mac-sequence.h

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/**
 * \file
 *         Header file for MAC sequence numbers management
 * \author
 *         Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 *         Benoît Thébaudeau <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
 */

#ifndef MAC_SEQUENCE_H
#define MAC_SEQUENCE_H

/**
 * \brief      Tell whether the packetbuf is a duplicate packet
 * \return     Non-zero if the packetbuf is a duplicate packet, zero otherwise
 *
 *             This function is used to check for duplicate packet by comparing
 *             the sequence number of the incoming packet with the last few ones
 *             we saw, filtering with the link-layer address.
 */
int mac_sequence_is_duplicate(void);

/**
 * \brief      Register the sequence number of the packetbuf
 *
 *             This function is used to add the sequence number of the incoming
 *             packet to the history.
 */
void mac_sequence_register_seqno(void);

#endif /* MAC_SEQUENCE_H */