There is no such thing as a lossless radio link. This is a function of
Physics. The only question that remains is where to put the retransmission
logic. There are two common answers to this question:
1) between adjacent nodes (data-link/network layer)
2) between communication end-points (transport/session/application layer)

The path you choose depends on many factors and is the subject of
considerable study (common to wire-line transmission theory).

For example, TCP/IP performs retransmission between network endpoints in the
transport (TCP) layer, while IP remains lossy.

Usually, for RF links option #2 is the prudent approach. So, if you want to
approximate a "lossless" radio model, you might consider applying
retransmission logic to your application.

R~




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> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 6:57 PM
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> Subject: [Tinyos-help] TOSSIM: lossless radio model
> 
> 
> Hi,
>   I am using tinyos-2.0. Is there a way to specify the radio model used in
> TOSSIM as simple or lossless so that there are no message loss (either
> because of collisions or lossy links)?  By default the radio model is
> lossy.  I have also specified all links with gain 0.0 (maximum gain).
> 
> thanks,
> -Anu
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