nl80211: Add signal strength and bandwith to nl80211station info

This patch adds signal strength and transmission bitrate
to the station_info of nl80211.

Signed-off-by: Henning Rogge <rogge@fgan.de>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

2 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 04d4516..7501acf 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -425,6 +425,32 @@ enum nl80211_sta_flags {
 };
 
 /**
+ * enum nl80211_rate_info - bitrate information
+ *
+ * These attribute types are used with %NL80211_STA_INFO_TXRATE
+ * when getting information about the bitrate of a station.
+ *
+ * @__NL80211_RATE_INFO_INVALID: attribute number 0 is reserved
+ * @NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE: total bitrate (u16, 100kbit/s)
+ * @NL80211_RATE_INFO_MCS: mcs index for 802.11n (u8)
+ * @NL80211_RATE_INFO_40_MHZ_WIDTH: 40 Mhz dualchannel bitrate
+ * @NL80211_RATE_INFO_SHORT_GI: 400ns guard interval
+ * @NL80211_RATE_INFO_MAX: highest rate_info number currently defined
+ * @__NL80211_RATE_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal use
+ */
+enum nl80211_rate_info {
+	__NL80211_RATE_INFO_INVALID,
+	NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE,
+	NL80211_RATE_INFO_MCS,
+	NL80211_RATE_INFO_40_MHZ_WIDTH,
+	NL80211_RATE_INFO_SHORT_GI,
+
+	/* keep last */
+	__NL80211_RATE_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
+	NL80211_RATE_INFO_MAX = __NL80211_RATE_INFO_AFTER_LAST - 1
+};
+
+/**
  * enum nl80211_sta_info - station information
  *
  * These attribute types are used with %NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO
@@ -436,6 +462,9 @@ enum nl80211_sta_flags {
  * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BYTES: total transmitted bytes (u32, to this station)
  * @__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST: internal
  * @NL80211_STA_INFO_MAX: highest possible station info attribute
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL: signal strength of last received PPDU (u8, dBm)
+ * @NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE: current unicast tx rate, nested attribute
+ * 	containing info as possible, see &enum nl80211_sta_info_txrate.
  */
 enum nl80211_sta_info {
 	__NL80211_STA_INFO_INVALID,
@@ -445,6 +474,8 @@ enum nl80211_sta_info {
 	NL80211_STA_INFO_LLID,
 	NL80211_STA_INFO_PLID,
 	NL80211_STA_INFO_PLINK_STATE,
+	NL80211_STA_INFO_SIGNAL,
+	NL80211_STA_INFO_TX_BITRATE,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_STA_INFO_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index a0c0bf1..65e03ac 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ struct station_parameters {
  * @STATION_INFO_LLID: @llid filled
  * @STATION_INFO_PLID: @plid filled
  * @STATION_INFO_PLINK_STATE: @plink_state filled
+ * @STATION_INFO_SIGNAL: @signal filled
+ * @STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE: @tx_bitrate fields are filled
+ *  (tx_bitrate, tx_bitrate_flags and tx_bitrate_mcs)
  */
 enum station_info_flags {
 	STATION_INFO_INACTIVE_TIME	= 1<<0,
@@ -177,6 +180,39 @@ enum station_info_flags {
 	STATION_INFO_LLID		= 1<<3,
 	STATION_INFO_PLID		= 1<<4,
 	STATION_INFO_PLINK_STATE	= 1<<5,
+	STATION_INFO_SIGNAL		= 1<<6,
+	STATION_INFO_TX_BITRATE		= 1<<7,
+};
+
+/**
+ * enum station_info_rate_flags - bitrate info flags
+ *
+ * Used by the driver to indicate the specific rate transmission
+ * type for 802.11n transmissions.
+ *
+ * @RATE_INFO_FLAGS_MCS: @tx_bitrate_mcs filled
+ * @RATE_INFO_FLAGS_40_MHZ_WIDTH: 40 Mhz width transmission
+ * @RATE_INFO_FLAGS_SHORT_GI: 400ns guard interval
+ */
+enum rate_info_flags {
+	RATE_INFO_FLAGS_MCS		= 1<<0,
+	RATE_INFO_FLAGS_40_MHZ_WIDTH	= 1<<1,
+	RATE_INFO_FLAGS_SHORT_GI	= 1<<2,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct rate_info - bitrate information
+ *
+ * Information about a receiving or transmitting bitrate
+ *
+ * @flags: bitflag of flags from &enum rate_info_flags
+ * @mcs: mcs index if struct describes a 802.11n bitrate
+ * @legacy: bitrate in 100kbit/s for 802.11abg
+ */
+struct rate_info {
+	u8 flags;
+	u8 mcs;
+	u16 legacy;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -191,6 +227,8 @@ enum station_info_flags {
  * @llid: mesh local link id
  * @plid: mesh peer link id
  * @plink_state: mesh peer link state
+ * @signal: signal strength of last received packet in dBm
+ * @txrate: current unicast bitrate to this station
  */
 struct station_info {
 	u32 filled;
@@ -200,6 +238,8 @@ struct station_info {
 	u16 llid;
 	u16 plid;
 	u8 plink_state;
+	s8 signal;
+	struct rate_info txrate;
 };
 
 /**