ashok@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Ashok Nagarajan
2012-02-28 17:04:08 -08:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 5809802180
commit 5533513784
7 changed files with 39 additions and 1 deletions
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net/wireless/nl80211.c
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@@ -3290,6 +3290,8 @@ static int nl80211_get_mesh_config(struct sk_buff *skb,
cur_params.dot11MeshGateAnnouncementProtocol);
NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING,
cur_params.dot11MeshForwarding);
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_MESHCONF_RSSI_THRESHOLD,
cur_params.rssi_threshold);
nla_nest_end(msg, pinfoattr);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
@@ -3322,6 +3324,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_meshconf_params_policy[NL80211_MESHCONF_A
[NL80211_MESHCONF_HWMP_RANN_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
[NL80211_MESHCONF_GATE_ANNOUNCEMENTS] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
[NL80211_MESHCONF_RSSI_THRESHOLD] = { .type = NLA_U32},
};
static const struct nla_policy
@@ -3413,6 +3416,8 @@ do {\
nla_get_u8);
FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, dot11MeshForwarding,
mask, NL80211_MESHCONF_FORWARDING, nla_get_u8);
FILL_IN_MESH_PARAM_IF_SET(tb, cfg, rssi_threshold,
mask, NL80211_MESHCONF_RSSI_THRESHOLD, nla_get_u32);
if (mask_out)
*mask_out = mask;