Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add support for ftm responder configuration
From: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <hidden>
Date: 2018-08-21 21:53:58
On 2018-08-20 02:33, Johannes Berg wrote:
On Sat, 2018-08-18 at 00:50 -0700, Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu wrote:quoted
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I will change the attribute to FLAG type, also add support for LCI/CIVIC params and repost the patch.Looking at Android (for unrelated reasons), I see that they have a separate "enable FTM responder" command: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/interfaces/+/master/wifi/1.0/IWifiRttController.hal#158 Is that something you've seen/worked with? If so, how does it match your current approach where FTM responder has to be enabled from the start? Or perhaps this API is independent of AP and starts its own AP? But it doesn't have any setup for the SSID etc., only the channel, so not clear how that'd work? johannes
I wasn't aware of this android api. However, looking at the api, the assumption is that bss is started by a different api and the 'enableResponder' api is used for enabling rtt for a given duration. The reason we have added enabling ftm responder through start ap is that this can reflect beacon IE change in the configuration in the same place. In case of the separate command, enabling responder will not update the beacon, however, the application must issue the new command, whenever its updating beacon template. Please let me know your thoughts/suggestions. Pradeep