This commit adds support for Joiner Discerner in wpantund and wpanctl. The Joiner Discerner enables new a mechanism for Thread commissioning. The traditional Thread commissioning process uses factory assigned EUI-64 of the device to derive the Joiner ID and identify/filter a joiner (through steering data bloom filter). The Joiner Discerner (which is an unsigned value along with a user-specified bit length up to 64 bits) allows users to have more control and do not rely on factory-assigned EUI-64.
For support of Discerner for Joiner operation in wpantund two methods are provided: Support for two new wpan properties Joiner:Discerner:Value and Joiner:Discerner:BitLength are added. To set the Joiner Discerner on device, the bit-length must be set first followed by setting the value. Setting the bit-length to zero will clear any previously set Joiner Discerner on the NCP (i.e., device would go back to default behavior using the factory-assigned EUI-64). Alternatively, the discerner value can be specified as the value-map parameters (with same keys as wpan property names) passed along through a "Joiner Start" DBus API call.
For commissioner, the NCP Control Interface related APIs and the corresponding DBus APIs are updated to allow either an EUI-64 or a Joiner Discerner (or accepting any Joiner) to be provided. wpanctlcommissioner command is also updated to allow the same.
This commit adds support for Joiner Discerner in
wpantundandwpanctl. The Joiner Discerner enables new a mechanism for Thread commissioning. The traditional Thread commissioning process uses factory assigned EUI-64 of the device to derive the Joiner ID and identify/filter a joiner (through steering data bloom filter). The Joiner Discerner (which is an unsigned value along with a user-specified bit length up to 64 bits) allows users to have more control and do not rely on factory-assigned EUI-64.For support of Discerner for Joiner operation in
wpantundtwo methods are provided: Support for two new wpan propertiesJoiner:Discerner:ValueandJoiner:Discerner:BitLengthare added. To set the Joiner Discerner on device, the bit-length must be set first followed by setting the value. Setting the bit-length to zero will clear any previously set Joiner Discerner on the NCP (i.e., device would go back to default behavior using the factory-assigned EUI-64). Alternatively, the discerner value can be specified as the value-map parameters (with same keys as wpan property names) passed along through a "Joiner Start" DBus API call.For commissioner, the NCP Control Interface related APIs and the corresponding DBus APIs are updated to allow either an EUI-64 or a Joiner Discerner (or accepting any Joiner) to be provided.
wpanctlcommissionercommand is also updated to allow the same.Related PR in openthread: https://github.com/openthread/openthread/pull/5137