Author(s): @refugeesus
Initial PR: #76
Start Date: 2020-11-09
Category: Technical

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Summary:

The goals of these changes are to:

1. Break up the PoC message to improve the reliability of PoC transmissions.
2. Improve the quality of information gained from PoC transmissions in the RF layer.

The link layer is the method by which information is send from one source to another. It sits directly above the PHY layer and below the MAC layer. For a specific definition, please see the OSI model.