mac80211: Do not generate CQM events based on first Beacon frames

The signal strength value in a single RX frame is not that reliable,
so it is better to delay start of CQM events until there is a real
average signal strength from more than a single Beacon frame
available.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 9af50fbcd48b..16f7fb164c2d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ struct ieee80211_if_managed {
         int ave_beacon_signal;
 
         /*
+         * Number of Beacon frames used in ave_beacon_signal. This can be used
+         * to avoid generating less reliable cqm events that would be based
+         * only on couple of received frames.
+         */
+        unsigned int count_beacon_signal;
+
+        /*
          * Last Beacon frame signal strength average (ave_beacon_signal / 16)
          * that triggered a cqm event. 0 indicates that no event has been
          * generated for the current association.