A generic access point supporting multiple wireless radios, and multiple ethernet ports. The type of the ethernet MAC, relay unit and wireless card can be specified as parameters.

By default, the access point is stationary (StationaryMobility), but that can also be configured by a parameter.

The wlan[*].mgmtType can be configured for different management types currently it can be: Ieee80211MgmtAPSimplified and Ieee80211MgmtAP. By default it is Ieee80211MgmtAP. The Simplified version does not support channel scanning, authentication and association . In this case, nodes must explicitly specify the hardware address of the wlan card they want to be associated with.

Usage diagram

The following diagram shows usage relationships between types. Unresolved types are missing from the diagram.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
mobilityType	string	"StationaryMobility"	how the node moves around. see: inet.mobility
relayUnitType	string	firstAvailable("Ieee8021dRelay","MACRelayUnit")	type of the IMACRelayUnit (MACRelayUnit, Ieee8021dRelay, etc)
macTableType	string	"MACAddressTable"	type of the IMACAddressTable
numRadios	int	1	the number of radios in the access point
hasStatus	bool	false

Properties

Name	Value	Description
networkNode
labels	node
display	i=device/accesspoint

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
radioIn [ ]	input	numRadios
ethg [ ]	inout

Unassigned submodule parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
status.initialStatus	string	"UP"	TODO @signal, @statistic
interfaceTable.displayAddresses	bool	false	whether to display IP addresses on links
macTable.agingTime	double
macTable.addressTableFile	string

Source code

//
// A generic access point supporting multiple wireless radios, and
// multiple ethernet ports. The type of the ethernet MAC, relay unit
// and wireless card can be specified as parameters.
//
// By default, the access point is stationary (~StationaryMobility),
// but that can also be configured by a parameter.
//
// The wlan[*].mgmtType can be configured for different management types
// currently it can be: ~Ieee80211MgmtAPSimplified and ~Ieee80211MgmtAP.
// By default it is ~Ieee80211MgmtAP. The Simplified version does not
// support channel scanning, authentication and association .
// In this case, nodes must explicitly specify the hardware address
// of the wlan card they want to be associated with.
//
module AccessPoint
{
    parameters:
        @networkNode();
        @labels(node,ethernet-node,wireless-node);
        @display("i=device/accesspoint");
        string mobilityType = default("StationaryMobility"); // how the node moves around. see: inet.mobility
        string relayUnitType = default(firstAvailable("Ieee8021dRelay","MACRelayUnit")); // type of the IMACRelayUnit (MACRelayUnit, Ieee8021dRelay, etc)
        string macTableType = default("MACAddressTable"); // type of the ~IMACAddressTable
        int numRadios = default(1);               // the number of radios in the access point
        bool hasStatus = default(false);
        wlan[*].mgmtType = default("Ieee80211MgmtAP");
        eth[*].encapType = "EtherEncapDummy";
        *.interfaceTableModule = default(absPath(".interfaceTable"));
    gates:
        input radioIn[numRadios] @directIn;
        inout ethg[] @labels(EtherFrame-conn);
    submodules:
        status: NodeStatus if hasStatus {
            @display("p=51,43");
        }

        interfaceTable: InterfaceTable {
            @display("p=51,121;is=s");
        }
        mobility: <mobilityType> like IMobility {
            parameters:
                @display("p=208,43");
        }
        macTable: <macTableType> like IMACAddressTable {
            @display("p=73,19;is=s");
        }
        relayUnit: <relayUnitType> like IMACRelayUnit if sizeof(ethg)+numRadios>1 && relayUnitType != "" {
            parameters:
                @display("p=151,121");
        }
        wlan[numRadios]: <default("Ieee80211Nic")> like IWirelessNic {
            parameters:
                @display("p=89,225,row;q=queue");
        }
        eth[sizeof(ethg)]: <default("EthernetInterface")> like IWiredNic {
            parameters:
                mac.promiscuous = true;
                @display("p=208,225,row;q=txQueue");
        }
    connections allowunconnected:
        // connections to network outside
        // wireless interfaces MUST be connected first (i.e. ports 0..numRadios-1)
        // because broadcasts must be handled differently for wireless IFs by the relayUnit
        for i=0..numRadios-1 {
            radioIn[i] --> wlan[i].radioIn;
            wlan[i].upperLayerOut --> relayUnit.ifIn++ if sizeof(ethg)+numRadios>1;
            wlan[i].upperLayerIn <-- relayUnit.ifOut++ if sizeof(ethg)+numRadios>1;
        }
        // ethernet must be connected only AFTER wireless ports
        for i=0..sizeof(ethg)-1 {
            eth[i].phys <--> ethg[i];
            eth[i].upperLayerIn <-- relayUnit.ifOut++ if sizeof(ethg)+numRadios>1;
            eth[i].upperLayerOut --> relayUnit.ifIn++ if sizeof(ethg)+numRadios>1;
        }
}

File: src/inet/node/wireless/AccessPoint.ned

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