NED File src/inet/applications/ethernet/EtherTrafGen.ned

Name	Type	Description
EtherTrafGen	simple module	A simple traffic generator for the Ethernet model and the 802.11 model, and generally for any L2 model that accepts Ieee802SapReq tag on packets. It should be connected directly to EtherEncap module.

Source code

//
// Copyright (C) 2011 Andras Varga
//
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package inet.applications.ethernet;

//
// A simple traffic generator for the Ethernet model and the 802.11 model, and
// generally for any L2 model that accepts ~Ieee802SapReq tag on packets. It
// should be connected directly to ~EtherEncap module.
//
simple EtherTrafGen
{
    parameters:
        string destAddress = default("");  // destination MAC address, or module path name of destination station; empty means off
        int ssap = default(-1);  // llc ssap to set on outgoing packets
        int dsap = default(-1);  // llc dsap to set on outgoing packets
        double startTime @unit(s) = default(this.sendInterval);  // time of sending the first packet
        double stopTime @unit(s) = default(-1s);  // time of finishing sending, negative values mean forever
        volatile double sendInterval @unit(s);  // interval between sending bursts
        volatile int numPacketsPerBurst = default(1);  // number of packets to send per burst (packets within a burst are sent at the same simulation time)
        volatile int packetLength @unit(B);  // length of packets to send
        @lifecycleSupport;
        double stopOperationExtraTime @unit(s) = default(-1s);    // extra time after lifecycle stop operation finished
        double stopOperationTimeout @unit(s) = default(2s);    // timeout value for lifecycle stop operation
        @display("i=block/app");
        @signal[packetSent](type=inet::Packet);
        @signal[packetReceived](type=inet::Packet);
        @statistic[packetReceived](title="packets received"; source=packetReceived; record=count,"sum(packetBytes)","vector(packetBytes)"; interpolationmode=none);
        @statistic[packetSent](title="packets sent"; source=packetSent; record=count,"sum(packetBytes)","vector(packetBytes)"; interpolationmode=none);
        @statistic[endToEndDelay](title="end-to-end delay"; source="dataAge(packetReceived)"; unit=s; record=histogram,vector; interpolationmode=none);
    gates:
        input in @labels(Ieee802Ctrl/up);
        output out @labels(Ieee802Ctrl/down);
}