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 <net/mac80211.h>
19 #include "rc80211_pid.h"
22 /* This is an implementation of a TX rate control algorithm that uses a PID
23 * controller. Given a target failed frames rate, the controller decides about
24 * TX rate changes to meet the target failed frames rate.
26 * The controller basically computes the following:
28 * adj = CP * err + CI * err_avg + CD * (err - last_err) * (1 + sharpening)
31 * adj adjustment value that is used to switch TX rate (see below)
32 * err current error: target vs. current failed frames percentage
34 * err_avg average (i.e. poor man's integral) of recent errors
35 * sharpening non-zero when fast response is needed (i.e. right after
36 * association or no frames sent for a long time), heading
38 * CP Proportional coefficient
39 * CI Integral coefficient
40 * CD Derivative coefficient
42 * CP, CI, CD are subject to careful tuning.
44 * The integral component uses a exponential moving average approach instead of
45 * an actual sliding window. The advantage is that we don't need to keep an
46 * array of the last N error values and computation is easier.
48 * Once we have the adj value, we map it to a rate by means of a learning
49 * algorithm. This algorithm keeps the state of the percentual failed frames
50 * difference between rates. The behaviour of the lowest available rate is kept
51 * as a reference value, and every time we switch between two rates, we compute
52 * the difference between the failed frames each rate exhibited. By doing so,
53 * we compare behaviours which different rates exhibited in adjacent timeslices,
54 * thus the comparison is minimally affected by external conditions. This
55 * difference gets propagated to the whole set of measurements, so that the
56 * reference is always the same. Periodically, we normalize this set so that
57 * recent events weigh the most. By comparing the adj value with this set, we
58 * avoid pejorative switches to lower rates and allow for switches to higher
59 * rates if they behaved well.
61 * Note that for the computations we use a fixed-point representation to avoid
62 * floating point arithmetic. Hence, all values are shifted left by
67 /* Adjust the rate while ensuring that we won't switch to a lower rate if it
68 * exhibited a worse failed frames behaviour and we'll choose the highest rate
69 * whose failed frames behaviour is not worse than the one of the original rate
70 * target. While at it, check that the new rate is valid. */
71 static void rate_control_pid_adjust_rate(struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
72 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
73 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
, int adj
,
74 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*rinfo
)
76 int cur_sorted
, new_sorted
, probe
, tmp
, n_bitrates
, band
;
77 int cur
= spinfo
->txrate_idx
;
80 n_bitrates
= sband
->n_bitrates
;
82 /* Map passed arguments to sorted values. */
83 cur_sorted
= rinfo
[cur
].rev_index
;
84 new_sorted
= cur_sorted
+ adj
;
88 new_sorted
= rinfo
[0].rev_index
;
89 else if (new_sorted
>= n_bitrates
)
90 new_sorted
= rinfo
[n_bitrates
- 1].rev_index
;
95 /* Ensure that the rate decrease isn't disadvantageous. */
96 for (probe
= cur_sorted
; probe
>= new_sorted
; probe
--)
97 if (rinfo
[probe
].diff
<= rinfo
[cur_sorted
].diff
&&
98 rate_supported(sta
, band
, rinfo
[probe
].index
))
101 /* Look for rate increase with zero (or below) cost. */
102 for (probe
= new_sorted
+ 1; probe
< n_bitrates
; probe
++)
103 if (rinfo
[probe
].diff
<= rinfo
[new_sorted
].diff
&&
104 rate_supported(sta
, band
, rinfo
[probe
].index
))
108 /* Fit the rate found to the nearest supported rate. */
110 if (rate_supported(sta
, band
, rinfo
[tmp
].index
)) {
111 spinfo
->txrate_idx
= rinfo
[tmp
].index
;
118 } while (tmp
< n_bitrates
&& tmp
>= 0);
120 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
121 rate_control_pid_event_rate_change(&spinfo
->events
,
123 sband
->bitrates
[spinfo
->txrate_idx
].bitrate
);
127 /* Normalize the failed frames per-rate differences. */
