src/wifi/model/wifi-mode.h
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+/* -*-  Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 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 WIFI_MODE_H
+#define WIFI_MODE_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <ostream>
+#include "ns3/attribute-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/wifi-phy-standard.h"
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+/**
+ * This enumeration defines the modulation classes per IEEE
+ * 802.11-2007, Section 9.6.1, Table 9-2.
+ */
+enum WifiModulationClass {
+  /** Modulation class unknown or unspecified. A WifiMode with this
+  WifiModulationClass has not been properly initialised. */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_UNKNOWN = 0,
+  /** Infrared (IR) (Clause 16) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_IR,
+  /** Frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) PHY (Clause 14) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_FHSS,
+  /** DSSS PHY (Clause 15) and HR/DSSS PHY (Clause 18) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_DSSS,
+  /** ERP-PBCC PHY (19.6) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_ERP_PBCC,
+  /** DSSS-OFDM PHY (19.7) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_DSSS_OFDM,
+  /** ERP-OFDM PHY (19.5) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_ERP_OFDM,
+  /** OFDM PHY (Clause 17) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_OFDM,
+  /** HT PHY (Clause 20) */
+  WIFI_MOD_CLASS_HT
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * This enumeration defines the various convolutional coding rates
+ * used for the OFDM transmission modes in the IEEE 802.11
+ * standard. DSSS (for example) rates which do not have an explicit
+ * coding stage in their generation should have this parameter set to
+ * WIFI_CODE_RATE_UNDEFINED.
+ */
+enum WifiCodeRate {
+  /** No explicit coding (e.g., DSSS rates) */
+  WIFI_CODE_RATE_UNDEFINED,
+  /** Rate 3/4 */
+  WIFI_CODE_RATE_3_4,
+  /** Rate 2/3 */
+  WIFI_CODE_RATE_2_3,
+  /** Rate 1/2 */
+  WIFI_CODE_RATE_1_2
+};
+
+/**
+ * \brief represent a single transmission mode
+ *
+ * A WifiMode is implemented by a single integer which is used
+ * to lookup in a global array the characteristics of the
+ * associated transmission mode. It is thus extremely cheap to
+ * keep a WifiMode variable around.
+ */
+class WifiMode
+{
+ public:
+  /**
+   * \returns the number of Hz used by this signal
+   */
+  uint32_t GetBandwidth (void) const;
+  /**
+   * \returns the physical bit rate of this signal.
+   *
+   * If a transmission mode uses 1/2 FEC, and if its
+   * data rate is 3Mbs, the phy rate is 6Mbs
+   */
+  uint32_t GetPhyRate (void) const;
+  /**
+   * \returns the data bit rate of this signal.
+   */
+  uint32_t GetDataRate (void) const;
+  /**
+   * \returns the coding rate of this transmission mode
+   */
+  enum WifiCodeRate GetCodeRate (void) const;
+  /**
+   * \returns the size of the modulation constellation.
+   */
+  uint8_t GetConstellationSize (void) const;
+
+  /**
+   * \returns a human-readable representation of this WifiMode
+   * instance.
+   */
+  std::string GetUniqueName (void) const;
+
+  /**
+   * \returns true if this mode is a mandatory mode, false
+   *          otherwise.
+   */
+  bool IsMandatory (void) const;
+
+  /**
+   * \returns the uid associated to this wireless mode.
+   *
+   * Each specific wireless mode should have a different uid.
+   * For example, the 802.11b 1Mbs and the 802.11b 2Mbs modes
+   * should have different uids.
+   */
+  uint32_t GetUid (void) const;
+
+  /**
+   *
+   * \returns the Modulation Class (see IEEE 802.11-2007 Section
+   * 9.6.1) to which this WifiMode belongs.
+   */
+  enum WifiModulationClass GetModulationClass () const;
+
+  /**
+   * Create an invalid WifiMode. Calling any method on the
+   * instance created will trigger an assert. This is useful
+   * to separate the declaration of a WifiMode variable from
+   * its initialization.
+   */
+  WifiMode ();
+  WifiMode (std::string name);
+private:
+  friend class WifiModeFactory;
+  WifiMode (uint32_t uid);
+  uint32_t m_uid;
+};
+
+bool operator == (const WifiMode &a, const WifiMode &b);
+std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & os, const WifiMode &mode);
+std::istream & operator >> (std::istream &is, WifiMode &mode);
+
+/**
+ * \class ns3::WifiModeValue
+ * \brief hold objects of type ns3::WifiMode
+ */
+
+ATTRIBUTE_HELPER_HEADER (WifiMode);
+
+/**
+ * In various parts of the code, folk are interested in maintaining a
+ * list of transmission modes. The vector class provides a good basis
+ * for this, but we here add some syntactic sugar by defining a
+ * WifiModeList type, and a corresponding iterator.
+ */
+typedef std::vector<WifiMode> WifiModeList;
+typedef WifiModeList::const_iterator WifiModeListIterator;
+
+/**
+ * \brief create WifiMode class instances and keep track of them.
+ *
+ * This factory ensures that each WifiMode created has a unique name
+ * and assigns to each of them a unique integer.
+ */
+class WifiModeFactory
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * \param uniqueName the name of the associated WifiMode. This name
+   *        must be unique accross _all_ instances.
+   * \param modClass the class of modulation
+   * \param isMandatory true if this WifiMode is mandatory, false otherwise.
+   * \param bandwidth the bandwidth (Hz) of the signal generated when the
+   *        associated WifiMode is used.
+   * \param dataRate the rate (bits/second) at which the user data is transmitted
+   * \param codingRate if convolutional coding is used for this rate
+   * then this parameter specifies the convolutional coding rate
+   * used. If there is no explicit convolutional coding step (e.g.,
+   * for DSSS rates) then the caller should set this parameter to
+   * WIFI_CODE_RATE_UNCODED.
+   * \param constellationSize the order of the constellation used.
+   *
+   * Create a WifiMode.
+   */
+  static WifiMode CreateWifiMode (std::string uniqueName,
+                                  enum WifiModulationClass modClass,
+                                  bool isMandatory,
+                                  uint32_t bandwidth,
+                                  uint32_t dataRate,
+                                  enum WifiCodeRate codingRate,
+                                  uint8_t constellationSize);
+
+private:
+  friend class WifiMode;  
+  friend std::istream & operator >> (std::istream &is, WifiMode &mode);
+  static WifiModeFactory *GetFactory ();
+  WifiModeFactory ();
+
+  /**
+   * This is the data associated to a unique WifiMode.
+   * The integer stored in a WifiMode is in fact an index
+   * in an array of WifiModeItem objects.
+   */
+  struct WifiModeItem {
+    std::string uniqueUid;
+    uint32_t bandwidth;
+    uint32_t dataRate;
+    uint32_t phyRate;
+    enum WifiModulationClass modClass;
+    uint8_t constellationSize;
+    enum WifiCodeRate codingRate;
+    bool isMandatory;
+  };
+
+  WifiMode Search (std::string name);
+  uint32_t AllocateUid (std::string uniqueName);
+  WifiModeItem *Get (uint32_t uid);
+
+  typedef std::vector<struct WifiModeItem> WifiModeItemList;
+  WifiModeItemList m_itemList;
+};
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
+#endif /* WIFI_MODE_H */