mac802154: basic ieee802.15.4 device structures
authoralex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com>
Tue, 15 May 2012 20:50:19 +0000 (20:50 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:16:14 +0000 (15:16 -0400)
commit0afd7ad9de6b85c0f7ad9edf787de854c8e2fbb5
tree9b3322cc4ba8c923b6334b70b71674d39a8d9fe3
parentd584515fbb59d65bd307f7a453e7849489f62986
mac802154: basic ieee802.15.4 device structures

The IEEE 802.15.4 Working Group focuses on the standardization of the
bottom two layers of ISO/OSI protocol stack: Physical (PHY) and MAC.
The MAC layer provides access control to a shared channel and reliable
data delivery. The main functions performed by the MAC sublayer are:
association and disassociation, security control, optional star
network topology functions, such as beacon generation and Guaranteed
Time Slots (GTSs) management, generation of ACK frames (if used), and,
finally, application support for the two possible network topologies
described in the standard.

This is an initial commit which describes main data structures needed
for ieee802.15.4 compatible devices representation in the MAC layer.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/mac802154.h [new file with mode: 0644]