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    iwlwifi: mvm: Add support for Energy based scan (EBS) · e820c2da
    Haim Dreyfuss authored
    This patch enables Energy Based Scan (EBS) - intended to detect energy
    on 5 GHz band channels. Passive scan on this band takes up to 2.64 sec
    assuming 110mSec per-channel * 24 channels. EBS is designed to detect
    energy on channels with intensive Wifi activity as well as those where
    only beacons are transmitted. EBS completes sampling all channels within
    shortest beacon frame transmission time. Total EBS duration is about 100
    msec (typical beacon interval).
    Detecting Wifi activity on 5 GHz band channels can significantly reduce
    scan duration thus saving time and power. EBS failure reported by FW
    disables EBS for current connection. It is re-enabled upon new
    connection attempt on any WLAN interface.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHaim Dreyfuss <haim.dreyfuss@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexander Bondar <alexander.bondar@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
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