lte-amc.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2010 TELEMATICS LAB, DEE - Politecnico di Bari
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
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 *
 * Original Author: Giuseppe Piro  <g.piro@poliba.it>
 * Modified by:     Nicola Baldo   <nbaldo@cttc.es>
 * Modified by:     Marco Miozzo   <mmiozzo@cttc.es>
 */
 
#ifndef AMCMODULE_H
#define AMCMODULE_H
 
#include <ns3/object.h>
#include <ns3/ptr.h>
 
#include <vector>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class SpectrumValue;
 
/**
 * \ingroup lte
 * Implements the Adaptive Modulation And Coding Scheme. As proposed in 3GPP
 * TSG-RAN WG1 [R1-081483 Conveying MCS and TB size via PDCCH]
 * (http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_ran/WG1_RL1/TSGR1_52b/Docs/R1-081483.zip).
 */
class LteAmc : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    LteAmc();
    ~LteAmc() override;
 
    /// Types of AMC model.
    enum AmcModel
    {
        /**
         * \details
         * An AMC model based on Piro, G.; Grieco, L.A; Boggia, G.; Camarda, P.,
         * "A two-level scheduling algorithm for QoS support in the downlink of
         * LTE cellular networks," _Wireless Conference (EW), 2010 European_,
         * pp.246,253, 12-15 April 2010.
         */
        PiroEW2010,
        /**
         * An AMC model based on 10% of BER according to LteMiErrorModel.
         */
        MiErrorModel
    };
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the Modulation and Coding Scheme for
     * a CQI value
     * \param cqi the cqi value
     * \return the MCS value
     */
    int GetMcsFromCqi(int cqi);
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the Transport Block Size for a selected MCS and number of PRB (table 7.1.7.2.1-1
     * of 36.213)
     * \param mcs the MCS index
     * \param nprb the no. of PRB
     * \return the Transport Block Size in bits
     */
    int GetDlTbSizeFromMcs(int mcs, int nprb);
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the Transport Block Size for a selected MCS and number of PRB (table 8.6.1-1
     * of 36.213)
     * \param mcs the MCS index
     * \param nprb the no. of PRB
     * \return the Transport Block Size in bits
     */
    int GetUlTbSizeFromMcs(int mcs, int nprb);
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the spectral efficiency value associated
     * to the received CQI
     * \param cqi the cqi value
     * \return the spectral efficiency in (bit/s)/Hz
     */
    double GetSpectralEfficiencyFromCqi(int cqi);
 
    /**
     * \brief Create a message with CQI feedback
     * \param sinr the SpectrumValue vector of SINR for evaluating the CQI
     * \param rbgSize size of RB group (in RBs) for evaluating subband/wideband CQI
     * \return a vector of CQI feedbacks
     */
    std::vector<int> CreateCqiFeedbacks(const SpectrumValue& sinr, uint8_t rbgSize = 0);
 
    /**
     * \brief Get a proper CQI for the spectral efficiency value.
     * In order to assure a lower block error rate, the AMC chooses the lower CQI value
     * for a given spectral efficiency
     * \param s the spectral efficiency
     * \return the CQI value
     */
    int GetCqiFromSpectralEfficiency(double s);
 
  private:
    /**
     * The `Ber` attribute.
     *
     * The requested BER in assigning MCS (default is 0.00005).
     */
    double m_ber;
 
    /**
     * The `AmcModel` attribute.
     *
     * AMC model used to assign CQI.
     */
    AmcModel m_amcModel;
 
}; // end of `class LteAmc`
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* AMCMODULE_H */