1 /* $FreeBSD: src/sys/net80211/ieee80211_radiotap.h,v 1.5 2005/01/22 20:12:05 sam Exp $ */
2 /* NetBSD: ieee802_11_radio.h,v 1.2 2006/02/26 03:04:03 dyoung Exp */
3 /* $Header: /tcpdump/master/tcpdump/ieee802_11_radio.h,v 1.3 2007-08-29 02:31:44 mcr Exp $ */
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33 #ifndef _NET_IF_IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H_
34 #define _NET_IF_IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H_
36 /* A generic radio capture format is desirable. There is one for
37 * Linux, but it is neither rigidly defined (there were not even
38 * units given for some fields) nor easily extensible.
40 * I suggest the following extensible radio capture format. It is
41 * based on a bitmap indicating which fields are present.
43 * I am trying to describe precisely what the application programmer
44 * should expect in the following, and for that reason I tell the
45 * units and origin of each measurement (where it applies), or else I
46 * use sufficiently weaselly language ("is a monotonically nondecreasing
47 * function of...") that I cannot set false expectations for lawyerly
50 #if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(_KERNEL)
51 #ifndef DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO
52 #define DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO 127 /* 802.11 plus WLAN header */
54 #endif /* defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(_KERNEL) */
56 /* The radio capture header precedes the 802.11 header. */
57 struct ieee80211_radiotap_header
{
58 u_int8_t it_version
; /* Version 0. Only increases
59 * for drastic changes,
60 * introduction of compatible
61 * new fields does not count.
64 u_int16_t it_len
; /* length of the whole
65 * header in bytes, including
67 * it_len, and data fields.
69 u_int32_t it_present
; /* A bitmap telling which
70 * fields are present. Set bit 31
71 * (0x80000000) to extend the
72 * bitmap by another 32 bits.
73 * Additional extensions are made
76 } __attribute__((__packed__
));
78 /* Name Data type Units
79 * ---- --------- -----
81 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT u_int64_t microseconds
83 * Value in microseconds of the MAC's 64-bit 802.11 Time
84 * Synchronization Function timer when the first bit of the
85 * MPDU arrived at the MAC. For received frames, only.
87 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CHANNEL 2 x u_int16_t MHz, bitmap
89 * Tx/Rx frequency in MHz, followed by flags (see below).
91 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FHSS u_int16_t see below
93 * For frequency-hopping radios, the hop set (first byte)
94 * and pattern (second byte).
96 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE u_int8_t 500kb/s
100 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTSIGNAL int8_t decibels from
101 * one milliwatt (dBm)
103 * RF signal power at the antenna, decibel difference from
106 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTNOISE int8_t decibels from
107 * one milliwatt (dBm)
109 * RF noise power at the antenna, decibel difference from one
112 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTSIGNAL u_int8_t decibel (dB)
114 * RF signal power at the antenna, decibel difference from an
115 * arbitrary, fixed reference.
117 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTNOISE u_int8_t decibel (dB)
119 * RF noise power at the antenna, decibel difference from an
120 * arbitrary, fixed reference point.
122 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_LOCK_QUALITY u_int16_t unitless
124 * Quality of Barker code lock. Unitless. Monotonically
125 * nondecreasing with "better" lock strength. Called "Signal
126 * Quality" in datasheets. (Is there a standard way to measure
129 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_ATTENUATION u_int16_t unitless
131 * Transmit power expressed as unitless distance from max
132 * power set at factory calibration. 0 is max power.
133 * Monotonically nondecreasing with lower power levels.
135 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_TX_ATTENUATION u_int16_t decibels (dB)
137 * Transmit power expressed as decibel distance from max power
138 * set at factory calibration. 0 is max power. Monotonically
139 * nondecreasing with lower power levels.
141 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_TX_POWER int8_t decibels from
142 * one milliwatt (dBm)
144 * Transmit power expressed as dBm (decibels from a 1 milliwatt
145 * reference). This is the absolute power level measured at
148 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS u_int8_t bitmap
150 * Properties of transmitted and received frames. See flags
153 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA u_int8_t antenna index
155 * Unitless indication of the Rx/Tx antenna for this packet.
156 * The first antenna is antenna 0.
158 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FCS u_int32_t data
160 * FCS from frame in network byte order.
162 enum ieee80211_radiotap_type
{
163 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TSFT
= 0,
164 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS
= 1,
165 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RATE
= 2,
166 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CHANNEL
= 3,
167 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FHSS
= 4,
168 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTSIGNAL
= 5,
169 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_ANTNOISE
= 6,
170 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_LOCK_QUALITY
= 7,
171 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TX_ATTENUATION
= 8,
172 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_TX_ATTENUATION
= 9,
173 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DBM_TX_POWER
= 10,
174 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_ANTENNA
= 11,
175 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTSIGNAL
= 12,
176 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_DB_ANTNOISE
= 13,
177 IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT
= 31
182 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_TURBO 0x0010 /* Turbo channel */
183 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_CCK 0x0020 /* CCK channel */
184 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_OFDM 0x0040 /* OFDM channel */
185 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ 0x0080 /* 2 GHz spectrum channel. */
186 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ 0x0100 /* 5 GHz spectrum channel */
187 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE 0x0200 /* Only passive scan allowed */
188 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_DYN 0x0400 /* Dynamic CCK-OFDM channel */
189 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_GFSK 0x0800 /* GFSK channel (FHSS PHY) */
190 #endif /* !_KERNEL */
192 /* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_FLAGS */
193 #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_CFP 0x01 /* sent/received
196 #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_SHORTPRE 0x02 /* sent/received
200 #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_WEP 0x04 /* sent/received
201 * with WEP encryption
203 #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FRAG 0x08 /* sent/received
206 #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_FCS 0x10 /* frame includes FCS */
207 #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_DATAPAD 0x20 /* frame has padding between
208 * 802.11 header and payload
209 * (to 32-bit boundary)
211 #define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_BADFCS 0x40 /* does not pass FCS check */
213 #endif /* _NET_IF_IEEE80211RADIOTAP_H_ */