This module defines a common layer for handling the lower part of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer. More...

Detailed Description

This module defines a common layer for handling the lower part of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC layer.

Warning: This feature is experimental!
This API is experimental and in an early state - expect changes!

This layer is responsible for:

Handling CSMA-CA and retransmissions.
Maintaining part of the MAC Information Base, e.g IEEE 802.15.4 addresses, channel settings, CSMA-CA params, etc.

The SubMAC defines the following state machine:

+--------+        +--------+     +--------+
|        |------->|        |     |        |
|   RX   |        |PREPARE |<--->|   TX   |
|        |   +--->|        |     |        |
+--------+   |    +--------+     +--------+
    ^        |        ^              |
    |        |        |              |
    |        |        |              |
    |        |    +--------+         |
    |        |    |        |         v
    |        |    |WAIT FOR|<--------+
    |        |    |  ACK   |         |
    |        |    +--------+         |
    |        |         |             |
    |        |         |             |
    |        |         v             |
    |        |     +--------+        |
    |        +-----|        |        |
    |              |  IDLE  |        |
    +------------->|        |<-------+
                   +--------+

IDLE: The transceiver is off and therefore cannot receive frames. Sending frames might be triggered using ieee802154_send. The next SubMAC state would be PREPARE.
RX: The device is ready to receive frames. In case the SubMAC receives a frame it will call ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done and immediately go to IDLE. Same as the IDLE state, it's possible to trigger frames using ieee802154_send.
PREPARE: The frame is already in the framebuffer and waiting to be transmitted. This state might handle CSMA-CA backoff timer in case the device doesn't support it. The SubMAC will then request the transmission and go immediately to the TX state.
TX: The frame was already sent and it's waiting for the TX DONE event from the radio. The SubMAC might call ieee802154_submac_cb_t::tx_done if any of the following criteria are meet:
- The transmitted frame didn't request ACK
- The radio already handles retransmissions
WAIT FOR ACK: The SubMAC is waiting for an ACK frame. In case a valid ACK frame is received, the SubMAC will either to IDLE. In case the ACK frame is invalid or there's an ACK timeout event (either triggered by the radio or a timer), the SubMAC goes to either IDLE if there are no more retransmissions left or no more CSMA-CA retries or PREPARE otherwise.

The events that trigger state machine changes are defined in ieee802154_fsm_state_t

The following events are valid for each state:

Event/State	RX	IDLE	PREPARE	TX	WAIT FOR ACK
TX_DONE	-	-	-	X	-
RX_DONE	X	X*	X*	X*	X
CRC_ERROR	X	X*	X*	X*	X
ACK_TIMEOUT	-	-	-	-	X
BH	-	-	X	-	-
REQ_TX	X	X	-	-	-
REQ_SET_RX_ON	-	X	-	-	-
REQ_SET_IDLE	X	-	-	-	-

*: RX_DONE and CRC_ERROR during these events might be a race condition between the ACK Timer and the radios RX_DONE event. If this happens, the SubMAC will react accordingly

Unexpected events will be reported and asserted.

The upper layer needs to implement the following callbacks:

Author: José I. Alamos jose..nosp@m.alam.nosp@m.os@ha.nosp@m.w-ha.nosp@m.mburg.nosp@m..de

Data Structures
struct	ieee802154_submac_cb_t
	IEEE 802.15.4 SubMAC callbacks. More...

struct	ieee802154_submac
	IEEE 802.15.4 SubMAC descriptor. More...

Typedefs
typedef struct ieee802154_submac	ieee802154_submac_t
	IEEE 802.15.4 SubMAC forward declaration.

Enumerations
enum	ieee802154_fsm_state_t { IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_INVALID , IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_RX , IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_IDLE , IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_PREPARE , IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_TX , IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_WAIT_FOR_ACK , IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_NUMOF }
	Internal SubMAC FSM state machine states. More...

enum	ieee802154_fsm_ev_t { IEEE802154_FSM_EV_TX_DONE , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_RX_DONE , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_CRC_ERROR , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_ACK_TIMEOUT , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_BH , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_REQUEST_TX , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_REQUEST_SET_RX_ON , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_REQUEST_SET_IDLE , IEEE802154_FSM_EV_NUMOF }
	Internal SubMAC FSM state machine events. More...

