radio.h

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/**
 * \addtogroup dev
 * @{
 */

/**
 * \defgroup radio Radio API
 *
 * The radio API module defines a set of functions that a radio device
 * driver must implement.
 *
 * @{
 */

/*
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 * $Id: radio.h,v 1.8 2010/03/30 23:00:22 adamdunkels Exp $
 */

/**
 * \file
 *         Header file for the radio API
 * \author
 *         Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 */

#ifndef __RADIO_H__
#define __RADIO_H__

/**
 * The structure of a device driver for a radio in Contiki.
 */
struct radio_driver {

  int (* init)(void);
  
  /** Prepare the radio with a packet to be sent. */
  int (* prepare)(const void *payload, unsigned short payload_len);

  /** Send the packet that has previously been prepared. */
  int (* transmit)(unsigned short transmit_len);

  /** Prepare & transmit a packet. */
  int (* send)(const void *payload, unsigned short payload_len);

  /** Read a received packet into a buffer. */
  int (* read)(void *buf, unsigned short buf_len);

  /** Perform a Clear-Channel Assessment (CCA) to find out if there is
      a packet in the air or not. */
  int (* channel_clear)(void);

  /** Check if the radio driver is currently receiving a packet */
  int (* receiving_packet)(void);

  /** Check if the radio driver has just received a packet */
  int (* pending_packet)(void);

  /** Turn the radio on. */
  int (* on)(void);

  /** Turn the radio off. */
  int (* off)(void);
};

/* Generic radio return values. */
enum {
  RADIO_TX_OK,
  RADIO_TX_ERR,
  RADIO_TX_COLLISION,
  RADIO_TX_NOACK,
};

#endif /* __RADIO_H__ */


/** @} */
/** @} */