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This chapter describes the TCP models available in |ns3|. |
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Generic support for TCP |
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|ns3| was written to support multiple TCP implementations. The implementations |
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inherit from a few common header classes in the ``src/node`` directory, so that |
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user code can swap out implementations with minimal changes to the scripts. |
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* class :cpp:class:`TcpSocket`: This is defined in |
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attributes that can be reused across different implementations. For instance, |
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``TcpSocket::SetInitialCwnd()`` can be used for any of the implementations |
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that derive from class :cpp:class:`TcpSocket`. |
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* class :cpp:class:`TcpSocketFactory`: This is used by applications to create |
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TCP sockets. A typical usage can be seen in this snippet::: |
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generically and different socket implementations can be swapped out by |
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|ns3| contains a port of the TCP model from `GTNetS |
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model is a full TCP, in that it is bidirectional and attempts to model the |
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connection setup and close logic. In fact, it is a more complete implementation |
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The implementation of TCP is contained in the following files::: |
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Similarly, the below snippet configures OnOffApplication traffic source to use |
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The `Network Simulation Cradle (NSC) <http://www.wand.net.nz/~stj2/nsc/>`_ is a |
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framework for wrapping real-world network code into simulators, allowing |
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simulation of real-world behavior at little extra cost. This work has been |
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how to use it. |
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which can be examined by tcpdump or wireshark. |
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InternetStackHelper internetStack; |
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internetStack.SetNscStack ("liblinux2.6.26.so"); |
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// this switches nodes 0 and 1 to NSCs Linux 2.6.26 stack. |
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internetStack.Install (n.Get(0)); |
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internetStack.Install (n.Get(1)); |
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helper to aggregate instances of NSC TCP instead of native |ns3| TCP |
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Which stacks are available to use? Presently, the focus has been on |
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Linux 2.6.18 and Linux 2.6.26 stacks for |ns3|. To see which stacks |
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<http://www.nsnam.org/doxygen/classns3_1_1_tcp_socket.html>`_ |
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|ns3| :ref:`Attributes` system, via a `sysctl <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysctl>`_-like interface. In the ``examples/tcp-nsc-zoo`` example, you |
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These additional configuration variables are not available to native |ns3| TCP. |
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This subsection describes the API that NSC presents to |ns3| or any other |
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* **INetStack** INetStack contains the 'low level' operations for the operating |
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destination, where it will eventually be handed into Receive() (and eventually |
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back to the receivers NSC instance via INetStack->if_receive() ). |
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* **INetStreamSocket** This is the structure defining a particular connection |
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e.g. connect, disconnect, accept, listen, send_data/read_data, ... |
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of the operating systems wakeup function: Whenever the operating system would |
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to allow the simulator to check for state changes in its connection endpoints. |
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* :cpp:class:`ns3::NscTcpL4Protocol`: a subclass of Ipv4L4Protocol (and two nsc |
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classes: ISendCallback and IInterruptCallback) |
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Initialization, it loads an nsc network stack to use (via dlopen()). Each |
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(must be a complete tcp/ip packet) to the nsc stack for further processing. To |
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``src/internet-stack/nsc-tcp-socket-impl`` implements the nsc socket interface. |
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For more information, see `this wiki page <http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Network_Simulation_Cradle_Integration>`_. |