Functions
int	ieee802154_send (ieee802154_submac_t submac, const iolist_t iolist)
	Transmit an IEEE 802.15.4 PSDU. More...

static int	ieee802154_set_short_addr (ieee802154_submac_t submac, const network_uint16_t short_addr)
	Set the IEEE 802.15.4 short address. More...

static int	ieee802154_set_ext_addr (ieee802154_submac_t submac, const eui64_t ext_addr)
	Set the IEEE 802.15.4 extended address. More...

static int	ieee802154_set_panid (ieee802154_submac_t submac, const uint16_t panid)
	Set the IEEE 802.15.4 PAN ID. More...

static ieee802154_phy_mode_t	ieee802154_get_phy_mode (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Get IEEE 802.15.4 PHY mode. More...

int	ieee802154_set_phy_conf (ieee802154_submac_t submac, const ieee802154_phy_conf_t conf)
	Set IEEE 802.15.4 PHY configuration (channel, TX power) More...

static int	ieee802154_set_channel_number (ieee802154_submac_t *submac, uint16_t channel_num)
	Set IEEE 802.15.4 channel number. More...

static int	ieee802154_set_channel_page (ieee802154_submac_t *submac, uint16_t channel_page)
	Set IEEE 802.15.4 channel page. More...

static int	ieee802154_set_tx_power (ieee802154_submac_t *submac, int8_t tx_pow)
	Set IEEE 802.15.4 transmission power. More...

static int	ieee802154_get_frame_length (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Get the received frame length. More...

static int	ieee802154_read_frame (ieee802154_submac_t submac, void buf, size_t len, ieee802154_rx_info_t *info)
	Read the received frame. More...

int	ieee802154_set_idle (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Set the SubMAC to IDLE state. More...

int	ieee802154_set_rx (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Set the SubMAC to RX state. More...

static bool	ieee802154_submac_state_is_rx (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Check whether the SubMAC is in RX state. More...

static bool	ieee802154_submac_state_is_idle (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Check whether the SubMAC is in IDLE state. More...

int	ieee802154_submac_init (ieee802154_submac_t submac, const network_uint16_t short_addr, const eui64_t *ext_addr)
	Init the IEEE 802.15.4 SubMAC. More...

void	ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_set (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Set the ACK timeout timer. More...

void	ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_cancel (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Cancel the ACK timeout timer. More...

void	ieee802154_submac_bh_request (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	ieee802154_submac_bh_process should be called as soon as possible. More...

ieee802154_fsm_state_t	ieee802154_submac_process_ev (ieee802154_submac_t *submac, ieee802154_fsm_ev_t ev)
	Process an FSM event.

static void	ieee802154_submac_ack_timeout_fired (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Indicate the SubMAC that the ACK timeout fired. More...

static void	ieee802154_submac_bh_process (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Indicate the SubMAC that the BH should process an internal event. More...

static void	ieee802154_submac_rx_done_cb (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Indicate the SubMAC that the device received a frame. More...

static void	ieee802154_submac_crc_error_cb (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Indicate the SubMAC that a frame with invalid CRC was received. More...

static void	ieee802154_submac_tx_done_cb (ieee802154_submac_t *submac)
	Indicate the SubMAC that the device finished the transmission procedure. More...

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ ieee802154_fsm_ev_t

enum ieee802154_fsm_ev_t

Internal SubMAC FSM state machine events.

Enumerator
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_TX_DONE	Radio reports frame was sent.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_RX_DONE	Radio reports frame was received.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_CRC_ERROR	Radio reports frame was received but CRC failed.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_ACK_TIMEOUT	ACK timer fired.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_BH	The Bottom Half should process an event.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_REQUEST_TX	The upper layer requested to transmit a frame.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_REQUEST_SET_RX_ON	The upper layer requested to go to RX.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_REQUEST_SET_IDLE	The upper layer requested to go to IDLE.
IEEE802154_FSM_EV_NUMOF	Number of SubMAC FSM events.

Definition at line 176 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_fsm_state_t

enum ieee802154_fsm_state_t

Internal SubMAC FSM state machine states.

Enumerator
IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_INVALID	Invalid state.
IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_RX	SubMAC is ready to receive frames.
IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_IDLE	The transceiver is off.
IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_PREPARE	The SubMAC is preparing the next transmission.
IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_TX	The SubMAC is currently transmitting a frame.
IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_WAIT_FOR_ACK	The SubMAC is waiting for an ACK frame.
IEEE802154_FSM_STATE_NUMOF	Number of SubMAC FSM states.

Definition at line 163 of file submac.h.

