rc80211_pid_algo.c

/*
 * Copyright 2002-2005, Instant802 Networks, Inc.
 * Copyright 2005, Devicescape Software, Inc.
 * Copyright 2007, Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de>
 * Copyright 2007-2008, Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
 */

#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <net/mac80211.h>
#include "ieee80211_rate.h"

#include "rc80211_pid.h"


/* This is an implementation of a TX rate control algorithm that uses a PID
 * controller. Given a target failed frames rate, the controller decides about
 * TX rate changes to meet the target failed frames rate.
 *
 * The controller basically computes the following:
 *
 * adj = CP * err + CI * err_avg + CD * (err - last_err) * (1 + sharpening)
 *
 * where
 * 	adj	adjustment value that is used to switch TX rate (see below)
 * 	err	current error: target vs. current failed frames percentage
 * 	last_err	last error
 * 	err_avg	average (i.e. poor man's integral) of recent errors
 *	sharpening	non-zero when fast response is needed (i.e. right after
 *			association or no frames sent for a long time), heading
 * 			to zero over time
 * 	CP	Proportional coefficient
 * 	CI	Integral coefficient
 * 	CD	Derivative coefficient
 *
 * CP, CI, CD are subject to careful tuning.
 *
 * The integral component uses a exponential moving average approach instead of
 * an actual sliding window. The advantage is that we don't need to keep an
 * array of the last N error values and computation is easier.
 *
 * Once we have the adj value, we map it to a rate by means of a learning
 * algorithm. This algorithm keeps the state of the percentual failed frames
 * difference between rates. The behaviour of the lowest available rate is kept
 * as a reference value, and every time we switch between two rates, we compute
 * the difference between the failed frames each rate exhibited. By doing so,
 * we compare behaviours which different rates exhibited in adjacent timeslices,
 * thus the comparison is minimally affected by external conditions. This
 * difference gets propagated to the whole set of measurements, so that the
 * reference is always the same. Periodically, we normalize this set so that
 * recent events weigh the most. By comparing the adj value with this set, we
 * avoid pejorative switches to lower rates and allow for switches to higher
 * rates if they behaved well.
 *
 * Note that for the computations we use a fixed-point representation to avoid
 * floating point arithmetic. Hence, all values are shifted left by
 * RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT.
 */


/* Adjust the rate while ensuring that we won't switch to a lower rate if it
 * exhibited a worse failed frames behaviour and we'll choose the highest rate
 * whose failed frames behaviour is not worse than the one of the original rate
 * target. While at it, check that the new rate is valid. */
static void rate_control_pid_adjust_rate(struct ieee80211_local *local,
					 struct sta_info *sta, int adj,
					 struct rc_pid_rateinfo *rinfo)
{
	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
	int cur_sorted, new_sorted, probe, tmp, n_bitrates, band;
	int cur = sta->txrate_idx;

	sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(sta->dev);
	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
	band = sband->band;
	n_bitrates = sband->n_bitrates;

	/* Map passed arguments to sorted values. */
	cur_sorted = rinfo[cur].rev_index;
	new_sorted = cur_sorted + adj;

	/* Check limits. */
	if (new_sorted < 0)
		new_sorted = rinfo[0].rev_index;
	else if (new_sorted >= n_bitrates)
		new_sorted = rinfo[n_bitrates - 1].rev_index;

	tmp = new_sorted;

	if (adj < 0) {
		/* Ensure that the rate decrease isn't disadvantageous. */
		for (probe = cur_sorted; probe >= new_sorted; probe--)
			if (rinfo[probe].diff <= rinfo[cur_sorted].diff &&
			    rate_supported(sta, band, rinfo[probe].index))
				tmp = probe;
	} else {
		/* Look for rate increase with zero (or below) cost. */
		for (probe = new_sorted + 1; probe < n_bitrates; probe++)
			if (rinfo[probe].diff <= rinfo[new_sorted].diff &&
			    rate_supported(sta, band, rinfo[probe].index))
				tmp = probe;
	}

	/* Fit the rate found to the nearest supported rate. */
	do {
		if (rate_supported(sta, band, rinfo[tmp].index)) {
			sta->txrate_idx = rinfo[tmp].index;
			break;
		}
		if (adj < 0)
			tmp--;
		else
			tmp++;
	} while (tmp < n_bitrates && tmp >= 0);

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	rate_control_pid_event_rate_change(
		&((struct rc_pid_sta_info *)sta->rate_ctrl_priv)->events,
		sta->txrate_idx, sband->bitrates[sta->txrate_idx].bitrate);
#endif
}

