
CC112X/CC1175
SWRU295C
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5.11
Listen Before Talk (LBT)
ETSI EN 300 220-1 V2.3.1
[2] has specific requirements for LBT. To simplify compliance
CC112X
has
built in HW support to automate the LBT algorithm, including random back-offs. The requirements are
taken from the ETSI specifications, and a summary is shown below.
5.11.1
LBT Minimum Listening Time
“The minimum listening time is defined as the minimum time that the equipment listens for a received
signal at or above the LBT threshold level (…..) immediately prior to transmission to determine
whether the intended channel is available for use.
The listening time shall consist of the "minimum fixed listening time" and an additional pseudo random
part. If during the listening mode another user is detected on the intended channel, the listening time
shall commence from the instant that the intended channel is free again. Alternatively, the equipment
may select another channel and again start the listen time before transmission.”
Changing channel is not supported in HW and must be performed by the MCU.
5.11.2
Limit for Minimum Listening Time
“The total listen time, t
L
, consists of a fixed part, t
F
, and a pseudo random part, t
PS
, as the following:
t
L
= t
F
+ t
PS
a) The fixed part of the minimum listening time, t
F
, shall be 5 ms.
b) The pseudo random listening time t
PS
shall be randomly varied between 0 ms and a value of 5 ms
or more in equal steps of approximately 0,5 ms as the following:
−
If the channel is free from traffic at the beginning of the listen time, t
L
, and remains free
throughout the fixed part of the listen time, t
F
, then the pseudo random part, t
PS
, is
automatically set to zero by the equipment itself.
−
If the channel is occupied by traffic when the equipment either starts to listen or during the
listen period, then the listen time commences from the instant that the intended channel is
free. In this situation the total listen time t
L
shall comprise t
F
and the pseudo random part, t
PS
.
The limit for total listen time for the receiver consists of the sum of a) and b) together.”
If LBT is enabled (
PKT_CFG2.CCA_MODE = 100b
) the
CC112X
will run the algorithm until successful
transmission.
5.12
Link Quality Indicator (LQI)
The Link Quality Indicator is a metric of the current quality of the received signal. If
is enabled, the value is automatically added to the last byte appended
after the payload. The value can also be read from the
register. The LQI gives an estimate
of how easily a received signal can be demodulated. LQI is best used as a relative measurement of
the link quality (a low value indicates a better link than what a high value does), since the value is
dependent on the modulation format.