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Florian Grandel
fce4788415 drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx_subg: fix oper. state
The driver API now distinguishes between operational UP/DOWN states as
required by Zephyr's network API and receiver on/off states as an
internal driver state for improved standard conformance.

This change closes the gap between the driver API requirements and the
implementation in this respect.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-10-05 12:01:29 +03:00
Florian Grandel
016d3bed5c drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx_subg: improve locking
Replaces the mutex by a semaphore for ISR readiness as requested by the
driver API specification.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-10-05 12:01:29 +03:00
Florian Grandel
26a0ef15c4 drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx_subg: check for RX up
Checks whether the receiver is already on before trying to switch it on.
This also closes a gap wrt the driver API specification.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-10-05 12:01:29 +03:00
Florian Grandel
35cfe00e91 drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx_subg: remove redundant code
Removes redunant reset statements that update immutable data.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-10-05 12:01:29 +03:00
Florian Grandel
128354ae17 drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx_subg: simplify static funcs
Restructuring and renaming of driver-internal functions for improved
readability and maintainability:
- distinguish between externally exposed API methods
  (cc13xx_cc26xx_sub_* prefix) and internal helper methods
  (drv_* prefix).
- extract a few functions to reduce complexity and improve re-use

Also removes unnecessary initial runtime blanking of static (.bss) data
in the newly introduced extracted buffer initialization functions.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-10-05 12:01:29 +03:00
Florian Grandel
c81c38114a drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx_subg: minor cleanup
Cleans up includes and a few other minor non-functional errors in the
CC13/26xx driver.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-10-05 12:01:29 +03:00
Florian Grandel
7ac34d0957 drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx_subg: fix timing regression
Fixes a timing regression introduced by commit
a12a6ab5b9.

This caused a massively increased package error rate.

Fixes: #63324.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-10-02 15:53:45 -04:00
Florian Grandel
36402b6d2a net: pkt: time: introduce ns timestamp helper
A little refactoring that simplifies dealing with nanosecond timestamp
values in packets and further decouples calling code from PTP:

Benefits:
- simplifies calling code by removing redundant conversions.
- prepares for removing PTP dependencies from net_pkt.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-09-29 16:27:15 +02:00
Florian Grandel
a12a6ab5b9 drivers: ieee802154: introduce channel pages
Replaces the previous approach to define bands via hardware capabilities
by the standard conforming concept of channel pages.

In the short term this allows us to correctly calculate the PHY specific
symbol rate and several parameters that directly depend from the symbol
rate and were previously not being correctly calculated for some of the
drivers whose channel pages could not be represented previously:
* We now support sub-nanosecond precision symbol rates for UWB. Rounding
  errors are being minimized by switching from a divide-then-multiply
  approach to a multiply-then-divide approach.
* UWB HRP: symbol rate depends on channel page specific preamble symbol
  rate which again requires the pulse repetition value to be known
* Several MAC timings are being corrected based on the now correctly
  calculated symbol rates, namely aTurnaroundTime, aUnitBackoffPeriod,
  aBaseSuperframeDuration.

In the long term, this change unlocks such highly promising functional
areas as UWB ranging and SUN-PHY channel hopping in the SubG area (plus
of course any other PHY specific feature).

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-09-27 12:44:15 -04:00
Florian Grandel
7c00b81705 drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx: readability improvement
Aligns the name of the return value variable with what is used elsewhere
in the driver and the subsystem for improved readability and
consistency.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-09-27 12:44:15 -04:00
Florian Grandel
ea6248b870 drivers: ieee802154: cc1200: SUN-FSK compatibility
Preparative change to introduce build-time configured channel pages.
This fixes the description of the driver's available PHYs and makes
channel page and channel range independent from runtime attributes.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-09-27 12:44:15 -04:00
Gerson Fernando Budke
037618a638 drivers: ieee802154: rf2xx: Fix rx promiscuous behaviour
When radio is set to promiscuous mode it is desirable to receive
invalid frames. This skip a few checks and allow an invalid and
non-standard frames be delivered for diagnose.

Signed-off-by: Gerson Fernando Budke <nandojve@gmail.com>
2023-09-27 09:53:08 +02:00
Gerson Fernando Budke
12720fec51 drivers: ieee802154: rf2xx: Fix rf231 invalid frame
The at86rf231 frame buffer access mode read differs from all other
transceivers by only transfer one more byte after PSDU data instead
three. This difference is not evaluated in the current version of
the driver. The current change add the necessary check and read the
missing data (EQ, TRAC).

