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mac80211: Expose support for ath9k Dynack

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Enables support for Dynack feature.

When a remote station is far away, we need to compensate for the distance
by allowing more time for an ACK to arrive back before issueing a retransmission.
Currently, it needs to be set fixed to indicate the maximum distance the remote
station will ever be.

While this mostly works for static antennae, it introduces 2 issues:
- If the actual distance is less, speed is reduced due to a lot of wates wait-time
- If the distance becomes greater, retries start to occur and comms can get lost.

Allowing to set it dynamically using dynack ensures the best possible tradeoff
between speed vs distance.

This feature is currently only supported in ath9k.
it is also disabled by default.

Enabling it can be done in 2 ways:
- issue cmd:  iw phy0 set distance auto
- sending the NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_DYN_ACK flag to mac80211 driver using netlink

Disabling it can be done by providing a valid fixed value.

To give an idea of a practical example:

In my usecase, we have mesh wifi device installed on ships/platforms.
Currently, the coverage class is set at 12000m fixed.

When a vessel moved closer (ex. 1500m), the measured link capacity was a lot
lower compared to setting the coverage class fixed to 1500m

Dynack completely solved this, nearly providing double the bandwidth at closer range
compared to the fixed setting of 12000m being used.

Also when a vessel sailed to a distance greater than the fixed setting,
communication was lost as the ACK's never arrived within the max allowed timeframe.

Actual distance: 6010m
iperf 60s run avg

Fixed 12150m:  31 Mbit/s
Dynack:        58 Mbit/s

Fixed 6300m:   51 Mbit/s
Dynack:        59 Mbit/s

Fixed 3000m:   13 Mbit/s  (lots of retries)
Dynack:        58 Mbit/s

Actual distance: 1504m
iperf 60s run avg

Fixed 12150m:  31 Mbit/s
Dynack:        86 Mbit/s

Fixed 6300m:   55 Mbit/s
Dynack:        87 Mbit/s

Fixed 3000m:   67 Mbit/s
Dynack:        87 Mbit/s

Signed-off-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@ncentric.com>
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Koen Vandeputte 2018-07-02 10:23:44 +02:00
parent ba2b0f0ac6
commit 8b42a260ed
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package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile
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@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_DEBUG \
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_DFS \
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_SPECTRAL \
CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_DYNACK \
CONFIG_PACKAGE_B43_DEBUG \
CONFIG_PACKAGE_B43_PIO \
CONFIG_PACKAGE_B43_PHY_G \
@ -199,6 +200,17 @@ define KernelPackage/ath/config
help
Say Y to enable access to the FFT/spectral data via debugfs.
config PACKAGE_ATH_DYNACK
bool "Enable Dynack support"
depends on PACKAGE_kmod-ath9k-common
help
Enables support for Dynamic ACK estimation, which allows the fastest possible speed
at any distance automatically by increasing/decreasing the max frame ACK time for
the most remote station detected. It can be enabled by using iw (iw phy0 set distance auto),
or by sending the NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_DYN_ACK flag to mac80211 driver using netlink.
Select this option if you want to enable this feature
endif
endef
@ -1630,7 +1642,7 @@ config-$(call config_package,ath) += ATH_CARDS ATH_COMMON ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_R
config-$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_DEBUG) += ATH_DEBUG ATH10K_DEBUG ATH9K_STATION_STATISTICS
config-$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_DFS) += ATH9K_DFS_CERTIFIED ATH10K_DFS_CERTIFIED
config-$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_SPECTRAL) += ATH9K_COMMON_SPECTRAL ATH10K_SPECTRAL
config-$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_ATH_DYNACK) += ATH9K_DYNACK
config-$(call config_package,ath9k) += ATH9K
config-$(call config_package,ath9k-common) += ATH9K_COMMON
config-$(CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx) += ATH9K_AHB