src/node/ipv4-static-routing.h
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 *         Gustavo Carneiro <gjc@inescporto.pt>
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#ifndef IPV4_STATIC_ROUTING_H
#define IPV4_STATIC_ROUTING_H

#include <list>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "ns3/ipv4-address.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-header.h"
#include "ns3/socket.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-routing-protocol.h"

namespace ns3 {

class Packet;
class NetDevice;
class Ipv4Interface;
class Ipv4Address;
class Ipv4Header;
class Node;

class Ipv4RoutingTableEntry;
class Ipv4MulticastRoutingTableEntry;

/**
 * \ingroup ipv4Routing
 * 
 * \brief Static routing protocol for IP version 4 stacks.
 *
 * In ns-3 we have the concept of a pluggable routing protocol.  Routing
 * protocols are added to a list maintained by the Ipv4L3Protocol.  Every 
 * stack gets one routing protocol for free -- the Ipv4StaticRouting routing
 * protocol is added in the constructor of the Ipv4L3Protocol (this is the 
 * piece of code that implements the functionality of the IP layer).
 *
 * The Ipv4StaticRouting class inherits from the abstract base class 
 * Ipv4RoutingProtocol that defines the interface methods that a routing 
 * protocol must support.
 *
 * When a packet arrives in the Ipv4L3Protocol for transmission, it comes
 * either from a local source via Ipv4L3Protocol::Send or from a remote 
 * source via Ipv4L3Protocol::Forwarding.  In both cases, a function is called
 * (Ipv4L3Protocol::Lookup) to look up the routing information for the packet.
 *
 * The lookup function iterates through the list of routing protocols asking
 * each to see if it can find a route and send the packet.  A callback is 
 * provided during each of these calls that should be considered a pre-
 * packaged send call.  This is done to allow asynchronous calls into 
 * routing subsystems in order to support on-demand routing, for example.  The
 * method for requesting this operation is Ipv4StaticRouting::RequestRoute for
 * the static routing protocol.
 *
 * Each routing protocol is also free to implement its own methods for managing
 * routes which you will find below.  This class manages a set of "static" or
 * manually configured routes for host, network and multicast routes.
 *
 * \see Ipv4RoutingProtocol
 * \see Ipv4L3Protocol::AddRoutingProtocol
 * \see Ipv4L3Protocol::Ipv4L3Protocol
 */
class Ipv4StaticRouting : public Ipv4RoutingProtocol
{
public:
  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);

