Currently lora stack will automatically send an empty uplink message to lora gateway in case of:
- Node received message with pending bit set.
- Node received MAC command which requires instant response (sticky MAC command)
- Node received confirmed message in class C mode
This commit makes this configurable via config item
"automatic-uplink-message": {
"help": "In case of pending bit, class c confirmed message or sticky MAC command, stack will automatically send empty uplink message",
"value": true
}
Default value is true. If sending an empty message fails, stack will send event AUTOMATIC_UPLINK_ERROR application.
If automatic uplink sending is disabled, stack will send application UPLINK_REQUIRED -event to indicate
application should issue a new uplink to gateway as soon as possible.
The PHY layer had a lot of duplicated code in various geographic regions.
In this commit we have tried to concentrate all common functionaliy into
one single class which LoRaPHY that provides three kind of methods:
i) Non virtual base methods which are there for upper layer use, e.g.,
providing access to driver or generic PHY layer functionality which
needs to be exposed to upper layers.
ii) Virtual methods (no hard limit on implementation) that can be overriden
in derived classes. Some PHY implementations will need that as they may
come with very peculiar channel schemes, e.g., dynamic channel schemes
in US bands.
iii) Protected methods which are only available for the derived PHYs
We have adopted a mechanism for the dervied PHYs to announce their differenmtiating
parameters in their constructors by filling up a data structure known as lora_phy_params_t
which exists at base level. Access modifier for this data structure is protected so it can only be
used by the base or derived classes, i.e., no exposure to upper layers.
For extra functionality and differentiating controls, a derived PHY can override any virual method as necessary.
In addition to that we have adopted the Mbed-OS style guide and have changed data structures and code to reflect that.
Some data structures are removed.
* Algorithm to get alternate DR is modified. Current scheme, works as multiples of 6 as EU and EU like PHYs
provide 6 datarates. We make sure that we try a datarate at least once. If nuber of join retries is a multiple
of 6, we may try multiple times on each data rate.
* Most of the PHYs with dynamic channel plans, always override the above mentioned algorithm as the rules governing
this algorithm do not hild in their case.
* band_t data structure is enhanced with lower band frequency and higher band frequency. That enables us to validate
frequency based upon the band and hence we can have a single function for all PHYs to validate frequency.
* In some PHYs, there were some extra channel masks were defined which were not being used. Hence removed.
* EIRP table corrected in some PHYs based upon spec.
* PHY functions in response to Mac commands are renamed to reflect what they exactly do.
for example accept_rx_param_setup_req() because that's what they do. they can either accept
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The EventQueue thread in LoRaMac.cpp is disbanded and the LoRaWAN
protocol is redesigned to store a pointer for an application
provided EventQueue. It means that now the stack runs in the
same thread as application. Application provided EventQueue is used
to defer ISRs from radio driver and timer callbacks as well as the
application events are queued to the same event loop.
LoRaWANStack class is our controller layer on top of our
current MAC and PHY layer. It provides services to an implementation
of LoRaWANBase class.
It is a singleton class owing to the fact that the mac layer underneath
is not a class object. Instead, it uses the MAC via setting mib, mlme, mcps
requests and getting responses back from the mac layer using confirmations and
indications.
In essense this class is a special handle for
mac layer underneath which is predominantly reference design based.
In future we may refactor the LoRaMac.cpp code to make it object oriented
and cleaner.
At one end, it binds the application selected radio driver with the PHY layer
and at the other end it provides services to upper layers handling the mac via
well defined APIs.
For proper selection of a PHY layer, user must use Mbed config system.
For this purpose an mbed_lib.json is provided which can be overriden by the
user defined mbed_app.json. By default the EU868 band is selected as a PHY layer.
User must set relevant keys for the selected connection mechanism.
Kimmo Vaisanen
Antti Kauppila
Hasnain Virk