Research Article

Real-Time Communications in Large-Scale Wireless Networks

Table 1

Exemplary primitive functions related to the unicast module.

FunctionDescriptionDirection

SendUnicast(DA, DATA, Priority)Command of sending the unicast DATA to the destination address DA;From system to wireless link
StatusUnicast(&Status)Return the command status of sendUnicast ( ), for example, Success or Fail;From wireless link to system
IndicateUnicast(SA, DATA, Priority)Indicate the received unicast DATA from the source address SA;From wireless link to system
ModuleRequest()Request for listening to the RTS, that is, defined in the unicast module;From wireless link to system
ModuleResponse(&Status)Return the request status of moduleRequest(), that is, Permitted or Denied;From system to wireless link
GetState(&State)Get the current state.From system to wireless link