128 static void rate_control_pid_normalize(struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
, int l
)
130 int i
, norm_offset
= pinfo
->norm_offset
;
131 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*r
= pinfo
->rinfo
;
133 if (r
[0].diff
> norm_offset
)
134 r
[0].diff
-= norm_offset
;
135 else if (r
[0].diff
< -norm_offset
)
136 r
[0].diff
+= norm_offset
;
137 for (i
= 0; i
< l
- 1; i
++)
138 if (r
[i
+ 1].diff
> r
[i
].diff
+ norm_offset
)
139 r
[i
+ 1].diff
-= norm_offset
;
140 else if (r
[i
+ 1].diff
<= r
[i
].diff
)
141 r
[i
+ 1].diff
+= norm_offset
;
144 static void rate_control_pid_sample(struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
,
145 struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
146 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
147 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
)
149 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*rinfo
= pinfo
->rinfo
;
156 unsigned long period
;
158 /* In case nothing happened during the previous control interval, turn
159 * the sharpening factor on. */
160 period
= (HZ
* pinfo
->sampling_period
+ 500) / 1000;
163 if (jiffies
- spinfo
->last_sample
> 2 * period
)
164 spinfo
->sharp_cnt
= pinfo
->sharpen_duration
;
166 spinfo
->last_sample
= jiffies
;
168 /* This should never happen, but in case, we assume the old sample is
169 * still a good measurement and copy it. */
170 if (unlikely(spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
== 0))
171 pf
= spinfo
->last_pf
;
173 /* XXX: BAD HACK!!! */
174 struct sta_info
*si
= container_of(sta
, struct sta_info
, sta
);
176 pf
= spinfo
->tx_num_failed
* 100 / spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
;
178 if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&si
->sdata
->vif
) && pf
== 100)
179 mesh_plink_broken(si
);
180 pf
<<= RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
;
181 si
->fail_avg
= ((pf
+ (spinfo
->last_pf
<< 3)) / 9)
182 >> RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
;
185 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
= 0;
186 spinfo
->tx_num_failed
= 0;
188 /* If we just switched rate, update the rate behaviour info. */
189 if (pinfo
->oldrate
!= spinfo
->txrate_idx
) {
191 i
= rinfo
[pinfo
->oldrate
].rev_index
;
192 j
= rinfo
[spinfo
->txrate_idx
].rev_index
;
194 tmp
= (pf
- spinfo
->last_pf
);
195 tmp
= RC_PID_DO_ARITH_RIGHT_SHIFT(tmp
, RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
);
197 rinfo
[j
].diff
= rinfo
[i
].diff
+ tmp
;
198 pinfo
->oldrate
= spinfo
->txrate_idx
;
200 rate_control_pid_normalize(pinfo
, sband
->n_bitrates
);
202 /* Compute the proportional, integral and derivative errors. */
203 err_prop
= (pinfo
->target
<< RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
) - pf
;
205 err_avg
= spinfo
->err_avg_sc
>> pinfo
->smoothing_shift
;
206 spinfo
->err_avg_sc
= spinfo
->err_avg_sc
- err_avg
+ err_prop
;
207 err_int
= spinfo
->err_avg_sc
>> pinfo
->smoothing_shift
;
209 err_der
= (pf
- spinfo
->last_pf
) *
210 (1 + pinfo
->sharpen_factor
* spinfo
->sharp_cnt
);
211 spinfo
->last_pf
= pf
;
212 if (spinfo
->sharp_cnt
)
215 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
216 rate_control_pid_event_pf_sample(&spinfo
->events
, pf
, err_prop
, err_int
,
220 /* Compute the controller output. */
221 adj
= (err_prop
* pinfo
->coeff_p
+ err_int
* pinfo
->coeff_i
222 + err_der
* pinfo
->coeff_d
);
223 adj
= RC_PID_DO_ARITH_RIGHT_SHIFT(adj
, 2 * RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT
);
227 rate_control_pid_adjust_rate(sband
, sta
, spinfo
, adj
, rinfo
);
230 static void rate_control_pid_tx_status(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
231 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
, void *priv_sta
,
234 struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
= priv
;
235 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
= priv_sta
;
236 unsigned long period
;
237 struct ieee80211_tx_info
*info
= IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb
);
242 /* Ignore all frames that were sent with a different rate than the rate
