sixlowpan.h 6.95 KB
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
 *
 * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
 * directory for more details.
 */

/**
 * @defgroup    net_gnrc_sixlowpan    6LoWPAN
 * @ingroup     net_gnrc
 * @brief       GNRC's 6LoWPAN implementation
 *
 * This module is for usage with the @ref net_gnrc_netapi.
 *
 * # NETAPI command documentation
 *
 * ## `GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_RCV`
 *
 * @ref GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_RCV expects a @ref net_gnrc_pkt (referred to as "packet" in the
 * following) in receive order (link-layer payload first, @ref net_gnrc_netif_hdr last) with the
 * payload marked with @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_SIXLOWPAN. Every other packet will be silently discarded.
 *
 * If the first byte of the payload is @ref SIXLOWPAN_UNCOMP this byte will be removed by marking
 * it with a new @ref gnrc_pktsnip_t and then removing this @ref gnrc_pktsnip_t, the remaining
 * payload will be marked with @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 and this module will issue a
 * @ref GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_RCV to all subscribers registered to @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 with
 * demultiplex context @ref GNRC_NETREG_DEMUX_CTX_ALL in the @ref net_gnrc_netreg with the packet.
 * Otherwise, the packet will be silently discarded (except for the cases documented below).
 *
 * Depending on which other modules are included the behavior can be a little different:
 *
 *  1.  If @ref net_gnrc_sixlowpan_frag is included and @ref sixlowpan_frag_is() is true for the
 *      packet, the fragmentation header will be removed and its remaining data will be added to
 *      the reassembly buffer (using @ref rbuf_add()) in accordance to the fragmentation header.
 *      The packet containing the fragment will be discarded. When the fragmented datagram is
 *      complete, its payload will be marked with @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 and issued via a
 *      @ref GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_RCV to all subscribers registered to @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 with
 *      demultiplex context @ref GNRC_NETREG_DEMUX_CTX_ALL in the @ref net_gnrc_netreg. If
 *      reassembly times out or if fragments overlap the datagram will be silently discarded.
 *  2.  If @ref net_gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc is included the packet will not be send to the subscribers
 *      to @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 with demultiplex context @ref GNRC_NETREG_DEMUX_CTX_ALL
 *      immediately, but it will be checked first if @ref sixlowpan_iphc_is() is true for its
 *      payload. If false it will be send to the @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 subscribers as usual. If
 *      true the IPHC dispatch will be decompressed to a full IPv6 header first. The IPv6 header
 *      will be included as a new @ref gnrc_pktsnip_t to the packet directly behind the payload.
 *      The IPHC dispatch will be removed. The resulting packet will then be issued to the
 *      @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 subscribers as usual.
 *  3.  If both @ref net_gnrc_sixlowpan_frag and @ref net_gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc are included the
 *      and @ref sixlowpan_frag_is() is true for the packet, the fragmented datagram will be
 *      reassembled as described in (1). If for the remainder (after removal of the fragment
 *      header) of the first fragment @ref sixlowpan_iphc_is() is true, it will be decompressed as
 *      described in (2), with the exception that the packet will only be send to all receivers of
 *      @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 as soon as the datagram was completely reassembled and not after
 *      directly after decompression. If @ref sixlowpan_iphc_is() is false, reassembly is handled
 *      completely as described in (1). It is assumed that a fragment can fit a full compression
 *      header (including inlined fields and possibly NHC/GHC headers) as specified in
 *      <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6282#section-2">RFC 6282, section 2</a>.
 *
 * ## `GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_SND`
 *
 * @ref GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_SND expects a @ref net_gnrc_pkt (referred to as "packet" in the
 * following) in send order (headers first, payload last) with the first header being a valid
 * @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_NETIF header and the second a @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 header. Every other
 * packet will be silently discarded.
 *
 * The @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_SIXLOWPAN header must at least have the gnrc_netif_hdr_t::if_pid field
 * set to a legal, 6LoWPAN compatible interface (a @ref gnrc_sixlowpan_netif_t entry referred to as
 * `iface` in the following must exist) referred to as "the interface thread" in the following,
 * otherwise the packet will be discarded.
 *
 * If @ref net_gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc is included and gnrc_sixlowpan_netif_t::iphc_enable of `iface`
 * is true the @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_IPV6 header will be compressed according to
 * <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6282">RFC 6282</a>. If it is false the
 * @ref SIXLOWPAN_UNCOMP dispatch will be appended as a new @ref gnrc_pktsnip_t to the packet.
 * The false case also applies if @ref net_gnrc_sixlowpan_iphc is not included.
 *
 * If the packet without @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_NETIF header is shorter than
 * gnrc_sixlowpan_netif_t::max_frag_size of `iface` the packet will be send to the interface
 * thread. Otherwise if @ref net_gnrc_sixlowpan_frag is included the packet will be fragmented
 * according to <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4944">RFC 4944</a> if the packet is without
 * @ref GNRC_NETTYPE_NETIF header shorter than @ref SIXLOWPAN_FRAG_MAX_LEN. If none of these cases
 * apply, the packet will be discarded silently.
 *
 * ## `GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_SET`
 *
 * `GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_SET` is not supported.
 *
 * ## `GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_GET`
 *
 * `GNRC_NETAPI_MSG_TYPE_GET` is not supported.
 *
 * @{
 *
 * @file
 * @brief   Definitions for 6LoWPAN
 *
 * @author  Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
 */
#ifndef NET_GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_H
#define NET_GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_H

#include <stdbool.h>

#include "kernel_types.h"

#include "net/gnrc/sixlowpan/frag.h"
#include "net/gnrc/sixlowpan/iphc.h"
#include "net/sixlowpan.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**
 * @brief   Default stack size to use for the 6LoWPAN thread.
 */
#ifndef GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_STACK_SIZE
#define GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_STACK_SIZE       (THREAD_STACKSIZE_DEFAULT)
#endif

/**
 * @brief   Default priority for the 6LoWPAN thread.
 */
#ifndef GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_PRIO
#define GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_PRIO             (THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 4)
#endif

/**
 * @brief   Default message queue size to use for the 6LoWPAN thread.
 */
#ifndef GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE
#define GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE   (8U)
#endif

/**
 * @brief   Initialization of the 6LoWPAN thread.
 *
 * @details If 6LoWPAN was already initialized, it will just return the PID of
 *          the 6LoWPAN thread.
 *
 * @return  The PID to the 6LoWPAN thread, on success.
 * @return  -EINVAL, if @ref GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_PRIO was greater than or equal to
 *          @ref SCHED_PRIO_LEVELS
 * @return  -EOVERFLOW, if there are too many threads running already in general
 */
kernel_pid_t gnrc_sixlowpan_init(void);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* NET_GNRC_SIXLOWPAN_H */
/** @} */