Send BSS requests to clients

[eR2022]

Hi,
I want to send to client's (phones, tablets, etc..) a bss_transition_request via hostapd every few seconds (let's say every 1-3 sec)

Does it affect the client battery?
And if the answer is yes, is it significant?

[lleachii]

Is this an OpenWrt-specific inquiry?

@eR2022

Does it affect the client battery?
And if the answer is yes, is it significant?

I'm guessing the OpenWrt is not battery-powered, so this seems unrelated to OpenWrt. Honesty (as a thought experiment), what do you think would happen when you force clients to disconnect from an AP every 1-3 seconds?

See: https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=bss+transition+request+battery+802.11v

[eR2022]

Thanks for your reply.
Client means Mobile phone
If i'm sending the mobile phone a bss request every few seconds..

[krazeh]

@eR2022

Does it affect the client battery?
And if the answer is yes, is it significant?

Why not give it a try and find out?

[lleachii]

@eR2022

Client means Mobile phone

@lleachii

so this seems unrelated to OpenWrt

This part.

@eR2022

If i'm sending the mobile phone a bss request every few seconds..

To be clear, you want to force your clients to disconnect every 1-3 seconds?

And you're not sure how that would affect their battery?

I agree with @krazeh:

@krazeh

give it a try and find out