Commit 66679a65 authored by Lars Ericsson's avatar Lars Ericsson Committed by John W. Linville

rt2x00: Fix rounding errors in RSSI average calculation

Small changes in signal level was not detected up by the
MOVING_AVERAGE() due to a rounding error, using 'int' type.

rt2x00lib_antenna_diversity_eval:
rssi:	  -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62 -62
rssi_avg: -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57 -57

The signal level reported back could be significantly (5dBm)
different from the actual value. A level +3dBm is the same as
double the AP output power.
Signed-off-by: default avatarLars Ericsson <Lars_Ericsson@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIvo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent 193df183
...@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ ...@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@
#define SHORT_EIFS ( SIFS + SHORT_DIFS + \ #define SHORT_EIFS ( SIFS + SHORT_DIFS + \
GET_DURATION(IEEE80211_HEADER + ACK_SIZE, 10) ) GET_DURATION(IEEE80211_HEADER + ACK_SIZE, 10) )
/*
* Structure for average calculation
* The avg field contains the actual average value,
* but avg_weight is internally used during calculations
* to prevent rounding errors.
*/
struct avg_val {
int avg;
int avg_weight;
};
/* /*
* Chipset identification * Chipset identification
* The chipset on the device is composed of a RT and RF chip. * The chipset on the device is composed of a RT and RF chip.
...@@ -256,7 +267,7 @@ struct link_ant { ...@@ -256,7 +267,7 @@ struct link_ant {
* Similar to the avg_rssi in the link_qual structure * Similar to the avg_rssi in the link_qual structure
* this value is updated by using the walking average. * this value is updated by using the walking average.
*/ */
int rssi_ant; struct avg_val rssi_ant;
}; };
/* /*
...@@ -285,7 +296,7 @@ struct link { ...@@ -285,7 +296,7 @@ struct link {
/* /*
* Currently active average RSSI value * Currently active average RSSI value
*/ */
int avg_rssi; struct avg_val avg_rssi;
/* /*
* Currently precalculated percentages of successful * Currently precalculated percentages of successful
......
...@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@ ...@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@
#define DEFAULT_PERCENTAGE 50 #define DEFAULT_PERCENTAGE 50
/* /*
* Small helper macro to work with moving/walking averages. * Small helper macro for percentage calculation
* This is a very simple macro with the only catch that it will
* produce a default value in case no total value was provided.
*/
#define PERCENTAGE(__value, __total) \
( (__total) ? (((__value) * 100) / (__total)) : (DEFAULT_PERCENTAGE) )
/*
* Helper struct and macro to work with moving/walking averages.
* When adding a value to the average value the following calculation * When adding a value to the average value the following calculation
* is needed: * is needed:
* *
...@@ -60,18 +68,28 @@ ...@@ -60,18 +68,28 @@
* for a few minutes but when the device is moved away from the AP * for a few minutes but when the device is moved away from the AP
* the average will not decrease fast enough to compensate. * the average will not decrease fast enough to compensate.
* The walking average compensates this and will move towards * The walking average compensates this and will move towards
* the new values correctly allowing a effective link tuning. * the new values correctly allowing a effective link tuning,
* the speed of the average moving towards other values depends
* on the value for the number of samples. The higher the number
* of samples, the slower the average will move.
* We use two variables to keep track of the average value to
* compensate for the rounding errors. This can be a significant
* error (>5dBm) if the factor is too low.
*/ */
#define MOVING_AVERAGE(__avg, __val, __samples) \ #define AVG_SAMPLES 8
( (((__avg) * ((__samples) - 1)) + (__val)) / (__samples) ) #define AVG_FACTOR 1000
#define MOVING_AVERAGE(__avg, __val) \
/* ({ \
* Small helper macro for percentage calculation struct avg_val __new; \
* This is a very simple macro with the only catch that it will __new.avg_weight = \
* produce a default value in case no total value was provided. (__avg).avg_weight ? \
*/ ((((__avg).avg_weight * ((AVG_SAMPLES) - 1)) + \
#define PERCENTAGE(__value, __total) \ ((__val) * (AVG_FACTOR))) / \
