This is a base module for various active packet source modules.

See also: PacketSourceBase

Inheritance diagram

The following diagram shows inheritance relationships for this type. Unresolved types are missing from the diagram.

Known subclasses

Name	Type	Description
ActivePacketSource	simple module	This module is an active packet source which pushes packets into the connected packet consumer.
PcapFilePacketProducer	simple module	This module is an active packet source which pushes packets into the connected packet consumer. All pushed packets are read from a PCAP file.

Extends

Name	Type	Description
PacketSourceBase	simple module	This is a base module for various packet source modules. Packets are created randomly with regard to packet length and packet data. The representation of packet data can also be configured.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
displayStringTextFormat	string	"created %p pk (%l)"	determines the text that is written on top of the submodule
packetNameFormat	string	"%a-%c"	see directives in module documentation
packetRepresentation	string	"byteCount"	determines the chunk of the packet data
packetLength	int
packetData	int	-1
attachCreationTimeTag	bool	true
attachIdentityTag	bool	true
attachDirectionTag	bool	true

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/source
class	ActivePacketSourceBase

Signals

Name	Type	Unit
packetPushed	inet::Packet

Statistics

Name	Title	Source	Record	Unit	Interpolation Mode
packetLengths	packet lengths	packetLength(packetPushed)	sum, histogram, vector	b	none
dataRate	data rate	throughput(packetPushed)	vector	bps	linear
packets	packets	packetPushed	count	pk

Source code

//
// This is a base module for various active packet source modules.
//
// @see ~PacketSourceBase
//
simple ActivePacketSourceBase extends PacketSourceBase
{
    parameters:
        @class(ActivePacketSourceBase);
        @signal[packetPushed](type=inet::Packet);
        // the statistical value is the packet
        @statistic[packets](title="packets"; source=packetPushed; record=count; unit=pk);
        // the statistical value is the length of the packet
        @statistic[packetLengths](title="packet lengths"; source=packetLength(packetPushed); record=sum,histogram,vector; unit=b; interpolationmode=none);
        // the statistical value is the data rate of the packets
        @statistic[dataRate](title="data rate"; source=throughput(packetPushed); record=vector; unit=bps; interpolationmode=linear);
}

File: src/inet/queueing/base/ActivePacketSourceBase.ned

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