.. _bt_l2cap:

Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP)
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L2CAP layer enables connection-oriented channels which can be enable with the
configuration option: :kconfig:`CONFIG_BT_L2CAP_DYNAMIC_CHANNEL`. This channels
support segmentation and reassembly transparently, they also support credit
based flow control making it suitable for data streams.

Channels instances are represented by the :c:struct:`bt_l2cap_chan` struct which
contains the callbacks in the :c:struct:`bt_l2cap_chan_ops` struct to inform
when the channel has been connected, disconnected or when the encryption has
changed.
In addition to that it also contains the ``recv`` callback which is called
whenever an incoming data has been received. Data received this way can be
marked as processed by returning 0 or using
:c:func:`bt_l2cap_chan_recv_complete` API if processing is asynchronous.

.. note::
  The ``recv`` callback is called directly from RX Thread thus it is not
  recommended to block for long periods of time.

For sending data the :c:func:`bt_l2cap_chan_send` API can be used noting that
it may block if no credits are available, and resuming as soon as more credits
are available.

Servers can be registered using :c:func:`bt_l2cap_server_register` API passing
the :c:struct:`bt_l2cap_server` struct which informs what ``psm`` it should
listen to, the required security level ``sec_level``, and the callback
``accept`` which is called to authorize incoming connection requests and
allocate channel instances.

Client channels can be initiated with use of :c:func:`bt_l2cap_chan_connect`
API and can be disconnected with the :c:func:`bt_l2cap_chan_disconnect` API.
Note that the later can also disconnect channel instances created by servers.

API Reference
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.. doxygengroup:: bt_l2cap