243 * we currently advise mac80211 to use. */
244 if (info
->status
.rates
[0].idx
!= spinfo
->txrate_idx
)
247 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
++;
249 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
250 rate_control_pid_event_tx_status(&spinfo
->events
, info
);
253 /* We count frames that totally failed to be transmitted as two bad
254 * frames, those that made it out but had some retries as one good and
256 if (!(info
->flags
& IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK
)) {
257 spinfo
->tx_num_failed
+= 2;
258 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
++;
259 } else if (info
->status
.rates
[0].count
> 1) {
260 spinfo
->tx_num_failed
++;
261 spinfo
->tx_num_xmit
++;
264 /* Update PID controller state. */
265 period
= (HZ
* pinfo
->sampling_period
+ 500) / 1000;
268 if (time_after(jiffies
, spinfo
->last_sample
+ period
))
269 rate_control_pid_sample(pinfo
, sband
, sta
, spinfo
);
273 rate_control_pid_get_rate(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
275 struct ieee80211_tx_rate_control
*txrc
)
277 struct sk_buff
*skb
= txrc
->skb
;
278 struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
= txrc
->sband
;
279 struct ieee80211_hdr
*hdr
= (struct ieee80211_hdr
*) skb
->data
;
280 struct ieee80211_tx_info
*info
= IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb
);
281 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
= priv_sta
;
286 info
->control
.rates
[0].count
=
287 txrc
->hw
->conf
.long_frame_max_tx_count
;
289 info
->control
.rates
[0].count
=
290 txrc
->hw
->conf
.short_frame_max_tx_count
;
292 /* Send management frames and broadcast/multicast data using lowest
294 fc
= le16_to_cpu(hdr
->frame_control
);
295 if (!sta
|| !spinfo
||
296 (fc
& IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE
) != IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA
||
297 is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr
->addr1
)) {
298 info
->control
.rates
[0].idx
= rate_lowest_index(sband
, sta
);
302 rateidx
= spinfo
->txrate_idx
;
304 if (rateidx
>= sband
->n_bitrates
)
305 rateidx
= sband
->n_bitrates
- 1;
307 info
->control
.rates
[0].idx
= rateidx
;
309 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
310 rate_control_pid_event_tx_rate(&spinfo
->events
,
311 rateidx
, sband
->bitrates
[rateidx
].bitrate
);
316 rate_control_pid_rate_init(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
,
317 struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
, void *priv_sta
)
319 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
= priv_sta
;
322 /* TODO: This routine should consider using RSSI from previous packets
323 * as we need to have IEEE 802.1X auth succeed immediately after assoc..
324 * Until that method is implemented, we will use the lowest supported
325 * rate as a workaround. */
327 spinfo
->txrate_idx
= rate_lowest_index(sband
, sta
);
329 si
= container_of(sta
, struct sta_info
, sta
);
333 static void *rate_control_pid_alloc(struct ieee80211_hw
*hw
,
334 struct dentry
*debugfsdir
)
336 struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
;
337 struct rc_pid_rateinfo
*rinfo
;
338 struct ieee80211_supported_band
*sband
;
341 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
342 struct rc_pid_debugfs_entries
*de
;
345 sband
= hw
->wiphy
->bands
[hw
->conf
.channel
->band
];
347 pinfo
= kmalloc(sizeof(*pinfo
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
351 /* We can safely assume that sband won't change unless we get
353 rinfo
= kmalloc(sizeof(*rinfo
) * sband
->n_bitrates
, GFP_ATOMIC
);
359 pinfo
->target
= RC_PID_TARGET_PF
;
360 pinfo
->sampling_period
= RC_PID_INTERVAL
;
361 pinfo
->coeff_p
= RC_PID_COEFF_P
;
362 pinfo
->coeff_i
= RC_PID_COEFF_I
;
363 pinfo
->coeff_d
= RC_PID_COEFF_D
;
364 pinfo
->smoothing_shift
= RC_PID_SMOOTHING_SHIFT
;
365 pinfo
->sharpen_factor
= RC_PID_SHARPENING_FACTOR
;
366 pinfo
->sharpen_duration
= RC_PID_SHARPENING_DURATION
;
367 pinfo
->norm_offset
= RC_PID_NORM_OFFSET
;
368 pinfo
->rinfo
= rinfo
;
371 /* Sort the rates. This is optimized for the most common case (i.e.
