On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 12:58:08AM +0300, Tero Kivinen wrote: > Benjamin Kaduk via Datatracker writes: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > DISCUSS: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Section 4.3.4 asserts: > > > > [...] We'll note that the Join > > Priority is now specified between 0 and 0x3F leaving 2 bits in the > > octet unused in the IEEE Std. 802.15.4e specification. After > > consultation with IEEE authors, it was asserted that 6TiSCH can make > > a full use of the octet to carry an integer value up to 0xFF. > > > > I'm extremely reluctant to publish this text in the IETF stream without > > a citation. > > IEEE Std 802.15.4-2015 says: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 7.4.4.2 TSCH Synchronization IE > > The TSCH Synchronization IE Content field shall be formatted as > illustrated in Figure 7-50. > > +-------------+---------------+ > | Octets: 5 | 1 | > +-------------+---------------+ > | ASN | Join Metric | > +-------------+---------------+ > > Figure 7-50 -- TSCH Synchronization IE Content field format > > The ASN field contains the ASN corresponding to the timeslot in which > the enhanced beacon is sent. The ASN is used as the Frame Counter for > security operations if enabled. > > The Join Metric field is an unsigned integer and shall be set to > macJoinMetric. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > And > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Section 8.4.2.2 TSCH-specific MAC PIB attributes > > ... > > Table 8-83 -- TSCH-specific MAC PIB attributes > > Attribute Type Range Description Default > ... > macJoinMetric Integer 0x00–0xff The sum of one and the 1 > value of the Join Metric > field from the TSCH > Synchronization IE, 7.4.4.2, > received in the Enhanced Beacon > frame used by the device > joining the network. If the > device is the an endpoint, the > value shall be set to zero. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > So it is very clear that Join Metric can be any number between > 0x00-0xff.
Great news; I see that Pascal will update the text/reference. > > scheduled cell: A cell which is assigned a neighbor MAC address > > (broadcast address is also possible), and one or more of > > the following flags: TX, RX, shared, timeskeeping. A > > > > "timeskeeping" does not seem to be defined anywhere. > > Timekeeping comes from the IEEE Std 802.15.4-2015 Section 7.4.4.3 TSCH > Slotframe and Link IE: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Timekeeping field shall be set to one if the link is to be used > for clock synchronization and shall be set to zero otherwise. RX > links shall have the Timekeeping field set to one. Ah, so it's just a typo and not a term of art. Thanks! -Ben _______________________________________________ 6tisch mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/6tisch
