[Ns-developers] access point selection based on the received signal strength

[Mathieu Lacage]

On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 14:14 +0100, ichrak amdouni wrote:

>  Concerning the detection of disassociation, it is controlled by the
> NqstaWifiMac::RestartBeaconWatchdog and NqstaWifiMac::MissedBeacons
> method.
> Here, nothing says that it is the access point to which the station is
> associated is not sending beacons anymore, I expected to find
> something that
> keep track of that particular access point. So how can we set the
> station

When the station receives a beacon from the right access point (the one
whose address matches the station's BSSID), it updates the beacon
watchdog so, when the beacon watchdog expires, we know for sure that we
have missed n consecutive beacons from the access point we were
associated with.

> state to beacon_missed and trigger probe requests' sending?
> 

I don't really understand this question, sorry.


Mathieu