Robert,

Thank you very much for you answers, it's clearer now.

Regards,

Keoma

On 05/10/2017 14:10, Robert Cragie wrote:
> Hi Keoma,
> 
> As you say, there is no row for two short addresses without a PAN ID
> present. My assessment of this was that this is not allowed as it is not
> consistent with frame version 0/1 use of PAN ID. However, the table does
> have the row:
> 
> Extended Extended Not Present Not Present 1
> 
> which suggests it is possible to have two extended addresses without a
> PAN ID present. However this is inconsistent with frame version 0/1. 
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> On 5 October 2017 at 18:57, Keoma <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Robert,
> 
>     Thank you for the answer.
> 
>     What about the second question ?
>     "can you confirm that there is no way to omit both Source and
>     Destination PAN ID while using Source and Destination Short Addresses ?"
>     I was using the compression bit to omit both PAN-ID in previous 802.15.4
>     implementation.
> 
>     Thank you,
> 
>     Keoma
> 
>     On 05/10/2017 10:36, Robert Cragie wrote:
>     > I recall similar concerns with PAN ID compression a couple of years ago.
>     > See:
>     >
>     > https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/6tisch/G24yEB7a48owwlL3nJZgteuSswE
>     <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/6tisch/G24yEB7a48owwlL3nJZgteuSswE>
>     >
>     > This was before 802.15.4-2015 came out and the footnote to table 7-2
>     > actually seems wrong to me.
>     >
>     > To answer your question: Set PAN ID compression to 1.
>     >
>     > Robert
>     >
>     > On 4 October 2017 at 19:41, Keoma <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>
>     > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi,
>     >
>     >     After looking at the 802.15.4-2015 standard, I am not 100% of how to
>     >     implement the Frame Control Field, in particular regarding the PAN 
> ID
>     >     Compression.
>     >
>     >     - Both my Source and Destination Address fields are Short.
>     >     - My Source PAN ID and Destination PAN ID are identical
>     >     - I don't want the Source PAN ID and Destination PAN ID to appear 
> twice
>     >
>     >     According to the Table 7-2 I am tempted to set the PAN ID 
> Compression to
>     >     1 and to omit the Source PAN ID field.
>     >
>     >     Here is the note that confuses me (Table 7-2, p153):
>     >     "If both the destination and source addressing information is 
> present
>     >     and either is a short address, the MAC sublayer shall compare the
>     >     destination and source PAN IDs and the PAN ID Compression field 
> shall be
>     >     set to zero if and only if the PAN identifiers are identical."
>     >
>     >     Should I set the PAN ID Compression to 1 or not ?
>     >
>     >     Also, can you confirm that there is no way to omit both Source and
>     >     Destination PAN ID while using Source and Destination Short 
> Addresses ?
>     >
>     >     Thank you,
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     Keoma Brun-Laguna
>     >     Inria - EVA Team
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