Description

Base class for channels.

Inheritance diagram for cChannel:

Classes
class	MessageSentSignalValue
	Signal value that accompanies the "messageSent" signal. More...

Public Member Functions
virtual void	finalizeParameters () override

Constructors, destructor
	cChannel (const char *name=nullptr)

virtual	~cChannel ()

Redefined cObject member functions.
virtual std::string	str () const override

Public methods for invoking initialize()/finish(), redefined from cComponent.
initialize(), numInitStages(), and finish() are themselves also declared in cComponent, and can be redefined in channel classes by the user to perform initialization and finalization (result recording, etc) tasks.
virtual void	callInitialize () override

virtual bool	callInitialize (int stage) override

virtual void	callFinish () override

Channel information.
virtual ComponentKind	getComponentKind () const override

virtual cModule *	getParentModule () const override

cChannelType *	getChannelType () const

virtual cProperties *	getProperties () const override

virtual cGate *	getSourceGate () const

virtual bool	isTransmissionChannel () const =0

Channel functionality
virtual Result	processMessage (cMessage *msg, const SendOptions &options, simtime_t t)=0

virtual double	getNominalDatarate () const =0

virtual simtime_t	calculateDuration (cMessage *msg) const =0

virtual simtime_t	getTransmissionFinishTime () const =0

virtual bool	isBusy () const

virtual void	forceTransmissionFinishTime (simtime_t t)

virtual bool	isDisabled () const

Public Member Functions inherited from cComponent
	cComponent (const char *name=nullptr)

virtual	~cComponent ()

virtual void	forEachChild (cVisitor *v) override

const cComponent *	getThisPtr () const

virtual void	setDisplayName (const char *name)

virtual const char *	getDisplayName () const

virtual cComponentType *	getComponentType () const

cSimulation *	getSimulation () const

int	getId () const

virtual const char *	getNedTypeName () const

virtual std::string	getNedTypeAndFullName () const

virtual std::string	getNedTypeAndFullPath () const

bool	isModule () const

bool	isChannel () const

virtual cModule *	getSystemModule () const

virtual cModule *	getModuleByPath (const char *path) const

virtual cModule *	findModuleByPath (const char *path) const

virtual int	getNumParams () const

virtual cPar &	par (int k)

const cPar &	par (int k) const

virtual cPar &	par (const char *parname)

const cPar &	par (const char *parname) const

virtual int	findPar (const char *parname) const

bool	hasPar (const char *s) const

virtual cRNG *	getRNG (int k) const

virtual uint32_t	intrand (uint32_t r, int rng=0) const

virtual double	dblrand (int rng=0) const

virtual double	uniform (double a, double b, int rng=0) const

virtual SimTime	uniform (SimTime a, SimTime b, int rng=0) const

virtual double	exponential (double mean, int rng=0) const

virtual SimTime	exponential (SimTime mean, int rng=0) const

virtual double	normal (double mean, double stddev, int rng=0) const

virtual SimTime	normal (SimTime mean, SimTime stddev, int rng=0) const

virtual double	truncnormal (double mean, double stddev, int rng=0) const

virtual SimTime	truncnormal (SimTime mean, SimTime stddev, int rng=0) const

virtual double	gamma_d (double alpha, double theta, int rng=0) const

virtual double	beta (double alpha1, double alpha2, int rng=0) const

virtual double	erlang_k (unsigned int k, double mean, int rng=0) const

virtual double	chi_square (unsigned int k, int rng=0) const

virtual double	student_t (unsigned int i, int rng=0) const

virtual double	cauchy (double a, double b, int rng=0) const

virtual double	triang (double a, double b, double c, int rng=0) const

virtual double	lognormal (double m, double w, int rng=0) const

virtual double	weibull (double a, double b, int rng=0) const

virtual double	pareto_shifted (double a, double b, double c, int rng=0) const

virtual int	intuniform (int a, int b, int rng=0) const

virtual int	intuniformexcl (int a, int b, int rng=0) const

virtual int	bernoulli (double p, int rng=0) const

virtual int	binomial (int n, double p, int rng=0) const

virtual int	geometric (double p, int rng=0) const

virtual int	negbinomial (int n, double p, int rng=0) const

virtual int	poisson (double lambda, int rng=0) const

virtual void	subscribe (simsignal_t signalID, cIListener *listener)

