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ns3::ErrorModel Class Referenceabstract

General error model that can be used to corrupt packets. More...

#include "error-model.h"

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Public Member Functions

 ErrorModel ()
 
virtual ~ErrorModel ()
 
void Disable (void)
 Disable the error model. More...
 
void Enable (void)
 Enable the error model. More...
 
bool IsCorrupt (Ptr< Packet > pkt)
 Note: Depending on the error model, this function may or may not alter the contents of the packet upon returning true. More...
 
bool IsEnabled (void) const
 
void Reset (void)
 Reset any state associated with the error model. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
 Object ()
 Constructor. More...
 
virtual ~Object ()
 Destructor. More...
 
void AggregateObject (Ptr< Object > other)
 Aggregate two Objects together. More...
 
void Dispose (void)
 Dispose of this Object. More...
 
AggregateIterator GetAggregateIterator (void) const
 Get an iterator to the Objects aggregated to this one. More...
 
virtual TypeId GetInstanceTypeId (void) const
 Get the most derived TypeId for this Object. More...
 
template<typename T >
Ptr< T > GetObject (void) const
 Get a pointer to the requested aggregated Object. More...
 
template<typename T >
Ptr< T > GetObject (TypeId tid) const
 Get a pointer to the requested aggregated Object by TypeId. More...
 
template<>
Ptr< ObjectGetObject () const
 
template<>
Ptr< ObjectGetObject (TypeId tid) const
 
void Initialize (void)
 Invoke DoInitialize on all Objects aggregated to this one. More...
 
bool IsInitialized (void) const
 Check if the object has been initialized. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::SimpleRefCount< Object, ObjectBase, ObjectDeleter >
 SimpleRefCount ()
 Default constructor. More...
 
 SimpleRefCount (const SimpleRefCount &o)
 Copy constructor. More...
 
uint32_t GetReferenceCount (void) const
 Get the reference count of the object. More...
 
SimpleRefCountoperator= (const SimpleRefCount &o)
 Assignment operator. More...
 
void Ref (void) const
 Increment the reference count. More...
 
void Unref (void) const
 Decrement the reference count. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
virtual ~ObjectBase ()
 Virtual destructor. More...
 
void GetAttribute (std::string name, AttributeValue &value) const
 Get the value of an attribute, raising fatal errors if unsuccessful. More...
 
bool GetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, AttributeValue &value) const
 Get the value of an attribute without raising erros. More...
 
void SetAttribute (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
 Set a single attribute, raising fatal errors if unsuccessful. More...
 
bool SetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
 Set a single attribute without raising errors. More...
 
bool TraceConnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
 Connect a TraceSource to a Callback with a context. More...
 
bool TraceConnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)
 Connect a TraceSource to a Callback without a context. More...
 
bool TraceDisconnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
 Disconnect from a TraceSource a Callback previously connected with a context. More...
 
bool TraceDisconnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)
 Disconnect from a TraceSource a Callback previously connected without a context. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static TypeId GetTypeId (void)
 Get the type ID. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
static TypeId GetTypeId (void)
 Register this type. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
static TypeId GetTypeId (void)
 Get the type ID. More...
 

Private Member Functions

virtual bool DoCorrupt (Ptr< Packet > p)=0
 Corrupt a packet according to the specified model. More...
 
virtual void DoReset (void)=0
 Re-initialize any state. More...
 

Private Attributes

bool m_enable
 True if the error model is enabled. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
 Object (const Object &o)
 Copy an Object. More...
 
virtual void DoDispose (void)
 Destructor implementation. More...
 
virtual void DoInitialize (void)
 Initialize() implementation. More...
 
virtual void NotifyNewAggregate (void)
 Notify all Objects aggregated to this one of a new Object being aggregated. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
void ConstructSelf (const AttributeConstructionList &attributes)
 Complete construction of ObjectBase; invoked by derived classes. More...
 
virtual void NotifyConstructionCompleted (void)
 Notifier called once the ObjectBase is fully constructed. More...
 

Detailed Description

General error model that can be used to corrupt packets.


This object is used to flag packets as being lost/errored or not. It is part of the Object framework and can be aggregated to other ns3 objects and handled by the Ptr class.

The main method is IsCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) which returns true if the packet is to be corrupted according to the underlying model. Depending on the error model, the packet itself may have its packet data buffer errored or not, or side information may be returned to the client in the form of a packet tag. (Note: No such error models that actually error the bits in a packet presently exist). The object can have state (resettable by Reset()). The object can also be enabled and disabled via two public member functions.

