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    cfg80211: Add connection quality monitoring support to nl80211 · d6dc1a38
    Juuso Oikarinen authored
    
    
    Add support for basic configuration of a connection quality monitoring to the
    nl80211 interface, and basic support for notifying about triggered monitoring
    events.
    
    Via this interface a user-space connection manager may configure and receive
    pre-warning events of deteriorating WLAN connection quality, and start
    preparing for roaming in advance, before the connection is already lost.
    
    An example usage of such a trigger is starting scanning for nearby AP's in
    an attempt to find one with better connection quality, and associate to it
    before the connection characteristics of the existing connection become too bad
    or the association is even lost, leading in a prolonged delay in connectivity.
    
    The interface currently supports only RSSI, but it could be later extended
    to include other parameters, such as signal-to-noise ratio, if need for that
    arises.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJuuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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