Hi Ben: On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 12:00 PM Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 3/13/19 6:51 PM, Dennis Bland wrote: > > Hi Ben: > > > > You need one STA and at least two APs (preferably on two different > > channels) to make 802.11k/v test cases. This is because Neighbor > > Reports are not very useful with only one AP (the connected AP), and > > 802.11v Transition Management requires at least two APs for non-MBO > > operation. > > > > While hostapd and wpa_supplicant contain most of the protocol-level > > functionality to send and parse the required elements in 802.11 > > management frames to support 802.11k/v, the logic implementation is > > not complete. For example, an AP central controller will send Beacon > > Report requests to a STA through different APs, then analyze the > > results to consider sending an 802.11v Transition Management request > > to the STA. > > Hello, > > I started working on the beacon report request. It appears that APs > cannot send to a station that is not connected to it. So, in that case, > the controller cannod do what you suggest above. > > Is this a limitation in hostapd or did I mis-understand what you are suggesting? > > I *am* able to send beacon requests to a STA from the AP (hostapd) to which it > is connected. Yes, you are correct - sorry for being unclear. The AP can only send beacon report requests to a currently connected STA. In my original comment, I was thinking of a scenario with multiple APs and one or more STAs connected to each AP. The AP controller would receive a beacon report from each STA and determine if TPC or an 802.11v TM is recommended for a particular STA. Dennis > > Thanks, > Ben > > -- > Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com > _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
