globaltime.nc

tinyos2.0版本驱动

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 * @author: Miklos Maroti, Brano Kusy ([e-mail])
 * Ported to T2: 3/17/08 by Brano Kusy ([e-mail])
 */

interface GlobalTime<precision_tag>
{
	/**
	 * Returns the current local time of this mote.
	 */
	async command uint32_t getLocalTime();

	/**
	 * Reads the current global time. This method is a combination
	 * of <code>getLocalTime</code> and <code>local2Global</code>.
	 * @return SUCCESS if this mote is synchronized, FAIL otherwise.
	 */
	async command error_t getGlobalTime(uint32_t *time);

	/**
	 * Converts the local time given in <code>time</code> into the
	 * corresponding global time and stores this again in
	 * <code>time</code>. The following equation is used to compute the
	 * conversion:
	 *
	 *	globalTime = localTime + offset + skew * (localTime - syncPoint)
	 *
	 * The skew is normalized to 0.0 (1.0 is subtracted) to increase the
	 * machine precision. The syncPoint value is periodically updated to
	 * increase the machine precision of the floating point arithmetic and
	 * also to allow time wrap.
	 *
	 * @return SUCCESS if this mote is synchronized, FAIL otherwise.
	 */
	async command error_t local2Global(uint32_t *time);

	/**
	 * Converts the global time given in <code>time</code> into the
	 * correspoding local time and stores this again in
	 * <code>time</code>. This method performs the inverse of the
	 * <code>local2Global</clode> transformation.
	 *
	 * @return SUCCESS if this mote is synchronized, FAIL otherwise.
	 */
	async command error_t global2Local(uint32_t *time);
}