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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.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS   u8, u8, u8      unitless
 *
 *     Contains a bitmap of known fields/flags, the flags, and
 *     the MCS index.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_STATUS  u32, u16, u8, u8    unitless
 *
 *  Contains the AMPDU information for the subframe.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT   u16, u8, u8, u8[4], u8, u8, u16
 *
 *  Contains VHT information about this frame.
 *
 * IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP     u64, u16, u8, u8    variable
 *
 *  Contains timestamp information for this frame.
 */
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_MCS = 19,
    IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_STATUS = 20,
    IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT = 21,
    IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP = 22,

    /* valid in every it_present bitmap, even vendor namespaces */
    IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RADIOTAP_NAMESPACE = 29,
    IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VENDOR_NAMESPACE = 30,
    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) */
#define IEEE80211_CHAN_GSM  0x1000  /* GSM (900 MHz) */
#define IEEE80211_CHAN_STURBO   0x2000  /* Static Turbo */
#define IEEE80211_CHAN_HALF 0x4000  /* Half channel (10 MHz wide) */
#define IEEE80211_CHAN_QUARTER  0x8000  /* Quarter channel (5 MHz wide) */

/* 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)
                         */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_BADFCS 0x40    /* bad FCS */

/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_RX_FLAGS */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_F_RX_BADPLCP 0x0002  /* frame has bad PLCP */

/* 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 */


/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_BW      0x01
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_MCS     0x02
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_GI      0x04
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_FMT     0x08
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_FEC     0x10
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_HAVE_STBC    0x20

#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_MASK      0x03
#define     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_20    0
#define     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_40    1
#define     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_20L   2
#define     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_BW_20U   3
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_SGI      0x04
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_FMT_GF       0x08
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_FEC_LDPC     0x10
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_STBC_MASK    0x60
#define     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_STBC_1   1
#define     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_STBC_2   2
#define     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_STBC_3   3

#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_MCS_STBC_SHIFT   5

/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_STATUS */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_REPORT_ZEROLEN     0x0001
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_IS_ZEROLEN     0x0002
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_LAST_KNOWN     0x0004
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_IS_LAST        0x0008
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_DELIM_CRC_ERR      0x0010
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_AMPDU_DELIM_CRC_KNOWN    0x0020

/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_STBC           0x0001
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_TXOP_PS_NA         0x0002
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_GI             0x0004
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_SGI_NSYM_DIS       0x0008
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_LDPC_EXTRA_OFDM_SYM    0x0010
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_BEAMFORMED         0x0020
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_BANDWIDTH          0x0040
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_GROUP_ID           0x0080
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_PARTIAL_AID        0x0100

#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_STBC            0x01
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_TXOP_PS_NA          0x02
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_SGI             0x04
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_SGI_NSYM_M10_9      0x08
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_LDPC_EXTRA_OFDM_SYM     0x10
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_FLAG_BEAMFORMED          0x20

#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CODING_LDPC_USER0            0x01
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CODING_LDPC_USER1            0x02
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CODING_LDPC_USER2            0x04
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_CODING_LDPC_USER3            0x08

/* For IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP */
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_UNIT_MASK          0x000F
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_UNIT_MS            0x0000
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_UNIT_US            0x0001
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_UNIT_NS            0x0003
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_SPOS_MASK          0x00F0
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_SPOS_BEGIN_MDPU        0x0000
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_SPOS_PLCP_SIG_ACQ      0x0010
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_SPOS_EO_PPDU       0x0020
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_SPOS_EO_MPDU       0x0030
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_SPOS_UNKNOWN       0x00F0

#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_FLAG_64BIT         0x00
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_FLAG_32BIT         0x01
#define IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_TIMESTAMP_FLAG_ACCURACY      0x02

#endif              /* IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_H */