Thank you for your comment, Pat! I noticed your message wasn't on the ML; I paste it here.
On 2016/11/17 16:40, [email protected] wrote:
Yasuyuki brings up a very good point. A major effort in creating 802.15.4-2015 was to eliminate (at least try to) ambiguities. As per the IEEE style guide: "The word may is used to indicate a course of action permissible within the limits of the standard (may equals is permitted to ).” The LinkType wording was modified to clarify when to use normal and when to use advertisement. As per Yasuyuki Table 8-46 does state that "Set to ADVERTISING if the link is to be used to advertise the network, otherwise set to NORMAL.” I should note that the text in that sub-clause adds " If LinkType is set to ADVERTISE, the links may be used to send Enhanced Beacon frames as the result of the MAC receiving a MLME-BEACON.request.” The intent of 802.15.4-2015 was not meant to change the meaning of LinkType, rather it was meant to clarify. So, Yasuyuki’s question is indeed valid, should the minimal configuration set the LinkType set to Advertising? Pat Pat Kinney Kinney Consulting LLC IEEE 802.15 WG vice chair, SC chair ISA100 co-chair, ISA100.20 chair O: +1.847.960.3715 [email protected]
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