Function Documentation

◆ ieee802154_get_frame_length()

static int ieee802154_get_frame_length ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Get the received frame length.

Precondition: this function MUST be called either inside ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done or in SLEEP state.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC

Returns: length of the PSDU (excluding FCS length)

Definition at line 420 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_get_phy_mode()

static ieee802154_phy_mode_t ieee802154_get_phy_mode ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Get IEEE 802.15.4 PHY mode.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Returns: PHY mode.

Definition at line 305 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_read_frame()

static int ieee802154_read_frame	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		void *	buf,
		size_t	len,
		ieee802154_rx_info_t *	info
	)

inlinestatic

Read the received frame.

This functions reads the received PSDU from the device (excluding FCS)

Precondition: this function MUST be called either inside ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done or in SLEEP state.

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer to the SubMAC descriptor
[out]	buf	buffer to write into. If NULL, the packet is discarded
[in]	len	length of the buffer
[out]	info	RX information of the packet. If NULL, the information is not fetched.

Returns: the number of bytes written to buf; negative errno on error

Definition at line 441 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_send()

int ieee802154_send	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		const iolist_t *	iolist
	)

Transmit an IEEE 802.15.4 PSDU.

This function performs an IEEE 802.15.4 transmission, including CSMA-CA and retransmissions (if ACK Request bit is set). When the transmission finishes an ieee802154_submac_cb_t::tx_done event is issued.

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer to the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	iolist	pointer to the PSDU frame (without FCS)

Returns: 0 on success; -EBUSY if the SubMAC is not in RX or IDLE state or if called inside ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done or ieee802154_submac_cb_t::tx_done

◆ ieee802154_set_channel_number()

static int ieee802154_set_channel_number	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		uint16_t	channel_num
	)

inlinestatic

Set IEEE 802.15.4 channel number.

This is a shortcut to ieee802154_set_phy_conf

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	channel_num	channel number

Returns: 0 on success; -ENOTSUP if the channel number is not supported; -EBUSY if the SubMAC is not in RX or IDLE state or if called inside ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done or ieee802154_submac_cb_t::tx_done; negative errno on error

Definition at line 341 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_set_channel_page()

static int ieee802154_set_channel_page	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		uint16_t	channel_page
	)

inlinestatic

Set IEEE 802.15.4 channel page.

This is a shortcut to ieee802154_set_phy_conf

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	channel_page	channel page

Returns: 0 on success; -ENOTSUP if the channel page is not supported; -EBUSY if the SubMAC is not in RX or IDLE state or if called inside ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done or ieee802154_submac_cb_t::tx_done; negative errno on error

Definition at line 369 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_set_ext_addr()

static int ieee802154_set_ext_addr	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		const eui64_t *	ext_addr
	)

inlinestatic

Set the IEEE 802.15.4 extended address.

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer to the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	ext_addr	IEEE 802.15.4 extended address

Returns: 0 on success; negative errno on error

Definition at line 262 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_set_idle()

int ieee802154_set_idle ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

Set the SubMAC to IDLE state.

Frames won't be received in this state. However, it's still possible to send frames.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Returns: success or error code.

Return values

0	on success
-EBUSY	if the SubMAC is currently busy

◆ ieee802154_set_panid()

static int ieee802154_set_panid	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		const uint16_t *	panid
	)

inlinestatic

Set the IEEE 802.15.4 PAN ID.

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer to the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	panid	IEEE 802.15.4 PAN ID

Returns: 0 on success; negative errno on error

Definition at line 284 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_set_phy_conf()

int ieee802154_set_phy_conf	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		const ieee802154_phy_conf_t *	conf
	)

Set IEEE 802.15.4 PHY configuration (channel, TX power)

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer to the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	conf	pointer to the PHY configuration

Returns: 0 on success; -ENOTSUP if the PHY settings are not supported; -EBUSY if the SubMAC is not in RX or IDLE state or if called inside ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done or ieee802154_submac_cb_t::tx_done; negative errno on error

◆ ieee802154_set_rx()

int ieee802154_set_rx ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

Set the SubMAC to RX state.

During this state the SubMAC accepts incoming frames.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Returns: success or error code.

Return values

0	on success
-EBUSY	if the SubMAC is currently busy

◆ ieee802154_set_short_addr()

static int ieee802154_set_short_addr	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		const network_uint16_t *	short_addr
	)

inlinestatic

Set the IEEE 802.15.4 short address.

