Name: LoRaWAN HCI (Host Controller Interface)
Uploaded: 2017-05-22T03:56:14.000Z
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The  Host Controller Interface protocol is designed

to expose the firmware services to an external host controller.

A detailed feature description is given in corresponding HCI specification.

HCI minimizes transmission and processing time due to its binary character in comparison

The communication between host and the radio is based on HCI messages which can be sent

The HCI protocol defines three different types of messages:

Command Messages: always sent from the host controller to the radio module to trigger

Response Messages: sent from the radio module to the host controller to answer a preceding

Event Messages: can be sent from the radio module to the host controller at any time

to indicate an event or to pass data which was received over the radio

An HCI message consists of a “Destination Endpoint Identifier” and a ”Message Identifier”.

The “Destination Endpoint Identifier” is used to separate between groups of functionalities,

like “Device Management” or “LoRaWAN Radio Services”.

The functionalities within a group are distinguished by “Message Identifiers” followed by the

The HCI messages are protected by a 16 bit Frame Check Sum.

is SLIP (Serial Line Interface Protocol) encoded.

- Device Management Endpoint Identifier - LoRaWAN Endpoint Identifier

Message Identifier identifies a specific type of message and is used to trigger a corresponding

service function or to indicate a service response or event when sent to the host controller.

This example shows the output of a request for Get Firmware Information,

which corresponds to the Device Management Endpoint Identifier 0x05.

The downlink message contains the following information:

- Endpoint and Message ID. - Status byte.

- Firmware information field which contains:

- FW version: In this case 1.16 which correspond with 1001

- Build counter: 72 which correspond with 4800 in Hex.

Then the date of this version, the Name of Firmware integrated LoRaWAN radio stack

band support and application, separated by semicolon

All of these parameters are defined in WiMOD LoRaWAN EndNode Modem HCI Specification.