Bug 1984 - expose additional internet random variables to configuration system
expose additional internet random variables to configuration system
Status: CONFIRMED
Product: ns-3
Classification: Unclassified
Component: internet
pre-release
PC Linux
: P5 normal
Assigned To: Tom Henderson
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Reported: 2014-09-11 14:18 EDT by Tom Henderson
Modified: 2014-09-11 14:18 EDT (History)
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Description Tom Henderson 2014-09-11 14:18:12 EDT
classes Ipv6Extension and Ipv4GlobalRouting use random variables that are not exposed to the config store system.

The ArpL3Protocol attribute is an example of how to do this:

    .AddAttribute ("RequestJitter", "The jitter in ms a node is allowed to wait before sending an ARP request. Some jitter aims to prevent collisions. By default, the model will wait for a duration in ms defined by a uniform random-variable between 0 and RequestJitter",
                   StringValue ("ns3::UniformRandomVariable[Min=0.0|Max=10.0]"),
                   MakePointerAccessor (&ArpL3Protocol::m_requestJitter),
                   MakePointerChecker<RandomVariableStream> ())

In addition, it would be useful to document the usage of randomness in the internet stack, in the Internet documentation (rst and documentation)... this is a cross-cutting issue (would be nice for all modules).

This bug is filed as a reminder to revisit this.