372 * almost-sorted CCK+OFDM rates). Kind of bubble-sort with reversed
374 for (i
= 0; i
< sband
->n_bitrates
; i
++) {
376 rinfo
[i
].rev_index
= i
;
377 if (RC_PID_FAST_START
)
380 rinfo
[i
].diff
= i
* pinfo
->norm_offset
;
382 for (i
= 1; i
< sband
->n_bitrates
; i
++) {
384 for (j
= 0; j
< sband
->n_bitrates
- i
; j
++)
385 if (unlikely(sband
->bitrates
[rinfo
[j
].index
].bitrate
>
386 sband
->bitrates
[rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
].bitrate
)) {
387 tmp
= rinfo
[j
].index
;
388 rinfo
[j
].index
= rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
;
389 rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
= tmp
;
390 rinfo
[rinfo
[j
].index
].rev_index
= j
;
391 rinfo
[rinfo
[j
+ 1].index
].rev_index
= j
+ 1;
398 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
399 de
= &pinfo
->dentries
;
400 de
->target
= debugfs_create_u32("target_pf", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
401 debugfsdir
, &pinfo
->target
);
402 de
->sampling_period
= debugfs_create_u32("sampling_period",
403 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
404 &pinfo
->sampling_period
);
405 de
->coeff_p
= debugfs_create_u32("coeff_p", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
406 debugfsdir
, (u32
*)&pinfo
->coeff_p
);
407 de
->coeff_i
= debugfs_create_u32("coeff_i", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
408 debugfsdir
, (u32
*)&pinfo
->coeff_i
);
409 de
->coeff_d
= debugfs_create_u32("coeff_d", S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
,
410 debugfsdir
, (u32
*)&pinfo
->coeff_d
);
411 de
->smoothing_shift
= debugfs_create_u32("smoothing_shift",
412 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
413 &pinfo
->smoothing_shift
);
414 de
->sharpen_factor
= debugfs_create_u32("sharpen_factor",
415 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
416 &pinfo
->sharpen_factor
);
417 de
->sharpen_duration
= debugfs_create_u32("sharpen_duration",
418 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
419 &pinfo
->sharpen_duration
);
420 de
->norm_offset
= debugfs_create_u32("norm_offset",
421 S_IRUSR
| S_IWUSR
, debugfsdir
,
422 &pinfo
->norm_offset
);
428 static void rate_control_pid_free(void *priv
)
430 struct rc_pid_info
*pinfo
= priv
;
431 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
432 struct rc_pid_debugfs_entries
*de
= &pinfo
->dentries
;
434 debugfs_remove(de
->norm_offset
);
435 debugfs_remove(de
->sharpen_duration
);
436 debugfs_remove(de
->sharpen_factor
);
437 debugfs_remove(de
->smoothing_shift
);
438 debugfs_remove(de
->coeff_d
);
439 debugfs_remove(de
->coeff_i
);
440 debugfs_remove(de
->coeff_p
);
441 debugfs_remove(de
->sampling_period
);
442 debugfs_remove(de
->target
);
449 static void *rate_control_pid_alloc_sta(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
452 struct rc_pid_sta_info
*spinfo
;
454 spinfo
= kzalloc(sizeof(*spinfo
), gfp
);
458 spinfo
->last_sample
= jiffies
;
460 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
461 spin_lock_init(&spinfo
->events
.lock
);
462 init_waitqueue_head(&spinfo
->events
.waitqueue
);
468 static void rate_control_pid_free_sta(void *priv
, struct ieee80211_sta
*sta
,
474 static struct rate_control_ops mac80211_rcpid
= {
476 .tx_status
= rate_control_pid_tx_status
,
477 .get_rate
= rate_control_pid_get_rate
,
478 .rate_init
= rate_control_pid_rate_init
,
479 .alloc
= rate_control_pid_alloc
,
480 .free
= rate_control_pid_free
,
481 .alloc_sta
= rate_control_pid_alloc_sta
,
482 .free_sta
= rate_control_pid_free_sta
,
483 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
484 .add_sta_debugfs
= rate_control_pid_add_sta_debugfs
,
485 .remove_sta_debugfs
= rate_control_pid_remove_sta_debugfs
,
489 int __init
rc80211_pid_init(void)
491 return ieee80211_rate_control_register(&mac80211_rcpid
);
494 void rc80211_pid_exit(void)
496 ieee80211_rate_control_unregister(&mac80211_rcpid
);