[net2-wg] packet interfaces

[Omprakash Gnawali]

> >> you move from one platform to the next? The key to getting this to
> >> work might be finding the equivalent thresholds or filters across the
> >> platforms.
> >
> > Agreed, but realistically, any routing layer will likely have a few  
> > parameters to tune itself to the underlying PHY anyway.
> 
> This is true. In TinyOS-speak, a protocol can always implement  
> against a radio-chip-specific HAL in order to take advantage of radio- 
> specific functionality. The question here, though, is about the radio- 
> chip-independent HIL.

In order to justify this HIL, we need to demonstrate that we can do
something useful with this bit across platforms without having to
change the code. We can build a neighbor table with decent (potential
parent) neighbors on CC2420 and CC1000 solely based on this bit for
demonstration. I don't know if this has been tried before...

- om_p