AckingWirelessInterface

compound module

This module implements a highly abstracted wireless network interface (NIC) that uses a trivial MAC protocol. It offers simplicity for scenarios where Layer 1 and 2 effects can be completely ignored, for example testing the basic functionality of a wireless ad-hoc routing protocol.

The most important parameter this model accepts is the transmission range. When a radio transmits a frame, all other radios within transmission range will receive the frame correctly, and radios that are out of range will not be affected at all.

This module requires an UnitDiskRadioMedium instance in the network.

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Extends

Name	Type	Description
NetworkInterface	compound module	This module serves as the base module for all network interfaces.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value
displayStringTextFormat	string	"%a (%i)\n%m"
recordPcap	bool	false
numPcapRecorders	int	recordPcap ? 1 : 0
interfaceTableModule	string
energySourceModule	string	""
bitrate	double

Properties

Name	Value	Description
networkInterface
lifecycleSupport
class	NetworkInterface
display	i=block/ifcard

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
upperLayerIn	input
upperLayerOut	output
radioIn	input

Signals

Name	Type	Unit
packetDropped	inet::Packet

Statistics

Name	Title	Source	Record	Unit	Interpolation Mode
packetDropInterfaceDown	packet drops: interface down	packetDropReasonIsInterfaceDown(packetDropped)	count, sum(packetBytes), vector(packetBytes)		none
packetDropNoCarrier	packet drops: no carrier	packetDropReasonIsNoCarrier(packetDropped)	count, sum(packetBytes), vector(packetBytes)		none

Direct method calls (observed)

call to	function	info
MessageDispatcher	inet::MessageDispatcher::handleRegisterInterface	handleRegisterInterface
InterfaceTable	inet::InterfaceTable::findInterfaceByName	findInterfaceByName
InterfaceTable	inet::InterfaceTable::interfaceChanged	interfaceChanged

Called methods (observed)

function	info	call from
inet::NetworkInterface::handleOperationStage	handleOperationStage	ScenarioManager
inet::NetworkInterface::receiveSignal	POST_MODEL_CHANGE	-=Network=-

Tagging operations (observed)

tagType	tagAction
	clearTags

Unassigned submodule parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
pcapRecorder.verbose	bool	true	whether to log packets on the module output
pcapRecorder.pcapFile	string	""	the PCAP file to be written
pcapRecorder.fileFormat	string	"pcapng"
pcapRecorder.snaplen	int	65535	maximum number of bytes to record per packet
pcapRecorder.dumpBadFrames	bool	true	enable dump of frames with hasBitError
pcapRecorder.sendingSignalNames	string	"packetSentToLower"	space-separated list of outbound packet signals to subscribe to
pcapRecorder.receivingSignalNames	string	"packetReceivedFromLower"	space-separated list of inbound packet signals to subscribe to
pcapRecorder.dumpProtocols	string	"ethernetmac ppp ieee80211mac"	space-separated list of protocol names as defined in the Protocol class
pcapRecorder.packetFilter	object	"*"	which packets are considered, matches all packets by default
pcapRecorder.helpers	string	""	usable PcapRecorder::IHelper helpers for accept packettype and store/convert packet as specified linktype currently available: "inet::AckingMacToEthernetPcapRecorderHelper"
pcapRecorder.alwaysFlush	bool	false	flush the pcapFile after each write to ensure that all packets are captured in case of a crash
pcapRecorder.displayStringTextFormat	string	"rec: %n pks"

Source code

//
// This module implements a highly abstracted wireless network interface (NIC)
// that uses a trivial MAC protocol. It offers simplicity for scenarios where
// Layer 1 and 2 effects can be completely ignored, for example testing the
// basic functionality of a wireless ad-hoc routing protocol.
//
// The most important parameter this model accepts is the transmission range.
// When a radio transmits a frame, all other radios within transmission range
// will receive the frame correctly, and radios that are out of range will not be
// affected at all.
//
// This module requires an ~UnitDiskRadioMedium instance in the network.
//
module AckingWirelessInterface extends NetworkInterface like IWirelessInterface
{
    parameters:
        string interfaceTableModule;
        string energySourceModule = default("");
        double bitrate @unit(bps);
        *.interfaceTableModule = default(absPath(this.interfaceTableModule));
        *.energySourceModule = default(absPath(this.energySourceModule));
        **.bitrate = this.bitrate;
    gates:
        input upperLayerIn;
        output upperLayerOut;
        input radioIn @labels(WirelessSignal);
    submodules:
        queue: <default("DropTailQueue")> like IPacketQueue {
            parameters:
                @display("p=200,100;q=l2queue");
        }
        mac: AckingMac {
            parameters:
                @display("p=300,100");
        }
        radio: <default("UnitDiskRadio")> like IRadio {
            parameters:
                @display("p=300,200");
        }
    connections:
        upperLayerIn --> { @display("m=n"); } --> queue.in;
        queue.out --> mac.upperLayerIn;
        mac.lowerLayerOut --> radio.upperLayerIn;

        radioIn --> { @display("m=s"); } --> radio.radioIn;
        radio.upperLayerOut --> mac.lowerLayerIn;
        mac.upperLayerOut --> { @display("m=n"); } --> upperLayerOut;
}

File: src/inet/linklayer/acking/AckingWirelessInterface.ned