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77 lines
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Linux IEEE 802.15.4 implementation
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Introduction
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The Linux-ZigBee project goal is to provide complete implementation
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of IEEE 802.15.4 / ZigBee / 6LoWPAN protocols. IEEE 802.15.4 is a stack
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of protocols for organizing Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks.
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Currently only IEEE 802.15.4 layer is implemented. We have choosen
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to use plain Berkeley socket API, the generic Linux networking stack
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to transfer IEEE 802.15.4 messages and a special protocol over genetlink
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for configuration/management
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Socket API
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int sd = socket(PF_IEEE802154, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
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The address family, socket addresses etc. are defined in the
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include/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.h header or in the special header
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in our userspace package (see either linux-zigbee sourceforge download page
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or git tree at git://linux-zigbee.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linux-zigbee).
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One can use SOCK_RAW for passing raw data towards device xmit function. YMMV.
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MLME - MAC Level Management
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============================
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Most of IEEE 802.15.4 MLME interfaces are directly mapped on netlink commands.
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See the include/net/ieee802154/nl802154.h header. Our userspace tools package
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(see above) provides CLI configuration utility for radio interfaces and simple
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coordinator for IEEE 802.15.4 networks as an example users of MLME protocol.
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Kernel side
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Like with WiFi, there are several types of devices implementing IEEE 802.15.4.
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1) 'HardMAC'. The MAC layer is implemented in the device itself, the device
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exports MLME and data API.
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2) 'SoftMAC' or just radio. These types of devices are just radio transceivers
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possibly with some kinds of acceleration like automatic CRC computation and
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comparation, automagic ACK handling, address matching, etc.
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Those types of devices require different approach to be hooked into Linux kernel.
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HardMAC
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See the header include/net/ieee802154/netdevice.h. You have to implement Linux
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net_device, with .type = ARPHRD_IEEE802154. Data is exchanged with socket family
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code via plain sk_buffs. The control block of sk_buffs will contain additional
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info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb.
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To hook the MLME interface you have to populate the ml_priv field of your
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net_device with a pointer to struct ieee802154_mlme_ops instance. All fields are
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required.
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We provide an example of simple HardMAC driver at drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
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SoftMAC
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We are going to provide intermediate layer impelementing IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
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in software. This is currently WIP.
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See header include/net/ieee802154/mac802154.h and several drivers in
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drivers/ieee802154/
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