Previously, we weren't filling in RX1 frequecny in rx_window1_config
structure. However, everything worked as in LoRaPHY::rx_config() API
there was a check which filled in correct RX1 frequency.
Now we are filling in RX1 freq. properly while we are computing
parameters for RX1 window.
The idea behind the method post_process_no_reception() is to post
process any outgoing TX but we shouldn't do that if a CONFIRMED message
is outgoing and there are still some retries left.
After transmission we should change the state before invoking opening of
slots as we may start receiving in the rx slots and the state would
suddenly change from SENDING to RECEIVING without going through the
ACK_WAIT state (in case of CONFIRMED messages). Tests show that after
this slight adjustment, our number of ack retries have significantly
reduced.
LinkADRReq mac command can be used by the network server to set a
certain level of QOS using NbTrans field which is applicable to
Unconfirmed traffic only for 1.0.2 spec.
This commit introduces mechanisms to facilitate this QOS. It means to
repeat an outgoing unconfirmed message NbTrans times without changing
its frame counter.
For class C, we have retired the ack_expiry_timer_for_class_c and have
replaced it with another timer which mimics the RX2 closure as in Class
A but doesn't actually close RX2 window. It's just a mechanism by which
the state machine is informed that the you can proceed forward, we have
not received anything in RX2 window either. This is needed as RX2
doesn't timeout in class C (i.e., the radio remains in continuous mode).
In addition to that we need to close any pending timers for Receive
windows after the MIC has passed and the Duplicate counter check has
also been passed.
Before going after an automatic uplink, we should check if there was an
automatic uplink already ongoing, i.e., the ack for the previous
automatic uplink cycle has not been received.
If there is we shouldn't queue the new automatic uplink and wait for
the previous Ack cycle to complete.
While performing compliance tests with an industry tester, we realized
that there was no need for any extra handling code for the compliance
tests. The tests would run fine, if we only have a handling application.
However, in normal operation we wouldn't like the network to send us any
traffic on compliance testing port. To mitigate that, on the reception
path we filter out any traffic on compliance testing port if compliance
testing is not underway. User should define LORAWAN_COMPLIANCE_TEST macro
in mbed_app.json to enable traffic on compliance test port.
This commit fixes two bugs related to ADRAckReq:
- adr_ack_counter must be incremented for all uplink messages (not just confirmed)
- When ADR_ACK_LIMIT + ADR_ACK_DELAY has been reached, stack decreased used
datarate twice.
The length of a MAC command is not explicitly given and must be
implicitly known by the MAC implementation. Therefore unknown MAC
commands cannot be skipped and the first unknown MAC command
terminates the processing of the MAC command sequence.
This commit fixes the bug where MAC command processing was not
terminated when unknown MAC command was received.
When application requests link check request with add_link_check_request()
it was added to MAC command buffer. Again when actual TX was started,
stack cherry-picked the request into MAC buffer again resulting in a duplicate
entry in the buffer.
Functionality is changed now so that add_link_check_request() does not add
the request into MAC command buffer but it is cherry-picked into the buffer when
TX is issued.
set_next_channel() is the base function provided by LoRaPHY class and should be overridden
by the PHYs who behave differently as compared to EU868 like PHY layers.
CN470 PHY had been missing such an override.
In addition to that we have provided a parameter "fsb-mask-china" that can be used to
enforce a custom frequency sub-band of operation as most of the base stations in the market
may not support all 96 channels. Such a strategy will help in rapid network acquisition.
Users often use "show declaration" (or similar) in their IDE to see descriptions of callback
methods so the function descriptions should be placed close to function declaration itself.
This phy implementation was just to support a single sub-band in US region.
As we have decided to make FSBs configurable, we do not need this class anymore.
Just like US915 PHY, user can define a custom FSB mask for AU915 PHY.
This helps deployments where base stations do not portray full feature
channel sets and choose to stick with sub-bands.
Some LoRaMac methods were defined as public even though there were used only
internally.
Also removed definition of some methods which were not even implemented nor used.
- Duty cycle can be now only disabled with duty-cycle-on flag if region supports duty-cycle.
If region does not support duty-cycle, this flag has no effect and duty cycle is always
disabled.
- Also introduced a new flag (duty-cycle-on-join) to disable duty cycle for JOIN requests.
This flag can be used for testing only and is used to speed up JOIN request testing as
backoff times for JOIN request are really long (easily several minutes per attempt).
This flag works in conjunction with main duty cycle setting. Disabling duty-cycle-on-join
works only if duty-cycle-on is disabled (or region settings have duty cycle disabled).