virtual void	subscribe (const char signalName, cIListener listener)

virtual void	unsubscribe (simsignal_t signalID, cIListener *listener)

virtual void	unsubscribe (const char signalName, cIListener listener)

virtual bool	isSubscribed (simsignal_t signalID, cIListener *listener) const

virtual bool	isSubscribed (const char signalName, cIListener listener) const

virtual std::vector< simsignal_t >	getLocalListenedSignals () const

virtual std::vector< cIListener * >	getLocalSignalListeners (simsignal_t signalID) const

virtual bool	hasGUI () const

virtual cDisplayString &	getDisplayString () const

virtual void	setDisplayString (const char *dispstr)

virtual void	bubble (const char *text) const

virtual std::string	resolveResourcePath (const char *fileName) const

virtual void	recordScalar (const char name, double value, const char unit=nullptr)

virtual void	recordScalar (const char name, SimTime value, const char unit=nullptr)

virtual void	recordStatistic (cStatistic stats, const char unit=nullptr)

virtual void	recordStatistic (const char name, cStatistic stats, const char *unit=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, bool b, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, double d, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, const SimTime &t, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, const char s, cObject details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, cObject obj, cObject details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, const cObject obj, cObject details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, char c, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, unsigned char c, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, short i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, unsigned short i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, int i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, unsigned int i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, long i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, unsigned long i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, long long i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, unsigned long long i, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, float f, cObject *details=nullptr)

virtual void	emit (simsignal_t signalID, long double d, cObject *details=nullptr)

bool	mayHaveListeners (simsignal_t signalID) const

bool	hasListeners (simsignal_t signalID) const

Public Member Functions inherited from cSoftOwner
	cSoftOwner (const char *name=nullptr, bool namepooling=true)

virtual	~cSoftOwner ()

virtual bool	isSoftOwner () const override

int	getNumOwnedObjects () const

cOwnedObject *	getOwnedObject (int k)

Public Member Functions inherited from cNoncopyableOwnedObject
	cNoncopyableOwnedObject (const char *name=nullptr, bool namepooling=true)

virtual cNoncopyableOwnedObject *	dup () const override

Public Member Functions inherited from cOwnedObject
	cOwnedObject ()

	cOwnedObject (const char *name, bool namepooling=true)

	cOwnedObject (const cOwnedObject &obj)

virtual	~cOwnedObject ()

cOwnedObject &	operator= (const cOwnedObject &o)

virtual cObject *	getOwner () const override

virtual bool	isOwnedObject () const override

Public Member Functions inherited from cNamedObject
	cNamedObject ()

	cNamedObject (const char *name, bool namepooling=true)

	cNamedObject (const cNamedObject &obj)

virtual	~cNamedObject ()

cNamedObject &	operator= (const cNamedObject &o)

virtual void	setName (const char *s)

virtual const char *	getName () const override

virtual void	setNamePooling (bool b)

virtual bool	getNamePooling ()

Public Member Functions inherited from cObject
	cObject ()

	cObject (const cObject &other)=default

virtual	~cObject ()

virtual const char *	getClassName () const

bool	isName (const char *s) const

virtual const char *	getFullName () const

virtual std::string	getFullPath () const

virtual std::string	getClassAndFullName () const

virtual std::string	getClassAndFullPath () const

const cObject *	getThisPtr () const

virtual std::ostream &	printOn (std::ostream &os) const

cObject *	findObject (const char *name, bool deep=true)

virtual cClassDescriptor *	getDescriptor () const

void	copyNotSupported () const

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from cComponent
static simsignal_t	registerSignal (const char *name)

static const char *	getSignalName (simsignal_t signalID)

Static Public Member Functions inherited from cOwnedObject
static long	getTotalObjectCount ()

static long	getLiveObjectCount ()

static void	resetObjectCounters ()

static cSoftOwner *	getOwningContext ()