Signed-off-by: Gerson Fernando Budke <nandojve@gmail.com>
2023-09-25 09:52:28 +02:00
Piotr Dymacz
22f6c87afc drivers: ieee802154: cc13xx_cc26xx{_subg}: fix reversed extended address
Based on the 'Technical Reference Manual' for CC13x2/CC26x2 SimpleLink
MCU family, the device contains factory pre-programmed 64-bit IEEE MAC
address for 802.15.4 radio inside two FCFG 32-bit registers:

  1. MAC_15_4_0: first 32-bit of the 64-bit IEEE MAC address
  2. MAC_15_4_1:  last 32-bit of the 64-bit IEEE MAC address

The way current version of the driver setups the address results in
incorrect bytes order (the address is reversed):

  uart:~$ ieee802154 get_ext_addr
  Extended address: AF:03:B7:25:00:4B:12:00

This fixes the problem in both drivers (also in the Sub-GHz version)
which results in use of proper EUI-64 address:

  uart:~$ ieee802154 get_ext_addr
  Extended address: 00:12:4B:00:25:B7:03:AF

IEEE MAC address was confirmed with UniFlash, nRF Sniffer for 802.15.4
and IEEE OUI database (00:12:4B is one of registered OUI for Texas
Instruments).

To prevent confusion in future, short notice about bytes order for
'mac' field in driver's data structures was also included.

Signed-off-by: Piotr Dymacz <pepe2k@gmail.com>
2023-08-30 10:23:50 +02:00
Nick Ward
2d65acca3a drivers: gpio: use gpio_is_ready_dt helper function
Update `struct gpio_dt_spec` use with gpio_is_ready_dt()

Signed-off-by: Nick Ward <nix.ward@gmail.com>
2023-08-28 08:48:35 -05:00
Andrzej Kuros
04d3dcb116 drivers: ieee802154_nrf5: energy_detected api change adjust
The prototype of `nrf_802154_energy_detected` callout has changed.
This commit adjusts to this change.

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Kuroś <andrzej.kuros@nordicsemi.no>
2023-08-20 19:31:21 +02:00
Florian Grandel
137a7edd6e drivers: ieee802154: nRF5: TX timestamp now refers to start of PHR
Based on the standard based definitions given in previous commits, the
TX timestamp used for timed TX now refers to the start of PHR. As OT
continues to calculate timestamps based on a "start of SHR" definition,
the duration of the PHY specific SHR is added in the OT adaptation layer
to make up for this OT quirk.

Fixes: #59245

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-08-16 17:06:16 +02:00
Florian Grandel
7db0184e1b drivers: ieee802154: nRF5: remove RX PHR offset workaround
Builds upon the newly introduced nrf_802154_phr_timestamp_get() function
to calculate RX timestamps according to the timestamp definitions
introduced in earlier commits and removes the prior workaround to
calculate the start-of-frame message timestamp point.

Fixes: #59245

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-08-16 17:06:16 +02:00
Florian Grandel
eacec3dad2 modules: openthread: radio: encapsulate OT 32-bit timestamp
OT does not have 64 bit timestamp support. This is a limitation of OT
and not of the IEEE 802.15.4 driver API. Therefore any workaround
related to such OT idiosyncracies should be encapsulated inside the OT
adapatation layer.

This change moves the OT-specific conversion of OT 32 bit timestamps to
Zephyr 64 bit timestamps into the OT adaptation layer.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-08-16 17:06:16 +02:00
Eduardo Montoya
f4d54fa4b9 drivers: ieee802154: nrf5: fix handling multiple CCA
Fix a couple of bugs introduced with last commits related to multiple
CCA support.

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Montoya <eduardo.montoya@nordicsemi.no>
2023-08-09 08:32:26 +00:00
Florian Grandel
a4cd5cee40 drivers: ieee802154: consistent high res timestamps
The IEEE 802.15.4 API and networking subsystem were using several
inconsistent timestamp resolutions and types. This change defines all
timestamps with nanosecond resolution and reduces the number of
available types to represent timestamps to two:
* `struct net_ptp_time` for PTP timestamps
* `net_time_t` for all other high resolution timestamps

All timestamps (including PTP timestamps) are now referred to a
"virtual" local network subsystem clock source based on the well-defined
types above. It is the responsibility of network subsystem L2/driver
implementations (notably Ethernet and IEEE 802.15.4 L2 stacks) to ensure
consistency of all timestamps and radio timer values exposed by the
driver API to such a network subsystem uptime reference clock
independent of internal implementation details.

