[PATCH 0/3] hostapd: introduce Automatic Channel Selection (ACS)

[Michal Kazior]

On 23 August 2013 09:19, Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is an attempt at ressurecting ACS effort for hostapd.
>
> This is based on the work done by Luis R. Rodriguez
> <lrodriguez at qca.qualcomm.com>.
>
> I've rebased and improved the patchset. Notable changes:
>
>  * Interference factor calculation has been modified.
>
>    The formula now includes the relative channel noise floor so a channel with
>    lower noise floor should be preferred in case channel load evaluates to 0.
>
>    The formula now spits out positive values that can be summed up, which is
>    needed for:
>
>  * Overlapping/primary/secondary channels are all used when calculating total
>    intereference factor for a given connection type (2.4Ghz, HT40, VHT80).
>    This most likely still needs tuning but it's a good start I think.
>
> RFC v2:
>  * remain-on-channel replaced in favour of scan-based survey data gathering
>    (hostapd: Add offchannel support -- dropped)
>
>  * chan_time scan parameter patch is introduced
>
>  * tested with ath9k and ath10k
>
> RFC v3:
>  * chan_time patch is dropped in favour of doing a couple of passive scans
>    this should still allow gathering enough data for ACS
>
>  * lots of cleanups and some small fixes
>
>  * trimmed down main ACS patch commit message
>    all details are already in code comments or on wiki page [1]
>
> PATCH v1:
>  * rebased on latest master branch
>
> The following link is a git patchbomb that has all 3 patches in case the
> mailing list server decides to spam-block my patchset.
>
>   http://ix.io/7vF
>
> You can refer to wireless wiki page [1] for more info.
>
>
> Pozdrawiam / Best regards,
> Michal Kazior.
>
> [1]: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/acs
>
> Michal Kazior (3):
>   hostapd: Split up channel checking into helpers
>   hostapd: Add survey dump support
>   hostapd: Add Automatic Channel Selection (ACS) support
>
>  hostapd/Makefile             |    6 +
>  hostapd/config_file.c        |   24 +-
>  hostapd/defconfig            |   26 ++
>  hostapd/hostapd.conf         |   20 ++
>  src/ap/acs.c                 |  771 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  src/ap/acs.h                 |   38 +++
>  src/ap/ap_config.c           |    4 +
>  src/ap/ap_config.h           |    4 +
>  src/ap/ap_drv_ops.h          |   10 +
>  src/ap/drv_callbacks.c       |   72 ++++
>  src/ap/hostapd.c             |    5 +
>  src/ap/hostapd.h             |   18 +
>  src/ap/hw_features.c         |  204 +++++++----
>  src/drivers/driver.h         |  109 +++++-
>  src/drivers/driver_common.c  |    1 +
>  src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c |  185 ++++++++++
>  16 files changed, 1421 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 src/ap/acs.c
>  create mode 100644 src/ap/acs.h

Here's a PATCH v2 3/3 for this patchset.

  http://ix.io/7Bz

Since other patches have been applied and I'm unable to post such a
big patch to the mailing list server I'm simply replying to the cover
letter.

PATCH v2:
 * change message level of one wpa_printf
 * zero scan_cb pointer upon scan completion
 * update copyright notices (Jouni)


Micha?.