three-gpp-channel-test-suite.cc

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#include "ns3/log.h"
#include "ns3/abort.h"
#include "ns3/test.h"
#include "ns3/config.h"
#include "ns3/double.h"
#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
#include "ns3/string.h"
#include "ns3/angles.h"
#include "ns3/pointer.h"
#include "ns3/node-container.h"
#include "ns3/constant-position-mobility-model.h"
#include "ns3/uniform-planar-array.h"
#include "ns3/isotropic-antenna-model.h"
#include "ns3/three-gpp-channel-model.h"
#include "ns3/simple-net-device.h"
#include "ns3/simulator.h"
#include "ns3/channel-condition-model.h"
#include "ns3/three-gpp-spectrum-propagation-loss-model.h"
#include "ns3/wifi-spectrum-value-helper.h"

using namespace ns3;

NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("ThreeGppChannelTestSuite");

class ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest : public TestCase
{
public:
  ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest ();

  virtual ~ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest ();

private:
  virtual void DoRun (void);

  void DoComputeNorm (Ptr<ThreeGppChannelModel> channelModel, Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob, Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna);

  std::vector<double> m_normVector; 
};

ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest::ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest ()
  : TestCase ("Check the dimensions and the norm of the channel matrix")
{
}

ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest::~ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest ()
{
}

void
ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest::DoComputeNorm (Ptr<ThreeGppChannelModel> channelModel, Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob, Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna)
{
  uint64_t txAntennaElements = txAntenna->GetNumberOfElements ();
  uint64_t rxAntennaElements = rxAntenna->GetNumberOfElements ();

  Ptr<const ThreeGppChannelModel::ChannelMatrix> channelMatrix = channelModel->GetChannel (txMob, rxMob, txAntenna, rxAntenna);

  double channelNorm = 0;
  uint8_t numTotClusters = channelMatrix->m_channel.at (0).at (0).size ();
  for (uint8_t cIndex = 0; cIndex < numTotClusters; cIndex++)
  {
    double clusterNorm = 0;
    for (uint64_t sIndex = 0; sIndex < txAntennaElements; sIndex++)
    {
      for (uint32_t uIndex = 0; uIndex < rxAntennaElements; uIndex++)
      {
        clusterNorm += std::pow (std::abs (channelMatrix->m_channel.at (uIndex).at (sIndex).at (cIndex)), 2);
      }
    }
    channelNorm += clusterNorm;
  }
  m_normVector.push_back (channelNorm);
}

void
ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest::DoRun (void)
{
  // Build the scenario for the test
  uint8_t txAntennaElements[] {2, 2}; // tx antenna dimensions
  uint8_t rxAntennaElements[] {2, 2}; // rx antenna dimensions
  uint32_t updatePeriodMs = 100; // update period in ms

  // create the channel condition model
  Ptr<ChannelConditionModel> channelConditionModel = CreateObject<NeverLosChannelConditionModel> ();

  // create the ThreeGppChannelModel object used to generate the channel matrix
  Ptr<ThreeGppChannelModel> channelModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppChannelModel> ();
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("Frequency", DoubleValue (60.0e9));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("Scenario", StringValue ("RMa"));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("ChannelConditionModel", PointerValue (channelConditionModel));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("UpdatePeriod", TimeValue (MilliSeconds (updatePeriodMs-1)));

  // create the tx and rx nodes
  NodeContainer nodes;
  nodes.Create (2);

  // create the tx and rx devices
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> txDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> rxDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();

  // associate the nodes and the devices
  nodes.Get (0)->AddDevice (txDev);
  txDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (0));
  nodes.Get (1)->AddDevice (rxDev);
  rxDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (1));

  // create the tx and rx mobility models and set their positions
  Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob = CreateObject<ConstantPositionMobilityModel> ();
  txMob->SetPosition (Vector (0.0,0.0,10.0));
  Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob = CreateObject<ConstantPositionMobilityModel> ();
  rxMob->SetPosition (Vector (100.0,0.0,10.0));

  // associate the nodes and the mobility models
  nodes.Get (0)->AggregateObject (txMob);
  nodes.Get (1)->AggregateObject (rxMob);

  // create the tx and rx antennas and set the their dimensions
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (txAntennaElements [0]),
                                                                                    "NumRows", UintegerValue (txAntennaElements [1]),
                                                                                    "AntennaElement", PointerValue(CreateObject<IsotropicAntennaModel> ()));
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (rxAntennaElements [0]),
                                                                                    "NumRows", UintegerValue (rxAntennaElements [1]),
                                                                                    "AntennaElement", PointerValue(CreateObject<IsotropicAntennaModel> ()));

  // generate the channel matrix
  Ptr<const ThreeGppChannelModel::ChannelMatrix> channelMatrix = channelModel->GetChannel (txMob, rxMob, txAntenna, rxAntenna);

  // check the channel matrix dimensions
  NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (channelMatrix->m_channel.at (0).size (), txAntennaElements [0] * txAntennaElements [1], "The second dimension of H should be equal to the number of tx antenna elements");
  NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (channelMatrix->m_channel.size (), rxAntennaElements [0] * rxAntennaElements [1], "The first dimension of H should be equal to the number of rx antenna elements");

