Hi all, I have trouble understanding the difference between "packet header" and "packet format". They both appear to do the same thing - define a header for some data packets for TX and RX. For RX, both appear to be able to use the Header/Payload Demux block. Yet they appear to have different names even for the generator and parser.
E.g. Packet header uses the "Packet Header Generator" and "Packet Header Parser" blocks to generate and parse the header respectively. On the other hand, packet format uses "Protocol Formatter" and "Protocol Parser" blocks. The documentation also appears to have switched to "packet format" from "packet header". "Header Packet Parser" was used in the documentation for GR 3.7 in the OFDM example. (https://www.gnuradio.org/doc/doxygen-3.7.2.1/page_packet_data.html) However, in the newest documentation I have (from v3.9.0.0-155-g44cd1949), "packet format" is used instead. Why is that so? What's the difference between the two and when would one implementation be preferred over another? Thanks. Cheers, Sol
