tree 8e48d0cf30f3e94475ee80479308e98908b3c0bc
parent 5809802180b2b638762465cbad3f51a9ac8ff0b3
author Ashok Nagarajan <ashok@cozybit.com> 1330477448 -0800
committer John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 1330978995 -0500

{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Implement RSSI threshold for mesh peering

Mesh peer links are established only if average rssi of the peer
candidate satisfies the threshold. This is not in 802.11s specification
but was requested by David Fulgham, an open80211s user. This is a way to avoid
marginal peer links with stations that are barely within range.

This patch adds a new mesh configuration parameter, mesh_rssi_threshold. This
feature is supported only for hardwares that report signal in dBm.

Signed-off-by: Ashok Nagarajan <ashok@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>