Hi Luis,

The packet format is the one described in the IEEE 802.15.4. You can find it
in the documentation
http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.15.4-2006.pdf.

Best,

On 20 January 2011 16:43, luis_size <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to understand the packet format used by TinyOS when 802.15.4 MAC
> TKN MAC layer is used.
>
> 1- Before, I know that TinyOS message format is : AMPacket | link source
> addr   |   msg len   |   groupID   |   handlerID   |   source addr   |
> payload
>
> 2- I found also that The CC2420 Packet structure is defined in CC2420.h.
> The default I-Frame CC2420 header takes on the following format:::
> typedef nx_struct cc2420_header_t {
>    nxle_uint8_t length;
>    nxle_uint16_t fcf;
>    nxle_uint8_t dsn;
>    nxle_uint16_t destpan;
>    nxle_uint16_t dest;
>    nxle_uint16_t src;
>    nxle_uint8_t network;  // optionally included with 6LowPAN layer
>    nxle_uint8_t type;
>  } cc2420_header_t;
>
> In which format packets are when I use TinyOS with TKN 802.15.4 ? is the
> first one encapsulated in the second one ? or maybe one is used for data and
> the second for 802.15.4 control messages (request, confirm ....) ?
>
> I'll be very thankful if someone can lighten my mind :)
>
> Regards,
> Luis.
>
>
>
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