/**
 * \brief Add a host route to the static routing table.
 *
 * \param dest The Ipv4Address destination for this route.
 * \param nextHop The Ipv4Address of the next hop in the route.
 * \param interface The network interface index used to send packets to the
 * destination.
 *
 * \see Ipv4Address
 */
  virtual void AddHostRouteTo (Ipv4Address dest, 
                       Ipv4Address nextHop, 
                       uint32_t interface) = 0;
/**
 * \brief Add a host route to the static routing table.
 *
 * \param dest The Ipv4Address destination for this route.
 * \param interface The network interface index used to send packets to the
 * destination.
 *
 * \see Ipv4Address
 */
  virtual void AddHostRouteTo (Ipv4Address dest, uint32_t interface) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Add a network route to the static routing table.
 *
 * \param network The Ipv4Address network for this route.
 * \param networkMask The Ipv4Mask to extract the network.
 * \param nextHop The next hop in the route to the destination network.
 * \param interface The network interface index used to send packets to the
 * destination.
 *
 * \see Ipv4Address
 */
  virtual void AddNetworkRouteTo (Ipv4Address network, 
                          Ipv4Mask networkMask, 
                          Ipv4Address nextHop, 
                          uint32_t interface) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Add a network route to the static routing table.
 *
 * \param network The Ipv4Address network for this route.
 * \param networkMask The Ipv4Mask to extract the network.
 * \param interface The network interface index used to send packets to the
 * destination.
 *
 * \see Ipv4Address
 */
  virtual void AddNetworkRouteTo (Ipv4Address network, 
                          Ipv4Mask networkMask, 
                          uint32_t interface) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Add a default route to the static routing table.
 *
 * This method tells the routing system what to do in the case where a specific
 * route to a destination is not found.  The system forwards packets to the
 * specified node in the hope that it knows better how to route the packet.
 * 
 * If the default route is set, it is returned as the selected route from 
 * LookupStatic irrespective of destination address if no specific route is
 * found.
 *
 * \param nextHop The Ipv4Address to send packets to in the hope that they
 * will be forwarded correctly.
 * \param interface The network interface index used to send packets.
 *
 * \see Ipv4Address
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::Lookup
 */
  virtual void SetDefaultRoute (Ipv4Address nextHop, uint32_t interface) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Get the number of individual unicast routes that have been added
 * to the routing table.
 *
 * \warning The default route counts as one of the routes.
 */
  virtual uint32_t GetNRoutes (void) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Get the default route from the static routing table.
 *
 * \return If the default route is set, a pointer to that Ipv4RoutingTableEntry is
 * returned, otherwise a zero pointer is returned.
 *
 * \see Ipv4RoutingTableEntry
 */
  virtual Ipv4RoutingTableEntry GetDefaultRoute (void) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Get a route from the static unicast routing table.
 *
 * Externally, the unicast static routing table appears simply as a table with
 * n entries.  The one sublety of note is that if a default route has been set
 * it will appear as the zeroth entry in the table.  This means that if you
 * add only a default route, the table will have one entry that can be accessed
 * either by explicity calling GetDefaultRoute () or by calling GetRoute (0).
 *
 * Similarly, if the default route has been set, calling RemoveRoute (0) will
 * remove the default route.
 *
 * \param i The index (into the routing table) of the route to retrieve.  If
 * the default route has been set, it will occupy index zero.
 * \return If route is set, a pointer to that Ipv4RoutingTableEntry is returned, otherwise
 * a zero pointer is returned.
 *
 * \see Ipv4RoutingTableEntry
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::RemoveRoute
 */
  virtual Ipv4RoutingTableEntry GetRoute (uint32_t i) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Remove a route from the static unicast routing table.
 *
 * Externally, the unicast static routing table appears simply as a table with
 * n entries.  The one sublety of note is that if a default route has been set
 * it will appear as the zeroth entry in the table.  This means that if the
 * default route has been set, calling RemoveRoute (0) will remove the
 * default route.
 *
 * \param i The index (into the routing table) of the route to remove.  If
 * the default route has been set, it will occupy index zero.
 *
 * \see Ipv4RoutingTableEntry
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::GetRoute
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::AddRoute
 */
  virtual void RemoveRoute (uint32_t i) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Add a multicast route to the static routing table.
 *
 * A multicast route must specify an origin IP address, a multicast group and
 * an input network interface index as conditions and provide a vector of
 * output network interface indices over which packets matching the conditions
 * are sent.
 *
 * Typically there are two main types of multicast routes:  routes of the 
 * first kind are used during forwarding.  All of the conditions must be
 * exlicitly provided.  The second kind of routes are used to get packets off
 * of a local node.  The difference is in the input interface.  Routes for
 * forwarding will always have an explicit input interface specified.  Routes
 * off of a node will always set the input interface to a wildcard specified
 * by the index Ipv4RoutingProtocol::INTERFACE_ANY.
 *
 * For routes off of a local node wildcards may be used in the origin and
 * multicast group addresses.  The wildcard used for Ipv4Adresses is that 
 * address returned by Ipv4Address::GetAny () -- typically "0.0.0.0".  Usage
 * of a wildcard allows one to specify default behavior to varying degrees.
 *
 * For example, making the origin address a wildcard, but leaving the 
 * multicast group specific allows one (in the case of a node with multiple
 * interfaces) to create different routes using different output interfaces
 * for each multicast group.
 *
 * If the origin and multicast addresses are made wildcards, you have created
 * essentially a default multicast address that can forward to multiple 
 * interfaces.  Compare this to the actual default multicast address that is
 * limited to specifying a single output interface for compatibility with
 * existing functionality in other systems.
 * 
 * \param origin The Ipv4Address of the origin of packets for this route.  May
 * be Ipv4Address:GetAny for open groups.
 * \param group The Ipv4Address of the multicast group or this route.
 * \param inputInterface The input network interface index over which to 
 * expect packets destined for this route.  May be
 * Ipv4RoutingProtocol::INTERFACE_ANY for packets of local origin.
 * \param outputInterfaces A vector of network interface indices used to specify
 * how to send packets to the destination(s).
 *
 * \see Ipv4Address
 */
  virtual void AddMulticastRoute (Ipv4Address origin,
                          Ipv4Address group,
                          uint32_t inputInterface,
                          std::vector<uint32_t> outputInterfaces) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Add a default multicast route to the static routing table.
 *
 * This is the multicast equivalent of the unicast version SetDefaultRoute.
 * We tell the routing system what to do in the case where a specific route
 * to a destination multicast group is not found.  The system forwards 
 * packets out the specified interface in the hope that "something out there"
 * knows better how to route the packet.  This method is only used in 
 * initially sending packets off of a host.  The default multicast route is
 * not consulted during forwarding -- exact routes must be specified using
 * AddMulticastRoute for that case.
 *
 * Since we're basically sending packets to some entity we think may know
 * better what to do, we don't pay attention to "subtleties" like origin
 * address, nor do we worry about forwarding out multiple  interfaces.  If the
 * default multicast route is set, it is returned as the selected route from 
 * LookupStatic irrespective of origin or multicast group if another specific
 * route is not found.
 *
 * \param outputInterface The network interface index used to specify where
 * to send packets in the case of unknown routes.
 *
 * \see Ipv4Address
 */
  virtual void SetDefaultMulticastRoute (uint32_t outputInterface) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Get the number of individual multicast routes that have been added
 * to the routing table.
 *
 * \warning The default multicast route counts as one of the routes.
 */
  virtual uint32_t GetNMulticastRoutes (void) const = 0;

