src/mesh/model/mesh-wifi-interface-mac.h
author Vedran Miletić <rivanvx@gmail.com>
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:39:55 +0200
changeset 9703 681f35b212ff
parent 8992 4fdf03b24af6
child 9870 6543f3876ff5
permissions -rw-r--r--
Rename Start and DoStart methods to Initialize and DoInitialize The goal of this patch is to allows us to differentiate the Start/Stop functionality present in some classes from Initialize/Dispose functionality.

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#ifndef MESH_WIFI_INTERFACE_MAC_H
#define MESH_WIFI_INTERFACE_MAC_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include <map>
#include "ns3/mac48-address.h"
#include "ns3/mgt-headers.h"
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/nstime.h"
#include "ns3/wifi-remote-station-manager.h"
#include "ns3/regular-wifi-mac.h"
#include "ns3/mesh-wifi-interface-mac-plugin.h"
#include "ns3/event-id.h"
#include "qos-utils.h"

namespace ns3 {

class WifiMacHeader;
class DcaTxop;
class UniformRandomVariable;
/**
 * \ingroup mesh
 *
 * \brief Basic MAC of mesh point Wi-Fi interface. Its function is extendable through plugins mechanism.
 *
 * Now only three output queues are used:
 *  - beacons (PIFS and no backoff),
 *  - background traffic,
 *  - management and priority traffic.
 *
 */
class MeshWifiInterfaceMac : public RegularWifiMac
{
public:
  /// Never forget to support typeid
  static TypeId GetTypeId ();
  /// C-tor
  MeshWifiInterfaceMac ();
  /// D-tor
  virtual ~MeshWifiInterfaceMac ();

  ///\name Inherited from WifiMac
  // \{
  virtual void  Enqueue (Ptr<const Packet> packet, Mac48Address to, Mac48Address from);
  virtual void  Enqueue (Ptr<const Packet> packet, Mac48Address to);
  virtual bool  SupportsSendFrom () const;
  virtual void  SetLinkUpCallback (Callback<void> linkUp);
  // \}
  ///\name Each mesh point interfaces must know the mesh point address
  // \{
  void SetMeshPointAddress (Mac48Address);
  Mac48Address GetMeshPointAddress () const;
  // \}
  ///\name Beacons
  // \{
  /// Set maximum initial random delay before first beacon
  void SetRandomStartDelay (Time interval);
  /// Set interval between two successive beacons
  void SetBeaconInterval (Time interval);
  /// \return interval between two beacons
  Time GetBeaconInterval () const;
  /**
   * \brief Next beacon frame time
   *
   * This is supposed to be used by any entity managing beacon collision avoidance (e.g. Peer management protocol in 802.11s)
   */
  Time GetTbtt () const;
  /**
   * \brief Shift TBTT.
   *
   * This is supposed to be used by any entity managing beacon collision avoidance (e.g. Peer management protocol in 802.11s)
   *
   * \attention User of ShiftTbtt () must take care to not shift it to the past.
   */
  void ShiftTbtt (Time shift);
  // \}

  ///\name Plugins
  // \{
  /// Install plugin. TODO return unique ID to allow unregister plugins
  void InstallPlugin (Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMacPlugin> plugin);
  // \}

  /** \name Channel switching
   *
   * Channel center frequency = Channel starting frequency + 5 * channel_id (MHz),
   * where Starting channel frequency is standard-dependent as defined in IEEE 802.11-2007 17.3.8.3.2.
   *
   * Number of channels to use must be limited elsewhere.
   */
  // \{
  /// Current channel Id
  uint16_t GetFrequencyChannel () const;
  /// Switch channel
  void SwitchFrequencyChannel (uint16_t new_id);
  // \}

  /// To be used by plugins sending management frames.
  void SendManagementFrame (Ptr<Packet> frame, const WifiMacHeader& hdr);
  /// \return true if rates are supported
  bool CheckSupportedRates (SupportedRates rates) const;
  /// \return list of supported bitrates
  SupportedRates GetSupportedRates () const;
  ///\name Metric Calculation routines:
  // \{
  void SetLinkMetricCallback (Callback<uint32_t, Mac48Address, Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> > cb);
  uint32_t GetLinkMetric (Mac48Address peerAddress);
  // \}
  ///\brief Statistics:
  void Report (std::ostream &) const;
  void ResetStats ();
  /// Enable/disable beacons
  void SetBeaconGeneration (bool enable);
  WifiPhyStandard GetPhyStandard () const;
  virtual void FinishConfigureStandard (enum WifiPhyStandard standard);
  /**
   * Assign a fixed random variable stream number to the random variables
   * used by this model.  Return the number of streams (possibly zero) that
   * have been assigned.
   *
   * \param stream first stream index to use
   * \return the number of stream indices assigned by this model
   */
  int64_t AssignStreams (int64_t stream);
private:
  /// Frame receive handler
  void  Receive (Ptr<Packet> packet, WifiMacHeader const *hdr);
  /// Send frame. Frame is supposed to be tagged by routing information. TODO: clarify this point
  void  ForwardDown (Ptr<const Packet> packet, Mac48Address from, Mac48Address to);
  /// Send beacon
  void SendBeacon ();
  /// Schedule next beacon
  void ScheduleNextBeacon ();
  /// Get current beaconing status
  bool GetBeaconGeneration () const;
  /// Real d-tor
  virtual void DoDispose ();

private:
  typedef std::vector<Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMacPlugin> > PluginList;

  virtual void DoInitialize ();

  ///\name Mesh timing intervals
  // \{
  /// whether beaconing is enabled
  bool m_beaconEnable;
  /// Beaconing interval.
  Time m_beaconInterval;
  /// Maximum delay before first beacon
  Time m_randomStart;
  /// Time for the next frame
  Time m_tbtt;
  // \}

  /// Mesh point address
  Mac48Address m_mpAddress;

  /// "Timer" for the next beacon
  EventId m_beaconSendEvent;
  /// List of all installed plugins
  PluginList m_plugins;
  Callback<uint32_t, Mac48Address, Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> > m_linkMetricCallback;
  ///\name Statistics:
  // \{
  struct Statistics
  {
    uint16_t recvBeacons;
    uint32_t sentFrames;
    uint32_t sentBytes;
    uint32_t recvFrames;
    uint32_t recvBytes;
    void
    Print (std::ostream & os) const;
    Statistics ();
  };
  Statistics m_stats;
  // \}
  /// Current PHY standard: needed to configure metric
  WifiPhyStandard m_standard;

  /// Add randomness to beacon generation
  Ptr<UniformRandomVariable> m_coefficient;
};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* MESH_WIFI_INTERFACE_MAC_H */