NED File src/inet/linklayer/ieee80211/mac/ratecontrol/AarfRateControl.ned

Name	Type	Description
AarfRateControl	simple module	References:
Source code

//
// Copyright (C) 2016 OpenSim Ltd.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
//


package inet.linklayer.ieee80211.mac.ratecontrol;

import inet.linklayer.ieee80211.mac.contract.IRateControl;

// References:
// - [1] https://www.eecs.yorku.ca/course_archive/2010-11/F/6590/Notes/RBAR.pdf
//
//    "However, there is a clear threshold region in the 40ms-60ms
//    range, depending on the degree of mobility, beyond which
//    there is little performance change but below which there is a
//    noticeable drop."
//
simple AarfRateControl like IRateControl
{
    parameters:
        double initialRate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps); // -1 means fastest mandatory rate
        double interval @unit(s) = default(50ms); // The rate (unconditionally) increases after each time interval (the default interval is unspecified [2]).
        int increaseThreshold = default(10); // Number of successful transmissions needed to increase the rate
        int decreaseThreshold = default(2); // Number of consecutive unsuccessful transmissions (in the sense that ACK does not arrive within timeout)
                                            // needed to increase the rate
        double increaseThresholdFactor = default(2); // When the transmission of probing packet fails, we multiply by "increaseThresholdFactor" the increaseThreshold.
        int maxIncreaseThreshold = default(50); // Upper bound for increaseThreshold.
        @display("i=block/cogwheel");
        @signal[datarateChanged];
        @statistic[datarateChanged](title="datarate"; record=vector; interpolationmode=sample-hold);
}