The "virtual" network clock source may be implemented based on arbitrary
hardware peripherals (e.g. a coarse low power RTC counter during sleep
time plus a high resolution/high precision radio timer while receiving
or sending). Such implementation details must be hidden from API
clients, as if the driver used a single high resolution clock source
instead.

For IEEE 802.15.4, whenever timestamps refer to packet send or receive
times, they are measured when the end of the IEEE 802.15.4 SFD (message
timestamp point) is present at the local antenna (reference plane).

Due to its limited range of ~290 years, net_time_t timestamps (and
therefore net_pkt timestamps and times) must not be used to represent
absolute points in time referred to an external epoch independent of
system uptime (e.g.  UTC, TAI, PTP, NTP, ...).

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-07-28 09:06:35 +00:00
Florian Grandel
29988b5c04 drivers: ieee802154: nRF5: fix return type
Adapts a return type to the API specification. The changed return type
is not referenced anywhere so it can be changed without breaking
backwards compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-07-28 09:06:35 +00:00
Andrzej Kuros
9babac94a7 drivers: ieee802154: nrf5: multiple CCA support
The support for capability IEEE802154_OPENTHREAD_HW_MULTIPLE_CCA is added
to the ieee802154_nrf5 driver.

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Kuroś <andrzej.kuros@nordicsemi.no>
2023-07-25 09:13:41 +02:00
Andrzej Kuros
3f4da29a3c drivers: ieee802154: nrf5: Revert Add transmission with multiple CCA
This reverts commit 5443d4127b.

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Kuroś <andrzej.kuros@nordicsemi.no>
2023-07-25 09:13:41 +02:00
Robert Lubos
5c5be08ba9 drivers: ieee802154_nrf5: Use generic symbols for packet size
Use generic symbols defined in ieee802154.h for packet/FCS size instead
of redefining them in the driver header.

Signed-off-by: Robert Lubos <robert.lubos@nordicsemi.no>
2023-07-20 16:24:26 +02:00
Robert Lubos
cf58d11f8f drivers: ieee802154_nrf5: Add payload length check on TX
In case upper layer does not follow the convention, and the net_pkt
provided to the nRF 15.4 driver had a payload larger than the maximum
payload size of an individual 15.4 frame, the driver would end up with
buffer overflow.

Fix this by adding an extra payload_len check before attempting to copy
the payload to the internal buffer.

Signed-off-by: Robert Lubos <robert.lubos@nordicsemi.no>
2023-07-20 16:24:26 +02:00
Andrzej Kuros
5443d4127b drivers: ieee802154: nrf5: Add transmission with multiple CCA
The Kconfig IEEE802154_NRF5_MULTIPLE_CCA option is added.
The new functions `z_ieee802154_nrf5_extra_cca_attempts_set` and
`z_ieee802154_nrf5_extra_cca_attempts_get` are added.
The ieee802154_nrf5.c is updated allowing to pass extra cca attempts
to nRF 802.15.4 Radio Driver.

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Kuroś <andrzej.kuros@nordicsemi.no>
2023-07-14 09:46:36 -04:00
Damian Krolik
a6e9782b01 drivers: ieee802154: fix declaration in case blocks
The code declares variables in switch-case blocks. This
seems to compile without an error on GCC 11 and newer,
but older compilers don't accept this code.

Signed-off-by: Damian Krolik <damian.krolik@nordicsemi.no>
2023-07-07 11:29:33 +02:00
Florian Grandel
7232c38828 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: fix PHY overrides
PHY overrides have been checked against the latest version of TI's
SmartRF(TM) Studio. The result was regression tested (PER/performance)
against LAUNCHXL-CC1352P1 boards.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
fe03bb5f1a drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: fix subg_start() return value
The radio API should indicate errors when the interface is started.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
122a10fdaa drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: fix header len const
The length field in the header refers to the size of the MAC so it
shouldn't rely on constants describing PHY header length. While
currently both constants have the same value this will no longer be true
for enhanced PHYs and/or MAC frames as the number of FCS bytes may then
be four.

