ST G3-PLC - MAC Information Base Attributes Description

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6.5 MAC information base attributes description
Here is a brief description for all the attributes of the MAC information base.
Table 5. MAC IEEE 802.15.4 information base attributes
Standard IEEE 802.15.4 attributes
macAckWaitDuration Duration of acknowledgment in microseconds
macMaxBE
Maximum value of the backoff exponent. It should always be greater
than macMinBE
macBSN The beacon frame sequence number
macDSN The data frame sequence number
macMaxCSMABackoffs The maximum number of backoff attempts
macMinBE Minimum value of the backoff exponent
macPANId Personal area network identifier
macPromiscuousMode Promiscuous mode enable
macShortAddress Device short address
macMaxFrameRetries The maximum number of retransmission
macTimeStampSupport MAC frame time stamp support enable
macSecurityEnabled Security enabled
macKeyTable This attribute holds GMK keys required for MAC layer ciphering
macFrameCounter The outgoing frame counter for this device
Table 6. MAC G.9903 information base attributes
Standard G.9903 attributes
macHighPriorityWindowSize The high priority contention window size in number of slots.
macTxDataPacketCount The statistical counter of successfully transmitted unicast MSDUs
macRxDataPacketCount The statistical counter of successfully received unicast MSDUs
macTxCmdPacketCount The statistical counter of successfully transmitted command packets
macRxCmdPacketCount The statistical counter of successfully received command packets
macCSMAFailCount
Counts the number of times the CSMA back-offs reaches
macMaxCSMABackoffs
macCSMAnoACKCount
Counts the number of times an ACK is not received while transmitting
a unicast data frame
macRxDataBroadcastCount The statistical counter of successfully received broadcast frames
macTxDataBroadcastCount The statistical counter of the number of broadcast frames sent
macBadCRCCount The statistical counter of the number of frames received with bad CRC
macNeighborTable The neighbor table for this device
macFreqNotching S-FSK 63 and 74 kHz frequency notching