Bug 2265

Summary:	Energy module can not be used on mesh devices
Product:	ns-3	Reporter:	Tommaso Pecorella <tommaso.pecorella>
Component:	mesh	Assignee:	ns-bugs <ns-bugs>
Status:	PATCH WANTED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	tomh
Priority:	P5
Version:	ns-3-dev
Hardware:	All
OS:	All

Description Tommaso Pecorella 2016-01-13 15:44:33 EST

If one tries to use the WifiRadioEnergyModelHelper to install the Energy model on a Mesh device, the helper will crash.

The problem has been discussed in this thread:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ns-3-users/a4zMuLBD-SU

The actual problem is that the "obvious" solution is not obvious at all. A MeshNetDevice can hide more than one WifiNetDevices. Should them all drain from the same energy source ?

In any case, the solution is straightforward: a new MeshRadioEnergyModelHelper, which could simply wrap the appropriate WifiRadioEnergyModelHelper and have it install the sources on all the net devices.
It is not a good idea to add the mesh code to the existing WifiRadioEnergyModelHelper because this would create a dependency.