hostapd/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_simple.c
Paul Stewart 87343c2017 bgscan_simple: Refinements to fast-scan backoff
These changes account for situations where the CQM threshold
might be approximately the same as the currently received signal,
and thus CQM events are triggered often due to measurement
error/small fluctuations.  This results in scanning occurring
too frequently.

Firstly, inhibit the immediate scan when the short-scan count
is at the maximum.  This keeps bursts of CQM toggling from
causing a torrent of back-to-back scans.  This does not inhibit
immediate scans if the CQM triggers a second time (if the signal
falls lower past the hysteresis).  This reduces the scan rate in
the worst case (fast-rate toggling high/low CQM events) to the
short scan interval.

Secondly, change the behavior of the short scan count so it acts like
a "leaky bucket".  As we perform short-scans, the bucket fills until
it reaches a maximal short-scan count, at which we back-off and
revert to a long scan interval.  The short scan count decreases by
one (emptying the bucket) every time we complete a long scan interval
without a low-RSSI CQM event.

This reduces the impact of medium-rate toggling of high/low CQM
events, reducing the number of short-interval scans that occur before
returning to a long-interval if the system was recently doing
short scans.
2012-02-05 18:43:06 +02:00

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/*
* WPA Supplicant - background scan and roaming module: simple
* Copyright (c) 2009-2010, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of BSD
* license.
*
* See README and COPYING for more details.
*/
#include "includes.h"
#include "common.h"
#include "eloop.h"
#include "drivers/driver.h"
#include "config_ssid.h"
#include "wpa_supplicant_i.h"
#include "driver_i.h"
#include "scan.h"
#include "bgscan.h"
struct bgscan_simple_data {
struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s;
const struct wpa_ssid *ssid;
int scan_interval;
int signal_threshold;
int short_scan_count; /* counter for scans using short scan interval */
int max_short_scans; /* maximum times we short-scan before back-off */
int short_interval; /* use if signal < threshold */
int long_interval; /* use if signal > threshold */
struct os_time last_bgscan;
};
static void bgscan_simple_timeout(void *eloop_ctx, void *timeout_ctx)
{
struct bgscan_simple_data *data = eloop_ctx;
struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s = data->wpa_s;
struct wpa_driver_scan_params params;
os_memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
params.num_ssids = 1;
params.ssids[0].ssid = data->ssid->ssid;
params.ssids[0].ssid_len = data->ssid->ssid_len;
params.freqs = data->ssid->scan_freq;
/*
* A more advanced bgscan module would learn about most like channels
* over time and request scans only for some channels (probing others
* every now and then) to reduce effect on the data connection.
*/
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Request a background scan");
if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params)) {
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Failed to trigger scan");
eloop_register_timeout(data->scan_interval, 0,
bgscan_simple_timeout, data, NULL);
} else {
if (data->scan_interval == data->short_interval) {
data->short_scan_count++;
/*
* Spend at most the duration of a long scan interval
* scanning at the short scan interval. After that,
* revert to the long scan interval.
*/
if (data->short_scan_count > data->max_short_scans) {
data->scan_interval = data->long_interval;
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Backing "
"off to long scan interval");
}
} else if (data->short_scan_count > 0) {
/*
* If we lasted a long scan interval without any
* CQM triggers, decrease the short-scan count,
* which allows 1 more short-scan interval to
* occur in the future when CQM triggers.
*/
data->short_scan_count--;
}
os_get_time(&data->last_bgscan);
}
}
static int bgscan_simple_get_params(struct bgscan_simple_data *data,
const char *params)
{
const char *pos;
if (params == NULL)
return 0;
data->short_interval = atoi(params);
pos = os_strchr(params, ':');
if (pos == NULL)
return 0;
pos++;
data->signal_threshold = atoi(pos);
pos = os_strchr(pos, ':');
if (pos == NULL) {
wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "bgscan simple: Missing scan interval "
"for high signal");
return -1;
}
pos++;
data->long_interval = atoi(pos);
return 0;
}
static void * bgscan_simple_init(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
const char *params,
const struct wpa_ssid *ssid)
{
struct bgscan_simple_data *data;
data = os_zalloc(sizeof(*data));
if (data == NULL)
return NULL;
data->wpa_s = wpa_s;
data->ssid = ssid;