( (__total) ? (((__value) * 100) / (__total)) : (DEFAULT_PERCENTAGE) ) (AVG_SAMPLES) ) : \
((__val) * (AVG_FACTOR)); \
__new.avg = __new.avg_weight / (AVG_FACTOR); \
__new; \
})
/* /*
* For calculating the Signal quality we have determined * For calculating the Signal quality we have determined
...@@ -98,8 +116,8 @@ static int rt2x00link_antenna_get_link_rssi(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev) ...@@ -98,8 +116,8 @@ static int rt2x00link_antenna_get_link_rssi(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
{ {
struct link_ant *ant = &rt2x00dev->link.ant; struct link_ant *ant = &rt2x00dev->link.ant;
if (ant->rssi_ant && rt2x00dev->link.qual.rx_success) if (ant->rssi_ant.avg && rt2x00dev->link.qual.rx_success)
return ant->rssi_ant; return ant->rssi_ant.avg;
return DEFAULT_RSSI; return DEFAULT_RSSI;
} }
...@@ -121,7 +139,8 @@ static void rt2x00link_antenna_update_rssi_history(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, ...@@ -121,7 +139,8 @@ static void rt2x00link_antenna_update_rssi_history(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
static void rt2x00link_antenna_reset(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev) static void rt2x00link_antenna_reset(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
{ {
rt2x00dev->link.ant.rssi_ant = 0; rt2x00dev->link.ant.rssi_ant.avg = 0;
rt2x00dev->link.ant.rssi_ant.avg_weight = 0;
} }
static void rt2x00lib_antenna_diversity_sample(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev) static void rt2x00lib_antenna_diversity_sample(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
...@@ -258,8 +277,6 @@ void rt2x00link_update_stats(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, ...@@ -258,8 +277,6 @@ void rt2x00link_update_stats(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
struct link_qual *qual = &rt2x00dev->link.qual; struct link_qual *qual = &rt2x00dev->link.qual;
struct link_ant *ant = &rt2x00dev->link.ant; struct link_ant *ant = &rt2x00dev->link.ant;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data; struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
int avg_rssi = rxdesc->rssi;
int ant_rssi = rxdesc->rssi;
/* /*
* Frame was received successfully since non-succesfull * Frame was received successfully since non-succesfull
...@@ -279,16 +296,12 @@ void rt2x00link_update_stats(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, ...@@ -279,16 +296,12 @@ void rt2x00link_update_stats(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
/* /*
* Update global RSSI * Update global RSSI
*/ */
if (link->avg_rssi) link->avg_rssi = MOVING_AVERAGE(link->avg_rssi, rxdesc->rssi);
avg_rssi = MOVING_AVERAGE(link->avg_rssi, rxdesc->rssi, 8);
link->avg_rssi = avg_rssi;
/* /*
* Update antenna RSSI * Update antenna RSSI
*/ */
if (ant->rssi_ant) ant->rssi_ant = MOVING_AVERAGE(ant->rssi_ant, rxdesc->rssi);
ant_rssi = MOVING_AVERAGE(ant->rssi_ant, rxdesc->rssi, 8);
ant->rssi_ant = ant_rssi;
} }
static void rt2x00link_precalculate_signal(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev) static void rt2x00link_precalculate_signal(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
...@@ -421,10 +434,10 @@ static void rt2x00link_tuner(struct work_struct *work) ...@@ -421,10 +434,10 @@ static void rt2x00link_tuner(struct work_struct *work)
* collect the RSSI data we could use this. Otherwise we * collect the RSSI data we could use this. Otherwise we
* must fallback to the default RSSI value. * must fallback to the default RSSI value.
*/ */
if (!link->avg_rssi || !qual->rx_success) if (!link->avg_rssi.avg || !qual->rx_success)
qual->rssi = DEFAULT_RSSI; qual->rssi = DEFAULT_RSSI;
else else
qual->rssi = link->avg_rssi; qual->rssi = link->avg_rssi.avg;
/* /*
* Only perform the link tuning when Link tuning * Only perform the link tuning when Link tuning
...@@ -442,7 +455,7 @@ static void rt2x00link_tuner(struct work_struct *work) ...@@ -442,7 +455,7 @@ static void rt2x00link_tuner(struct work_struct *work)
/* /*
* Send a signal to the led to update the led signal strength. * Send a signal to the led to update the led signal strength.
*/ */
rt2x00leds_led_quality(rt2x00dev, link->avg_rssi); rt2x00leds_led_quality(rt2x00dev, qual->rssi);
/* /*
* Evaluate antenna setup, make this the last step when * Evaluate antenna setup, make this the last step when
......
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