Also introduces an assertion that ensures that the given package buffer
does not exceed the TX buffer's length. An assertion is enough as the
package buffer is allocated at compile time.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
ea89a1f9b5 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: conditional RX after set_channel
The call to radio_api->set_channel() must not switch on RX if it was
previously off.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
0ea5658491 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: remove unused radio commands
The CMD_CLEAR_RX and CMD_SET_TX_POWER commands are declared and
initialized but not used anywhere. They are therefore removed to reduce
RAM/flash footprint.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
a94877b8b1 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: improve CSMA/CA compliance
Switch the driver to the soft CSMA/CA algorithm as an intermediate
compromise for improved standard compliance (namely expontential
backoff) until true hardware support can be implemented by chaining
radio commands.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
8a86f0c30e drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: fix CCA method
The driver's CCA method had various issues and would always return an
error code. This is fixed in this change.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
f0cb607a87 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: inline documentation
This change introduces inline documentation with references to the
current version of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
6bb03b5e3b drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: fix/document non-standard CSMA/CA
The CC13xx/CC26xx Sub-GHz driver announces a hardware CSMA/CA capability
which it provides only partially. This change documents the gap.

The change also fixes two related issues with the current CCA
implementation:

- The given default ED threshold was above the allowed threshold
  defined in the specification.

- The CCA timeout was not calculated according to the requirements
  defined in the standard.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
0f21a18f4b drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: readability improvements
This change introduces standard variable names used elsewhere in the
stack for improved naming consistency and readability.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
f05277a367 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: fix invalid KConfig reference
The driver contained references to KConfig variables w/o the required
CONFIG_ prefix. This change introduces the missing prefixes.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
6683c2833c drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: remove dead code
The channel-to-frequency conversion had unreachable code which is
removed in this change.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
154ac22608 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: remove redundant configuration
The low-level configuration of the chip's radio commands was mostly
redundant. This change removes redundant configuration code.

This is also relevant as a preparation to supporting further frequency
bands and operating modes on the same SUN FSK channel page with
similar but slightly different settings (center frequencies, channel
spacing, modulation index as defined in the standard). The SUN FSK
standard defines plenty of such variations with different physical
characteristics and trade-offs. Such variations are highly relevant in
industrial applications which will be targeted by TSCH. Using the
correct settings is required for additional features (e.g. frequency
hopping) and interoperability.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
81fa03f7a3 drivers: ieee802154: cc13/26xx_subg: clean up constants
The CC13xx/CC26xx Sub-GHz driver header file defined several constants
that were not used in the driver.

Other constants could be replaced with generic constants which were
introduced in the prior commit.

This change removes and/or replaces redundant definitions.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-23 09:20:55 +02:00
Florian Grandel
7571be3261 net: l2: ieee802154: deprecate NET_L2_IEEE802154_ACK_REPLY
Acknowledgment is mandatory if legitimately requested by the package's
"ACK requested" flag. The L2 layer will have to ensure that compliant
ACK packages will always be sent out automatically as required by the
standard.

For IEEE 802.15.4 compliance, the NET_L2_IEEE802154_ACK_REPLY option is
therefore being deprecated.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-17 16:20:21 -04:00
Florian Grandel
f96b620d12 net: l2: ieee802154: properly handle TX HW capabilities
The existing calls to ieee802154_radio_send() and soft MAC ACK handling
were inconsistent and/or not properly integrated with more recent
radio driver capabilities as CSMA/CA and ACK in hardware.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-17 16:20:21 -04:00
Florian Grandel
1ee4d3ed77 net: l2: ieee802154: document L1/L2 sep. of concerns
The method ieee802154_radio_handle_ack() does not belong to the
PHY/radio layer but to the L2 layer. It is a callback called from the
radio layer into the L2 layer and to be implemented by all L2 stacks.
This is the same pattern as is used for ieee802154_init(). The
'_radio_' infix in this function is therefore confusing and
conceptually wrong.

This change fixes the naming inconsistency and extensively documents
its rationale.

It is assumed that the change can be made without prior deprecation of the
existing method as in the rare cases where users have implemented custom
radio drivers these will break in obvious ways and can easily be fixed.