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer to the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	short_addr	IEEE 802.15.4 short address

Returns: 0 on success; negative errno on error

Definition at line 239 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_set_tx_power()

static int ieee802154_set_tx_power	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		int8_t	tx_pow
	)

inlinestatic

Set IEEE 802.15.4 transmission power.

This is a shortcut to ieee802154_set_phy_conf

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	tx_pow	transmission power (in dBm)

Returns: 0 on success; -ENOTSUP if the transmission power is not supported; -EBUSY if the SubMAC is not in RX or IDLE state or if called inside ieee802154_submac_cb_t::rx_done or ieee802154_submac_cb_t::tx_done; negative errno on error

Definition at line 397 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_submac_ack_timeout_fired()

static void ieee802154_submac_ack_timeout_fired ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Indicate the SubMAC that the ACK timeout fired.

This function must be called when the ACK timeout timer fires.

Note: this function should not be called inside ISR context and MUST NOT be invoked if ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_cancel was already called.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Definition at line 566 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_cancel()

void ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_cancel ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

Cancel the ACK timeout timer.

Note: This function should be implemented by the user of the SubMAC.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

◆ ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_set()

void ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_set ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

Set the ACK timeout timer.

Note: This function should be implemented by the user of the SubMAC.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

◆ ieee802154_submac_bh_process()

static void ieee802154_submac_bh_process ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Indicate the SubMAC that the BH should process an internal event.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Definition at line 576 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_submac_bh_request()

void ieee802154_submac_bh_request ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

ieee802154_submac_bh_process should be called as soon as possible.

Note: This function should be implemented by the user of the SubMAC.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

◆ ieee802154_submac_crc_error_cb()

static void ieee802154_submac_crc_error_cb ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Indicate the SubMAC that a frame with invalid CRC was received.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Definition at line 596 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_submac_init()

int ieee802154_submac_init	(	ieee802154_submac_t *	submac,
		const network_uint16_t *	short_addr,
		const eui64_t *	ext_addr
	)

Init the IEEE 802.15.4 SubMAC.

The SubMAC state machine starts in RX state.

Parameters

[in]	submac	pointer to the SubMAC descriptor
[in]	short_addr	pointer to the IEEE 802.15.4 short address
[in]	ext_addr	pointer to the IEEE 802.15.4 extended address

Returns: 0 on success; negative errno on error

◆ ieee802154_submac_rx_done_cb()

static void ieee802154_submac_rx_done_cb ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Indicate the SubMAC that the device received a frame.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Definition at line 586 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_submac_state_is_idle()

static bool ieee802154_submac_state_is_idle ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Check whether the SubMAC is in IDLE state.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Return values

true	if the SubMAC is in IDLE state
false	otherwise

Definition at line 495 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_submac_state_is_rx()

static bool ieee802154_submac_state_is_rx ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Check whether the SubMAC is in RX state.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Return values

true	if the SubMAC is in RX state
false	otherwise

Definition at line 482 of file submac.h.

◆ ieee802154_submac_tx_done_cb()

static void ieee802154_submac_tx_done_cb ( ieee802154_submac_t * submac )

inlinestatic

Indicate the SubMAC that the device finished the transmission procedure.

Parameters

[in] submac pointer to the SubMAC descriptor

Definition at line 606 of file submac.h.

Detailed Description

Data Structures

Typedefs

Enumerations

Functions

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ ieee802154_fsm_ev_t

◆ ieee802154_fsm_state_t

Function Documentation

◆ ieee802154_get_frame_length()

◆ ieee802154_get_phy_mode()

◆ ieee802154_read_frame()

◆ ieee802154_send()

◆ ieee802154_set_channel_number()

◆ ieee802154_set_channel_page()

◆ ieee802154_set_ext_addr()

◆ ieee802154_set_idle()

◆ ieee802154_set_panid()

◆ ieee802154_set_phy_conf()

◆ ieee802154_set_rx()

◆ ieee802154_set_short_addr()

◆ ieee802154_set_tx_power()

◆ ieee802154_submac_ack_timeout_fired()

◆ ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_cancel()

◆ ieee802154_submac_ack_timer_set()

◆ ieee802154_submac_bh_process()

◆ ieee802154_submac_bh_request()

◆ ieee802154_submac_crc_error_cb()

◆ ieee802154_submac_init()

◆ ieee802154_submac_rx_done_cb()

◆ ieee802154_submac_state_is_idle()

◆ ieee802154_submac_state_is_rx()

◆ ieee802154_submac_tx_done_cb()