I have not found any specific information about this, so I'm asking here:

Is there a defined packet structure? The original papers use a 30-byte packet, with a 
destination byte, handler byte, and 28 bytes of payload.  Are there newer 
specifications?

Also, in the Wireless Sensor Networks for Habitat Monitoring paper 
(http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~polastre/papers/wsna02.pdf), in section 6-1, the authors 
indicate that for a 10-bit ADC sample of a light sensor & packet payload of 25 bytes, 
it requires 72 packets to transmit (using 10 bit samples) or 116 packets (transmitting 
16-bit integers containing the 10 bit sample).  I do not understand this.  Are 
multiple ADC samples being transmitted? Is there processing being done on the samples 
to create some kind of image over time? I don't understand why a 10-bit sample 
requires 14,400 bits (72 packets * 25 bytes * 8 bits). What am I missing?

Thanks in advance!

David
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