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mac80211: Do not generate CQM events based on first Beacon frames

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The signal strength value in a single RX frame is not that reliable,
so it is better to delay start of CQM events until there is a real
average signal strength from more than a single Beacon frame
available.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Jouni Malinen
2010-08-27 22:22:00 +03:00
committed by John W. Linville
parent 3ba06c6fbd
commit 391a200a89
2 changed files with 16 additions and 0 deletions
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net/mac80211/mlme.c
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@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
*/
#define IEEE80211_SIGNAL_AVE_WEIGHT 3
/*
* How many Beacon frames need to have been used in average signal strength
* before starting to indicate signal change events.
*/
#define IEEE80211_SIGNAL_AVE_MIN_COUNT 4
#define TMR_RUNNING_TIMER 0
#define TMR_RUNNING_CHANSW 1
@ -1555,13 +1561,16 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_RESET_SIGNAL_AVE;
ifmgd->ave_beacon_signal = rx_status->signal * 16;
ifmgd->last_cqm_event_signal = 0;
ifmgd->count_beacon_signal = 1;
} else {
ifmgd->ave_beacon_signal =
(IEEE80211_SIGNAL_AVE_WEIGHT * rx_status->signal * 16 +
(16 - IEEE80211_SIGNAL_AVE_WEIGHT) *
ifmgd->ave_beacon_signal) / 16;
ifmgd->count_beacon_signal++;
}
if (bss_conf->cqm_rssi_thold &&
ifmgd->count_beacon_signal >= IEEE80211_SIGNAL_AVE_MIN_COUNT &&
!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_CQM_RSSI)) {
int sig = ifmgd->ave_beacon_signal / 16;
int last_event = ifmgd->last_cqm_event_signal;