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/* $FreeBSD: head/contrib/wpa/src/utils/radiotap.h 214734 2010-11-03 10:43:38Z rpaulo $ */
/* $NetBSD: ieee80211_radiotap.h,v 1.11 2005/06/22 06:16:02 dyoung Exp $ */

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/*
 * Modifications to fit into the linux IEEE 802.11 stack,
 * Mike Kershaw (dragorn@kismetwireless.net)
 */

#ifndef IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H
#define IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H

#include <stdint.h>

/* Base version of the radiotap packet header data */
#define PKTHDR_RADIOTAP_VERSION		0

/* 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.
 */

/* The radio capture header precedes the 802.11 header.
 * All data in the header is little endian on all platforms.
 */
struct ieee80211_radiotap_header {
	uint8_t it_version;	/* Version 0. Only increases
				 * for drastic changes,
				 * introduction of compatible
				 * new fields does not count.
				 */
	uint8_t it_pad;
	uint16_t it_len;	/* length of the whole
				 * header in bytes, including
				 * it_version, it_pad,
				 * it_len, and data fields.
				 */
	uint32_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.
				 */
};

/* Name                                 Data type    Units
 * ----                                 ---------    -----
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT              __le64       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 uint16_t   MHz, bitmap
 *
 *      Tx/Rx frequency in MHz, followed by flags (see below).
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FHSS              uint16_t       see below
 *
 *      For frequency-hopping radios, the hop set (first byte)
 *      and pattern (second byte).
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE              u8           500kb/s
 *
 *      Tx/Rx data rate
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTSIGNAL     s8           decibels from
 *                                                   one milliwatt (dBm)
 *
 *      RF signal power at the antenna, decibel difference from
 *      one milliwatt.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTNOISE      s8           decibels from
 *                                                   one milliwatt (dBm)
 *
 *      RF noise power at the antenna, decibel difference from one
 *      milliwatt.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTSIGNAL      u8           decibel (dB)
 *
 *      RF signal power at the antenna, decibel difference from an
 *      arbitrary, fixed reference.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTNOISE       u8           decibel (dB)
 *
 *      RF noise power at the antenna, decibel difference from an
 *      arbitrary, fixed reference point.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_LOCK_QUALITY      uint16_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    uint16_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 uint16_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      s8           decibels from
 *                                                   one 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             u8           bitmap
 *
 *      Properties of transmitted and received frames. See flags
 *      defined below.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA           u8           antenna index
 *
 *      Unitless indication of the Rx/Tx antenna for this packet.
 *      The first antenna is antenna 0.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RX_FLAGS          uint16_t       bitmap
 *
 *     Properties of received frames. See flags defined below.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_FLAGS          uint16_t       bitmap
 *
 *     Properties of transmitted frames. See flags defined below.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RTS_RETRIES       u8           data
 *
 *     Number of rts retries a transmitted frame used.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES      u8           data
 *
 *     Number of unicast retries a transmitted frame used.
 *
 */
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_DBM_ANTSIGNAL = 5,
	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_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_DB_ANTSIGNAL = 12,
	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTNOISE = 13,
	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RX_FLAGS = 14,
	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_FLAGS = 15,
	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RTS_RETRIES = 16,
	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DATA_RETRIES = 17,
	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT = 31
};

/* Channel flags. */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_TURBO	0x0010	/* Turbo channel */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_CCK	0x0020	/* CCK channel */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_OFDM	0x0040	/* OFDM channel */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ	0x0080	/* 2 GHz spectrum channel. */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ	0x0100	/* 5 GHz spectrum channel */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE	0x0200	/* Only passive scan allowed */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_DYN	0x0400	/* Dynamic CCK-OFDM channel */
#define	IEEE80211_CHAN_GFSK	0x0800	/* GFSK channel (FHSS PHY) */

/* 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
						 */
#define	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FCS	0x10	/* frame includes FCS */
#define	IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_DATAPAD	0x20	/* frame has padding between
						 * 802.11 header and payload
						 * (to 32-bit boundary)
						 */
/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RX_FLAGS */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_RX_BADFCS	0x0001	/* frame failed crc check */

/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_FLAGS */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_TX_FAIL	0x0001	/* failed due to excessive
						 * retries */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_TX_CTS	0x0002	/* used cts 'protection' */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_TX_RTS	0x0004	/* used rts/cts handshake */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_TX_NOACK	0x0008	/* don't expect an ACK */

#endif				/* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_H */