[RFC PATCH 4/4] ACS: allow selecting a better channel when using 40/80/160MHz

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Sun Apr 24 06:37:57 PDT 2022


On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 03:19:20PM +0100, Nicolas Escande wrote:
> When considering a channel for a bandwidth of 40/80/160MHZ on 5/6GHz,
> allow selecting one of the other channels in the segment instead of the
> first one. This is done only if it's interference_factor is lower than
> the first one.

Is this the correct thing to do on the 6 GHz band for all cases? In
particular, is it really correct to pick something else than a preferred
scanning channel unless the AP is capable of advertising the presence of
that non-PSC 6 GHz channel on the 2.4/5 GHz bands?

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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