src/devices/mesh/mesh-wifi-interface-mac.h
author Dean Armstrong <deanarm@gmail.com>
Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:51:34 +0000
changeset 6673 ec22aa763e2d
parent 6331 eee2eab36748
permissions -rw-r--r--
Bug 978: Consolidate Wi-Fi MAC high functionality This change reorganises the Wi-Fi MAC high classes in attempt to reduce duplication of functionality that is required for more than one of the MAC high models. A new class called RegularWifiMac has been created. This derives from the abstract WifiMac, and is parent of AdhocWifiMac, StaWifiMac, ApWifiMac, and MeshWifiInterfaceMac. The QoS and non-QoS class variants are no longer, with a RegularWifiMac attribute "QosSupported" allowing selection between these two modes of operation. QosWifiMacHelper and NqosWifiMacHelper continue to work as previously. Updates to some regression traces are necessary because the reorganisation has led to random number streams being initialised in slightly different orders and thus over-the-air timing changing.

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#ifndef MESHWIFIINTERFACEMAC_H_
#define MESHWIFIINTERFACEMAC_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;
/**
 * \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);
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;

  ///\name Mesh timing intervals
  //\{
  /// 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;
};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* MESHWIFIINTERFACEMAC_H_ */