hello Joe, Could you please elaborate on what subset of 802.15.4 is actually implemented in MicaZ? Thanks in advance for your time, Regards,
Samir Goel PhD Candidate Rutgers University On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 20:17:56 -0700, Joe Polastre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, like Zigbee, we have chosen to implement only a subset of 802.15.4 and > leverage recent sensor network research to keep code size to a minimum while > still maintaining the functionality required by most all services. > > -Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramkumar > Rengaswamy > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:00 PM > To: Joe Polastre > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Tinyos-help] RE: [Tinyos-users] MicaZ Stack > > Hi, > What about the other features of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC such as > Beaconed-Enabled mode, mechansims for starting and maintaining a PAN etc.? > If these are implemented by the CC2420 stack, are these features > accessible through the GenericComm component ? > > Thanks, > -Ram > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Joe Polastre wrote: > > > The GTS feature of the 802.15.4 stack is particularly poorly suited to > > sensor networks. We have chosen not to implement it. Our decision is not > > unique--Zigbee does not use GTS and does not require 802.15.4 stacks to > have > > GTS functionality. 802.15.4b will most likely make GTS "optional" > > > > And just btw, the CC2420 stack is a generic stack that will work on any > > platform, not just the MicaZ. > > > > -Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ramkumar > > Rengaswamy > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:07 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [Tinyos-users] MicaZ Stack > > > > Hi, > > Is the current implementation of the MicaZ radio stack IEEE 802.15.4 > > standard compliant ? Specifically, does the MAC provide the GTS feature of > > the standard ? > > > > -Ram > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tinyos-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.Millennium.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tinyos-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.Millennium.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tinyos-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.Millennium.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-users > _______________________________________________ Tinyos-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.Millennium.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-users
