PimSplitter module dispatches PIM packets received from the network layer according to the PIM mode of the incoming interface. Bu using a PimSplitter it is possible to build nodes that operates in Dense Mode on some interfaces, and in Sparse Mode on others.

See Pim module for example usage.

Used in compound modules

Name	Type	Description
Pim	compound module	(no description)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
interfaceTableModule	string
pimInterfaceTableModule	string

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/dispatch

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
ipIn	input
ipOut	output
pimDMIn	input
pimDMOut	output
pimSMIn	input
pimSMOut	output

Direct method calls (observed)

call to	function	info
MessageDispatcher	inet::MessageDispatcher::arrived	arrived

Incoming messages (observed)

gate	msg	kind	ctrl	srcModule	tags
ipIn	Packet	0		Ipv4	DispatchProtocolReq, DscpInd, EcnInd, HopLimitInd, InterfaceInd, L3AddressInd, MacAddressInd, NetworkProtocolInd, PacketProtocolTag, TosInd
pimDMIn	Packet	0		PimDm	DispatchProtocolInd, DispatchProtocolReq, HopLimitReq, InterfaceReq, L3AddressReq, PacketProtocolTag
pimSMIn	Packet	0		PimSm	DispatchProtocolReq, HopLimitReq, InterfaceReq, L3AddressReq, PacketProtocolTag, DispatchProtocolInd?, DscpInd?, EcnInd?, HopLimitInd?, InterfaceInd?, L3AddressInd?, MacAddressInd?, NetworkProtocolInd?, TosInd?

Outgoing messages (observed)

gate	msg	kind	ctrl	destModule	tags
ipOut	Packet	0		Ipv4	DispatchProtocolReq, HopLimitReq, InterfaceReq, L3AddressReq, PacketProtocolTag, DispatchProtocolInd?, DscpInd?, EcnInd?, HopLimitInd?, InterfaceInd?, L3AddressInd?, MacAddressInd?, NetworkProtocolInd?, TosInd?
pimDMOut	Packet	0		PimDm	DispatchProtocolReq, DscpInd, EcnInd, HopLimitInd, InterfaceInd, L3AddressInd, MacAddressInd, NetworkProtocolInd, PacketProtocolTag, TosInd
pimSMOut	Packet	0		PimSm	DispatchProtocolReq, DscpInd, EcnInd, HopLimitInd, InterfaceInd, L3AddressInd, MacAddressInd, NetworkProtocolInd, PacketProtocolTag, TosInd

Packet operations (observed)

chunkType	packetAction
PimPacket	peekAtFront

Shared Tagging operations (observed)

tagType	tagAction
DispatchProtocolReq	addTagIfAbsent
InterfaceInd	getTag
PacketProtocolTag	getTag

Source code

//
// ~PimSplitter module dispatches PIM packets received from the network layer
// according to the PIM mode of the incoming interface. Bu using a ~PimSplitter
// it is possible to build nodes that operates in Dense Mode on some interfaces,
// and in Sparse Mode on others.
//
// See ~Pim module for example usage.
//
simple PimSplitter
{
    parameters:
        @display("i=block/dispatch");
        string interfaceTableModule;
        string pimInterfaceTableModule;

    gates:
        input ipIn;
        output ipOut;
        input pimDMIn;
        output pimDMOut;
        input pimSMIn;
        output pimSMOut;
}

File: src/inet/routing/pim/PimSplitter.ned

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