%% list of parameters

% structs
% write vdif
params.	... consists of global header information
headerspec 	... input for create_vdif_data_fram_header
header 		... current frame header output of create_vdif_data_fram_header input for vdif_write_data_frame_header_to_file
headerframes 	... carries infos about frames (frame id, frame id within sec, ... )

% read vdif
params. 	... consists of constant header infos


% physical values
scan_duration               ... scan duration
frame_duration 	 		... physical duration of one single frame
sampling_freq               ... sampling rate

% bit length
filesize_bit                ... total size of file in bits
filesize_byte 	            ... total size of file in bytes
header_length_byte          ... length of header of data frame in byte
header_length_bit
frame_length_8byte          ... data frame length in units of 8 bytes
frame_length_byte           ... data frame length in bytes
frame_length_bit            ... data frame length in bit
data_array_length_file_bit  ... size of dataarray accumulated over total file
data_array_length_bit        ... data array length in bit of one frame
complete_sample_length_bit  ... number_of_channels * number_of_bits_per_sample

% number of
number_of_channels          ... number of channels
log2_number_of_channels 	... log2(number_of_channels)
number_of_bits_per_sample   ... number of bits per sample
number_of_bits_per_sample_vdif_format ... bits/sample in the vdif format (bits/sample -1)
number_frames_file          ... number of frames in file
number_frames_per_sec     ... number of frames per second
num_samples_file            ... number of samples in total file
num_samples_sec 		... number of samples per sec
num_samples_frame 	 	... number of samples per frame
num_words_per_data_array    ... number of words in data array
number_of_digits_per_sample ... number of digits per sample (log2(number of bits per sample ))

% id
number_of_frame_within_sec ... frame id within sec
id_frame 		... frame id of total file
id_chan			... channel id of dataset
id_sample 		... sample id of dataset
id_word 		... word id in vdif file

% dataset with samples
samples                     ... dataset with samples [number_of_channels , number_of_samples]



% string
station_2lc                 ... station two letter code
file_name                   ... vdif file name

% date
hyf2000 ... half years from 2000
sec_from_hyf2000 ... seconds from hyf2000
date_vec                    ... vector of with date elements
    
% other
vdif_version_number         ... vdif version number

