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adamdunkels d0e6436a20 Don't call up the netstack if the transmission was deferred 2010-03-09 20:37:02 +00:00
adamdunkels 79722b4247 Rework of the timing conditions of ContikiMAC: the old timing did not work well on real hardware, the new one seems to work better 2010-03-09 13:19:05 +00:00
nifi 5e43a6998b Replaced old framer (framer_get/framer_set) with new NETSTACK style configuration. Added nullrdc-framer that is a nullrdc with framer support. 2010-03-01 13:30:21 +00:00
adamdunkels 410d860a93 Improved handling of neighbor phase estimation: instead of busy-waiting while waiting for neighbor's phase, the new code schedules a timer just before neighbor wakes up 2010-02-28 20:19:47 +00:00
adamdunkels ed88f487c8 Improved detection of link-layer ACKs; increased the time ContikiMAC waits when it has detected a link-layer ACK; increased the number of silence periods required to detect a CCA false positive 2010-02-28 08:33:21 +00:00
nifi c20047f657 Changed the network stack to use different structures for the different layers (network_driver, mac_driver, rdc_driver, radio_driver). This helps to avoid incorrect configuration. 2010-02-23 20:09:11 +00:00
adamdunkels ed52586e18 Rework of parts of the ContikiMAC code based on input from experimental results. When channel check is triggered because of a false positive, the new version checks the radio several times to make sure that there really is an incoming packet. Otherwise, the radio is switched off. Cleaned up and removed old unused code. Added a few temporary debugging mechanisms and functions. 2010-02-23 18:49:05 +00:00
adamdunkels 0b2b7bcdba Removed inadvertedly left-over include file 2010-02-18 23:52:34 +00:00
adamdunkels e34eb54960 A work-in-progress rework of the Contiki MAC and radio layers. The
main ideas are:

* Separates the Contiki low-layer network stack into four layers:
  network (e.g. sicslowpan / rime), Medium Access Control MAC
  (e.g. CSMA), Radio Duty Cycling RDC (e.g. ContikiMAC, X-MAC), and
  radio (e.g. cc2420).
* Introduces a new way to configure the network stack. Four #defines
  that specify what mechanism/protocol/driver to use at the four
  layers: NETSTACK_CONF_NETWORK, NETSTACK_CONF_MAC, NETSTACK_CONF_RDC,
  NETSTACK_CONF_RADIO.
* Adds a callback mechanism to inform the MAC and network layers about
  the fate of a transmitted packet: if the packet was not possible to
  transmit, the cause of the failure is reported, and if the packets
  was successfully transmitted, the number of tries before it was
  finally transmitted is reported.
* NULL-protocols at both the MAC and RDC layers: nullmac and nullrdc,
  which can be used when MAC and RDC functionality is not needed.
* Extends the radio API with three new functions that enable more
  efficient radio duty cycling protocols: channel check, pending
  packet, and receiving packet.
* New initialization mechanism, which takes advantage of the NETSTACK
  #defines.
2010-02-18 21:48:39 +00:00
adamdunkels f8c804e28b ntikiMAC: a new radio duty cycling mechanism that uses a combination
of link-layer and MAC-layer mechanisms to achieve a very low power
consumption: during idle listening the radio is switched off between
99.2% and 99.6% of the time. One unicast transmission typically adds
between 0.07% and 1.2% additional radio time, depending on packet
size.

ContikiMAC uses the standard IEEE 802.15.4 message format and adds no
additional headers.

ContikiMAC is simple: it uses periodic two-shot channel sampling
during idle listening to keep the radio on-time down. Transmissions
are done with repeated transmissions until a link-layer ACK is
received.
2010-02-18 21:26:15 +00:00