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Uplink frame counter : 16 bits support

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Hi,

I am working with MTCAP with mLinux 3.3.9 (lora-network-server 1.0.36) and a node configured with OTAA. Node runs our custom stack, and implements 16 bits FCNT counters.

Untill it comes to a frame counter of 65535, everything works fine, but on next message (rollover to 0), all messages are rejected with a MIC FAILED error. In debug, when I force (before computing MIC) the FCNT at 0×00010000 (i.e. as if I used 32-bit counters), frame are received well.

So I assume your network server only handles 32bits frame counter. But the lorawan spec (1.02) states at paragraph 4.3.1.5 that a device can use 16 bits counter, and that the counter value can be used as present in the frame, possibly extended by leading zero if required.

Is there a way to tell your server that a device uses 16 bits counter? Or does your server have no support for 16 bits counter?

I have checked the release notes and seen no mention about frame counters on 1.0.37 and 1.0.41 (most recent releases)


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