mobility-helper.h

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/*
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 *
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 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
 
#ifndef MOBILITY_HELPER_H
#define MOBILITY_HELPER_H
 
#include "ns3/attribute.h"
#include "ns3/node-container.h"
#include "ns3/object-factory.h"
#include "ns3/output-stream-wrapper.h"
#include "ns3/position-allocator.h"
 
#include <vector>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class PositionAllocator;
class MobilityModel;
 
/**
 * \ingroup mobility
 * \brief Helper class used to assign positions and mobility models to nodes.
 *
 * MobilityHelper::Install is the most important method here.
 */
class MobilityHelper
{
  public:
    /**
     * Construct a Mobility Helper which is used to make life easier when working
     * with mobility models.
     */
    MobilityHelper();
 
    /**
     * Destroy a Mobility Helper
     */
    ~MobilityHelper();
 
    /**
     * Set the position allocator which will be used to allocate the initial
     * position of every node initialized during MobilityModel::Install.
     *
     * \param allocator allocate initial node positions
     */
    void SetPositionAllocator(Ptr<PositionAllocator> allocator);
 
    /**
     * \tparam Ts \deduced Argument types
     * \param type the type of mobility model to use.
     * \param [in] args Name and AttributeValue pairs to set.
     */
    template <typename... Ts>
    void SetPositionAllocator(std::string type, Ts&&... args);
 
    /**
     * \tparam Ts \deduced Argument types
     * \param type the type of mobility model to use.
     * \param [in] args Name and AttributeValue pairs to set.
     *
     * Calls to MobilityHelper::Install will create an instance of a matching
     * mobility model for each node.
     */
    template <typename... Ts>
    void SetMobilityModel(std::string type, Ts&&... args);
 
    /**
     * \param reference item to push.
     *
     * Push an item on the top of the stack of "reference mobility models".
     * The input item should be a node instance to which a mobility model
     * has already been aggregated (usually by a call to Install).
     *
     * If this stack is not empty when MobilityHelper::Install
     * is called, the model from the top of the stack is used
     * to create a ns3::HierarchicalMobilityModel to make the
     * newly-created models define their positions relative to that
     * of the parent mobility model.
     *
     * This method is typically used to create hierarchical mobility
     * patterns and positions by starting with the large-scale mobility
     * features, and, then, defining the smaller-scale movements relative
     * to a few reference points in the large-scale model.
     */
    void PushReferenceMobilityModel(Ptr<Object> reference);
    /**
     * \param referenceName named item to push.
     *
     * Push an item on the top of the stack of "reference mobility models".
     * The input item should be a node instance to which a mobility model
     * has already been aggregated (usually by a call to Install).
     *
     * If this stack is not empty when MobilityHelper::Install
     * is called, the model from the top of the stack is used
     * to create a ns3::HierarchicalMobilityModel to make the
     * newly-created models define their positions relative to that
     * of the parent mobility model.
     *
     * This method is typically used to create hierarchical mobility
     * patterns and positions by starting with the large-scale mobility
     * features, and, then, defining the smaller-scale movements relative
     * to a few reference points in the large-scale model.
     */
    void PushReferenceMobilityModel(std::string referenceName);
    /**
     * Remove the top item from the top of the stack of
     * "reference mobility models".
     */
    void PopReferenceMobilityModel();
 
    /**
     * \return a string which contains the TypeId of the currently-selected
     *          mobility model.
     */
    std::string GetMobilityModelType() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief "Layout" a single node according to the current position allocator type.
     *
     * This method creates an instance of a ns3::MobilityModel subclass (the
     * type of which was set with MobilityHelper::SetMobilityModel), aggregates
     * it to the provided node, and sets an initial position based on the current
     * position allocator (set through MobilityHelper::SetPositionAllocator).
     *
     * \param node The node to "layout."
     */
    void Install(Ptr<Node> node) const;
    /**
     * \brief "Layout" a single node according to the current position allocator type.
     *
     * This method creates an instance of a ns3::MobilityModel subclass (the
     * type of which was set with MobilityHelper::SetMobilityModel), aggregates
     * it to the provided node, and sets an initial position based on the current
     * position allocator (set through MobilityHelper::SetPositionAllocator).
     *
     * \param nodeName The name of the node to "layout."
     */
    void Install(std::string nodeName) const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Layout a collection of nodes according to the current position allocator type.
     *
     * For each node in the provided NodeContainer, this method creates an instance
     * of a ns3::MobilityModel subclass (the type of which was set with
     * MobilityHelper::SetMobilityModel), aggregates it to the node, and sets an
     * initial position based on the current position allocator (set through
     * MobilityHelper::SetPositionAllocator).
     *
     * \param container The set of nodes to layout.
     */
    void Install(NodeContainer container) const;
 
