lte-handover-management-sap.h

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#ifndef LTE_HANDOVER_MANAGEMENT_SAP_H
#define LTE_HANDOVER_MANAGEMENT_SAP_H
 
#include "lte-rrc-sap.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \brief Service Access Point (SAP) offered by the handover algorithm instance
 *        to the eNodeB RRC instance.
 *
 * This is the *Handover Management SAP Provider*, i.e., the part of the SAP
 * that contains the handover algorithm methods called by the eNodeB RRC
 * instance.
 */
class LteHandoverManagementSapProvider
{
  public:
    virtual ~LteHandoverManagementSapProvider();
 
    /**
     * \brief Send a UE measurement report to handover algorithm.
     * \param rnti Radio Network Temporary Identity, an integer identifying the UE
     *             where the report originates from
     * \param measResults a single report of one measurement identity
     *
     * The received measurement report is a result of the UE measurement
     * configuration previously configured by calling
     * LteHandoverManagementSapUser::AddUeMeasReportConfigForHandover. The report
     * may be stored and utilised for the purpose of making handover decision.
     */
    virtual void ReportUeMeas(uint16_t rnti, LteRrcSap::MeasResults measResults) = 0;
 
}; // end of class LteHandoverManagementSapProvider
 
/**
 * \brief Service Access Point (SAP) offered by the eNodeB RRC instance to the
 *        handover algorithm instance.
 *
 * This is the *Handover Management SAP User*, i.e., the part of the SAP that
 * contains the eNodeB RRC methods called by the handover algorithm instance.
 */
class LteHandoverManagementSapUser
{
  public:
    virtual ~LteHandoverManagementSapUser();
 
    /**
     * \brief Request a certain reporting configuration to be fulfilled by the UEs
     *        attached to the eNodeB entity.
     * \param reportConfig the UE measurement reporting configuration
     * \return the measurement identities associated with this newly added
     *         reporting configuration
     *
     * The eNodeB RRC entity is expected to configure the same reporting
     * configuration in each of the attached UEs. When later in the simulation a
     * UE measurement report is received from a UE as a result of this
     * configuration, the eNodeB RRC entity shall forward this report to the
     * handover algorithm through the LteHandoverManagementSapProvider::ReportUeMeas
     * SAP function.
     *
     * \note This function is only valid before the simulation begins.
     */
    virtual std::vector<uint8_t> AddUeMeasReportConfigForHandover(
        LteRrcSap::ReportConfigEutra reportConfig) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Instruct the eNodeB RRC entity to prepare a handover.
     * \param rnti Radio Network Temporary Identity, an integer identifying the
     *             UE which shall perform the handover
     * \param targetCellId the cell ID of the target eNodeB
     *
     * This function is used by the handover algorithm entity when a handover
     * decision has been reached.
     *
     * The process to produce the decision is up to the implementation of handover
     * algorithm. It is typically based on the reported UE measurements, which are
     * received through the LteHandoverManagementSapProvider::ReportUeMeas function.
     */
    virtual void TriggerHandover(uint16_t rnti, uint16_t targetCellId) = 0;
 
}; // end of class LteHandoverManagementSapUser
 
/**
 * \brief Template for the implementation of the LteHandoverManagementSapProvider
 *        as a member of an owner class of type C to which all methods are
 *        forwarded.
 */
template <class C>
class MemberLteHandoverManagementSapProvider : public LteHandoverManagementSapProvider
{
  public:
    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * \param owner the owner class
     */
    MemberLteHandoverManagementSapProvider(C* owner);
 
    // Delete default constructor to avoid misuse
    MemberLteHandoverManagementSapProvider() = delete;
 
    // inherited from LteHandoverManagementSapProvider
    void ReportUeMeas(uint16_t rnti, LteRrcSap::MeasResults measResults) override;
 
  private:
    C* m_owner; ///< the owner class
 
}; // end of class MemberLteHandoverManagementSapProvider
 
template <class C>
MemberLteHandoverManagementSapProvider<C>::MemberLteHandoverManagementSapProvider(C* owner)
    : m_owner(owner)
{
}
 
template <class C>
void
MemberLteHandoverManagementSapProvider<C>::ReportUeMeas(uint16_t rnti,
                                                        LteRrcSap::MeasResults measResults)
{
    m_owner->DoReportUeMeas(rnti, measResults);
}
 
/**
 * \brief Template for the implementation of the LteHandoverManagementSapUser
 *        as a member of an owner class of type C to which all methods are
 *        forwarded.
 */
template <class C>
class MemberLteHandoverManagementSapUser : public LteHandoverManagementSapUser
{
  public:
    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * \param owner the owner class
     */
    MemberLteHandoverManagementSapUser(C* owner);
 
    // Delete default constructor to avoid misuse
    MemberLteHandoverManagementSapUser() = delete;
 
    // inherited from LteHandoverManagementSapUser
    std::vector<uint8_t> AddUeMeasReportConfigForHandover(
        LteRrcSap::ReportConfigEutra reportConfig) override;
    void TriggerHandover(uint16_t rnti, uint16_t targetCellId) override;
 
  private:
    C* m_owner; ///< the owner class
 
}; // end of class MemberLteAnrSapUser
 
template <class C>
MemberLteHandoverManagementSapUser<C>::MemberLteHandoverManagementSapUser(C* owner)
    : m_owner(owner)
{
}
 
template <class C>
std::vector<uint8_t>
MemberLteHandoverManagementSapUser<C>::AddUeMeasReportConfigForHandover(
    LteRrcSap::ReportConfigEutra reportConfig)
{
    return m_owner->DoAddUeMeasReportConfigForHandover(reportConfig);
}
 
template <class C>
void
MemberLteHandoverManagementSapUser<C>::TriggerHandover(uint16_t rnti, uint16_t targetCellId)
{
    return m_owner->DoTriggerHandover(rnti, targetCellId);
}
 
} // end of namespace ns3
 
#endif /* LTE_HANDOVER_MANAGEMENT_SAP_H */