Jonathan ,

Could you pointed which annexes or a page I can refer to? Did it say that
is an example that transmitted by PHY?

Tengfei

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:27 PM, Jonathan Hui <[email protected]> wrote:

> As mentioned in my previous mail, the annexes in the IEEE 802.15.4
> specification use the convention I outlined.
>
> --
> Jonathan Hui
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Tengfei Chang <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> The hex value is correct. But I don't think this is the way to we should
>> follow to order the data. IEEE802.15.4 said we should transmit the first
>> bit, so we should follow this order.
>>
>> Tengfei
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Jonathan Hui <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Tengfei,
>>>
>>> Hex values are typically written in MSB order - this is different from
>>> IEEE 802.15.4 which writes bit strings out in LSB order.
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> IEEE 802.15.4: 10000000
>>> is equivalent to
>>> Hex: 0x01
>>>
>>> So, w.r.t. the bytes being discussed:
>>> IEEE 802.15.4: 00000000 11111100
>>> is equivalent to
>>> Hex: 0x00 0x3f
>>>
>>> See the Annexes in IEEE 802.15.4 to see many more examples of hex
>>> representations of MAC frames.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Hui
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Tengfei Chang <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't think 0x00 0x3F is right.
>>>>
>>>> In section 5.2 of IEEE802.15.4 standard, the second paragraph said :
>>>>
>>>> The frames in the MAC sublayer are described as a sequence of fields in
>>>> a specific order. All frame formats
>>>> in this subclause are depicted in the order in which they are
>>>> transmitted by the PHY, from left to right, where
>>>> the leftmost bit is transmitted first in time. Bits within each field
>>>> are numbered from 0 (leftmost and least
>>>> significant) to k – 1 (rightmost and most significant), where the
>>>> length of the field is k bits. Fields that are
>>>> longer than a single octet are sent to the PHY in the order from the
>>>> octet containing the lowest numbered bits
>>>> to the octet containing the highest numbered bits.
>>>>
>>>> When transmitting the data, we should make sure b0 goest first.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *For termination header IE *
>>>> *1) Header IE: list termination:*
>>>> *len = 0 as bits 0-6*
>>>> *id = 0x7e as bits 7-14*
>>>> *type = 0 as bit 15*
>>>> *header = len + id << 7 which gives 0x3f00*
>>>>
>>>> When transmitting the 00 3F, the bit transmitted by PHT is bit 7, not
>>>> b0.
>>>>
>>>> => in the document, it is currently 00 FC: 0000000 01111110 0,
>>>>
>>>> The first 7 bits goes is  len field bit0-bit6: 0000000, then goes ID:
>>>> b7-b14 7E 01111110, then type bit 15 0.
>>>>
>>>> Which is Correct.
>>>>
>>>> Tengfei
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Xavier Vilajosana <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Simon,
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks for your comments. I might have messed bits up with endianness.
>>>>> I will recheck again. Note that we read them from left to right being the
>>>>> leftmost the least significative bit and the right most the most
>>>>> significative bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> in this case and taking the first element you mention
>>>>>
>>>>>  7 zeros   0x7e    type 0
>>>>> 0000000011111100
>>>>>
>>>>> if I convert this to hex where the least significant bit is the
>>>>> leftmost it leads to
>>>>> 0x00 0x3F
>>>>>
>>>>> as you indicate.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks so much for your comment!
>>>>> X
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2015-06-22 17:48 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Hui <[email protected]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As someone who has implemented and deployed product that use IEEE
>>>>>> 802.15.4e-2012 Information Elements, I agree with Simon's encodings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jonathan Hui
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:21 AM, Simon Duquennoy <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I believe the example IE headers (for header/payload/MLME IEs) are
>>>>>>> wrong in section 10.1 of the minimal draft. Some endianness confusion I
>>>>>>> guess:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) Header IE: list termination:
>>>>>>> len = 0 as bits 0-6
>>>>>>> id = 0x7e as bits 7-14
>>>>>>> type = 0 as bit 15
>>>>>>> header = len + id << 7 which gives 0x3f00
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> => with little endian encoding we get: 00 3F
>>>>>>> => in the document, it is currently 00 FC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) Payload IE Header (MLME): 1A 88 seems correct
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3) MLME-SubIE TSCH Synchronization:
>>>>>>> len = 6 as bits 0-7
>>>>>>> id = 0x1a as bits 8-14
>>>>>>> type = 0 as bit 15
>>>>>>> header = len + id << 8 which gives 0x1a06
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> => with little endian encoding we get: 06 1A
>>>>>>> => in the document, it is currently 06 34
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 4) MLME-SubIE TSCH Timeslot:
>>>>>>> len = 1 as bits 0-7
>>>>>>> id = 0x1c as bits 8-14
>>>>>>> type = 0 as bit 15
>>>>>>> header = len + id << 8 which gives 0x1c01
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> => with little endian encoding we get: 01 1C
>>>>>>> => in the document, it is currently 01 38
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and so on..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My apologies if it is me misreading something.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One other minor remark: in section 10, when describing byte order, I
>>>>>>> would suggest referring to "little-endian ordering" rather than "LSB
>>>>>>> format".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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