Protected Member Functions inherited from cComponent
virtual void	initialize (int stage)

virtual int	numInitStages () const

virtual void	initialize ()

virtual void	finish ()

virtual void	handleParameterChange (const char *parname)

virtual void	refreshDisplay () const

virtual void	preDelete (cComponent *root)

Protected Member Functions inherited from cSoftOwner
virtual void	take (cOwnedObject *obj) override

virtual void	drop (cOwnedObject *obj) override

Protected Member Functions inherited from cObject
void	dropAndDelete (cOwnedObject *obj)

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ cChannel()

cChannel ( const char * name = nullptr )

explicit

Constructor.

◆ ~cChannel()

virtual ~cChannel ( )

virtual

Destructor. Note: it is not allowed delete channel objects directly, only via cGate's disconnect() and reconnectWith() methods.

Member Function Documentation

◆ finalizeParameters()

virtual void finalizeParameters ( )

overridevirtual

Must be called after the component was created, and (with modules) before buildInside(). It reads input parameters from omnetpp.ini, and cModule extends this method to add gates to the module too (as this is the earliest time parameter values are available, and gate vector sizes may depend on parameters).

Reimplemented from cComponent.

◆ str()

virtual std::string str ( ) const

overridevirtual

Produces a one-line description of the object's contents. See cObject for more details.

Reimplemented from cSoftOwner.

Reimplemented in cDatarateChannel.

◆ callInitialize() [1/2]

virtual void callInitialize ( )

overridevirtual

Interface for calling initialize() from outside. Implementation performs multi-stage initialization for this channel object.

Implements cComponent.

◆ callInitialize() [2/2]

virtual bool callInitialize ( int stage )

overridevirtual

Interface for calling initialize() from outside. It does a single stage of initialization, and returns true if more stages are required.

Implements cComponent.

◆ callFinish()

virtual void callFinish ( )

overridevirtual

Interface for calling finish() from outside.

Implements cComponent.

◆ getComponentKind()

virtual ComponentKind getComponentKind ( ) const

inlineoverridevirtual

Redefined from cComponent to return KIND_CHANNEL.

Implements cComponent.

◆ getParentModule()

virtual cModule* getParentModule ( ) const

overridevirtual

Returns the compound module containing this channel. That is, the channel is either between two submodules of getParentModule(), or between getParentModule() and one of its submodules. (For completeness, it may also connect two gates of getParentModule() on the inside).

Implements cComponent.

◆ getChannelType()

cChannelType* getChannelType ( ) const

inline

Convenience method: casts the return value of getComponentType() to cChannelType.

◆ getProperties()

virtual cProperties* getProperties ( ) const

overridevirtual

Return the properties for this channel. Properties cannot be changed at runtime. Redefined from cComponent.

Implements cComponent.

◆ getSourceGate()

virtual cGate* getSourceGate ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Returns the gate this channel is attached to.

◆ isTransmissionChannel()

virtual bool isTransmissionChannel ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns true if the channel models a nonzero-duration transmission, that is, sets the duration field of cPacket. Only one transmission channel is allowed per connection path (see cGate methods getPreviousGate(), getNextGate(), getPathStartGate(), getPathEndGate()).

Implemented in cIdealChannel, cDatarateChannel, and cDelayChannel.

◆ processMessage()

virtual Result processMessage	(	cMessage *	msg,
		const SendOptions &	options,
		simtime_t	t
	)

pure virtual

This method encapsulates the channel's functionality. The method should model the transmission of the given message starting at the given t time, and store the results (propagation delay, transmission duration, discard flag) in the result object. Only the relevant fields in the result object need to be changed, others can be left untouched.

Transmission duration and bit error modeling only applies to packets (i.e. to instances of cPacket, where cMessage's isPacket() returns true), it should be skipped for non-packet messages. The method does not need to call the setDuration(duration) method on the packet; this is done by the simulation kernel. However, the method should call setBitError(true) on the packet if error modeling results in bit errors.

