rraa-wifi-manager.h

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/*
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 * Author: Federico Maguolo <maguolof@dei.unipd.it>
 */
 
#ifndef RRAA_WIFI_MANAGER_H
#define RRAA_WIFI_MANAGER_H
 
#include "ns3/nstime.h"
#include "ns3/traced-value.h"
#include "ns3/wifi-remote-station-manager.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
struct RraaWifiRemoteStation;
 
/// WifiRraaThresholds structure
struct WifiRraaThresholds
{
    double m_ori;    ///< Opportunistic Rate Increase threshold
    double m_mtl;    ///< Maximum Tolerable Loss threshold
    uint32_t m_ewnd; ///< Evaluation Window
};
 
/**
 * List of thresholds for each mode.
 */
typedef std::vector<std::pair<WifiRraaThresholds, WifiMode>> RraaThresholdsTable;
 
/**
 * \brief Robust Rate Adaptation Algorithm
 * \ingroup wifi
 *
 * This is an implementation of RRAA as described in
 * "Robust rate adaptation for 802.11 wireless networks"
 * by "Starsky H. Y. Wong", "Hao Yang", "Songwu Lu", and,
 * "Vaduvur Bharghavan" published in Mobicom 06.
 *
 * This RAA does not support HT modes and will error
 * exit if the user tries to configure this RAA with a Wi-Fi MAC
 * that supports 802.11n or higher.
 */
class RraaWifiManager : public WifiRemoteStationManager
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    RraaWifiManager();
    ~RraaWifiManager() override;
 
    void SetupPhy(const Ptr<WifiPhy> phy) override;
    void SetupMac(const Ptr<WifiMac> mac) override;
 
  private:
    void DoInitialize() override;
    WifiRemoteStation* DoCreateStation() const override;
    void DoReportRxOk(WifiRemoteStation* station, double rxSnr, WifiMode txMode) override;
    void DoReportRtsFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    void DoReportDataFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    void DoReportRtsOk(WifiRemoteStation* station,
                       double ctsSnr,
                       WifiMode ctsMode,
                       double rtsSnr) override;
    void DoReportDataOk(WifiRemoteStation* station,
                        double ackSnr,
                        WifiMode ackMode,
                        double dataSnr,
                        uint16_t dataChannelWidth,
                        uint8_t dataNss) override;
    void DoReportFinalRtsFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    void DoReportFinalDataFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    WifiTxVector DoGetDataTxVector(WifiRemoteStation* station, uint16_t allowedWidth) override;
    WifiTxVector DoGetRtsTxVector(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    bool DoNeedRts(WifiRemoteStation* st, uint32_t size, bool normally) override;
 
    /**
     * Check for initializations.
     * \param station The remote station.
     */
    void CheckInit(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station);
    /**
     * Return the index for the maximum transmission rate for
     * the given station.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     *
     * \return the index for the maximum transmission rate
     */
    uint8_t GetMaxRate(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station) const;
    /**
     * Check if the counter should be reset.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     */
    void CheckTimeout(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station);
    /**
     * Find an appropriate rate for the given station, using
     * a basic algorithm.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     */
    void RunBasicAlgorithm(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station);
    /**
     * Activate the use of RTS for the given station if the conditions are met.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     */
    void ARts(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station);
    /**
     * Reset the counters of the given station.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     */
    void ResetCountersBasic(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station);
    /**
     * Initialize the thresholds internal list for the given station.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     */
    void InitThresholds(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station);
    /**
     * Get the thresholds for the given station and mode.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     * \param mode the WifiMode
     *
     * \return the RRAA thresholds
     */
    WifiRraaThresholds GetThresholds(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station, WifiMode mode) const;
    /**
     * Get the thresholds for the given station and mode index.
     *
     * \param station the remote station
     * \param index the mode index in the supported rates
     *
     * \return the RRAA thresholds
     */
    WifiRraaThresholds GetThresholds(RraaWifiRemoteStation* station, uint8_t index) const;
    /**
     * Get the estimated TxTime of a packet with a given mode.
     *
     * \param mode the WifiMode
     *
     * \return the estimated TX time
     */
    Time GetCalcTxTime(WifiMode mode) const;
    /**
     * Add transmission time for the given mode to an internal list.
     *
     * \param mode the WifiMode
     * \param t transmission time
     */
    void AddCalcTxTime(WifiMode mode, Time t);
    /**
     * typedef for a vector of a pair of Time, WifiMode.
     * Essentially a list for WifiMode and its corresponding transmission time
     * to transmit a reference packet.
     */
    typedef std::vector<std::pair<Time, WifiMode>> TxTime;
 
    TxTime m_calcTxTime; //!< To hold all the calculated TxTime for all modes.
    Time m_sifs;         //!< Value of SIFS configured in the device.
    Time m_difs;         //!< Value of DIFS configured in the device.
 
    uint32_t m_frameLength; //!< Data frame length used to calculate mode TxTime.
    uint32_t m_ackLength;   //!< Ack frame length used to calculate mode TxTime.
 
    bool m_basic;   ///< basic
    Time m_timeout; ///< timeout
    double m_alpha; //!< Alpha value for RRAA (value for calculating MTL threshold)
    double m_beta;  //!< Beta value for RRAA (value for calculating ORI threshold).
    double m_tau;   //!< Tau value for RRAA (value for calculating EWND size).
 
    TracedValue<uint64_t> m_currentRate; //!< Trace rate changes
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* RRAA_WIFI_MANAGER_H */