2 * Copyright 2002-2005, Instant802 Networks, Inc.
3 * Copyright 2005, Devicescape Software, Inc.
4 * Copyright 2007, Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de>
5 * Copyright 2007-2008, Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
9 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
12 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
13 #include <linux/types.h>
14 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
15 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
16 #include <linux/slab.h>
17 #include <net/mac80211.h>
20 #include "rc80211_pid.h"
23 /* This is an implementation of a TX rate control algorithm that uses a PID
24 * controller. Given a target failed frames rate, the controller decides about
25 * TX rate changes to meet the target failed frames rate.
27 * The controller basically computes the following:
29 * adj = CP * err + CI * err_avg + CD * (err - last_err) * (1 + sharpening)
32 * adj adjustment value that is used to switch TX rate (see below)
33 * err current error: target vs. current failed frames percentage
35 * err_avg average (i.e. poor man's integral) of recent errors
36 * sharpening non-zero when fast response is needed (i.e. right after
37 * association or no frames sent for a long time), heading
39 * CP Proportional coefficient
40 * CI Integral coefficient
41 * CD Derivative coefficient
43 * CP, CI, CD are subject to careful tuning.
45 * The integral component uses a exponential moving average approach instead of
46 * an actual sliding window. The advantage is that we don't need to keep an
47 * array of the last N error values and computation is easier.
49 * Once we have the adj value, we map it to a rate by means of a learning
50 * algorithm. This algorithm keeps the state of the percentual failed frames
51 * difference between rates. The behaviour of the lowest available rate is kept
52 * as a reference value, and every time we switch between two rates, we compute
53 * the difference between the failed frames each rate exhibited. By doing so,
54 * we compare behaviours which different rates exhibited in adjacent timeslices,
55 * thus the comparison is minimally affected by external conditions. This
56 * difference gets propagated to the whole set of measurements, so that the
57 * reference is always the same. Periodically, we normalize this set so that
58 * recent events weigh the most. By comparing the adj value with this set, we
59 * avoid pejorative switches to lower rates and allow for switches to higher
60 * rates if they behaved well.
62 * Note that for the computations we use a fixed-point representation to avoid
63 * floating point arithmetic. Hence, all values are shifted left by
68 /* Adjust the rate while ensuring that we won't switch to a lower rate if it
69 * exhibited a worse failed frames behaviour and we'll choose the highest rate
70 * whose failed frames behaviour is not worse than the one of the original rate
71 * target. While at it, check that the new rate is valid. */
72 static void rate_control_pid_adjust_rate(struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
73 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
74 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
, int adj
,
75 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*rinfo
)
77 int cur_sorted
, new_sorted
, probe
, tmp
, n_bitrates
, band
;
78 int cur
= spinfo
->txrate_idx
;
81 n_bitrates
= sband
->n_bitrates
;
83 /* Map passed arguments to sorted values. */
84 cur_sorted
= rinfo
[cur
].rev_index
;
85 new_sorted
= cur_sorted
+ adj
;
89 new_sorted
= rinfo
[0].rev_index
;
90 else if (new_sorted
>= n_bitrates
)
91 new_sorted
= rinfo
[n_bitrates
- 1].rev_index
;
96 /* Ensure that the rate decrease isn't disadvantageous. */
97 for (probe
= cur_sorted
; probe
>= new_sorted
; probe
--)
98 if (rinfo
[probe
].diff
<= rinfo
[cur_sorted
].diff
&&
99 rate_supported(sta
, band
, rinfo
[probe
].index
))
102 /* Look for rate increase with zero (or below) cost. */
103 for (probe
= new_sorted
+ 1; probe
< n_bitrates
; probe
++)
104 if (rinfo
[probe
].diff
<= rinfo
[new_sorted
