TIM IE Offset and Mesh Beaconing

[Eugene Krasnikov]

Hi Chun-Yeow,

Have you tried to set WCN36XX_HAL_CFG_INFRA_STA_KEEP_ALIVE_PERIOD to 0?

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Yanbo
>
> Thanks for your clarification.
>
> I has another question related to QoS Null frame automatically
> transmitted by the firmware while there is no traffic between the two
> connected STAs. It seems that it is used to monitor the STA whether it
> is active or not (keep alive). Possible for us to turn this off in the
> firmware?
>
> ----
> Chun-Yeow
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Li, Yanbo <yanbol at qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>> Hi Yeoh,
>>
>>
>>
>> As I know, the WCNSS FW never be tested under adhoc mode,  So I don’t think
>> the IBSS ADHOC mode can work well as expected by simple set the mode as IBSS
>> mode.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you want send beacon for mesh mode, I suggest to leverage  the AP mode,
>> which can be easily control for send beacon.
>>
>>
>>
>> BR /Yanbo
>>
>>
>>
>> Chun-Yeow
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Yanbo
>>
>>
>>
>> Let me explain the whole scenario on mesh, we requires the following for
>> mesh interface:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Periodic beaconing same as AP.
>>
>> 2. Ability to receive to beacons from other mesh STAs, no filtering.
>>
>>
>>
>> For supporting the mesh mode, we require periodic beaconing from the
>> firmware. Unfortunately, by configure the BSS type as IBSS mode in
>> wcn36xx_smd_config_bss function, the beaconing is not happened at all. We
>> need to modify the BSS type to AP mode and only then we have periodic
>> beaconing.
>>
>>
>>
>> As far as I understand, only one adhoc STA allows to transmit the beacon at
>> one time. Is the firmware allowed us to do periodic beaconing in IBSS mode
>> or we can have another mode called mesh mode in the firmware to do so?
>>
>>
>>
>> Please advice. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chun-Yeow
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Li, Yanbo <yanbol at qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Chun,
>>
>> I'll check this issues later cause I'm rather busy recently, to save time,
>> as Eugene said, please
>> describe or supply more detail of your concern.
>>
>> Thanks
>> BR /Yanbo
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eugene Krasnikov [mailto:k.eugene.e at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 4:18 PM
>> To: Yeoh Chun-Yeow
>> Cc: Li, Yanbo
>> Subject: Re: TIM IE Offset and Mesh Beaconing
>>
>> I think you forgot to mention that you can not get beacons in mesh mode.
>> This is the main bug you need to figure out. Please describe whole situation
>> to Yanbo!
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Yeoh Chun-Yeow <yeohchunyeow at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi, YanBo
>>>
>>> I would like to seek your help on the issue on TIM IE offset. We try
>>> to set the TIM IE offset to 0 but the firmware still write the value
>>> to a specific location in the beacon instead of ignoring it. For your
>>> information, the firmware ignores the P2P IE offset whenever it is set to
>>> 0.
>>>
>>> On mesh mode, we require the TIM IE to be set by mac80211 instead of
>>> the firmware. Is this possible?
>>>
>>> Please advice. Thanks
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Chun-Yeow
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Eugene
>>
>>
>>
>>



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Best regards,
Eugene