EtherLink

channel

Base for Ethernet link types. Propagation delay can be specified with the length of the cable, i.e. in meters instead of nanoseconds or microseconds.

Inheritance diagram

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

Known subclasses

Name	Type	Description
Eth100G	channel	100 gigabit/sec Ethernet link
Eth100M	channel	100 megabit/sec Ethernet link
Eth10G	channel	10 gigabit/sec Ethernet link
Eth10M	channel	10 megabit/sec Ethernet link
Eth1G	channel	1 gigabit/sec Ethernet link
Eth40G	channel	40 gigabit/sec Ethernet link

Extends

Name	Type	Description
DatarateChannel	channel	(no description)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
disabled	bool	false
delay	double	replaceUnit(length / 2e8, "s")	propagation delay
datarate	double	0bps	bits per second; 0=infinite
ber	double	0	bit error rate (BER)
per	double	0	packet error rate (PER)
length	double	10m

Properties

Name	Value	Description
class	cDatarateChannel

Signals

Name	Type	Unit
channelBusy	long
messageSent	omnetpp::cMessage
messageDiscarded	omnetpp::cMessage

Statistics

Name	Source	Record	Unit	Interpolation Mode
packetsDiscarded	constant1(messageDiscarded)	count?		none
busy	channelBusy	vector?		sample-hold
utilization	timeavg(channelBusy)	last?
packetBytes	packetBytes(messageSent)	sum?	B	none
throughput	sumPerDuration(packetBits(messageSent))	last?	bps
packets	constant1(messageSent)	count?		none

Source code

//
// Base for Ethernet link types. Propagation delay can be specified with the
// length of the cable, i.e. in meters instead of nanoseconds or microseconds.
//
channel EtherLink extends DatarateChannel
{
    double length @unit(m) = default(10m);
    delay = replaceUnit(length / 2e8, "s");
}

File: src/inet/node/ethernet/EtherLink.ned