Re: LL address and IPv6 address

[Stefan Schmidt <stefan@osg.samsung.com>]

Hello.

On 16/11/15 15:46, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
>
> There is at least one 802.15.4 IP block out there that markets the 
> support for dual PAN ID.
>
> http://www.freescale.com/products/arm-processors/kinetis-cortex-m/w-series/kinetis-kw2x-2.4-ghz-rf-analog-mixed-signal-ieee-802.15.4-low-power-microcontrollers-mcus:KW2x 
>
>
> So far this is only inside a wireless mcu combination and thus 
> unrealted to us but maybe the IP block will be used in some other 
> hardware later.
>
> What I don't know is how this functionality is exposed by the 
> hardware. Would it only have a few extra regs needed for the dual PAN 
> setup or two full register sets? Would it have different regs for the 
> two sets of address filters? Allowing to have the two PANs on 
> different channels or only on one?

I just browsed to the data sheat to understand what they will provide 
and it boils down to regs for channel, short address, extended address, 
PAN ID and coordinator bit. A timer can be configured by software and/or 
driven by the hardware directly as to when switch between these two.

regards
Stefan Schmidt