# sal-iface-6lowpan

**Repository Path**: mirrors_ARMmbed/sal-iface-6lowpan

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: sal-iface-6lowpan
- **Description**: Mesh socket adaptation layer
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-13

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Socket adaptation layer for mesh socket
This module is a socket adaptation layer for a mesh socket. This module 
enables the usage of mesh sockets via [mbed C++ socket API](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-net-sockets).

## Usage notes
Applications should not use this module directly, the [mbed C++ socket API](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-net-sockets) 
should be used instead. 

Before you can use the mesh sockets, you need to create a mesh network using the 
[mbed-mesh-api](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-mesh-api).

This module is under construction and therefore, there are some limitations:

* DNS resolving is not available, IPv6 address must be used in ascii format.
* UDP maximum datagram size is 1280 bytes.
* TCP socket does not support methods `send_to()` or `recv_from()`
* Following Socket API methods are not implemented:
    * `socket_accept`
    * `socket_start_listen`
    * `socket_stop_listen`
    * `set_option`
    * `get_option`
    * `is_bound`
    * `get_local_addr`
    * `get_remote_addr`
    * `get_local_port`
    * `get_remote_port`

## Getting started
The module contains the following example applications in the `test` folder:

* `nanostack_udp` contains a UDP datagram example application.
* `nanostack_tcp` contains a TCP socket example application.
* `system_test` contains a test application.