IPacketClassifier

module interface

This module interface is implemented by packet classifier modules. A packet classifier is a passive module which has one passive input and multiple active outputs. Packets pushed into the passive input are passed through to one of the active outputs without any delay and reordering.

Inheritance diagram

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

Implemented by

Name	Type	Description
ContentBasedClassifier	simple module	This module connects one packet producer to multiple packet consumers. It can be pushed with packets from the connected packet producer. When this happens, the classifier pushes the packet to one of its connected packet consumers based on the configured packet filters. The first matching expression determines the index of the output gate.
DualRateThreeColorClassifier	simple module	This packet classifier module classifies packets using two token buckets. Each packet is classified depending on which token bucket is the first one that contains the required number of tokens for the packet.
DynamicClassifier	simple module	(no description)
EthernetFrameClassifier	simple module	Classifier that forwards Ethernet PAUSE frames to the pauseOut gate, and other frames to the defaultOut gate.
LabelClassifier	simple module	This module classifies packets based on the attached labels in a LabelsTag.
MarkovClassifier	simple module	This module implements a packet classifier using a Markov process that has as many states as output gates the classifier has. The output gate for a given packet is determined by the current state of the Markov process.
MultiTokenBucketClassifier	simple module	This module classifies packets into the first bucket that contains the required number of tokens. The packet is forwarded on the output gate that corresponds to the selected bucket.
PacketClassifier	simple module	This module connects one packet producer to multiple packet consumers. It can be pushed with packets from the connected packet producer. When this happens, the classifier pushes the packet to one of its connected packet consumers based on the configured packet classifier function. The packet classifier function takes a packet and returns an integer which in turn is used for determining the output gate.
PcpClassifier	simple module	This module classifies packets based on the attached PCP value [0, 7]. The PCP is determined by a PcpReq or a PcpInd or both. The output gate index is the ith value in the pcpToGateIndex parameter.
PcpTrafficClassClassifier	compound module	This module classifies packets based on the attached PCP value [0, 7]. The PCP is determined by a PcpReq or a PcpInd or both. The output gate index is the value found in the mapping matrix using the PCP value as the row index and the number of connected consumers (traffic categories) as the column index.
PriorityClassifier	simple module	This classifier pushes packets into the first non-full among its connected packet consumers.
SingleRateThreeColorClassifier	simple module	This packet classifier module classifies packets using two token buckets. Each packet is classified depending on which token bucket is the first one that contains the required number of tokens for the packet.
SingleRateTwoColorClassifier	simple module	This packet classifier module classifies packets using one token bucket. Each packet is classified depending on whether the token bucket contains the required number of tokens for the packet.
StreamClassifier	simple module	This module classifies packets based on the stream they are part of. The stream is determined by a StreamReq or a StreamInd or both.
TokenBucketClassifier	simple module	This module classifies packets to the first output gate if the bucket contains enough number of tokens for the packet passing through, otherwise the second output gate is used. The amount of required tokens is equal to the packet length in bits and is subtracted from the number of stored tokens. New tokens are generated with the provided constant rate and they may also be added by other modules.
UserPriorityClassifier	simple module	This module classifies packets based on the attached UserPriority tag.
WrrClassifier	simple module	This module implements weighted round-robin classifier.

Used in compound modules

Name	Type	Description
DualIeee8021qFilter	compound module	This module combines two meters and their corresponding filters per path. This is primarily useful for combining a token bucket based metering with an asynchronous packet shaper. Note that the asynchronous packet shaper also has parts in the network interface queue module.
EthernetQosQueue	compound module	Queue module that gives the PAUSE frames a higher priority, and can be parametrized with an IPacketQueue for serving the data frames.
EthernetQosRedQueue	compound module	Queue module that gives the PAUSE frames a higher priority, and using Random Early Detection algorithm on data frames, and can be parametrized with an IPacketQueue for serving the data frames.
GatingPriorityQueue	compound module	This module implements a priority queue with multiple inner queues each having its own periodic gate for packet selection and an optional shared memory buffer.
Ieee8021qFilter	compound module	This module implements the IEEE 802.1Q per-stream filtering and policing. The relationship between streams, gates and meters is not one-to-one. The number of streams, gates and meters can be different and the module will take care about the connections between the submodules based on the streamFilterTable parameter.
Ieee8021qTimeAwareShaper	compound module	This module implements the IEEE 802.1Q time aware shaper.
Ieee8022LlcLayer	compound module	(no description)
MultiPacketPolicing	compound module	This module combines multiple packet policing modules into one.
PriorityQueue	compound module	This module implements a priority queue with multiple inner queues and an optional shared memory buffer.
PriorityShaper	compound module	This module combines a classifier, a scheduler and several traffic shapers into a single packet shaper. Packets are classified into one of the traffic shapers and the scheduler prioritizes among them.
RequestConsumer	compound module	This module processes incoming packets one by one in the order they arrive. First it classifies a packet according to the configured classifier function, then it generates tokens for the selected category in the configured response producer.
SimpleIeee8021qFilter	compound module	This module implements a simplified version of the IEEE 802.1Q per-stream filtering and policing. Each filtered stream has its own path where metering and filtering happens independently of any other stream.
TelnetServerConnection	compound module	This module contains a configurable pre-composed telnet traffic source and traffic sink as part of a telnet server application.

Extends

Name	Type	Description
IPassivePacketSink	module interface	This module interface must be implemented by passive packet sink modules. A passive packet sink, also called a consumer, has one input that must be connected to an active packet source module. The connected active packet source is expected to push packets into the passive packet sink over time.

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/classifier

Source code

//
// This module interface is implemented by packet classifier modules. A packet
// classifier is a passive module which has one passive input and multiple
// active outputs. Packets pushed into the passive input are passed through to
// one of the active outputs without any delay and reordering.
//
moduleinterface IPacketClassifier extends IPassivePacketSink
{
    parameters:
        @display("i=block/classifier");
    gates:
        output out[] @labels(push);
}

File: src/inet/queueing/contract/IPacketClassifier.ned