Nevertheless such a rename would not be justified on its own if it were
not for an important conceptual reason:

The renamed function represents a generic "inversion-of-control" pattern
which will become important in the TSCH context: It allows for clean
separation of concerns between the PHY/radio driver layer and the
MAC/L2 layer even in situations where the radio driver needs to be
involved for performance or deterministic timing reasons. This
"inversion-of-control" pattern can be applied to negotiate timing
sensitive reception and transmission windows, it let's the L2 layer
deterministically timestamp information elements just-in-time with
internal radio timer counter values, etc.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-17 16:20:21 -04:00
Eduardo Montoya
574a533cb6 net: openthread: allow to configure CSL debugging
Add new `IEEE802154_CSL_DEBUG` Kconfig option that, when enabled,
prevents the radio to sleep after a delayed reception is finished.

This allows to debug CSL timing issues due to accuracy drifts in
communications between receiver and transmitter.

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Montoya <eduardo.montoya@nordicsemi.no>
2023-06-17 07:48:25 -04:00
Florian Grandel
b224a099fd net: l2: ieee802154: standardize RSSI value
The RSSI value in net_pkt (net_pkt_cb_ieee802154.rssi) was used
inconsistently across drivers. Some drivers did cast a signed dBm value
directly to net_pkt's unsigned byte value. Others were assigning the
negative value of the signed dBm value and again others were offsetting
and stretching the signed dBm value linearly onto the full unsigned byte
range.

This change standardizes net_pkt's rssi attribute to represent RSSI on
the RX path as an unsigned integer ranging from 0 (–174 dBm) to 254 (80
dBm) and lets 255 represent an "unknown RSSI" (IEEE 802.15.4-2020,
section 6.16.2.8). On the TX path the rssi attribute will always be
zero. Out-of-range values will be truncated to max/min values.

The change also introduces conversion functions to and from signed dBm
values and introduces these consistently to all existing call sites. The
"unknown RSSI" value is represented as INT16_MIN in this case.

In some cases drivers had to be changed to calculate dBm values from
internal hardware specific representations.

The conversion functions are fully covered by unit tests.

Fixes: #58494

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-06-17 07:16:32 -04:00
Gerson Fernando Budke
612d5b3796 drivers: ieee802154: rf2xx: Check gpio_add_callback return
The rf2xx does not check the return value from gpio_add_callback
function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and
conditions. This add error processing check and log.

Fixes: #58595

Signed-off-by: Gerson Fernando Budke <nandojve@gmail.com>
2023-06-01 18:04:08 -04:00
Robert Lubos
f3bdac91b2 net: ieee802154: Remove IEEE802154_2015 option usage
The IEEE802154_2015 option is misleading, as it does not introduce full
802.15.4-2015 standard compliance but only random bits, plus it's
defined at the radio driver level, which brings yet another confusion.
Because of that, the option will be deprecated, and respective parts of
code that made use of it converted to use more specific configurations:

* nRF driver will now use CONFIG_NRF_802154_ENCRYPTION to specify
  whether to compile in TX security
* net_pkt will only add extra 802.15.4 control block fields if
  OpenThread is used, as they were solely used by this L2
* OpenThread radio layer will now use the OpenThread version to
  determine whether to compile in TX security.

Signed-off-by: Robert Lubos <robert.lubos@nordicsemi.no>
2023-06-01 04:53:02 -04:00
Florian Grandel
32e1213b0c net: l2: ieee802154: improve inline documentation
Over time, some non-standard concepts and extensions were introduced
into the stack (in KConfig, in drivers, in the internal API and into the
implementation) which makes introduction of additional standard-
compliant extensions like TSCH (and others) unnecessarily difficult.

To introduce extensions like TSCH it is required for the IEEE 802.15.4
stack to become more structurally aligned with the standard again which
will be the focus of some of the upcoming preparatory changes.

One way to check and prove standard compliance is to reference the
standard from within the source code. This change therefore introduces
inline references to the IEEE 802.15.4-2020 standard wherever possible.
Deviations from the standard are documented with TODO or deprecation
labels to be addressed in future changes.

In the future, new code introduced to the IEEE 802.15.4 stack should
be documented and reviewed for standard-compliance to avoid further
divergence. Most importantly:
* MAC/PHY configuration (via net mgmt, radio API, devicetree or
  KConfig) should always be directly linked to well-defined MAC/PHY
  PIB attributes if visible to the MAC API or the end user.
* Net management/shell/radio API commands should have a documented
  reference to the corresponding MLME action from the standard.

Signed-off-by: Florian Grandel <fgrandel@code-for-humans.de>
2023-05-24 16:41:57 +02:00