src/wifi/model/dcf-manager.h
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+/* -*-  Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005,2006 INRIA
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
+ */
+
+#ifndef DCF_MANAGER_H
+#define DCF_MANAGER_H
+
+#include "ns3/nstime.h"
+#include "ns3/event-id.h"
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+class WifiPhy;
+class WifiMac;
+class MacLow;
+
+/**
+ * \brief keep track of the state needed for a single DCF 
+ * function.
+ *
+ * Multiple instances of a DcfState can be registered in a single
+ * DcfManager to implement 802.11e-style relative QoS.
+ * DcfState::SetAifsn and DcfState::SetCwBounds allow the user to 
+ * control the relative QoS differentiation.
+ */
+class DcfState
+{
+public:
+  DcfState ();
+
+  virtual ~DcfState ();
+
+  /**
+   * \param aifsn the number of slots which make up an AIFS for a specific DCF.
+   *        a DIFS corresponds to an AIFSN = 2.
+   *
+   * Calling this method after DcfManager::Add has been called is not recommended.
+   */
+  void SetAifsn (uint32_t aifsn);
+  void SetCwMin (uint32_t minCw);
+  void SetCwMax (uint32_t maxCw);
+  uint32_t GetAifsn (void) const;
+  uint32_t GetCwMin (void) const;
+  uint32_t GetCwMax (void) const;
+  /**
+   * Update the value of the CW variable to take into account
+   * a transmission success or a transmission abort (stop transmission
+   * of a packet after the maximum number of retransmissions has been
+   * reached). By default, this resets the CW variable to minCW.
+   */
+  void ResetCw (void);
+  /**
+   * Update the value of the CW variable to take into account
+   * a transmission failure. By default, this triggers a doubling
+   * of CW (capped by maxCW).
+   */
+  void UpdateFailedCw (void);
+  /**
+   * \param nSlots the number of slots of the backoff.
+   *
+   * Start a backoff by initializing the backoff counter to the number of
+   * slots specified.
+   */
+  void StartBackoffNow (uint32_t nSlots);
+  /**
+   * \returns the current value of the CW variable. The initial value is
+   * minCW.
+   */
+  uint32_t GetCw (void) const;
+  /**
+   * \returns true if access has been requested for this DcfState and
+   *          has not been granted already, false otherwise.
+   */
+  bool IsAccessRequested (void) const;
+
+private:
+  friend class DcfManager;
+
+  uint32_t GetBackoffSlots (void) const;
+  Time GetBackoffStart (void) const;
+  void UpdateBackoffSlotsNow (uint32_t nSlots, Time backoffUpdateBound);
+  void NotifyAccessRequested (void);
+  void NotifyAccessGranted (void);
+  void NotifyCollision (void);
+  void NotifyInternalCollision (void);
+  void NotifyChannelSwitching (void); 
+
+
+  /**
+   * Called by DcfManager to notify a DcfState subclass
+   * that access to the medium is granted and can
+   * start immediately.
+   */
+  virtual void DoNotifyAccessGranted (void) = 0;
+  /**
+   * Called by DcfManager to notify a DcfState subclass
+   * that an 'internal' collision occured, that is, that
+   * the backoff timer of a higher priority DcfState expired
+   * at the same time and that access was granted to this
+   * higher priority DcfState.
+   *
+   * The subclass is expected to start a new backoff by
+   * calling DcfState::StartBackoffNow and DcfManager::RequestAccess
+   * is access is still needed.
+   */
+  virtual void DoNotifyInternalCollision (void) = 0;
+  /**
+   * Called by DcfManager to notify a DcfState subclass
+   * that a normal collision occured, that is, that
+   * the medium was busy when access was requested.
+   *
+   * The subclass is expected to start a new backoff by
+   * calling DcfState::StartBackoffNow and DcfManager::RequestAccess
+   * is access is still needed.
+   */
+  virtual void DoNotifyCollision (void) = 0;
+   /**
+   * Called by DcfManager to notify a DcfState subclass
+   * that a channel switching occured.
+   *
+   * The subclass is expected to flush the queue of 
+   * packets.
+   */
+  virtual void DoNotifyChannelSwitching () = 0; 
+
+  uint32_t m_aifsn;
+  uint32_t m_backoffSlots;
+  // the backoffStart variable is used to keep track of the
+  // time at which a backoff was started or the time at which
+  // the backoff counter was last updated.
+  Time m_backoffStart;
+  uint32_t m_cwMin;
+  uint32_t m_cwMax;
+  uint32_t m_cw;
+  bool m_accessRequested;
+};
+
+/**
+ * \brief Manage a set of ns3::DcfState
+ *
+ * Handle a set of independent ns3::DcfState, each of which represents
+ * a single DCF within a MAC stack. Each ns3::DcfState has a priority
+ * implicitely associated with it (the priority is determined when the 
+ * ns3::DcfState is added to the DcfManager: the first DcfState to be
+ * added gets the highest priority, the second, the second highest
+ * priority, and so on.) which is used to handle "internal" collisions.
+ * i.e., when two local DcfState are expected to get access to the 
+ * medium at the same time, the highest priority local DcfState wins
+ * access to the medium and the other DcfState suffers a "internal" 
+ * collision.
+ */
+class DcfManager
+{
+public:
+  DcfManager ();
+  ~DcfManager ();
+
+  void SetupPhyListener (Ptr<WifiPhy> phy);
+  void SetupLowListener (Ptr<MacLow> low);
+
+  /**
+   * \param slotTime the duration of a slot.
