Package: inet.linklayer.ieee80211.mac.contention

Contention

simple module

The default implementation of IContention.

Inheritance diagram

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Used in compound modules

Name	Type	Description
Dcaf	compound module	(no description)
Edcaf	compound module	IEEE 802.11 Enhanced Distributed Channel Access Function

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
initialChannelBusy	bool	true	assume that channel was busy before the simulation started
backoffOptimization	bool	true	we can pretend the frame has arrived into the queue a little bit earlier, and may be able to start transmitting immediately

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/timer

Signals

Name	Type	Unit
stateChanged	long

Statistics

Name	Title	Source	Record	Unit	Interpolation Mode
state	contention state	stateChanged	vector		none

Source code

//
// The default implementation of IContention.
//
simple Contention like IContention
{
    parameters:
        bool initialChannelBusy = default(true); // assume that channel was busy before the simulation started
        bool backoffOptimization = default(true);    // we can pretend the frame has arrived into the queue a little bit earlier, and may be able to start transmitting immediately
        @display("i=block/timer");
        @signal[stateChanged](type=long); // TODO: enum=inet::ieee80211::Contention::State
        @statistic[state](title="contention state"; source=stateChanged; record=vector; interpolationmode=none);
}

File: src/inet/linklayer/ieee80211/mac/contention/Contention.ned