Re: [PATCH 2/2] Adjust the RSSI and throughput estimate in roaming algorithm

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Thanks, these variables are unused. The new patch has been submitted
with these variables removed.

Best regards
Kaidong

On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 10:15 AM Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 05:51:13PM +0000, Kaidong Wang wrote:
> > The max transmit power of Standard Power (SP) Access Points (AP) in the
> > 6 GHz band is limited by effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP),
> > while the max transmit power of Low Power Indoor (LPI) APs in the 6 GHz
> > band is limited by power spectral density (PSD). Therefore the max
> > transmit power of LPI APs grows as the channel width increases. However,
> > the roaming algorithm takes signal level as a constant value regardless
> > of the channel width.
> >
> > Adjust the RSSI, SNR and throughput estimate based on max transmit power
> > config in roaming algorithm.
>
> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/events.c b/wpa_supplicant/events.c
> > @@ -1989,11 +1989,19 @@ int wpa_supplicant_need_to_roam_within_ess(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
> > -     int cur_snr = 0;
> > +     int cur_snr = 0, sel_snr = 0;
> >       int ret = 0;
> > +     int rssi_bump = 0, noise_bump = 0;
>
> Hmm.. rssi_bump and noise_bump are completely unused in this function
> and sel_snr is only assigned.. Is this missing something?
>
> > +     /*
> > +      * Adjust the SNR of BSSes based on the channel width.
> > +      */
> > +     cur_level += wpas_channel_width_rssi_bump(cur_ies, cur_ie_len,
> > +                                               current_bss->max_cw);
> > +     cur_snr = wpas_adjust_snr_by_chanwidth(cur_ies, cur_ie_len,
> > +                                            current_bss->max_cw, cur_snr);
> > +
> > +     sel_est = selected->est_throughput;
> > +     sel_level = selected->level +
> > +                 wpas_channel_width_rssi_bump(sel_ies, sel_ie_len,
> > +                                              selected->max_cw);
> > +     sel_snr = wpas_adjust_snr_by_chanwidth(sel_ies, sel_ie_len,
> > +                                            selected->max_cw, selected->snr);
>
> That sel_snr is not used for anything and that function has no
> side-effects either, so it is not clear what this is trying to achieve.
>
> --
> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA

_______________________________________________
Hostap mailing list
Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux