#9535 HIGH 11.2.0-: need multicast group wakeups using the 8686 for wake-on-wlan vs collaboration

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#9535: need multicast group wakeups using the 8686 for wake-on-wlan vs
collaboration
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           Reporter:  cjb     |       Owner:  dsaxena      
               Type:  defect  |      Status:  reopened     
           Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  11.2.0-M3    
          Component:  kernel  |     Version:  not specified
         Resolution:          |    Keywords:               
        Next_action:  design  |    Verified:  0            
Deployment_affected:          |   Blockedby:               
           Blocking:          |  
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Comment(by sascha_silbe):

 Replying to [comment:57 martin.langhoff]:
 > Have things moved forward upstream (on our F14 kernels) on multicast
 group wakeups?
 >
 > If they have, we can do something smarter than wake up on any mcast
 frame.

 It's not clear to me what could be changed on the kernel side to improve
 behaviour. It's up to other parts to behave better:

  1. libertas firmware: Don't wake the host if a multicast packet doesn't
 match any of the configured multicast addresses (might already behave this
 way, but I believe not).
  2. Configure [ticket:10207#comment:9 APs that behave as multicast
 routers] to do group membership polling much less often. We must reply to
 these queries or we'll get thrown off the multicast group.
  3. [http://avahi.org/ticket/296 Add support] for operating as a
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Proxy_Service Sleep Proxy] to APs
 and/or XOs (the latter would each take a turn at providing the service,
 similar to how some mesh protocols work), and add client support for using
 such a proxy to avahi on XOs. This should take care of regular wake-ups
 due to mDNS maintenance packets.

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