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 * Author: Mathieu Lacage, <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef WIFI_CHANNEL_H
#define WIFI_CHANNEL_H

#include <vector>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/channel.h"
#include "wifi-mode.h"
#include "wifi-preamble.h"
#include "wifi-phy.h"

namespace ns3 {

class NetDevice;
class PropagationLossModel;
class PropagationDelayModel;

/**
 * \brief A 802.11 Channel
 *
 * This channel subclass can be used to connect together a set of 
 * ns3::WifiNetDevice network interfaces. A WifiChannel contains
 * a ns3::PropagationLossModel and a ns3::PropagationDelayModel which can
 * be overriden by the WifiChannel::SetPropagationLossModel
 * and the WifiChannel::SetPropagationDelayModel methods. By default,
 * no propagation models are set.
 */
class WifiChannel : public Channel
{
public:
  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);

  WifiChannel ();
  virtual ~WifiChannel ();

  /**
   * \returns the number of network interfaces connected to 
   *          this channel.
   *
   * Overriden from the NetDevice base class.
   */
  virtual uint32_t GetNDevices (void) const;

  /**
   * \param i index of the requested network interface.
   * \returns the requested network interfaces connected to 
   *          this channel.
   *
   * Overriden from the NetDevice base class.
   * Indexes start at 0 and end at n-1.
   */
  virtual Ptr<NetDevice> GetDevice (uint32_t i) const;

  /**
   * \param loss the new propagation loss model.
   */
  void SetPropagationLossModel (Ptr<PropagationLossModel> loss);
  /**
   * \param delay the new propagation delay model.
   */
  void SetPropagationDelayModel (Ptr<PropagationDelayModel> delay);

  /**
   * \param device the device to add to the list of connected
   *        devices.
   * \param phy the physical layer which will receive packets
   *        on behalf of the device.
   *
   * This method should not be invoked by normal users. It is 
   * currently invoked only from WifiPhy::SetChannel.
   */
  void Add (Ptr<NetDevice> device,  Ptr<WifiPhy> phy);
  /**
   * \param sender the device from which the packet is originating.
   * \param packet the packet to send
   * \param txPowerDbm the tx power associated to the packet
   * \param wifiMode the tx mode associated to the packet
   * \param preamble the preamble associated to the packet
   *
   * This method should not be invoked by normal users. It is 
   * currently invoked only from WifiPhy::Send.
   */
  void Send (Ptr<WifiPhy> sender, Ptr<const Packet> packet, double txPowerDbm,
             WifiMode wifiMode, WifiPreamble preamble) const;

private:
  typedef std::vector<std::pair<Ptr<NetDevice>, Ptr<WifiPhy> > > DeviceList;
  void Receive (uint32_t i, Ptr<Packet> packet, double rxPowerDbm,
                WifiMode txMode, WifiPreamble preamble) const;


  DeviceList m_deviceList;
  Ptr<PropagationLossModel> m_loss;
  Ptr<PropagationDelayModel> m_delay;
};

} // namespace ns3


#endif /* WIFI_CHANNEL_H */