/**
 * \brief Get a route from the static multicast routing table.
 *
 * Externally, the multicast static routing table appears simply as a table 
 * with n entries.  
 * 
 * \param i The index (into the routing table) of the multicast route to
 * retrieve.  
 * \return If route \e i is set, a pointer to that Ipv4MulticastRoutingTableEntry is
 * returned, otherwise a zero pointer is returned.
 *
 * \see Ipv4MulticastRoutingTableEntry
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::RemoveRoute
 */
  virtual Ipv4MulticastRoutingTableEntry GetMulticastRoute (uint32_t i) const = 0;

/**
 * \brief Remove a route from the static multicast routing table.
 *
 * Externally, the multicast static routing table appears simply as a table 
 * with n entries.  
 * This method causes the multicast routing table to be searched for the first
 * route that matches the parameters and removes it.
 *
 * Wildcards may be provided to this function, but the wildcards are used to
 * exacly match wildcards in the routes (see AddMulticastRoute).  That is,
 * calling RemoveMulticastRoute with the origin set to "0.0.0.0" will not
 * remove routes with any address in the origin, but will only remove routes
 * with "0.0.0.0" set as the the origin.
 *
 * \param origin The IP address specified as the origin of packets for the
 * route.
 * \param group The IP address specified as the multicast group addres of
 * the route.
 * \param inputInterface The network interface index specified as the expected
 * input interface for the route.
 * \returns true if a route was found and removed, false otherwise.
 *
 * \see Ipv4MulticastRoutingTableEntry
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::AddMulticastRoute
 */
  virtual bool RemoveMulticastRoute (Ipv4Address origin,
                             Ipv4Address group,
                             uint32_t inputInterface) = 0;

/**
 * \brief Remove a route from the static multicast routing table.
 *
 * Externally, the multicast static routing table appears simply as a table 
 * with n entries.  
 *
 * \param index The index (into the multicast routing table) of the route to
 * remove.  
 *
 * \see Ipv4RoutingTableEntry
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::GetRoute
 * \see Ipv4StaticRouting::AddRoute
 */
  virtual void RemoveMulticastRoute (uint32_t index) = 0;

  virtual void SetNode (Ptr<Node> node) = 0;
  virtual Ptr<Node> GetNode (void) const = 0;

};

} // Namespace ns3

#endif /* IPV4_STATIC_ROUTING_H */