Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f50.google.com ([74.125.82.50]:34615 "EHLO mail-wm0-f50.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754629AbeFNHuu (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2018 03:50:50 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f50.google.com with SMTP id l15-v6so2072548wmc.1 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:50:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] cfg80211/mac80211: Add support to configure and monitor txrate threshold To: =?UTF-8?Q?Toke_H=c3=b8iland-J=c3=b8rgensen?= , Tamizh Chelvam Raja , Tamizh chelvam , "johannes@sipsolutions.net" References: <1528887539-26821-1-git-send-email-tamizhr@codeaurora.org> <87fu1q7uq5.fsf@toke.dk> <9fd8762e9d2f4b93b299ab859e389b46@aphydexm01b.ap.qualcomm.com> <87a7ry7meo.fsf@toke.dk> Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" From: Arend van Spriel Message-ID: <5B221E56.4000009@broadcom.com> (sfid-20180614_095054_583690_B90957A5) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 09:50:46 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87a7ry7meo.fsf@toke.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 6/13/2018 5:10 PM, Toke H?iland-J?rgensen wrote: > Tamizh Chelvam Raja writes: > >>> This patchsets introduced new NL command and api to support >>> configuring txrate threshold for the connected stations and api to >>> notify userspace application upon crossing the configured txrate threshold. >>> This will be useful for the application which requires station's >>> current capability change information. >> >> What is the intended use case? Asking mostly out of curiosity :) > >> [Tamizh] This is to monitor txrate change for a station. By notifying >> userspace when the txrate for a station goes out of configured >> threshold, It can take steering decisions on the particular station. > > Yeah, I got that part. I was curious as to what (userspace) application > you were planning to use this for? I.e., what kind of steering > decisions? :) It sounds like network initiated handover as opposed to station roaming. Suspect the user-space application referred to here is a proprietary application. At plumbers conf I attended a couple of years ago there was an idea to have a network management application controlling multiple hostapd instances for this type of functionality, but not sure if that project ever got of the ground. Regards, Arend