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@@ -78,3 +78,30 @@ in software. This is currently WIP.
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See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in drivers/ieee802154/.
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+6LoWPAN Linux implementation
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+============================
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+The IEEE 802.15.4 standard specifies an MTU of 128 bytes, yielding about 80
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+octets of actual MAC payload once security is turned on, on a wireless link
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+with a link throughput of 250 kbps or less. The 6LoWPAN adaptation format
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+[RFC4944] was specified to carry IPv6 datagrams over such constrained links,
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+taking into account limited bandwidth, memory, or energy resources that are
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+expected in applications such as wireless Sensor Networks. [RFC4944] defines
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+a Mesh Addressing header to support sub-IP forwarding, a Fragmentation header
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+to support the IPv6 minimum MTU requirement [RFC2460], and stateless header
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+compression for IPv6 datagrams (LOWPAN_HC1 and LOWPAN_HC2) to reduce the
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+relatively large IPv6 and UDP headers down to (in the best case) several bytes.
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+In Semptember 2011 the standard update was published - [RFC6282].
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+It deprecates HC1 and HC2 compression and defines IPHC encoding format which is
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+used in this Linux implementation.
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+All the code related to 6lowpan you may find in files: net/ieee802154/6lowpan.*
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+To setup 6lowpan interface you need (busybox release > 1.17.0):
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+1. Add IEEE802.15.4 interface and initialize PANid;
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+2. Add 6lowpan interface by command like:
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+ # ip link add link wpan0 name lowpan0 type lowpan
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+3. Set MAC (if needs):
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+ # ip link set lowpan0 address de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe:ba:be
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+4. Bring up 'lowpan0' interface
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