simple-frame-capture-model.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2017
 *
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 * Author: Sébastien Deronne <sebastien.deronne@gmail.com>
 */
 
#ifndef SIMPLE_FRAME_CAPTURE_MODEL_H
#define SIMPLE_FRAME_CAPTURE_MODEL_H
 
#include "frame-capture-model.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
/**
 * \ingroup wifi
 *
 * A simple threshold-based model for frame capture effect.
 * If the new incoming frame arrives while the receiver is
 * receiving the preamble of another frame and the SIR of
 * the new incoming frame is above a fixed margin, then
 * the current frame is dropped and the receiver locks
 * onto the new incoming frame.
 */
class SimpleFrameCaptureModel : public FrameCaptureModel
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    SimpleFrameCaptureModel();
    ~SimpleFrameCaptureModel() override;
 
    /**
     * Sets the frame capture margin (dB).
     *
     * \param margin the frame capture margin in dB
     */
    void SetMargin(double margin);
    /**
     * Return the frame capture margin (dB).
     *
     * \return the frame capture margin in dB
     */
    double GetMargin() const;
 
    /**
     * This method returns whether the reception should be switched to a
     * new incoming frame.
     *
     * \param currentEvent the event of the current frame
     * \param newEvent the event of the new incoming frame
     *
     * \return true if the reception should be switched to a new incoming frame,
     *         false otherwise
     */
    bool CaptureNewFrame(Ptr<Event> currentEvent, Ptr<Event> newEvent) const override;
 
  private:
    double m_margin; ///< margin for determining if a new frame (dB)
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* SIMPLE_FRAME_CAPTURE_MODEL_H */