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Network debug statistics API

This chapter describes the debug statistics interface API.

API Header

Using the network debug statistics API, it is possible to collect statistics from the stack in real-time for debugging purposes. You can use this API by including the following header to your application:

#include nwk_stats_api.h

An overview of the function definitions and the Network statistics structure (nwk_stats_t) itself are presented further in this document.

##Initializing protocol stats collection

To initialize collection of network statistics in the network (NWK) statistics structure:

void protocol_stats_init
(
	void
)

Start stats collection

To start collecting network statistics in the Network (NWK) statistics structure:

void protocol_stats_start
(
	nwk_stats_t	*stats_ptr
)

Parameter	Description
`stats_ptr`	A pointer to the statistics structure on application.

Stop stats collection

To stop collecting network statistics in NWK statistics structure:

void protocol_stats_stop
(
	void
)

Reset stats

To reset network statistics to clean slate state, that is, all the statistics counters are set to zero:

void protocol_stats_reset
(
	void
)

Types of collectable stats

Various types of network stats can be collected using the structure typedef struct nwk_stats_t . The following statistics can be collected:

Member	Description
`mac_tx_buffer_overflow`	Provides a count MAC TX queue overflow.
`mac_rx_count`	Number of received MAC packets.
`mac_tx_count`	Number of transmitted MAC packets.
`mac_rx_drop`	Number of dropped MAC packets.

MAC payload flow

Member	Description
`mac_tx_bytes`	Number of bytes transmitted.
`mac_rx_bytes`	Number of bytes received.
`mac_tx_failed`	Number of times a transmission failed.
`mac_tx_retry`	Number of times retries were made.
`mac_tx_cca_cnt`	Number of times clear channel assessment was made.
`mac_tx_failed_cca`	Number of failed CCA attempts.
`mac_security_drop`	Number of security packets dropped.

Member	Description
`ip_rx_count`	Number of IP packets received.
`ip_tx_count`	Number of IP packets transmitted.
`ip_rx_drop`	Number of IP packets dropped.
`ip_cksum_error`	IP checksum error count.

IP payload flow

Member	Description
`ip_tx_bytes`	Number of bytes transmitted as IP packets.
`ip_rx_bytes`	Number of bytes received as IP packets.
`ip_routed_up`	Number of bytes routed as IP packets.
`ip_no_route`	Number of times an IP route was not found.

Fragmentation statistics

Member	Description
`frag_rx_errors`	Fragmentation errors in reception.
`frag_tx_errors`	Fragmentation errors in transmission.

RPL statistics

Member	Description
`rpl_route_routecost_better_change`	Number of times an RPL parent was changed.
`ip_routeloop_detect`	Number of times an RPL IP loop creation was detected.
`rpl_memory_overflow`	Total of allocations failed due RPL memory overflow.
`rpl_parent_tx_fail`	Number of times transmission to a DODAG parent failed.
`rpl_unknown_instance`	Number of times a packet was received with an unknown RPL Instance ID.
`rpl_local_repair`	Number of times local repair was initiated.
`rpl_global_repair`	Number of times global repair was initiated.
`rpl_malformed_message`	Number of malformed RPL messages received.
`rpl_time_no_next_hop`	Number of seconds spent with no RPL next hop.
`rpl_total_memory`	Total memory currently allocated by RPL.

Various buffers

Member	Description
`buf_alloc`	A count of buffer allocation.
`buf_headroom_realloc`	A buffer headroom allocation count.
`buf_headroom_shuffle`	A buffer headroom shuffling count.
`buf_headroom_fail`	A buffer headroom failure count.

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