WIT2450
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M-2450-0000 Rev B
Broadcast Transmissions
The rule for transmitting broadcast packets from the base is:
Send broadcasts until an ACK has been heard from each remote or the '
pr
'
attempt limit is reached, whichever comes first.
Note: In CSMA polling mode, networks that have multiple remotes will not be
able to successfully contend to send ACKs, so the '
pr
' limit will generally apply.
This could also impact the capability of remotes to reply to a CSMA poll. This is
another reason it may be useful to have a dedicated short slot for contention
networks to ACK on.
ACKs from remotes are also ACKed by the base, so once a remote knows its ACK has
been heard, it doesn't have to keep sending it, which helps reduce network congestion.
The default address for a base in transparent mode is the broadcast address. Remotes can
ACK broadcasts and packets no longer need to be sent redundantly.
TDMA
In TDMA mode, remotes register with the base to acquire ranging information and
receive a handle and slot assignment, which they must periodically renew every 256 hops
(aka a 'service interval').
For applications needing guaranteed bandwidth availability, the TDMA operation of the
WIT2450 can meet this requirement. In the WIT2450 TDMA scheme, each remote has
an assigned time slot during which it can transmit.
When setting up a network, keep in mind that time slot length, maximum packet size and
hop duration are all interrelated. The
hop duration
parameter will determine the time slot
size and the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted per hop by the remotes.
There is a hard limit of the absolute maximum amount of data that can be sent on any
given hop of 212 bytes regardless of any parameters. (Note that this is different than the
208 byte maximum for the base station.) The base station requires 2.64 ms overhead for
tuning, the synchronization signal and parameter updating, as well as a guard time of
417
µ
s between each remote slot. Thus the amount of time allocated per remote slot is
roughly:
hop duration – base slot – 2.64ms - ( # of registered remotes)·417
µ
s
( # of registered remotes)
wa
setting
Description
max PN
remote packet size
2
TDMA auto slots
0FH
auto, read from
pl
3
TDMA fixed slots
0FH
auto, read from
pl
4 TDMA
override
0FH
manual, set by
pl