Msg File src/inet/networklayer/contract/ipv4/IPv4ControlInfo.msg

Name	Type	Description
IPv4ControlInfo	class	Control information for sending/receiving packets over IPv4.
Source code

//
// Copyright (C) 2000 Institut fuer Telematik, Universitaet Karlsruhe
// Copyright (C) 2004 Andras Varga
//
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import inet.networklayer.contract.ipv4.IPv4Address;
import inet.networklayer.common.IPProtocolId;
import inet.linklayer.common.MACAddress;

namespace inet;

//
// Control information for sending/receiving packets over IPv4.
//
// To send a packet over IPv4, fill in an ~IPv4ControlInfo object,
// attach it to the packet with the C++ method setControlInfo(),
// the send it to the ~IPv4 module.
//
// When sending, the following fields are required:
// - protocol: a value from ~IPProtocolId
// - destAddr
//
// Optional fields:
// - srcAddr: it will be set to the address of the outgoing interface
// - typeOfService: (default: 0)
// - timeToLive: default defined as module parameter
// - dontFragment: default: false
//
// Not supported:
// - options: IPv4 Options currently not used
// - Identifier is currently always chosen by the IPv4 layer
//
// When ~IPv4 delivers a packet to higher layers, it also attaches an ~IPv4ControlInfo
// to it. It fills in the following fields:
//  - srcAddr, destAddr, protocol, TypeOfService: values from the original datagram
//  - interfaceId: the interface on which the datagram arrived, or -1 if it was
//    created locally
//
// ~IPv4 also puts the original datagram object into the control info, because
// it may be needed by higher layers (for example, by ~ICMP for error reporting).
//
class IPv4ControlInfo extends cObject
{
    @customize(true);
    IPv4Address destAddr;   // destination IPv4 address
    IPv4Address srcAddr;    // source IPv4 address
    int interfaceId = -1; // interface on which the datagram was received, or
                          // should be sent (see ~InterfaceTable)
    bool multicastLoop;   // if true, sent multicast datagrams will be looped back
    short protocol @enum(IPProtocolId);  // encapsulated protocol
    unsigned char typeOfService;  // Type of Service byte (low 6 bits: DSCP)
    abstract int diffServCodePoint;  // maps to bits 0-5 of trafficClass
    abstract int explicitCongestionNotification;  // maps to bits 6-7 of trafficClass
    short timeToLive;     // maximum hop count
    bool dontFragment;    // "don't fragment" bit
}