CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_PARENT_SEARCH

Enable periodic parent search support

Type: bool

Help

To allow end devices (EDs) in a Thread network to switch to a
better parent router than their current one—while still attached
to the network—enable the Periodic Parent Search feature.

Direct dependencies

NET_L2_OPENTHREAD && NETWORKING

(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)

Defaults

No defaults. Implicitly defaults to n.

Kconfig definition

At <Zephyr>/subsys/net/l2/openthread/Kconfig.thread:121

Included via <Zephyr>/Kconfig:8 → <Zephyr>/Kconfig.zephyr:44 → <Zephyr>/subsys/Kconfig:39 → <Zephyr>/subsys/net/Kconfig:81 → <Zephyr>/subsys/net/l2/Kconfig:82 → <Zephyr>/subsys/net/l2/openthread/Kconfig:64

Menu path: (Top) → Sub Systems and OS Services → Networking → Link layer and IP networking support → Link layer options → OpenThread L2 → Thread Network configuration

config OPENTHREAD_PARENT_SEARCH
    bool "Enable periodic parent search support"
    depends on NET_L2_OPENTHREAD && NETWORKING
    help
      To allow end devices (EDs) in a Thread network to switch to a
      better parent router than their current one—while still attached
      to the network—enable the Periodic Parent Search feature.

(The ‘depends on’ condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)