NetBSD/sys/net80211/ieee80211_radiotap.h
dyoung 23d8f48692 Add data-link type DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO to wi and atw. DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO
lets you monitor radio stats like received signal strength, which
diversity antenna was used, channel/frequency, modulation, and data
rate.
2003-11-16 09:02:42 +00:00

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/* $FreeBSD: src/sys/net80211/ieee80211_radiotap.h,v 1.1 2003/09/05 22:19:32 sam Exp $ */
/* $NetBSD: ieee80211_radiotap.h,v 1.3 2003/11/16 09:02:42 dyoung Exp $ */
/*-
* Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 David Young. All rights reserved.
*
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*/
#ifndef _NET_IF_IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H_
#define _NET_IF_IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H_
/* A generic radio capture format is desirable. There is one for
* Linux, but it is neither rigidly defined (there were not even
* units given for some fields) nor easily extensible.
*
* I suggest the following extensible radio capture format. It is
* based on a bitmap indicating which fields are present.
*
* I am trying to describe precisely what the application programmer
* should expect in the following, and for that reason I tell the
* units and origin of each measurement (where it applies), or else I
* use sufficiently weaselly language ("is a monotonically nondecreasing
* function of...") that I cannot set false expectations for lawyerly
* readers.
*/
#ifndef DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO
#define DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO 127 /* 802.11 plus WLAN header */
#endif
/* The radio capture header precedes the 802.11 header. */
struct ieee80211_radiotap_header {
u_int8_t it_version; /* Version 0. Only increases
* for drastic changes,
* introduction of compatible
* new fields does not count.
*/
u_int8_t it_pad;
u_int16_t it_len; /* length of the whole
* header in bytes, including
* it_version, it_pad,
* it_len, and data fields.
*/
u_int32_t it_present; /* A bitmap telling which
* fields are present. Set bit 31
* (0x80000000) to extend the
* bitmap by another 32 bits.
* Additional extensions are made
* by setting bit 31.
*/
} __attribute__((__packed__));
/* Name Data type Units
* ---- --------- -----
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT u_int64_t microseconds
*
* Value in microseconds of the MAC's 64-bit 802.11 Time
* Synchronization Function timer when the first bit of the
* MPDU arrived at the MAC. For received frames, only.
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CHANNEL 2 x u_int16_t MHz, bitmap
*
* Tx/Rx frequency in MHz, followed by flags (see below).
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FHSS u_int16_t see below
*
* For frequency-hopping radios, the hop set (first byte)
* and pattern (second byte).
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE u_int16_t 500kb/s
*
* Tx/Rx data rate
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTSIGNAL int8_t decibel (dB)
*
* RF signal power at the antenna, measured from a fixed,
* arbitrary reference point.
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTNOISE int8_t decibel (dB)
*
* RF noise power at the antenna in decibels from an arbitrary,
* fixed reference point.
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_BARKER_CODE_LOCK u_int16_t unitless
*
* Quality of Barker code lock. Unitless. Monotonically
* nondecreasing with "better" lock strength. Called "Signal
* Quality" in datasheets. (Is there a standard way to measure
* this?)
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_ATTENUATION u_int16_t unitless
*
* Transmit power expressed as unitless distance from max
* power set at factory calibration. 0 is max power.
* Monotonically nondecreasing with lower power levels.
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_TX_ATTENUATION u_int16_t decibels (dB)
*
* Transmit power expressed as decibel distance from max power
* set at factory calibration. 0 is max power. Monotonically
* nondecreasing with lower power levels.
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_TX_POWER u_int16_t decibels from
* milliwatt (dBm)
*
* Transmit power expressed as dBm (decibels from a 1 milliwatt
* reference). This is the absolute power level measured at
* the antenna port.
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS u_int8_t bitmap
*
* Properties of transmitted and received frames. See flags
* defined below.
*
* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA u_int8_t antenna index
*
* Unitless indication of the Rx/Tx antenna for this packet.
* The first antenna is antenna 0.
*/
enum ieee80211_radiotap_type {
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT = 0,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS = 1,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE = 2,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CHANNEL = 3,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FHSS = 4,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTSIGNAL = 5,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTNOISE = 6,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_LOCK_QUALITY = 7,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_ATTENUATION = 8,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_TX_ATTENUATION = 9,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_TX_POWER = 10,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA = 11,
IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT = 31
};
/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_CFP 0x01 /* sent/received
* during CFP
*/
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_SHORTPRE 0x02 /* sent/received
* with short
* preamble
*/
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_WEP 0x04 /* sent/received
* with WEP encryption
*/
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FRAG 0x08 /* sent/received
* with fragmentation
*/
#endif /* _NET_IF_IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H_ */