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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Add DS Parameter Set into Probe Request on 2.4 GHz

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On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 19:37 +0300, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> IEEE Std 802.11k-2008 added DS Parameter Set information element into
> Probe Request frames as an optional information on 2.4 GHz band (and
> mandatory, if radio measurements are enabled). This allows APs to
> filter out Probe Request frames that may be received from neighboring
> overlapping channels and by doing so, reduce the number of unnecessary
> frames in the air. Make mac80211 add this IE into Probe Request frames
> whenever the channel is known (i.e., whenever hwscan is not used).

Nice.

Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

johannes

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