Typical code (simplified) to use an ErrorModel may look something like this:

Ptr<ErrorModel> rem = CreateObject<RateErrorModel> ();
Ptr<UniformRandomVariable> uv = CreateObject<UniformRandomVariable> ();
rem->SetRandomVariable (uv);
rem->SetRate (0.001);
...
Ptr<Packet> p;
if (rem->IsCorrupt (p))
{
dropTrace(p);
} else {
Forward (p);
}

Four practical error models, a RateErrorModel, a BurstErrorModel, a ListErrorModel, and a ReceiveListErrorModel, are currently implemented.

Config Paths

ns3::ErrorModel is accessible through the following paths with Config::Set and Config::Connect:

  • "/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::SimpleNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel"
  • "/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::PointToPointNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel"
  • "/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::CsmaNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel"
  • "/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::WifiNetDevice/Phy/PostReceptionErrorModel"
  • "/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::WaveNetDevice/PhyEntities/[i]/PostReceptionErrorModel"

Attributes

  • IsEnabled: Whether this ErrorModel is enabled or not.
    • Set with class: BooleanValue
    • Underlying type: bool
    • Initial value: true
    • Flags: construct write read

No TraceSources are defined for this type.
Size of this type is 32 bytes (on a 64-bit architecture).

Definition at line 115 of file error-model.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ ErrorModel()

ns3::ErrorModel::ErrorModel ( )

Definition at line 95 of file error-model.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

◆ ~ErrorModel()

ns3::ErrorModel::~ErrorModel ( )
virtual

Definition at line 101 of file error-model.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Disable()

void ns3::ErrorModel::Disable ( void  )

Disable the error model.

Definition at line 132 of file error-model.cc.

References m_enable, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by SixlowpanFragmentationTest::DoRun(), Ipv4FragmentationTest::DoRun(), and Ipv6FragmentationTest::DoRun().

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◆ DoCorrupt()

virtual bool ns3::ErrorModel::DoCorrupt ( Ptr< Packet p)
privatepure virtual

Corrupt a packet according to the specified model.

Parameters
pthe packet to corrupt
Returns
true if the packet is corrupted

Implemented in ns3::BinaryErrorModel, ns3::ReceiveListErrorModel, ns3::ListErrorModel, ns3::BurstErrorModel, ns3::RateErrorModel, and ns3::TcpGeneralErrorModel.

Referenced by IsCorrupt().

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◆ DoReset()

virtual void ns3::ErrorModel::DoReset ( void  )
privatepure virtual

Re-initialize any state.

Implemented in ns3::BinaryErrorModel, ns3::ReceiveListErrorModel, ns3::ListErrorModel, ns3::BurstErrorModel, ns3::RateErrorModel, TcpDropRatioErrorModel, ns3::TcpFlagErrorModel, and ns3::TcpSeqErrorModel.

Referenced by Reset().

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◆ Enable()

void ns3::ErrorModel::Enable ( void  )

Enable the error model.

Definition at line 125 of file error-model.cc.

References m_enable, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by SixlowpanFragmentationTest::DoRun(), Ipv4FragmentationTest::DoRun(), and Ipv6FragmentationTest::DoRun().

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◆ GetTypeId()

TypeId ns3::ErrorModel::GetTypeId ( void  )
static

Get the type ID.

Returns
the object TypeId

Definition at line 82 of file error-model.cc.

References m_enable, ns3::MakeBooleanAccessor(), ns3::MakeBooleanChecker(), and ns3::TypeId::SetParent().

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◆ IsCorrupt()

bool ns3::ErrorModel::IsCorrupt ( Ptr< Packet pkt)

Note: Depending on the error model, this function may or may not alter the contents of the packet upon returning true.

Returns
true if the Packet is to be considered as errored/corrupted
Parameters
pktPacket to apply error model to

Definition at line 107 of file error-model.cc.

References DoCorrupt(), and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

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◆ IsEnabled()

bool ns3::ErrorModel::IsEnabled ( void  ) const
Returns
true if error model is enabled; false otherwise

Definition at line 139 of file error-model.cc.

References m_enable, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by ns3::TcpGeneralErrorModel::DoCorrupt(), ns3::RateErrorModel::DoCorrupt(), ns3::BurstErrorModel::DoCorrupt(), ns3::ListErrorModel::DoCorrupt(), ns3::ReceiveListErrorModel::DoCorrupt(), and ns3::BinaryErrorModel::DoCorrupt().

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◆ Reset()

void ns3::ErrorModel::Reset ( void  )

Reset any state associated with the error model.

Definition at line 118 of file error-model.cc.

References DoReset(), and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by SixlowpanFragmentationTest::DoRun(), Ipv4FragmentationTest::DoRun(), and Ipv6FragmentationTest::DoRun().

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Member Data Documentation

◆ m_enable

bool ns3::ErrorModel::m_enable
private

True if the error model is enabled.

Definition at line 164 of file error-model.h.

Referenced by Disable(), Enable(), GetTypeId(), and IsEnabled().


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