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IEEE80211_START_TX_B(9) Rate control interface IEEE80211_START_TX_B(9)

NAME

ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session - Start a tx Block Ack session.

SYNOPSIS

int ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_sta * sta, u16 tid, u16 timeout);

ARGUMENTS

sta
the station for which to start a BA session
tid
the TID to BA on.
timeout
session timeout value (in TUs)

RETURN

success if addBA request was sent, failure otherwise
Although mac80211/low level driver/user space application can estimate the need to start aggregation on a certain RA/TID, the session level will be managed by the mac80211.

AUTHOR

Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Author.

COPYRIGHT

March 2016 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2.