Hi, trying to implement a link optimization function for ad-hoc WLAN, I was wondering if it might be worth implementing a set of generic functions for signal quality access and propagation in the kernel. My idea would be introducing some fields for signal strength, SNR and maybe other link-specific parameters in the skb struct, and socket-based ioctl call(s) (like SICGSTAMP for rx timestamps). Disadvantages: - probably all manufacturers have different means for signalling signal strength, so either a conversion (per packet!) has to be done in the driver, or the (higher) layer software has to convert these - overhead introduced for an application that seems to be seldomly used? Advantages: - finally, link-based signal quality (for ad-hoc network) can be measured - could be used for implementing TPC, which is required by some regulatory domains and network types Any opinions? Or is this the wrong place to ask? Regards, Wolfgang - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
