'\" t .\" Title: ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session .\" Author: .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 .\" Date: January 2017 .\" Manual: Rate control interface .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "IEEE80211_START_TX_B" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Rate control interface" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session \- Start a tx Block Ack session\&. .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'int\ ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session('u .BI "int ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(struct\ ieee80211_sta\ *\ " "sta" ", u16\ " "tid" ", u16\ " "timeout" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIsta\fR .RS 4 the station for which to start a BA session .RE .PP \fItid\fR .RS 4 the TID to BA on\&. .RE .PP \fItimeout\fR .RS 4 session timeout value (in TUs) .RE .SH "RETURN" .PP success if addBA request was sent, failure otherwise .PP 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\&. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fBJohannes Berg\fR <\&johannes@sipsolutions.net\&> .RS 4 Author. .RE .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br