ns3::Backoff Class Reference

The backoff class is used for calculating backoff times when many net devices can write to the same channel. More...

#include <backoff.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
Time	GetBackoffTime ()
void	ResetBackoffTime ()
bool	MaxRetriesReached ()
void	IncrNumRetries ()

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Detailed Description

The backoff class is used for calculating backoff times when many net devices can write to the same channel.

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Member Function Documentation

Time ns3::Backoff::GetBackoffTime

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Returns:

The amount of time that the net device should wait before trying to retransmit the packet

void ns3::Backoff::IncrNumRetries

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)

Increments the number of retries by 1.

bool ns3::Backoff::MaxRetriesReached

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Returns:

True if the maximum number of retries has been reached

void ns3::Backoff::ResetBackoffTime

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Indicates to the backoff object that the last packet was successfully transmitted and that the number of retries should be reset to 0.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/devices/csma/backoff.h