Enhanced the documentation.

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* Header file for the radio API
* \author
* Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
* Joakim Eriksson <joakime@sics.se>
* Niclas Finne <nfi@sics.se>
* Nicolas Tsiftes <nvt@sics.se>
*/
#ifndef RADIO_H_
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#include <stddef.h>
/**
* Each radio has a set of parameters that designate the current
* configuration and state of the radio. Parameters can either have
* values of type radio_value_t, or, when this type is insufficient, a
* generic object that is specified by a memory pointer and the size
* of the object.
*
* The radio_value_t type is set to an integer type that can hold most
* values used to configure the radio, and is therefore the most
* common type used for a parameter. Certain parameters require
* objects of a considerably larger size than radio_value_t, however,
* and in these cases the documentation below for the parameter will
* indicate this.
*
* All radio parameters that can vary during runtime are prefixed by
* "RADIO_PARAM", whereas those "parameters" that are guaranteed to
* remain immutable are prefixed by "RADIO_CONST". Each mutable
* parameter has a set of valid parameter values. When attempting to
* set a parameter to an invalid value, the radio will return
* RADIO_RESULT_INVALID_VALUE.
*
* Some radios support only a subset of the defined radio parameters.
* When trying to set or get such an unsupported parameter, the radio
* will return RADIO_RESULT_NOT_SUPPORTED.
*/
typedef int radio_value_t;
typedef unsigned radio_param_t;
enum {
/* Radio power mode determines if the radio is on
(RADIO_POWER_MODE_ON) or off (RADIO_POWER_MODE_OFF). */
RADIO_PARAM_POWER_MODE,
/*
* Channel used for radio communication. The channel depends on the
* communication standard used by the radio. The values can range
* from RADIO_CONST_CHANNEL_MIN to RADIO_CONST_CHANNEL_MAX.
*/
RADIO_PARAM_CHANNEL,
/* Personal area network identifier, which is used by the address filter. */
RADIO_PARAM_PAN_ID,
/* Short address (16 bits) for the radio, which is used by the address
filter. */
RADIO_PARAM_16BIT_ADDR,
/** Address handler take care of address filtering and sending autoack */
/* Address handler take care of address filtering and sending auto-ACK.
(See below for more information.) */
RADIO_PARAM_ADDRESS_HANDLER,
/** Transmission power in dBm */
/*
* Transmission power in dBm. The values can range from
* RADIO_CONST_TXPOWER_MIN to RADIO_CONST_TXPOWER_MAX.
*
* Some radios restrict the available values to a subset of this
* range. If an unavailable TXPOWER value is requested to be set,
* the radio may select another TXPOWER close to the requested
* one. When getting the value of this parameter, the actual value
* used by the radio will be returned.
*/
RADIO_PARAM_TXPOWER,
/** Received signal strength in dBm */
/*
* Clear channel assessment threshold in dBm. This threshold
* determines the minimum RSSI level at which the radio will assume
* that there is a packet in the air.
*
* The CCA threshold must be set to a level above the noise floor of
* the deployment. Otherwise mechanisms such as send-on-CCA and
* low-power-listening duty cycling protocols may not work
* correctly. Hence, the default value of the system may not be
* optimal for any given deployment.
*/
RADIO_PARAM_CCA_THRESHOLD,
/* Received signal strength indicator in dBm. */
RADIO_PARAM_RSSI,
/** 64 bit addresses need to be used with radio.get_object()/set_object() */
/*
* Long (64 bits) address for the radio, which is used by the address filter.
* The address is specified in network byte order.
*
* Because this parameter value is larger than what fits in radio_value_t,
* it needs to be used with radio.get_object()/set_object().
*/
RADIO_PARAM_64BIT_ADDR,
/** Constants (read only) */
/* Constants (read only) */
/* The lowest radio channel. */
RADIO_CONST_CHANNEL_MIN,
/* The highest radio channel. */
RADIO_CONST_CHANNEL_MAX,
/* The minimum transmission power in dBm. */
RADIO_CONST_TXPOWER_MIN,
/* The maximum transmission power in dBm. */
RADIO_CONST_TXPOWER_MAX
};
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RADIO_POWER_MODE_ON
};
/* Bit flags for the address handler */
#define RADIO_ADDRESS_HANDLER_FILTER 1
#define RADIO_ADDRESS_HANDLER_AUTOACK 2
/**
* The address handler is an abstraction responsible for address
* filtering and automatic transmission of acknowledgements in the
* radio (if such operations are supported by the radio).
*
* There are different options that can be used like address filter
* on/off, autoack on/off. A single parameter is used to set them
* simultaneous as an atomic operation.
*
* To enable both address filter and transmissions of autoack:
*
* NETSTACK_RADIO.set_value(RADIO_PARAM_ADDRESS_HANDLER,
* RADIO_ADDRESS_HANDLER_FILTER | RADIO_ADDRESS_HANDLER_AUTOACK);
*/
#define RADIO_ADDRESS_HANDLER_FILTER (1 << 0)
#define RADIO_ADDRESS_HANDLER_AUTOACK (1 << 1)
/* Radio return values when setting or getting radio parameters. */
typedef enum {
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RADIO_RESULT_ERROR
} radio_result_t;
/* Radio return values for transmissions. */
enum {
RADIO_TX_OK,
RADIO_TX_ERR,
RADIO_TX_COLLISION,
RADIO_TX_NOACK,
};
/**
* The structure of a device driver for a radio in Contiki.
*/
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/** Turn the radio off. */
int (* off)(void);
/** Get a radio parameter */
/** Get a radio parameter value. */
radio_result_t (* get_value)(radio_param_t param, radio_value_t *value);
/** Set a radio parameter */
/** Set a radio parameter value. */
radio_result_t (* set_value)(radio_param_t param, radio_value_t value);
/** Get a radio object (for example a 64 bit address) */
/**
* Get a radio parameter object. The argument 'dest' must point to a
* memory area of at least 'size' bytes, and this memory area will
* contain the parameter object if the function succeeds.
*/
radio_result_t (* get_object)(radio_param_t param, void *dest, size_t size);
/** Set a radio object (for example a 64 bit address). The data
is copied and the object memory will not be accessed after the call.
/**
* Set a radio parameter object. The memory area referred to by the
* argument 'src' will not be accessed after the function returns.
*/
radio_result_t (* set_object)(radio_param_t param, const void *src,
size_t size);
};
/* Generic radio return values. */
enum {
RADIO_TX_OK,
RADIO_TX_ERR,
RADIO_TX_COLLISION,
RADIO_TX_NOACK,
};
#endif /* RADIO_H_ */