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authorJouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>2009-12-29 12:59:19 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-01-12 13:50:09 -0500
commite00cfce0cb2a397859607bf515c6de9ce064b64a (patch)
tree038d87e7d90a5bcdd8f689a563221eab883b0546 /net/mac80211/rate.c
parent3dc1de0bf23816ed557ac8addf680cd5ee57e805 (diff)
mac80211: Select lowest rate based on basic rate set in AP mode
If the basic rate set is configured to not include the lowest rate (e.g., basic rate set = 6, 12, 24 Mbps in IEEE 802.11g mode), the AP should not send out broadcast frames at 1 Mbps. This type of configuration can be used to optimize channel usage in cases where there is no need for backwards compatibility with IEEE 802.11b-only devices. In AP mode, mac80211 was unconditionally using the lowest rate for Beacon frames and similarly, with all rate control algorithms that use rate_control_send_low(), the lowest rate ended up being used for all broadcast frames (and all unicast frames that are sent before association). Change this to take into account the basic rate configuration in AP mode, i.e., use the lowest rate in the basic rate set instead of the lowest supported rate when selecting the rate. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/rate.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/rate.c25
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c
index b9007f80cb92..6349e7f4dcae 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c
@@ -207,6 +207,27 @@ static bool rc_no_data_or_no_ack(struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
return ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) || !ieee80211_is_data(fc));
}
+static void rc_send_low_broadcast(s8 *idx, u32 basic_rates, u8 max_rate_idx)
+{
+ u8 i;
+
+ if (basic_rates == 0)
+ return; /* assume basic rates unknown and accept rate */
+ if (*idx < 0)
+ return;
+ if (basic_rates & (1 << *idx))
+ return; /* selected rate is a basic rate */
+
+ for (i = *idx + 1; i <= max_rate_idx; i++) {
+ if (basic_rates & (1 << i)) {
+ *idx = i;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* could not find a basic rate; use original selection */
+}
+
bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
void *priv_sta,
struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control *txrc)
@@ -218,6 +239,10 @@ bool rate_control_send_low(struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
info->control.rates[0].count =
(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK) ?
1 : txrc->hw->max_rate_tries;
+ if (!sta && txrc->ap)
+ rc_send_low_broadcast(&info->control.rates[0].idx,
+ txrc->bss_conf->basic_rates,
+ txrc->sband->n_bitrates);
return true;
}
return false;