Client app for SCTP-based request-reply protocols. Handles a single session (and SCTP connection) at a time.

Inheritance diagram

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

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
localAddress	string	""	comma separated list of addresses
localPort	int	0	port number to listen on
connectAddress	string		server address (may be symbolic)
connectPort	int		port number to connect to
startTime	double	1s	time first session begins
numRequestsPerSession	int	1	number of requests sent per session
numPacketsToReceive	int	0
requestLength	int	1452	length of a request (bytes)
thinkTime	double	0s	time gap between requests
waitToClose	double	0s	time to wait between last message sent and abort
reconnectInterval	double	0s	if connection breaks, waits this much before trying to reconnect
inboundStreams	int	17
outboundStreams	int	1
echo	bool	false	echoes received packages when true
ordered	bool	true
queueSize	int	0
prMethod	int	0	0=NONE, 1=PR_TTL, 2=PR_RTX, 3=PR_PRIO, 4=PR_STRRST
prValue	double	0	for PR-SCTP
streamReset	bool	false
streamRequestTime	double	0s
streamResetType	int	5	NO_RESET=5, RESET_OUTGOING=6, RESET_INCOMING=7, RESET_BOTH=8, SSN_TSN=9
streamAnswer	bool	false
stopTime	double	-1s	time of finishing sending, negative values mean forever
primaryTime	double	0s
newPrimary	string	""
streamRequestLengths	string	""
streamRequestRatio	string	""
streamPriorities	string	""
finishEndsSimulation	bool	false

Properties

Name	Value	Description

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
sctpIn	input
sctpOut	output

Signals

Name	Type	Unit
sentPk	inet::SCTPSimpleMessage
rcvdPk	cPacket
echoedPk	inet::SCTPSimpleMessage

Statistics

Name	Title	Source	Record	Unit	Interpolation Mode
sentPk	packets sent	sentPk	count, sum(packetBytes), vector(packetBytes)		none
rcvdPk	packets received	rcvdPk	count, sum(packetBytes), vector(packetBytes)		none
echoedPk	packets echoed	echoedPk	count, sum(packetBytes), vector(packetBytes)		none

Source code

//
// Client app for SCTP-based request-reply protocols.
// Handles a single session (and SCTP connection) at a time.
//
simple SCTPClient like ISCTPApp
{
    parameters:
        string localAddress = default(""); // comma separated list of addresses
        int localPort = default(0); // port number to listen on
        string connectAddress;  // server address (may be symbolic)
        int connectPort; // port number to connect to
        double startTime @unit(s) = default(1s); // time first session begins
        volatile int numRequestsPerSession = default(1);  // number of requests sent per session
        int numPacketsToReceive = default(0);
        int requestLength = default(1452); // length of a request (bytes)
        double thinkTime @unit(s) = default(0s); // time gap between requests
        double waitToClose @unit(s) = default(0s); //time to wait between last message sent and abort
        double reconnectInterval @unit(s) = default(0s);  // if connection breaks, waits this much before trying to reconnect
        int inboundStreams = default(17);
        int outboundStreams = default(1);
        bool echo = default(false);  // echoes received packages when true
        bool ordered = default(true);
        int queueSize = default(0);
        int prMethod = default(0);  //0=NONE, 1=PR_TTL, 2=PR_RTX, 3=PR_PRIO, 4=PR_STRRST
        double prValue = default(0); //for PR-SCTP
        bool streamReset = default(false);
        double streamRequestTime @unit(s) = default(0s);
        int streamResetType = default(5);  //NO_RESET=5, RESET_OUTGOING=6, RESET_INCOMING=7, RESET_BOTH=8, SSN_TSN=9
        bool streamAnswer = default(false);
        double stopTime @unit(s) = default(-1s);  // time of finishing sending, negative values mean forever
        double primaryTime @unit(s) = default(0s);
        string newPrimary = default("");
        string streamRequestLengths = default("");
        string streamRequestRatio = default("");
        string streamPriorities = default("");
        bool finishEndsSimulation = default(false);
        @signal[sentPk](type=inet::SCTPSimpleMessage);
        @signal[rcvdPk](type=cPacket);
        @signal[echoedPk](type=inet::SCTPSimpleMessage);
        @statistic[rcvdPk](title="packets received"; source=rcvdPk; record=count,"sum(packetBytes)","vector(packetBytes)"; interpolationmode=none);
        @statistic[sentPk](title="packets sent"; source=sentPk; record=count,"sum(packetBytes)","vector(packetBytes)"; interpolationmode=none);
        @statistic[echoedPk](title="packets echoed"; source=echoedPk; record=count,"sum(packetBytes)","vector(packetBytes)"; interpolationmode=none);

    gates:
        input sctpIn;
        output sctpOut;
}

File: src/inet/applications/sctpapp/SCTPClient.ned

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