if (bgscan_simple_get_params(data, params) < 0) {
os_free(data);
return NULL;
}
if (data->short_interval <= 0)
data->short_interval = 30;
if (data->long_interval <= 0)
data->long_interval = 30;
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Signal strength threshold %d "
"Short bgscan interval %d Long bgscan interval %d",
data->signal_threshold, data->short_interval,
data->long_interval);
if (data->signal_threshold &&
wpa_drv_signal_monitor(wpa_s, data->signal_threshold, 4) < 0) {
wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "bgscan simple: Failed to enable "
"signal strength monitoring");
}
data->scan_interval = data->short_interval;
data->max_short_scans = data->long_interval / data->short_interval + 1;
if (data->signal_threshold) {
/* Poll for signal info to set initial scan interval */
struct wpa_signal_info siginfo;
if (wpa_drv_signal_poll(wpa_s, &siginfo) == 0 &&
siginfo.current_signal >= data->signal_threshold)
data->scan_interval = data->long_interval;
}
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Init scan interval: %d",
data->scan_interval);
eloop_register_timeout(data->scan_interval, 0, bgscan_simple_timeout,
data, NULL);
/*
* This function is called immediately after an association, so it is
* reasonable to assume that a scan was completed recently. This makes
* us skip an immediate new scan in cases where the current signal
* level is below the bgscan threshold.
*/
os_get_time(&data->last_bgscan);
return data;
}
static void bgscan_simple_deinit(void *priv)
{
struct bgscan_simple_data *data = priv;
eloop_cancel_timeout(bgscan_simple_timeout, data, NULL);
if (data->signal_threshold)
wpa_drv_signal_monitor(data->wpa_s, 0, 0);
os_free(data);
}
static int bgscan_simple_notify_scan(void *priv,
struct wpa_scan_results *scan_res)
{
struct bgscan_simple_data *data = priv;
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: scan result notification");
eloop_cancel_timeout(bgscan_simple_timeout, data, NULL);
eloop_register_timeout(data->scan_interval, 0, bgscan_simple_timeout,
data, NULL);
/*
* A more advanced bgscan could process scan results internally, select
* the BSS and request roam if needed. This sample uses the existing
* BSS/ESS selection routine. Change this to return 1 if selection is
* done inside the bgscan module.
*/
return 0;
}
static void bgscan_simple_notify_beacon_loss(void *priv)
{
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: beacon loss");
/* TODO: speed up background scanning */
}
static void bgscan_simple_notify_signal_change(void *priv, int above,
int current_signal,
int current_noise,
int current_txrate)
{
struct bgscan_simple_data *data = priv;
int scan = 0;
struct os_time now;
if (data->short_interval == data->long_interval ||
data->signal_threshold == 0)
return;
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: signal level changed "
"(above=%d current_signal=%d current_noise=%d "
"current_txrate=%d))", above, current_signal,
current_noise, current_txrate);
if (data->scan_interval == data->long_interval && !above) {
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Start using short "
"bgscan interval");
data->scan_interval = data->short_interval;
os_get_time(&now);
if (now.sec > data->last_bgscan.sec + 1 &&
data->short_scan_count <= data->max_short_scans)
/*
* If we haven't just previously (<1 second ago)
* performed a scan, and we haven't depleted our
* budget for short-scans, perform a scan
* immediately.
*/
scan = 1;
else if (data->last_bgscan.sec + data->long_interval >
now.sec + data->scan_interval) {
/*
* Restart scan interval timer if currently scheduled
* scan is too far in the future.
*/
eloop_cancel_timeout(bgscan_simple_timeout, data,
NULL);
eloop_register_timeout(data->scan_interval, 0,
bgscan_simple_timeout, data,
NULL);
}
} else if (data->scan_interval == data->short_interval && above) {
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Start using long bgscan "
"interval");
data->scan_interval = data->long_interval;
eloop_cancel_timeout(bgscan_simple_timeout, data, NULL);
eloop_register_timeout(data->scan_interval, 0,
bgscan_simple_timeout, data, NULL);
} else if (!above) {
/*
* Signal dropped further 4 dB. Request a new scan if we have
* not yet scanned in a while.
*/
os_get_time(&now);
if (now.sec > data->last_bgscan.sec + 10)
scan = 1;
}
if (scan) {
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Trigger immediate scan");
eloop_cancel_timeout(bgscan_simple_timeout, data, NULL);
eloop_register_timeout(0, 0, bgscan_simple_timeout, data,
NULL);
}
}
const struct bgscan_ops bgscan_simple_ops = {
.name = "simple",
.init = bgscan_simple_init,
.deinit = bgscan_simple_deinit,
.notify_scan = bgscan_simple_notify_scan,
.notify_beacon_loss = bgscan_simple_notify_beacon_loss,
.notify_signal_change = bgscan_simple_notify_signal_change,
};