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+/*
+ * Definitions for tcp compression routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 Regents of the University of
+ * California. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
+ * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
+ * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
+ * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
+ * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
+ * by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the
+ * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ * from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ * Van Jacobson (van@ee.lbl.gov), Dec 31, 1989:
+ * - Initial distribution.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Compressed packet format:
+ *
+ * The first octet contains the packet type (top 3 bits), TCP
+ * 'push' bit, and flags that indicate which of the 4 TCP sequence
+ * numbers have changed (bottom 5 bits). The next octet is a
+ * conversation number that associates a saved IP/TCP header with
+ * the compressed packet. The next two octets are the TCP checksum
+ * from the original datagram. The next 0 to 15 octets are
+ * sequence number changes, one change per bit set in the header
+ * (there may be no changes and there are two special cases where
+ * the receiver implicitly knows what changed -- see below).
+ *
+ * There are 5 numbers which can change (they are always inserted
+ * in the following order): TCP urgent pointer, window,
+ * acknowledgement, sequence number and IP ID. (The urgent pointer
+ * is different from the others in that its value is sent, not the
+ * change in value.) Since typical use of SLIP links is biased
+ * toward small packets (see comments on MTU/MSS below), changes
+ * use a variable length coding with one octet for numbers in the
+ * range 1 - 255 and 3 octets (0, MSB, LSB) for numbers in the
+ * range 256 - 65535 or 0. (If the change in sequence number or
+ * ack is more than 65535, an uncompressed packet is sent.)
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Packet types (must not conflict with IP protocol version)
+ *
+ * The top nibble of the first octet is the packet type. There are
+ * three possible types: IP (not proto TCP or tcp with one of the
+ * control flags set); uncompressed TCP (a normal IP/TCP packet but
+ * with the 8-bit protocol field replaced by an 8-bit connection id --
+ * this type of packet syncs the sender & receiver); and compressed
+ * TCP (described above).
+ *
+ * LSB of 4-bit field is TCP "PUSH" bit (a worthless anachronism) and
+ * is logically part of the 4-bit "changes" field that follows. Top
+ * three bits are actual packet type. For backward compatibility
+ * and in the interest of conserving bits, numbers are chosen so the
+ * IP protocol version number (4) which normally appears in this nibble
+ * means "IP packet".
+ */
+
+/* packet types */
+#define TYPE_IP 0x40
+#define TYPE_UNCOMPRESSED_TCP 0x70
+#define TYPE_COMPRESSED_TCP 0x80
+#define TYPE_ERROR 0x00
+
+/* Bits in first octet of compressed packet */
+#define NEW_C 0x40 /* flag bits for what changed in a packet */
+#define NEW_I 0x20
+#define NEW_S 0x08
+#define NEW_A 0x04
+#define NEW_W 0x02
+#define NEW_U 0x01
+
+/* reserved, special-case values of above */
+#define SPECIAL_I (NEW_S|NEW_W|NEW_U) /* echoed interactive traffic */
+#define SPECIAL_D (NEW_S|NEW_A|NEW_W|NEW_U) /* unidirectional data */
+#define SPECIALS_MASK (NEW_S|NEW_A|NEW_W|NEW_U)
+
+#define TCP_PUSH_BIT 0x10