Re: Request for DECT LINKTYPE

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Dec 22, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Matthias Wenzel wrote:

> Guy Harris wrote:
>
> > So DECT and DECT 6.0 are close enough that they can use
> > LINKTYPE_DECT/DLT_DECT?
>
> Yes. DECT has 10 radio channels, DECT 6.0 has 5, they all fit into one
> 0-63 channel table scheme in ETSI EN 300 175-2, Annex F (mostly
> unlicensed channels).

So what would the data in the packet start with?  Would these be MAC- 
layer messages (possibly with some metadata)?

> > 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?)
>
> I cannot say what countries are covered by WDCT other than the US.  
> Also
> this standard is not part of our work. I just wanted to mention that
> there's another variant out there, and you may want to keep them as
> "neighbours" in the #define LINKTYPE_* set.

So perhaps I'll just call it WDCT (that's what Siemens appears to call  
it, and they appear to be the ones who developed it), hence  
LINKTYPE_WDCT/DLT_WDCT.

Are there any published specifications for it, or is that only  
specified in internal Siemens documentation?
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