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 * $Id: mantissa.h,v 1.10 2007/08/28 20:45:17 bernd67 Exp $
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#ifndef _OLSR_MANTISSA
#define _OLSR_MANTISSA

#include "olsr_types.h"
#include "olsr_protocol.h"


/**
 * Macro for converting a mantissa/exponent 8bit value back
 * to double as described in RFC3626:
 *
 * value = C*(1+a/16)*2^b [in seconds]
 *
 *  where a is the integer represented by the four highest bits of the
 *  field and b the integer represented by the four lowest bits of the
 *  field.
 *
 * me is the 8 bit mantissa/exponent value
 *
 */
double me_to_double(const olsr_u8_t);

olsr_u8_t double_to_me(const double);

#endif