Data packet description
The frame formats used are data and acknowledges frames according to the IEEE 802.15.4
standard. The Frame Control Field (FCF) is fixed, address information field is short
addresses only and the payload data is inserted by the application.
The preamble, Start of Frame Delimiter, the FCS is generated and inserted in the package by
CC2420. The data frame and acknowledge frame is depicted in the Figure 33 and Figure 34.
Figure 33 IEEE 802.15.4 data frame
Figure 34 IEEE 802.15.4 acknowledge frame
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