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1 /*
2  * Definitions for tcp compression routines.
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 Regents of the University of
5  * California. All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
8  * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
9  * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
10  * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
11  * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
12  * by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
13  * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
14  * from this software without specific prior written permission.
15  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
16  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
17  * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
18  *
19  *	Van Jacobson (van@ee.lbl.gov), Dec 31, 1989:
20  *	- Initial distribution.
21  */
22 
23 /*
24  * Compressed packet format:
25  *
26  * The first octet contains the packet type (top 3 bits), TCP
27  * 'push' bit, and flags that indicate which of the 4 TCP sequence
28  * numbers have changed (bottom 5 bits).  The next octet is a
29  * conversation number that associates a saved IP/TCP header with
30  * the compressed packet.  The next two octets are the TCP checksum
31  * from the original datagram.  The next 0 to 15 octets are
32  * sequence number changes, one change per bit set in the header
33  * (there may be no changes and there are two special cases where
34  * the receiver implicitly knows what changed -- see below).
35  *
36  * There are 5 numbers which can change (they are always inserted
37  * in the following order): TCP urgent pointer, window,
38  * acknowledgement, sequence number and IP ID.  (The urgent pointer
39  * is different from the others in that its value is sent, not the
40  * change in value.)  Since typical use of SLIP links is biased
41  * toward small packets (see comments on MTU/MSS below), changes
42  * use a variable length coding with one octet for numbers in the
43  * range 1 - 255 and 3 octets (0, MSB, LSB) for numbers in the
44  * range 256 - 65535 or 0.  (If the change in sequence number or
45  * ack is more than 65535, an uncompressed packet is sent.)
46  */
47 
48 /*
49  * Packet types (must not conflict with IP protocol version)
50  *
51  * The top nibble of the first octet is the packet type.  There are
52  * three possible types: IP (not proto TCP or tcp with one of the
53  * control flags set); uncompressed TCP (a normal IP/TCP packet but
54  * with the 8-bit protocol field replaced by an 8-bit connection id --
55  * this type of packet syncs the sender & receiver); and compressed
56  * TCP (described above).
57  *
58  * LSB of 4-bit field is TCP "PUSH" bit (a worthless anachronism) and
59  * is logically part of the 4-bit "changes" field that follows.  Top
60  * three bits are actual packet type.  For backward compatibility
61  * and in the interest of conserving bits, numbers are chosen so the
62  * IP protocol version number (4) which normally appears in this nibble
63  * means "IP packet".
64  */
65 
66 /* packet types */
67 #define TYPE_IP 0x40
68 #define TYPE_UNCOMPRESSED_TCP 0x70
69 #define TYPE_COMPRESSED_TCP 0x80
70 #define TYPE_ERROR 0x00
71 
72 /* Bits in first octet of compressed packet */
73 #define NEW_C	0x40	/* flag bits for what changed in a packet */
74 #define NEW_I	0x20
75 #define NEW_S	0x08
76 #define NEW_A	0x04
77 #define NEW_W	0x02
78 #define NEW_U	0x01
79 
80 /* reserved, special-case values of above */
81 #define SPECIAL_I (NEW_S|NEW_W|NEW_U)		/* echoed interactive traffic */
82 #define SPECIAL_D (NEW_S|NEW_A|NEW_W|NEW_U)	/* unidirectional data */
83 #define SPECIALS_MASK (NEW_S|NEW_A|NEW_W|NEW_U)
84 
85 #define TCP_PUSH_BIT 0x10
86