src/internet/model/tcp-tx-buffer.h
author Adrian S Tam <adrian.sw.tam@gmail.com>
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:22:10 -0500
changeset 7619 b4dee6307aa7
parent 7353 09fccf6195ea
child 10440 1e48ff9185f1
permissions -rw-r--r--
Nagle's algorithm in TCP (closes bug 1039)

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#ifndef TCP_TX_BUFFER_H
#define TCP_TX_BUFFER_H

#include <list>
#include "ns3/traced-value.h"
#include "ns3/trace-source-accessor.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/sequence-number.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"

namespace ns3 {
class Packet;

/**
 * \ingroup tcp
 *
 * \brief class for keeping the data sent by the application to the TCP socket, i.e.
 *        the sending buffer.
 */
class TcpTxBuffer : public Object
{
public:
  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);
  TcpTxBuffer (uint32_t n = 0);
  virtual ~TcpTxBuffer (void);

  // Accessors

  /**
   * Returns the first byte's sequence number
   */
  SequenceNumber32 HeadSequence (void) const;

  /**
   * Returns the last byte's sequence number + 1
   */
  SequenceNumber32 TailSequence (void) const;

  /**
   * Returns total number of bytes in this Tx buffer
   */
  uint32_t Size (void) const;

  /**
   * Returns the Tx window size
   */
  uint32_t MaxBufferSize (void) const;

  /**
   * Set the Tx window size
   */
  void SetMaxBufferSize (uint32_t n);

  /**
   * Returns the available capacity in this Tx window
   */
  uint32_t Available (void) const;

  /**
   * Append a data packet to the end of the buffer
   *
   * \param p The packet to be appended to the Tx buffer
   * \return Boolean to indicate success
   */
  bool Add (Ptr<Packet> p);

  /**
   * Returns the number of bytes from the buffer in the range [seq, tailSequence)
   */
  uint32_t SizeFromSequence (const SequenceNumber32& seq) const;

  /**
   * Copy data of size numBytes into a packet, data from the range [seq, seq+numBytes)
   */
  Ptr<Packet> CopyFromSequence (uint32_t numBytes, const SequenceNumber32& seq);

  /**
   * Set the m_firstByteSeq to seq. Supposed to be called only when the
   * connection is just set up and we did not send any data out yet.
   */
  void SetHeadSequence (const SequenceNumber32& seq);

  /**
   * Discard data up to but not including this sequence number.
   *
   * \param seq The sequence number of the head byte
   */
  void DiscardUpTo (const SequenceNumber32& seq);

private:
  typedef std::list<Ptr<Packet> >::iterator BufIterator;

  TracedValue<SequenceNumber32> m_firstByteSeq; //< Sequence number of the first byte in data (SND.UNA)
  uint32_t m_size;                              //< Number of data bytes
  uint32_t m_maxBuffer;                         //< Max number of data bytes in buffer (SND.WND)
  std::list<Ptr<Packet> > m_data;               //< Corresponding data (may be null)
};

} // namepsace ns3

#endif /* TCP_TX_BUFFER_H */