Re: Request for DECT LINKTYPE

["Maciej Grela" <maciej.grela () gmail com>]

2008/12/22 Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>:
> On Dec 22, 2008, at 1:51 AM, Matthias Wenzel wrote:
>
> > we have a set of opensource tools that read and write pcap files from/to
> > DECT devices. The SW will go public still this year. We're working with
> > both gnuradio USRP and a dedicated HW.
>
> Could the code to capture DECT traffic go into libpcap?
>
> > For what you may want to know there are basically 3 types of DECT out
> > there (from what I know):
> >
> > 1) DECT - the first real and widely used in europe and asia
> >
> > 2) DECT6.0 - a very new US variant, operating like 1) but slightly
> > different radio channels
> >
> > 3) US-DECT, aka WDCT - a 2.4GHz variant with channelhopping, all
> > differnt Layer 1 than 1) and 2)
> >
> > our HW, as probably most HW out there supports both 1) and 2),
> > but not 3).
> >
> > so you may want to reserve 2 LINKTYPE values, call them LINKTYPE_DECT
> > and LINKTYPE_USDECT or the like.
>
> So DECT and DECT 6.0 are close enough that they can use
> LINKTYPE_DECT/DLT_DECT?
>
> And is "US-DECT" a US-specific scheme?
>
>        http://www.dectweb.com/LearningZone/WDCTTech.htm
>
> claims that the "W" in "WDCT" is "Worldwide", but also claims that it's
> US-specific.  (BTW, does "US" in this context mean "US and Canada" or "North
> America" rather than just the US?)
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Wow ! This is quite exciting. Keep us informed about the software
release - particularly for the USRP.

Best regards,
Maciej Grela
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