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Re: [RFC v2 0/8] mesh power saving implementation: indication

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On 24 November 2011 22:33, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 18:40 +0400, Ivan Bezyazychnyy wrote:
>
>> Based on the latest IEEE 802.11s standard the power saving mechanism
>> can be divided into the following implementation phases:
>> * indication of mesh STAs' power modes in frames;
>> * a buffering and identification sending frames in mesh STA;
>> * Mesh Awake Window implementation;
>> * Peer service periods.
>>
>> This patchset implements the phase of indication of mesh STAs'
>> power modes in frames. There are two types of mesh power modes:
>> * peer power mode: a mesh STA indicates its mesh power mode for each
>> mesh peering and obtains the mesh power modes of its peer mesh STAs;
>> * non-peer power mode: mesh station also indicates mesh power mode for
>> non-peer mesh stations. It determines when non-peer mesh STAs may send
>> Probe Request and Mesh Peering Open Request frames to the mesh STA.
>>
>> Peer power mode should be indicated with Power Management field in the Frame
>> Control field and the Mesh Power Save Level field in all transmitted
>> individually addressed Mesh Data or QoS Null frames on this link.
>>
>> Non-peer power mode should be indicated with the Power Management
>> field in the Frame Control field and the Mesh Power Save Level field
>> in the Mesh Capability field in Beacon and Probe Response frames. A
>> mesh STA shall also indicate its non-peer mesh power mode with the
>> Power Management field in the Frame Control field and the Mesh Power
>> Save Level field in the QoS Control field in group addressed Mesh Data
>> frames.
>>
>> We would appreciate comments and advice.
>
> I just did a cursory review -- I only looked at code style and general
> issues.
>
Thanks for review,

Best regards,
Ivan
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