/* Normalize the failed frames per-rate differences. */
static void rate_control_pid_normalize(struct rc_pid_info *pinfo, int l)
{
	int i, norm_offset = pinfo->norm_offset;
	struct rc_pid_rateinfo *r = pinfo->rinfo;

	if (r[0].diff > norm_offset)
		r[0].diff -= norm_offset;
	else if (r[0].diff < -norm_offset)
		r[0].diff += norm_offset;
	for (i = 0; i < l - 1; i++)
		if (r[i + 1].diff > r[i].diff + norm_offset)
			r[i + 1].diff -= norm_offset;
		else if (r[i + 1].diff <= r[i].diff)
			r[i + 1].diff += norm_offset;
}

static void rate_control_pid_sample(struct rc_pid_info *pinfo,
				    struct ieee80211_local *local,
				    struct sta_info *sta)
{
	struct rc_pid_sta_info *spinfo = sta->rate_ctrl_priv;
	struct rc_pid_rateinfo *rinfo = pinfo->rinfo;
	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
	u32 pf;
	s32 err_avg;
	u32 err_prop;
	u32 err_int;
	u32 err_der;
	int adj, i, j, tmp;
	unsigned long period;

	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
	spinfo = sta->rate_ctrl_priv;

	/* In case nothing happened during the previous control interval, turn
	 * the sharpening factor on. */
	period = (HZ * pinfo->sampling_period + 500) / 1000;
	if (!period)
		period = 1;
	if (jiffies - spinfo->last_sample > 2 * period)
		spinfo->sharp_cnt = pinfo->sharpen_duration;

	spinfo->last_sample = jiffies;

	/* This should never happen, but in case, we assume the old sample is
	 * still a good measurement and copy it. */
	if (unlikely(spinfo->tx_num_xmit == 0))
		pf = spinfo->last_pf;
	else {
		pf = spinfo->tx_num_failed * 100 / spinfo->tx_num_xmit;
		pf <<= RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT;
	}

	spinfo->tx_num_xmit = 0;
	spinfo->tx_num_failed = 0;

	/* If we just switched rate, update the rate behaviour info. */
	if (pinfo->oldrate != sta->txrate_idx) {

		i = rinfo[pinfo->oldrate].rev_index;
		j = rinfo[sta->txrate_idx].rev_index;

		tmp = (pf - spinfo->last_pf);
		tmp = RC_PID_DO_ARITH_RIGHT_SHIFT(tmp, RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT);

		rinfo[j].diff = rinfo[i].diff + tmp;
		pinfo->oldrate = sta->txrate_idx;
	}
	rate_control_pid_normalize(pinfo, sband->n_bitrates);

	/* Compute the proportional, integral and derivative errors. */
	err_prop = (pinfo->target << RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT) - pf;

	err_avg = spinfo->err_avg_sc >> pinfo->smoothing_shift;
	spinfo->err_avg_sc = spinfo->err_avg_sc - err_avg + err_prop;
	err_int = spinfo->err_avg_sc >> pinfo->smoothing_shift;

	err_der = (pf - spinfo->last_pf) *
		  (1 + pinfo->sharpen_factor * spinfo->sharp_cnt);
	spinfo->last_pf = pf;
	if (spinfo->sharp_cnt)
			spinfo->sharp_cnt--;

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	rate_control_pid_event_pf_sample(&spinfo->events, pf, err_prop, err_int,
					 err_der);
#endif

	/* Compute the controller output. */
	adj = (err_prop * pinfo->coeff_p + err_int * pinfo->coeff_i
	      + err_der * pinfo->coeff_d);
	adj = RC_PID_DO_ARITH_RIGHT_SHIFT(adj, 2 * RC_PID_ARITH_SHIFT);

	/* Change rate. */
	if (adj)
		rate_control_pid_adjust_rate(local, sta, adj, rinfo);
}

static void rate_control_pid_tx_status(void *priv, struct net_device *dev,
				       struct sk_buff *skb,
				       struct ieee80211_tx_status *status)
{
	struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
	struct rc_pid_info *pinfo = priv;
	struct sta_info *sta;
	struct rc_pid_sta_info *spinfo;
	unsigned long period;
	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;

	sta = sta_info_get(local, hdr->addr1);
	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];

	if (!sta)
		return;

	/* Don't update the state if we're not controlling the rate. */
	sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(sta->dev);
	if (sdata->bss && sdata->bss->force_unicast_rateidx > -1) {
		sta->txrate_idx = sdata->bss->max_ratectrl_rateidx;
		return;
	}

	/* Ignore all frames that were sent with a different rate than the rate
	 * we currently advise mac80211 to use. */
	if (status->control.tx_rate != &sband->bitrates[sta->txrate_idx])
		goto ignore;

	spinfo = sta->rate_ctrl_priv;
	spinfo->tx_num_xmit++;

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	rate_control_pid_event_tx_status(&spinfo->events, status);
#endif

	/* We count frames that totally failed to be transmitted as two bad
	 * frames, those that made it out but had some retries as one good and
	 * one bad frame. */
	if (status->excessive_retries) {
		spinfo->tx_num_failed += 2;
		spinfo->tx_num_xmit++;
	} else if (status->retry_count) {
		spinfo->tx_num_failed++;
		spinfo->tx_num_xmit++;
	}

	if (status->excessive_retries) {
		sta->tx_retry_failed++;
		sta->tx_num_consecutive_failures++;
		sta->tx_num_mpdu_fail++;
	} else {
		sta->tx_num_consecutive_failures = 0;
		sta->tx_num_mpdu_ok++;
	}
	sta->tx_retry_count += status->retry_count;
	sta->tx_num_mpdu_fail += status->retry_count;

	/* Update PID controller state. */
	period = (HZ * pinfo->sampling_period + 500) / 1000;
	if (!period)
		period = 1;
	if (time_after(jiffies, spinfo->last_sample + period))
		rate_control_pid_sample(pinfo, local, sta);

ignore:
	sta_info_put(sta);
}

static void rate_control_pid_get_rate(void *priv, struct net_device *dev,
				      struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
				      struct sk_buff *skb,
				      struct rate_selection *sel)
{
	struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr);
	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
	struct sta_info *sta;
	int rateidx;
	u16 fc;

	sta = sta_info_get(local, hdr->addr1);

	/* Send management frames and broadcast/multicast data using lowest
	 * rate. */
	fc = le16_to_cpu(hdr->frame_control);
	if ((fc & IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE) != IEEE80211_FTYPE_DATA ||
	    is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) || !sta) {
		sel->rate = rate_lowest(local, sband, sta);
		if (sta)
			sta_info_put(sta);
		return;
	}

	/* If a forced rate is in effect, select it. */
	sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
	if (sdata->bss && sdata->bss->force_unicast_rateidx > -1)
		sta->txrate_idx = sdata->bss->force_unicast_rateidx;

	rateidx = sta->txrate_idx;

	if (rateidx >= sband->n_bitrates)
		rateidx = sband->n_bitrates - 1;

	sta->last_txrate_idx = rateidx;

	sta_info_put(sta);

	sel->rate = &sband->bitrates[rateidx];

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	rate_control_pid_event_tx_rate(
		&((struct rc_pid_sta_info *) sta->rate_ctrl_priv)->events,
		rateidx, sband->bitrates[rateidx].bitrate);
#endif
}

static void rate_control_pid_rate_init(void *priv, void *priv_sta,
					  struct ieee80211_local *local,
					  struct sta_info *sta)
{
	/* TODO: This routine should consider using RSSI from previous packets
	 * as we need to have IEEE 802.1X auth succeed immediately after assoc..
	 * Until that method is implemented, we will use the lowest supported
	 * rate as a workaround. */
	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;

	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];
	sta->txrate_idx = rate_lowest_index(local, sband, sta);
}

static void *rate_control_pid_alloc(struct ieee80211_local *local)
{
	struct rc_pid_info *pinfo;
	struct rc_pid_rateinfo *rinfo;
	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
	int i, j, tmp;
	bool s;
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	struct rc_pid_debugfs_entries *de;
#endif

	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->hw.conf.channel->band];

	pinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*pinfo), GFP_ATOMIC);
	if (!pinfo)
		return NULL;

	/* We can safely assume that sband won't change unless we get
	 * reinitialized. */
	rinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*rinfo) * sband->n_bitrates, GFP_ATOMIC);
	if (!rinfo) {
		kfree(pinfo);
		return NULL;
	}

	/* Sort the rates. This is optimized for the most common case (i.e.
	 * almost-sorted CCK+OFDM rates). Kind of bubble-sort with reversed
	 * mapping too. */
	for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
		rinfo[i].index = i;
		rinfo[i].rev_index = i;
		if (pinfo->fast_start)
			rinfo[i].diff = 0;
		else
			rinfo[i].diff = i * pinfo->norm_offset;
	}
	for (i = 1; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
		s = 0;
		for (j = 0; j < sband->n_bitrates - i; j++)
			if (unlikely(sband->bitrates[rinfo[j].index].bitrate >
				     sband->bitrates[rinfo[j + 1].index].bitrate)) {
				tmp = rinfo[j].index;
				rinfo[j].index = rinfo[j + 1].index;
				rinfo[j + 1].index = tmp;
				rinfo[rinfo[j].index].rev_index = j;
				rinfo[rinfo[j + 1].index].rev_index = j + 1;
				s = 1;
			}
		if (!s)
			break;
	}

