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Non-IP cellular socket

CellularNonIPSocket class hierarchy

The CellularNonIPSocket class provides, through standard socket send and recv member functions, the ability to send and receive 3GPP non-IP datagrams (NIDD) using our cellular IoT feature. This feature is implemented in the ControlPlane_netif class.

The constructor takes no parameters. To initialize the socket on a specified NetworkInterface, you must call the open method, which takes a CellularContext pointer.

CellularContext sets up the modem into the Control Plane optimization mode of operation if it is requested and if the cellular network supports it.

Control plane optimization is a new feature for cellular IoT (CIoT). With it, the device can use cellular control channels for data communications, to save power and resources by using less radio signaling.

Note: Note: Non-IP use usually requires integration to a cellular operator messaging service. The service supports a web API to send to and receive the non-IP using devices.

You can request Control Plane optimization mode either with CellularDevice's create_context or by configuring it in the cellular mbed_lib.json:

{
    "name": "cellular",
    "config": {
        "control-plane-opt": {
            "help": "Enables control plane CIoT EPS optimisation",
            "value": true
        }
    }
}

CellularNonIPSocket class reference

Public Member Functions
 ~CellularNonIPSocket () override
 Destroy the socket. More...
 CellularNonIPSocket ()
 Creates a socket. More...
nsapi_error_t open (mbed::CellularContext *cellular_context)
 Opens a socket on the given cellular context. More...
nsapi_error_t open (mbed::ControlPlane_netif *cp_netif)
 Opens a socket that will use the given control plane interface for data delivery. More...
nsapi_error_t close () override
 Closes socket. More...
nsapi_size_or_error_t send (const void *data, nsapi_size_t size) override
 Send data over a control plane cellular context. More...
nsapi_size_or_error_t recv (void *data, nsapi_size_t size) override
 Receive data from a socket. More...
void set_blocking (bool blocking) override
 Set blocking or non-blocking mode of the socket. More...
void set_timeout (int timeout) override
 Set timeout on blocking socket operations. More...
void sigio (mbed::Callback< void()> func) override
 Register a callback on state change of the socket. More...
nsapi_error_t connect (const SocketAddress &address) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
Socketaccept (nsapi_error_t *error=NULL) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
nsapi_error_t listen (int backlog=1) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
nsapi_error_t setsockopt (int level, int optname, const void *optval, unsigned optlen) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
nsapi_error_t getsockopt (int level, int optname, void *optval, unsigned *optlen) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
nsapi_error_t getpeername (SocketAddress *address) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
nsapi_size_or_error_t sendto (const SocketAddress &address, const void *data, nsapi_size_t size) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
nsapi_size_or_error_t recvfrom (SocketAddress *address, void *data, nsapi_size_t size) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...
nsapi_error_t bind (const SocketAddress &address) override
 NOT APPLICABLE. More...

CellularNonIPSocket example

The following code demonstrates how to create and use a cellular non-IP socket:

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2020 Arm Limited and affiliates.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
#include "mbed.h"
#include "CellularNonIPSocket.h"
#include "CellularDevice.h"

// Network interface
NetworkInterface *iface;

int main()
{
    // Bring up the cellular interface
    iface = CellularContext::get_default_nonip_instance();
    MBED_ASSERT(iface);

    // sim pin, apn, credentials and possible plmn are taken automatically from json when using NetworkInterface::set_default_parameters()
    iface->set_default_parameters();

    printf("Cellular Non-IP Socket example\n");
    if (NSAPI_ERROR_OK != iface->connect() || NSAPI_STATUS_GLOBAL_UP != iface->get_connection_status()) {
        printf("Error connecting\n");
        return -1;
    }

    CellularNonIPSocket sock;

    nsapi_error_t retcode = sock.open((CellularContext *)iface);

    if (retcode != NSAPI_ERROR_OK) {
        printf("CellularNonIPSocket.open() fails, code: %d\n", retcode);
        return -1;
    }

    const char *send_string = "TEST";

    if (0 > sock.send((void *) send_string, sizeof(send_string))) {
        printf("Error sending data\n");
        return -1;
    }

    printf("Success sending data\n");

    char recv_buf[4];
    if (0 > sock.recv((void *)recv_buf, sizeof(recv_buf))) {
        printf("Error receiving data\n");
        return -1;
    }

    printf("Success receiving data\n");

    // Close the socket and bring down the network interface
    sock.close();
    iface->disconnect();
    return 0;
}

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