pie-queue-disc.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2016 NITK Surathkal
 *
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 *
 * Authors: Shravya Ks <shravya.ks0@gmail.com>
 *          Smriti Murali <m.smriti.95@gmail.com>
 *          Mohit P. Tahiliani <tahiliani@nitk.edu.in>
 */
 
/*
 * PORT NOTE: This code was ported from ns-2.36rc1 (queue/pie.h).
 * Most of the comments are also ported from the same.
 */
 
#ifndef PIE_QUEUE_DISC_H
#define PIE_QUEUE_DISC_H
 
#include "queue-disc.h"
 
#include "ns3/boolean.h"
#include "ns3/data-rate.h"
#include "ns3/event-id.h"
#include "ns3/nstime.h"
#include "ns3/random-variable-stream.h"
#include "ns3/timer.h"
 
#define BURST_RESET_TIMEOUT 1.5
 
class PieQueueDiscTestCase; // Forward declaration for unit test
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class TraceContainer;
class UniformRandomVariable;
 
/**
 * \ingroup traffic-control
 *
 * \brief Implements PIE Active Queue Management discipline
 */
class PieQueueDisc : public QueueDisc
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    /**
     * \brief PieQueueDisc Constructor
     */
    PieQueueDisc();
 
    /**
     * \brief PieQueueDisc Destructor
     */
    ~PieQueueDisc() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Burst types
     */
    enum BurstStateT
    {
        NO_BURST,
        IN_BURST,
        IN_BURST_PROTECTING,
    };
 
    /**
     * \brief Get queue delay.
     *
     * \returns The current queue delay.
     */
    Time GetQueueDelay();
    /**
     * Assign a fixed random variable stream number to the random variables
     * used by this model.  Return the number of streams (possibly zero) that
     * have been assigned.
     *
     * \param stream first stream index to use
     * \return the number of stream indices assigned by this model
     */
    int64_t AssignStreams(int64_t stream);
 
    // Reasons for dropping packets
    static constexpr const char* UNFORCED_DROP =
        "Unforced drop"; //!< Early probability drops: proactive
    static constexpr const char* FORCED_DROP =
        "Forced drop"; //!< Drops due to queue limit: reactive
    static constexpr const char* UNFORCED_MARK =
        "Unforced mark"; //!< Early probability marks: proactive
    static constexpr const char* CE_THRESHOLD_EXCEEDED_MARK =
        "CE threshold exceeded mark"; //!< Early probability marks: proactive
 
  protected:
    /**
     * \brief Dispose of the object
     */
    void DoDispose() override;
 
  private:
    friend class ::PieQueueDiscTestCase; // Test code
    bool DoEnqueue(Ptr<QueueDiscItem> item) override;
    Ptr<QueueDiscItem> DoDequeue() override;
    bool CheckConfig() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Initialize the queue parameters.
     */
    void InitializeParams() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Check if a packet needs to be dropped due to probability drop
     * \param item queue item
     * \param qSize queue size
     * \returns 0 for no drop, 1 for drop
     */
    bool DropEarly(Ptr<QueueDiscItem> item, uint32_t qSize);
 
    /**
     * Periodically update the drop probability based on the delay samples:
     * not only the current delay sample but also the trend where the delay
     * is going, up or down
     */
    void CalculateP();
 
    static const uint64_t DQCOUNT_INVALID =
        std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max(); //!< Invalid dqCount value
 
    // ** Variables supplied by user
    Time m_sUpdate;            //!< Start time of the update timer
    Time m_tUpdate;            //!< Time period after which CalculateP () is called
    Time m_qDelayRef;          //!< Desired queue delay
    uint32_t m_meanPktSize;    //!< Average packet size in bytes
    Time m_maxBurst;           //!< Maximum burst allowed before random early dropping kicks in
    double m_a;                //!< Parameter to pie controller
    double m_b;                //!< Parameter to pie controller
    uint32_t m_dqThreshold;    //!< Minimum queue size in bytes before dequeue rate is measured
    bool m_useDqRateEstimator; //!< Enable/Disable usage of dequeue rate estimator for queue delay
                               //!< calculation
    bool
        m_isCapDropAdjustment; //!< Enable/Disable Cap Drop Adjustment feature mentioned in RFC 8033
    bool m_useEcn;             //!< Enable ECN Marking functionality
    bool m_useDerandomization; //!< Enable Derandomization feature mentioned in RFC 8033
    double m_markEcnTh;        //!< ECN marking threshold (default 10% as suggested in RFC 8033)
    Time m_activeThreshold;    //!< Threshold for activating PIE (disabled by default)
    Time m_ceThreshold;        //!< Threshold above which to CE mark
    bool m_useL4s;             //!< True if L4S is used (ECT1 packets are marked at CE threshold)
 
    // ** Variables maintained by PIE
    double m_dropProb;        //!< Variable used in calculation of drop probability
    Time m_qDelayOld;         //!< Old value of queue delay
    Time m_qDelay;            //!< Current value of queue delay
    Time m_burstAllowance;    //!< Current max burst value in seconds that is allowed before random
                              //!< drops kick in
    uint32_t m_burstReset;    //!< Used to reset value of burst allowance
    BurstStateT m_burstState; //!< Used to determine the current state of burst
    bool m_inMeasurement;     //!< Indicates whether we are in a measurement cycle
    double m_avgDqRate;       //!< Time averaged dequeue rate
    Time m_dqStart;           //!< Start timestamp of current measurement cycle
    uint64_t m_dqCount;       //!< Number of bytes departed since current measurement cycle starts
    EventId m_rtrsEvent;      //!< Event used to decide the decision of interval of drop probability
                              //!< calculation
    Ptr<UniformRandomVariable> m_uv; //!< Rng stream
    double m_accuProb;               //!< Accumulated drop probability
    bool m_active;                   //!< Indicates whether PIE is in active state or not
};
 
}; // namespace ns3
 
#endif