+   *
+   * It is a bad idea to call this method after RequestAccess or
+   * one of the Notify methods has been invoked.
+   */
+  void SetSlot (Time slotTime);
+  /**
+   * \param sifs the duration of a SIFS.
+   *
+   * It is a bad idea to call this method after RequestAccess or
+   * one of the Notify methods has been invoked.
+   */
+  void SetSifs (Time sifs);
+
+  /**
+   * \param eifsNoDifs the duration of a EIFS minus the duration of DIFS.
+   *
+   * It is a bad idea to call this method after RequestAccess or
+   * one of the Notify methods has been invoked.
+   */
+  void SetEifsNoDifs (Time eifsNoDifs);
+
+  /**
+   * \return value set previously using SetEifsNoDifs.
+   */
+  Time GetEifsNoDifs () const;
+
+  /**
+   * \param dcf a new DcfState.
+   *
+   * The DcfManager does not take ownership of this pointer so, the callee
+   * must make sure that the DcfState pointer will stay valid as long
+   * as the DcfManager is valid. Note that the order in which DcfState
+   * objects are added to a DcfManager matters: the first DcfState added
+   * has the highest priority, the second DcfState added, has the second 
+   * highest priority, etc.
+   */
+  void Add (DcfState *dcf);
+
+  /**
+   * \param state a DcfState
+   *
+   * Notify the DcfManager that a specific DcfState needs access to the 
+   * medium. The DcfManager is then responsible for starting an access
+   * timer and, invoking DcfState::DoNotifyAccessGranted when the access 
+   * is granted if it ever gets granted.
+   */
+  void RequestAccess (DcfState *state);
+
+  /**
+   * \param duration expected duration of reception
+   *
+   * Notify the DCF that a packet reception started 
+   * for the expected duration.
+   */
+  void NotifyRxStartNow (Time duration);
+  /**
+   * Notify the DCF that a packet reception was just
+   * completed successfully.
+   */
+  void NotifyRxEndOkNow (void);
+  /**
+   * Notify the DCF that a packet reception was just
+   * completed unsuccessfully.
+   */
+  void NotifyRxEndErrorNow (void);
+  /**
+   * \param duration expected duration of transmission
+   *
+   * Notify the DCF that a packet transmission was
+   * just started and is expected to last for the specified
+   * duration.
+   */
+  void NotifyTxStartNow (Time duration);
+  /**
+   * \param duration expected duration of cca busy period
+   *
+   * Notify the DCF that a CCA busy period has just started.
+   */
+  void NotifyMaybeCcaBusyStartNow (Time duration);
+  /**
+   * \param duration expected duration of channel switching period
+   *
+   * Notify the DCF that a channel switching period has just started.
+   * During switching state, new packets can be enqueued in DcaTxop/EdcaTxop
+   * but they won't access to the medium until the end of the channel switching.
+   */
+  void NotifySwitchingStartNow (Time duration); 
+  /**
+   * \param duration the value of the received NAV.
+   *
+   * Called at end of rx
+   */
+  void NotifyNavResetNow (Time duration);
+  /**
+   * \param duration the value of the received NAV.
+   *
+   * Called at end of rx
+   */
+  void NotifyNavStartNow (Time duration);
+  void NotifyAckTimeoutStartNow (Time duration);
+  void NotifyAckTimeoutResetNow ();
+  void NotifyCtsTimeoutStartNow (Time duration);
+  void NotifyCtsTimeoutResetNow ();
+private:
+  void UpdateBackoff (void);
+  Time MostRecent (Time a, Time b) const;
+  Time MostRecent (Time a, Time b, Time c) const;
+  Time MostRecent (Time a, Time b, Time c, Time d) const;
+  Time MostRecent (Time a, Time b, Time c, Time d, Time e, Time f) const;
+  Time MostRecent (Time a, Time b, Time c, Time d, Time e, Time f, Time g) const; 
+  /**
+   * Access will never be granted to the medium _before_
+   * the time returned by this method.
+   * 
+   * \returns the absolute time at which access could start to 
+   * be granted
+   */
+  Time GetAccessGrantStart (void) const;
+  Time GetBackoffStartFor (DcfState *state);
+  Time GetBackoffEndFor (DcfState *state);
+  void DoRestartAccessTimeoutIfNeeded (void);
+  void AccessTimeout (void);
+  void DoGrantAccess (void);
+  bool IsBusy (void) const;
+
+  typedef std::vector<DcfState *> States;
+
+  States m_states;
+  Time m_lastAckTimeoutEnd;
+  Time m_lastCtsTimeoutEnd;
+  Time m_lastNavStart;
+  Time m_lastNavDuration;
+  Time m_lastRxStart;
+  Time m_lastRxDuration;
+  bool m_lastRxReceivedOk;
+  Time m_lastRxEnd;
+  Time m_lastTxStart;
+  Time m_lastTxDuration;
+  Time m_lastBusyStart;
+  Time m_lastBusyDuration;
+  Time m_lastSwitchingStart; 
+  Time m_lastSwitchingDuration; 
+  bool m_rxing;
+  bool m_sleeping;
+  Time m_eifsNoDifs;
+  EventId m_accessTimeout;
+  uint32_t m_slotTimeUs;
+  Time m_sifs;
+  class PhyListener *m_phyListener;
+  class LowDcfListener *m_lowListener;
+};
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
+#endif /* DCF_MANAGER_H */