].diff
&&
105 rate_supported(sta
, band
, rinfo
[probe
].index
))
109 /* Fit the rate found to the nearest supported rate. */
111 if (rate_supported(sta
, band
, rinfo
[tmp
].index
)) {
112 spinfo
->txrate_idx
= rinfo
[tmp
].index
;
119 } while (tmp
< n_bitrates
&& tmp
>= 0);
121 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
122 rate_control_pid_event_rate_change(&spinfo
->events
,
124 sband
->bitrates
[spinfo
->txrate_idx
].bitrate
);
128 /* Normalize the failed frames per-rate differences. */
129 static void rate_control_pid_normalize(struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
, int l
)
131 int i
, norm_offset
= pinfo
->norm_offset
;
132 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*r
= pinfo
->rinfo
;
134 if (r
[0].diff
> norm_offset
)
135 r
[0].diff
-= norm_offset
;
136 else if (r
[0].diff
< -norm_offset
)
137 r
[0].diff
+= norm_offset
;
138 for (i
= 0; i
< l
- 1; i
++)
139 if (r
[i
+ 1].diff
> r
[i
].diff
+ norm_offset
)
140 r
[i
+ 1].diff
-= norm_offset
;
141 else if (r
[i
+ 1].diff
<= r
[i
].diff
)
142 r
[i
+ 1].diff
+= norm_offset
;
145 static void rate_control_pid_sample(struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
,
146 struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
147 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
148 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
)
150 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*rinfo
= pinfo
->rinfo
;
157 unsigned long period
;
159 /* In case nothing happened during the previous control interval, turn
160 * the sharpening factor on. */
161 period
= msecs_to_jiffies(pinfo
->sampling_period
);
162 if (jiffies
- spinfo
->last_sample
> 2 * period
)
163 spinfo
->sharp_cnt
= pinfo
->sharpen_duration
;
165 spinfo
->last_sample
= jiffies
;
167 /* This should never happen, but in case, we assume the old sample is
168 * still a good measurement and copy it. */
169 if (unlikely(spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
== 0))
170 pf
= spinfo
->last_pf
;
172 pf
= spinfo
->tx_num_failed
* 100 / spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
;
174 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
= 0;
175 spinfo
->tx_num_failed
= 0;
177 /* If we just switched rate, update the rate behaviour info. */
178 if (pinfo
->oldrate
!= spinfo
->txrate_idx
) {
180 i
= rinfo
[pinfo
->oldrate
].rev_index
;
181 j
= rinfo
[spinfo
->txrate_idx
].rev_index
;
183 tmp
= (pf
- spinfo
->last_pf
);
184 tmp
= RC_PID_DO_ARITH_RIGHT_SHIFT(tmp
, RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
);
186 rinfo
[j
].diff
= rinfo
[i
].diff
+ tmp
;
187 pinfo
->oldrate
= spinfo
->txrate_idx
;
189 rate_control_pid_normalize(pinfo
, sband
->n_bitrates
);
191 /* Compute the proportional, integral and derivative errors. */
192 err_prop
= (pinfo
->target
- pf
) << RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
;
194 err_avg
= spinfo
->err_avg_sc
>> pinfo
->smoothing_shift
;
195 spinfo
->err_avg_sc
= spinfo
->err_avg_sc
- err_avg
+ err_prop
;
196 err_int
= spinfo
->err_avg_sc
>> pinfo
->smoothing_shift
;
198 err_der
= (pf
- spinfo
->last_pf
) *
199 (1 + pinfo
->sharpen_factor
* spinfo
->sharp_cnt
);
200 spinfo
->last_pf
= pf
;
201 if (spinfo
->sharp_cnt
)
204 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
205 rate_control_pid_event_pf_sample(&spinfo
->events
, pf
, err_prop
, err_int
,
209 /* Compute the controller output. */
210 adj
= (err_prop
* pinfo
->coeff_p
+ err_int
* pinfo
->coeff_i
211 + err_der
* pinfo
->coeff_d
);
212 adj
= RC_PID_DO_ARITH_RIGHT_SHIFT(adj
, 2 * RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
);
216 rate_control_pid_adjust_rate(sband
, sta
, spinfo
, adj
, rinfo
);
219 static void rate_control_pid_tx_status(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
220 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
, void *priv_sta
,
223 struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
= priv
;
224 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
= priv_sta
;
225 unsigned long period
;
226 struct ieee80211_tx_info
*info
= IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb
);
231 /* Ignore all frames that were sent with a different rate than the rate
232 * we currently advise mac80211 to use. */
233 if (info
->status
.rates
[0].idx
!= spinfo
->txrate_idx
)
236 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
++;
238 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
239 rate_control_pid_event_tx_status(&spinfo
->events
, info
);
242 /* We count frames that totally failed to be transmitted as two bad
243 * frames, those that made it out but had some retries as one good and
245 if (!(info
->flags
& IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK
)) {
246 spinfo
->tx_num_failed
+= 2;
247 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
++;
248 } else if (info
->status
.rates
[0].count
> 1) {
249 spinfo
->tx_num_failed
++;
250 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
++;
253 /* Update PID controller state. */
254 period
= msecs_to_jiffies(pinfo
->sampling_period
);
255 if (time_after(jiffies
, spinfo
->last_sample
+ period
))
256 rate_control_pid_sample(pinfo
, sband
, sta
, spinfo
);
260 rate_control_pid_get_rate(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
262 struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control
*txrc
)
264 struct sk_buff
*skb
= txrc
->skb
;
265 struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
= txrc
->sband
;
266 struct ieee80211_tx_info
*info
= IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb
);
267 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
= priv_sta
;
271 info
->control
.rates
[0].count
=
272 txrc
->hw
->conf
.long_frame_max_tx_count
;
274 info
->control
.rates
[0].count
=
275 txrc
->hw
->conf
.short_frame_max_tx_count
;
277 /* Send management frames and NO_ACK data using lowest rate. */
278 if (rate_control_send_low(sta
, priv_sta
, txrc
))
281 rateidx
= spinfo
->txrate_idx
;
283 if (rateidx
>= sband
->n_bitrates
)
284 rateidx
= sband
->n_bitrates
- 1;
286 info
->control
.rates
[0].idx
= rateidx
;
288 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
289 rate_control_pid_event_tx_rate(&spinfo
->events
,
290 rateidx
, sband
->bitrates
[rateidx
].bitrate
);
295 rate_control_pid_rate_init(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
296 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
, void *priv_sta
)
298 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
= priv_sta
;
299 struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
= priv
;
300 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*rinfo
= pinfo
->rinfo
;
304 /* TODO: This routine should consider using RSSI from previous packets
305 * as we need to have IEEE 802.1X auth succeed immediately after assoc..
306 * Until that method is implemented, we will use the lowest supported
307 * rate as a workaround. */
309 /* Sort the rates. This is optimized for the most common case (i.e.
310 * almost-sorted CCK+OFDM rates). Kind of bubble-sort with reversed
312 for (i
= 0; i
< sband
->n_bitrates
; i
++) {
314 rinfo
[i
].rev_index
= i
;
315 if (RC_PID_FAST_START
)
318 rinfo
[i
].diff
= i
* pinfo
->norm_offset
;
320 for (i
= 1; i
< sband
->n_bitrates
; i
++) {
322 for (j
= 0; j
< sband
->n_bitrates
- i
; j
++)
323 if (unlikely(sband
->bitrates
[rinfo
[j
].index
].bitrate
>
324 sband
->bitrates
[rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
].bitrate
)) {
325 tmp
= rinfo
[j
].index
;
326 rinfo
[j
].index
= rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
;
327 rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
= tmp
;
328 rinfo
[rinfo
[j
].index
].rev_index
= j
;
329 rinfo
[rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
].rev_index
= j
+ 1;
336 spinfo
->txrate_idx
= rate_lowest_index(sband
, sta
);
339 static void *rate_control_pid_alloc(struct ieee80211_hw
*hw
,
340 struct dentry
*debugfsdir
)
342 struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
;
343 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*rinfo
;
344 struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
;
345 int i
, max_rates
= 0;
346 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
