mesh-wifi-interface-mac-plugin.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009 IITP RAS
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
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 * Author: Pavel Boyko <boyko@iitp.ru>
 */
 
#ifndef MESH_WIFI_INTERFACE_MAC_PLUGIN_H
#define MESH_WIFI_INTERFACE_MAC_PLUGIN_H
 
#include "mesh-wifi-beacon.h"
 
#include "ns3/mac48-address.h"
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/simple-ref-count.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class MeshWifiInterfaceMac;
 
/**
 * \ingroup mesh
 *
 * \brief Common interface for mesh point interface MAC plugins
 *
 * \todo plugins description
 */
class MeshWifiInterfaceMacPlugin : public SimpleRefCount<MeshWifiInterfaceMacPlugin>
{
  public:
    /// This is for subclasses
    virtual ~MeshWifiInterfaceMacPlugin(){};
    /**
     * Each plugin must be installed on an interface to work
     *
     * \param parent the parent object
     */
    virtual void SetParent(Ptr<MeshWifiInterfaceMac> parent) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Process received frame
     * \param packet
     * \param header
     *
     * \return false if (and only if) frame should be dropped
     * \todo define when MAC call this
     */
    virtual bool Receive(Ptr<Packet> packet, const WifiMacHeader& header) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Update frame before it will be forwarded down
     * \param packet
     * \param header
     * \param from
     * \param to
     * \return false if (and only if) frame should be dropped
     * \todo define when MAC call this, preconditions & postconditions
     */
    virtual bool UpdateOutcomingFrame(Ptr<Packet> packet,
                                      WifiMacHeader& header,
                                      Mac48Address from,
                                      Mac48Address to) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Update beacon before it will be formed and sent
     * \param beacon
     *
     * \todo define when MAC call this
     */
    virtual void UpdateBeacon(MeshWifiBeacon& beacon) const = 0;
    /**
     * Assign a fixed random variable stream number to the random variables
     * used by this model.  Return the number of streams (possibly zero) that
     * have been assigned.
     *
     * \param stream first stream index to use
     * \return the number of stream indices assigned by this model
     */
    virtual int64_t AssignStreams(int64_t stream) = 0;
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* MESH_WIFI_INTERFACE_MAC_PLUGIN_H */