    /**
     * Perform the work of MobilityHelper::Install on _all_ nodes which
     * exist in the simulation.
     */
    void InstallAll() const;
 
    /**
     * \param stream an output stream wrapper
     * \param nodeid the id of the node to generate ascii output for.
     *
     * Enable ascii output to record course changes from the mobility model
     * associated with the specified nodeid and dump that to the specified output
     * stream.  If the Node does not have a MobilityModel aggregated,
     * this method will not produce any output.
     */
    static void EnableAscii(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, uint32_t nodeid);
    /**
     * \param stream an output stream wrapper
     * \param n node container
     *
     * Enable ascii output to record course changes from the mobility models
     * associated to the the nodes in the input container and dump that to the
     * specified output stream.  Nodes that do not have a MobilityModel
     * aggregated will not result in any output.
     */
    static void EnableAscii(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, NodeContainer n);
    /**
     * \param stream an output stream wrapper
     *
     * Enable ascii output to record course changes from the mobility models
     * associated to every node in the system and dump that to the specified
     * output stream.  Nodes that do not have a MobilityModel aggregated
     * will not result in any output.
     */
    static void EnableAsciiAll(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
    /**
     * Assign a fixed random variable stream number to the random variables
     * used by the mobility models on these nodes. Return the number of
     * streams (possibly zero) that have been assigned. The Install()
     * method should have previously been called by the user.
     *
     * \note If the PositionAllocator used contains random variables, they
     * will not be affected by this call to AssignStreams because they are
     * used earlier during Install() time.  If the user needs to assign a fixed
     * stream number to a PositionAllocator used with this helper, the user
     * should instantiate it outside of the helper, call AssignStreams() on
     * it, and then pass the pointer of it to this helper.
     *
     * \param c NodeContainer of the set of nodes for which the MobilityModels
     * should be modified to use a fixed stream
     * \param stream first stream index to use
     * \return the number of stream indices assigned by this helper
     */
    int64_t AssignStreams(NodeContainer c, int64_t stream);
 
    /**
     * \param n1 node 1
     * \param n2 node 2
     * \return the distance (squared), in meters, between two nodes
     */
    static double GetDistanceSquaredBetween(Ptr<Node> n1, Ptr<Node> n2);
 
  private:
    /**
     * Output course change events from mobility model to output stream
     * \param stream output stream
     * \param mobility mobility model
     */
    static void CourseChanged(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, Ptr<const MobilityModel> mobility);
    std::vector<Ptr<MobilityModel>> m_mobilityStack; //!< Internal stack of mobility models
    ObjectFactory m_mobility;                        //!< Object factory to create mobility objects
    Ptr<PositionAllocator>
        m_position; //!< Position allocator for use in hierarchical mobility model
};
 
/***************************************************************
 *  Implementation of the templates declared above.
 ***************************************************************/
 
template <typename... Ts>
void
MobilityHelper::SetPositionAllocator(std::string type, Ts&&... args)
{
    ObjectFactory pos(type, std::forward<Ts>(args)...);
    m_position = pos.Create()->GetObject<PositionAllocator>();
}
 
template <typename... Ts>
void
MobilityHelper::SetMobilityModel(std::string type, Ts&&... args)
{
    m_mobility.SetTypeId(type);
    m_mobility.Set(std::forward<Ts>(args)...);
}
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* MOBILITY_HELPER_H */