347 struct rc_pid_debugfs_entries
*de
;
350 pinfo
= kmalloc(sizeof(*pinfo
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
354 for (i
= 0; i
< IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS
; i
++) {
355 sband
= hw
->wiphy
->bands
[i
];
356 if (sband
&& sband
->n_bitrates
> max_rates
)
357 max_rates
= sband
->n_bitrates
;
360 rinfo
= kmalloc(sizeof(*rinfo
) * max_rates
, GFP_ATOMIC
);
366 pinfo
->target
= RC_PID_TARGET_PF
;
367 pinfo
->sampling_period
= RC_PID_INTERVAL
;
368 pinfo
->coeff_p
= RC_PID_COEFF_P
;
369 pinfo
->coeff_i
= RC_PID_COEFF_I
;
370 pinfo
->coeff_d
= RC_PID_COEFF_D
;
371 pinfo
->smoothing_shift
= RC_PID_SMOOTHING_SHIFT
;
372 pinfo
->sharpen_factor
= RC_PID_SHARPENING_FACTOR
;
373 pinfo
->sharpen_duration
= RC_PID_SHARPENING_DURATION
;
374 pinfo
->norm_offset
= RC_PID_NORM_OFFSET
;
375 pinfo
->rinfo
= rinfo
;
378 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
379 de
= &pinfo
->dentries
;
380 de
->target
= debugfs_create_u32("target_pf", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
381 debugfsdir
, &pinfo
->target
);
382 de
->sampling_period
= debugfs_create_u32("sampling_period",
383 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
384 &pinfo
->sampling_period
);
385 de
->coeff_p
= debugfs_create_u32("coeff_p", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
386 debugfsdir
, (u32
*)&pinfo
->coeff_p
);
387 de
->coeff_i
= debugfs_create_u32("coeff_i", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
388 debugfsdir
, (u32
*)&pinfo
->coeff_i
);
389 de
->coeff_d
= debugfs_create_u32("coeff_d", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
390 debugfsdir
, (u32
*)&pinfo
->coeff_d
);
391 de
->smoothing_shift
= debugfs_create_u32("smoothing_shift",
392 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
393 &pinfo
->smoothing_shift
);
394 de
->sharpen_factor
= debugfs_create_u32("sharpen_factor",
395 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
396 &pinfo
->sharpen_factor
);
397 de
->sharpen_duration
= debugfs_create_u32("sharpen_duration",
398 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
399 &pinfo
->sharpen_duration
);
400 de
->norm_offset
= debugfs_create_u32("norm_offset",
401 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
402 &pinfo
->norm_offset
);
408 static void rate_control_pid_free(void *priv
)
410 struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
= priv
;
411 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
412 struct rc_pid_debugfs_entries
*de
= &pinfo
->dentries
;
414 debugfs_remove(de
->norm_offset
);
415 debugfs_remove(de
->sharpen_duration
);
416 debugfs_remove(de
->sharpen_factor
);
417 debugfs_remove(de
->smoothing_shift
);
418 debugfs_remove(de
->coeff_d
);
419 debugfs_remove(de
->coeff_i
);
420 debugfs_remove(de
->coeff_p
);
421 debugfs_remove(de
->sampling_period
);
422 debugfs_remove(de
->target
);
429 static void *rate_control_pid_alloc_sta(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
432 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
;
434 spinfo
= kzalloc(sizeof(*spinfo
), gfp
);
438 spinfo
->last_sample
= jiffies
;
440 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
441 spin_lock_init(&spinfo
->events
.lock
);
442 init_waitqueue_head(&spinfo
->events
.waitqueue
);
448 static void rate_control_pid_free_sta(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
454 static struct rate_control_ops mac80211_rcpid
= {
456 .tx_status
= rate_control_pid_tx_status
,
457 .get_rate
= rate_control_pid_get_rate
,
458 .rate_init
= rate_control_pid_rate_init
,
459 .alloc
= rate_control_pid_alloc
,
460 .free
= rate_control_pid_free
,
461 .alloc_sta
= rate_control_pid_alloc_sta
,
462 .free_sta
= rate_control_pid_free_sta
,
463 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
464 .add_sta_debugfs
= rate_control_pid_add_sta_debugfs
,
465 .remove_sta_debugfs
= rate_control_pid_remove_sta_debugfs
,
469 int __init
rc80211_pid_init(void)
471 return ieee80211_rate_control_register(&mac80211_rcpid
);
474 void rc80211_pid_exit(void)
476 ieee80211_rate_control_unregister(&mac80211_rcpid
);