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mac80211: use short slot time in mesh for 5GHz

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Use short slot time in 5GHz for mesh. The performance is
increased from 16.4Mbps to 23.4Mbps for two directly
connected mesh STAs operating in legacy rate using iperf
measurement. Almost similar to the results claimed in IBSS
mode.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com>
[call ieee80211_get_sdata_band() only once]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Chun-Yeow Yeoh 2012-12-13 18:59:57 +08:00 committed by Johannes Berg
parent bc0784d951
commit f4eabc918c
1 changed files with 14 additions and 7 deletions
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net/mac80211/mesh.c
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@ -607,6 +607,12 @@ void ieee80211_start_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
{
struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
u32 changed = BSS_CHANGED_BEACON |
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED |
BSS_CHANGED_HT |
BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES |
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT;
enum ieee80211_band band = ieee80211_get_sdata_band(sdata);
local->fif_other_bss++;
/* mesh ifaces must set allmulti to forward mcast traffic */
@ -626,13 +632,14 @@ void ieee80211_start_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
ifmsh->mshcfg.ht_opmode;
sdata->vif.bss_conf.beacon_int = MESH_DEFAULT_BEACON_INTERVAL;
sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates =
ieee80211_mandatory_rates(sdata->local,
ieee80211_get_sdata_band(sdata));
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, BSS_CHANGED_BEACON |
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_ENABLED |
BSS_CHANGED_HT |
BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES |
BSS_CHANGED_BEACON_INT);
ieee80211_mandatory_rates(local, band);
if (band == IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ) {
sdata->vif.bss_conf.use_short_slot = true;
changed |= BSS_CHANGED_ERP_SLOT;
}
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
netif_carrier_on(sdata->dev);
}