From 4c3cbdc8d34eec9e2df159dffb8e25db67ba8280 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Prestwood Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:24:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Document station Affinities property This documents new DBus property that expose a bit more control to how IWD roams. Setting the affinity on the connected BSS effectively "locks" IWD to that BSS (except at critical RSSI levels, explained below). This can be useful for clients that have access to more information about the environment than IWD. For example, if a client is stationary there is likely no point in trying to roam until it has moved elsewhere. A new main.conf option would also be added: [General].CriticalRoamThreshold This would be the new roam threshold set if the currently connected BSS is in the Affinities list. If the RSSI continues to drop below this level IWD will still attempt to roam. --- doc/station-api.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ src/iwd.config.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/station-api.txt b/doc/station-api.txt index 84f1b7bf..707c6834 100644 --- a/doc/station-api.txt +++ b/doc/station-api.txt @@ -170,6 +170,23 @@ Properties string State [readonly] BSS the device is currently connected to or to which a connection is in progress. + ao Affinities [optional] [experimental] + + Array of net.connman.iwd.BasicServiceSet object paths + that will be treated with higher affinity compared to + other BSS's. Currently the only allowed value to be + set in this array is the path to the currently connected + BasicServiceSet object, i.e. + Station.ConnectedAccessPoint. + + Setting the affinity will lower the roaming threshold, + effectively locking IWD to the current BSS unless the + RSSI drops below the critical threshold set by + [General].CriticalRoamThreshold{5G} at which point + IWD will proceed with normal roaming behavior. + + This property is cleared on roams/disconnections. + SignalLevelAgent hierarchy ========================== diff --git a/src/iwd.config.rst b/src/iwd.config.rst index 0b2878b8..9dc0fe0c 100644 --- a/src/iwd.config.rst +++ b/src/iwd.config.rst @@ -133,6 +133,22 @@ The group ``[General]`` contains general settings. This value can be used to control how aggressively **iwd** roams when connected to a 5GHz access point. + * - CriticalRoamThreshold + - Value: rssi dBm value, from -100 to -1, default: **-80** + + The threshold (for 2.4GHz) at which IWD will roam regardless of the + affinity set to the current BSS. If the connected BSS has affinity + (set in Station's Affinities list) the roam threshold will be lowed to + this value and IWD will not attempt to roam (or roam scan) until either + the affinity is cleared, or the signal drops below this threshold. + + + * - CriticalRoamThreshold5G + - Value: rssi dBm value, from -100 to -1, default: **-82** + + This has the same effect as ``CriticalRoamThreshold``, but for the 5GHz + band. + * - RoamRetryInterval - Value: unsigned int value in seconds (default: **60**)