mac80211: 802.11p OCB mode support

This patch adds 802.11p OCB (Outside the Context of a BSS) mode
support.

When communicating in OCB mode a mandatory wildcard BSSID
(48 '1' bits) is used.

The EDCA parameters handling function was changed to support
802.11p specific values.

The insertion of a newly discovered STAs is done in the similar way
as in the IBSS mode -- through the deferred insertion.

The OCB mode uses a periodic 'housekeeping task' for expiration of
disconnected STAs (in the similar manner as in the MESH mode).

New Kconfig option for verbose OCB debugging outputs is added.

Signed-off-by: Rostislav Lisovy <rostislav.lisovy@fel.cvut.cz>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Rostislav Lisovy
2014-11-03 10:33:19 +01:00
committed by Johannes Berg
parent 6e0bd6c35b
commit 239281f803
14 changed files with 417 additions and 9 deletions
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@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ u16 ieee80211_select_queue(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
ra = skb->data;
break;
case NL80211_IFTYPE_OCB:
/* all stations are required to support WME */
qos = true;
break;
default:
break;
}