	pinfo->target = RC_PID_TARGET_PF;
	pinfo->sampling_period = RC_PID_INTERVAL;
	pinfo->coeff_p = RC_PID_COEFF_P;
	pinfo->coeff_i = RC_PID_COEFF_I;
	pinfo->coeff_d = RC_PID_COEFF_D;
	pinfo->smoothing_shift = RC_PID_SMOOTHING_SHIFT;
	pinfo->sharpen_factor = RC_PID_SHARPENING_FACTOR;
	pinfo->sharpen_duration = RC_PID_SHARPENING_DURATION;
	pinfo->norm_offset = RC_PID_NORM_OFFSET;
	pinfo->fast_start = RC_PID_FAST_START;
	pinfo->rinfo = rinfo;
	pinfo->oldrate = 0;

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	de = &pinfo->dentries;
	de->dir = debugfs_create_dir("rc80211_pid",
				     local->hw.wiphy->debugfsdir);
	de->target = debugfs_create_u32("target_pf", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
					de->dir, &pinfo->target);
	de->sampling_period = debugfs_create_u32("sampling_period",
						 S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, de->dir,
						 &pinfo->sampling_period);
	de->coeff_p = debugfs_create_u32("coeff_p", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
					 de->dir, &pinfo->coeff_p);
	de->coeff_i = debugfs_create_u32("coeff_i", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
					 de->dir, &pinfo->coeff_i);
	de->coeff_d = debugfs_create_u32("coeff_d", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
					 de->dir, &pinfo->coeff_d);
	de->smoothing_shift = debugfs_create_u32("smoothing_shift",
						 S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, de->dir,
						 &pinfo->smoothing_shift);
	de->sharpen_factor = debugfs_create_u32("sharpen_factor",
					       S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, de->dir,
					       &pinfo->sharpen_factor);
	de->sharpen_duration = debugfs_create_u32("sharpen_duration",
						  S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, de->dir,
						  &pinfo->sharpen_duration);
	de->norm_offset = debugfs_create_u32("norm_offset",
					     S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, de->dir,
					     &pinfo->norm_offset);
	de->fast_start = debugfs_create_bool("fast_start",
					     S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR, de->dir,
					     &pinfo->fast_start);
#endif

	return pinfo;
}

static void rate_control_pid_free(void *priv)
{
	struct rc_pid_info *pinfo = priv;
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	struct rc_pid_debugfs_entries *de = &pinfo->dentries;

	debugfs_remove(de->fast_start);
	debugfs_remove(de->norm_offset);
	debugfs_remove(de->sharpen_duration);
	debugfs_remove(de->sharpen_factor);
	debugfs_remove(de->smoothing_shift);
	debugfs_remove(de->coeff_d);
	debugfs_remove(de->coeff_i);
	debugfs_remove(de->coeff_p);
	debugfs_remove(de->sampling_period);
	debugfs_remove(de->target);
	debugfs_remove(de->dir);
#endif

	kfree(pinfo->rinfo);
	kfree(pinfo);
}

static void rate_control_pid_clear(void *priv)
{
}

static void *rate_control_pid_alloc_sta(void *priv, gfp_t gfp)
{
	struct rc_pid_sta_info *spinfo;

	spinfo = kzalloc(sizeof(*spinfo), gfp);
	if (spinfo == NULL)
		return NULL;

	spinfo->last_sample = jiffies;

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	spin_lock_init(&spinfo->events.lock);
	init_waitqueue_head(&spinfo->events.waitqueue);
#endif

	return spinfo;
}

static void rate_control_pid_free_sta(void *priv, void *priv_sta)
{
	struct rc_pid_sta_info *spinfo = priv_sta;
	kfree(spinfo);
}

static struct rate_control_ops mac80211_rcpid = {
	.name = "pid",
	.tx_status = rate_control_pid_tx_status,
	.get_rate = rate_control_pid_get_rate,
	.rate_init = rate_control_pid_rate_init,
	.clear = rate_control_pid_clear,
	.alloc = rate_control_pid_alloc,
	.free = rate_control_pid_free,
	.alloc_sta = rate_control_pid_alloc_sta,
	.free_sta = rate_control_pid_free_sta,
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
	.add_sta_debugfs = rate_control_pid_add_sta_debugfs,
	.remove_sta_debugfs = rate_control_pid_remove_sta_debugfs,
#endif
};

MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PID controller based rate control algorithm");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Stefano Brivio");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Mattias Nissler");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

int __init rc80211_pid_init(void)
{
	return ieee80211_rate_control_register(&mac80211_rcpid);
}

void rc80211_pid_exit(void)
{
	ieee80211_rate_control_unregister(&mac80211_rcpid);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_PID_MODULE
module_init(rc80211_pid_init);
module_exit(rc80211_pid_exit);
#endif