packet_header_default.h

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#ifndef INCLUDED_DIGITAL_PACKET_HEADER_DEFAULT_H
#define INCLUDED_DIGITAL_PACKET_HEADER_DEFAULT_H

#include <gr_tags.h>
#include <digital/api.h>
#include <boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp>

namespace gr {
  namespace digital {

    /*!
     * \brief Default header formatter for digital packet transmission.
     * \ingroup packet_operators_blk
     *
     * \details
     * For bursty/packetized digital transmission, packets are usually prepended
     * with a packet header, containing the number of bytes etc.
     * This class is not a block, but a tool to create these packet header.
     *
     * This is a default packet header (see header_formatter()) for a description
     * on the header format). To create other header, derive packet header creator
     * classes from this function.
     *
     * gr::digital::packet_headergenerator_bb uses header generators derived from
     * this class to create packet headers from data streams.
     */
    class DIGITAL_API packet_header_default : public boost::enable_shared_from_this<gr::digital::packet_header_default>
    {
     public:
      typedef boost::shared_ptr<packet_header_default> sptr;

      packet_header_default(
                      long header_len,
                      const std::string &len_tag_key="packet_len",
                      const std::string &num_tag_key="packet_num",
                      int bits_per_byte=1);
      ~packet_header_default();

      sptr base() { return shared_from_this(); };
      sptr formatter() { return shared_from_this(); };

      void set_header_num(unsigned header_num) { d_header_number = header_num; };
      long header_len() { return d_header_len; };
      pmt::pmt_t len_tag_key() { return d_len_tag_key; };

      /*!
       * \brief Encodes the header information in the given tags into bits and places them into \p out
       *
       * Uses the following header format:
       * Bits 0-11: The packet length (what was stored in the tag with key \p len_tag_key)
       * Bits 12-27: The header number (counts up everytime this function is called)
       * Bit 28: Even parity bit
       * All other bits: Are set to zero
       *
       * If the header length is smaller than 29, bits are simply left out. For this
       * reason, they always start with the LSB.
       */
      virtual bool header_formatter(
          long packet_len,
          unsigned char *out,
          const std::vector<gr_tag_t> &tags=std::vector<gr_tag_t>()
      );

      /*!
       * \brief Inverse function to header_formatter().
       *
       * Reads the bit stream in \p header and writes a corresponding tag into \p tags.
       */
      virtual bool header_parser(
        const unsigned char *header,
        std::vector<gr_tag_t> &tags);

      static sptr make(
              long header_len,
              const std::string &len_tag_key="packet_len",
              const std::string &num_tag_key="packet_num",
              int bits_per_byte=1);

    protected:
      long d_header_len;
      pmt::pmt_t d_len_tag_key;
      pmt::pmt_t d_num_tag_key;
      int d_bits_per_byte;
      unsigned d_header_number;
      unsigned d_mask;
    };

  } // namespace digital
} // namespace gr

#endif /* INCLUDED_DIGITAL_PACKET_HEADER_DEFAULT_H */