neighbor-info.h

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/**
 * \file
 *         Declarations for the neighbor information module.
 *
 * \author Nicolas Tsiftes <nvt@sics.se>
 */

#ifndef NEIGHBOR_INFO_H
#define NEIGHBOR_INFO_H

#include "net/rime.h"

/* ETX_DIVISOR is the value that a fix-point representation of the ETX 
   should be divided by in order to obtain the integer representation. */
#define NEIGHBOR_INFO_ETX_DIVISOR       16

/* Macros for converting between a fix-point representation of the ETX 
   and a integer representation. */
#define NEIGHBOR_INFO_ETX2FIX(etx)    ((etx) * NEIGHBOR_INFO_ETX_DIVISOR)
#define NEIGHBOR_INFO_FIX2ETX(fix)    ((fix) / NEIGHBOR_INFO_ETX_DIVISOR)

typedef void (*neighbor_info_subscriber_t)(const rimeaddr_t *, int known, int etx);
typedef uint8_t link_metric_t;

/**
 * Notify the neighbor information module about the status of
 * a packet transmission.
 *
 * \param status The MAC status code for this packet.
 *
 * \param numtx The amount of transmissions made for this packet.
 */
void neighbor_info_packet_sent(int status, int numtx);

/**
 * Notify the neighbor information module that a packet was received.
 *
 * \param status The MAC status code for this packet.
 *
 * \param numtx The amount of transmissions made for this packet.
 */
void neighbor_info_packet_received(void);

/**
 * Subscribe to notifications of changed neighbor information.
 *
 * \return Returns 1 if the subscription was successful, and 0 if not.
 */
int neighbor_info_subscribe(neighbor_info_subscriber_t);


/**
 * Get link metric value for a specific neighbor.
 *
 * \return Returns link metric if the neighbor exists, and 0 if not.
 */
link_metric_t neighbor_info_get_metric(const rimeaddr_t *addr);

#endif /* NEIGHBOR_INFO_H */