trickle_timer Struct Reference

A trickle timer. More...

#include <core/lib/trickle-timer.h>

Data Fields
clock_time_t	i_min
	Imin: Clock ticks.
clock_time_t	i_cur
	I: Current interval in clock_ticks.
clock_time_t	i_start
	Start of this interval (absolute clock_time)
clock_time_t	i_max_abs
	Maximum interval size in clock ticks (and not in number of doublings). More...
struct ctimer	ct
	A Callback timer used internally.
trickle_timer_cb_t	cb
	Protocol's own callback, invoked at time t within the current interval
void *	cb_arg
	Opaque pointer to be used as the argument of the protocol's callback
uint8_t	i_max
	Imax: Max number of doublings.
uint8_t	k
	k: Redundancy Constant
uint8_t	c
	c: Consistency Counter

Detailed Description

A trickle timer.

This structure is used for declaring a trickle timer. In order for the timer to start running, the protocol must first populate the structure's fields by calling trickle_timer_set(). Protocol implementations must NOT modify the contents of this structure directly.

Protocol developers must also be careful to specify the values of Imin and Imax in such a way that the maximum interval size does not exceed the boundaries of clock_time_t

Definition at line 363 of file trickle-timer.h.

Field Documentation

clock_time_t trickle_timer::i_max_abs

 Maximum interval size in clock ticks (and not in

number of doublings).

This is a cached value of Imin << Imax used internally, so that we can have direct access to the maximum interval size without having to calculate it all the time

Definition at line 367 of file trickle-timer.h.

Referenced by trickle_timer_config().