+/** @brief Return true iff \f$a < b\f$ in sequence-space arithmetic
+ *
+ * Specifically it returns true if \f$(a-b) mod 2^{32} < 2^{31}\f$.
+ *
+ * See also lt_packet().
+ */
+static inline int lt(uint32_t a, uint32_t b) {
+ return (uint32_t)(a - b) & 0x80000000;
+}
+
+/** @brief Return true iff a >= b in sequence-space arithmetic */
+static inline int ge(uint32_t a, uint32_t b) {
+ return !lt(a, b);
+}
+
+/** @brief Return true iff a > b in sequence-space arithmetic */
+static inline int gt(uint32_t a, uint32_t b) {
+ return lt(b, a);
+}
+
+/** @brief Return true iff a <= b in sequence-space arithmetic */
+static inline int le(uint32_t a, uint32_t b) {
+ return !lt(b, a);
+}
+
+/** @brief Ordering for packets, used by @ref pheap */
+static inline int lt_packet(const struct packet *a, const struct packet *b) {
+ return lt(a->timestamp, b->timestamp);
+}
+
+/** @struct pheap
+ * @brief Binary heap of packets ordered by timestamp */
+HEAP_TYPE(pheap, struct packet *, lt_packet);
+
+/** @brief Binary heap of received packets */
+static struct pheap packets;
+