If the method sets the discard flag in the result object, it means that the message object should be deleted by the simulation kernel; this facility can be used to model that the message gets lost in the channel.

The method does not need to throw error on overlapping transmissions, or if the packet's duration field is already set; these checks are done by the simulation kernel before processMessage() is called.

Implemented in cIdealChannel, cDatarateChannel, and cDelayChannel.

◆ getNominalDatarate()

virtual double getNominalDatarate ( ) const

pure virtual

For transmission channels: Returns the nominal data rate of the channel. The number returned from this method should be treated as informative; there is no strict requirement that the channel calculates packet duration by dividing the packet length by the nominal data rate. For example, specialized channels may add the length of a lead-in signal to the duration.

See also: isTransmissionChannel(), cDatarateChannel

Implemented in cIdealChannel, cDatarateChannel, and cDelayChannel.

◆ calculateDuration()

virtual simtime_t calculateDuration ( cMessage * msg ) const

pure virtual

For transmission channels: Calculates the transmission duration of the message with the current channel configuration (datarate, etc); it does not check or modify channel state. For non-transmission channels this method returns zero.

This method is useful for transmitter modules that need to determine the transmission time of a packet without actually sending the packet.

Caveats: this method is "best-effort" – there is no guarantee that transmission time when the packet is actually sent will be the same as the value returned by this method. The difference may be caused by changed channel parameters (i.e. "datarate" being overwritten), or by a non-time-invariant transmission algorithm.

Note that there is no requirement that processMessage() relies on this method to calculated the packet duration. That is, to change the duration computation algorithm via subclassing you need to redefine BOTH the processMessage() and calculateDuration() methods.

See also: isTransmissionChannel(), cDatarateChannel

Implemented in cIdealChannel, cDatarateChannel, and cDelayChannel.

◆ getTransmissionFinishTime()

virtual simtime_t getTransmissionFinishTime ( ) const

pure virtual

For transmission channels: Returns the simulation time the sender gate will finish transmitting. If the gate is not currently transmitting, the result is unspecified but less or equal the current simulation time.

See also: isTransmissionChannel(), isBusy(), cDatarateChannel

Implemented in cIdealChannel, cDatarateChannel, and cDelayChannel.

◆ isBusy()

virtual bool isBusy ( ) const

virtual

For transmission channels: Returns whether the sender gate is currently transmitting, ie. whether getTransmissionFinishTime() is greater than the current simulation time.

See also: isTransmissionChannel(), getTransmissionFinishTime(), cDatarateChannel

Reimplemented in cIdealChannel, cDatarateChannel, and cDelayChannel.

◆ forceTransmissionFinishTime()

virtual void forceTransmissionFinishTime ( simtime_t t )

inlinevirtual

DEPRECATED METHOD. It is only provided for backward compatibility with OMNeT++ 5.x.

For transmission channels, this method forcibly overwrites the finish time of the current transmission in the channel. It is a crude device that allows implementing aborting transmissions. Models using this method should be migrated to the transmission update API.

See also: cSimpleModule::SendOptions, getTransmissionFinishTime(), isBusy()

Reimplemented in cDatarateChannel.

◆ isDisabled()

virtual bool isDisabled ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Returns whether the channel is disabled. A disabled channel discards all messages sent on it.

Reimplemented in cDatarateChannel, and cDelayChannel.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

cchannel.h

	OMNeT++ API 6.1 Discrete Event Simulation Library

Description

Classes

Public Member Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ cChannel()

◆ ~cChannel()

Member Function Documentation

◆ finalizeParameters()

◆ str()

◆ callInitialize() [1/2]

◆ callInitialize() [2/2]

◆ callFinish()

◆ getComponentKind()

◆ getParentModule()

◆ getChannelType()

◆ getProperties()

◆ getSourceGate()

◆ isTransmissionChannel()

◆ processMessage()

◆ getNominalDatarate()

◆ calculateDuration()

◆ getTransmissionFinishTime()

◆ isBusy()

◆ forceTransmissionFinishTime()

◆ isDisabled()