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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
nifi 0ad51b8dcc Moved the link layer destination check to sicslowmac 2009-09-18 16:37:17 +00:00
nifi 912aba7280 added init function in MAC driver for easier configuration 2009-06-22 11:14:11 +00:00
nifi f39d2bd4c6 Fixed link panid for broadcasts to be standard compliant. Ignore packets addressed to other non-broadcast panids. 2009-05-26 12:08:29 +00:00
nifi 9f2ff48fda added 802.15.4 frame packeter 2009-04-06 13:19:03 +00:00