  // test if the channel matrix is correctly generated
  uint16_t numIt = 1000;
  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < numIt; i++)
  {
    Simulator::Schedule (MilliSeconds (updatePeriodMs * i), &ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest::DoComputeNorm, this, channelModel, txMob, rxMob, txAntenna, rxAntenna);
  }

  Simulator::Run ();

  // compute the sample mean
  double sampleMean = 0;
  for (auto i : m_normVector)
  {
    sampleMean += i;
  }
  sampleMean /= numIt;

  // compute the sample standard deviation
  double sampleStd = 0;
  for (auto i : m_normVector)
  {
    sampleStd += ((i - sampleMean) * (i - sampleMean));
  }
  sampleStd = std::sqrt (sampleStd / (numIt - 1));

  // perform the one sample t-test with a significance level of 0.05 to test
  // the hypothesis "E [|H|^2] = M*N, where |H| indicates the Frobenius norm of
  // H, M is the number of transmit antenna elements, and N is the number of
  // the receive antenna elements"
  double t = (sampleMean - txAntennaElements [0] * txAntennaElements [1] * rxAntennaElements [0] * rxAntennaElements [1]) / (sampleMean / std::sqrt (numIt));

  // Using a significance level of 0.05, we reject the null hypothesis if |t| is
  // greater than the critical value from a t-distribution with df = numIt-1
  NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ_TOL (std::abs (t), 0, 1.65, "We reject the hypothesis E[|H|^2] = M*N with a significance level of 0.05");

  Simulator::Destroy ();
}

class ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest : public TestCase
{
public:
  ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest ();

  virtual ~ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest ();

private:
  virtual void DoRun (void);

  void DoGetChannel (Ptr<ThreeGppChannelModel> channelModel, Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob, Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna, bool update);

  Ptr<const ThreeGppChannelModel::ChannelMatrix> m_currentChannel; 
};

ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest::ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest ()
  : TestCase ("Check if the channel realizations are correctly updated during the simulation")
{
}

ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest::~ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest ()
{
}

void
ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest::DoGetChannel (Ptr<ThreeGppChannelModel> channelModel, Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob, Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna, bool update)
{
  // retrieve the channel matrix
  Ptr<const ThreeGppChannelModel::ChannelMatrix> channelMatrix = channelModel->GetChannel (txMob, rxMob, txAntenna, rxAntenna);

  if (m_currentChannel == 0)
  {
    // this is the first time we compute the channel matrix, we initialize
    // m_currentChannel
    m_currentChannel = channelMatrix;
  }
  else
  {
    // compare the old and the new channel matrices
    NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ ((m_currentChannel != channelMatrix),  update, Simulator::Now ().GetMilliSeconds () << " The channel matrix is not correctly updated");
  }
}

void
ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest::DoRun (void)
{
  // Build the scenario for the test

  uint8_t txAntennaElements[] {2, 2}; // tx antenna dimensions
  uint8_t rxAntennaElements[] {4, 4}; // rx antenna dimensions
  uint32_t updatePeriodMs = 100; // update period in ms

  // create the channel condition model
  Ptr<ChannelConditionModel> channelConditionModel = CreateObject<AlwaysLosChannelConditionModel> ();

  // create the ThreeGppChannelModel object used to generate the channel matrix
  Ptr<ThreeGppChannelModel> channelModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppChannelModel> ();
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("Frequency", DoubleValue (60.0e9));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("Scenario", StringValue ("UMa"));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("ChannelConditionModel", PointerValue (channelConditionModel));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("UpdatePeriod", TimeValue (MilliSeconds (updatePeriodMs)));

  // create the tx and rx nodes
  NodeContainer nodes;
  nodes.Create (2);

  // create the tx and rx devices
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> txDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> rxDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();

  // associate the nodes and the devices
  nodes.Get (0)->AddDevice (txDev);
  txDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (0));
  nodes.Get (1)->AddDevice (rxDev);
  rxDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (1));

  // create the tx and rx mobility models and set their positions
  Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob = CreateObject<ConstantPositionMobilityModel> ();
  txMob->SetPosition (Vector (0.0,0.0,10.0));
  Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob = CreateObject<ConstantPositionMobilityModel> ();
  rxMob->SetPosition (Vector (100.0,0.0,1.6));

  // associate the nodes and the mobility models
  nodes.Get (0)->AggregateObject (txMob);
  nodes.Get (1)->AggregateObject (rxMob);

  // create the tx and rx antennas and set the their dimensions
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (txAntennaElements [0]),
                                                                                    "NumRows", UintegerValue (txAntennaElements [1]),
                                                                                    "AntennaElement", PointerValue(CreateObject<IsotropicAntennaModel> ()));
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (rxAntennaElements [0]),
                                                                                    "NumRows", UintegerValue (rxAntennaElements [1]),
                                                                                    "AntennaElement", PointerValue(CreateObject<IsotropicAntennaModel> ()));
  
  // check if the channel matrix is correctly updated

  // compute the channel matrix for the first time
  uint32_t firstTimeMs = 1; // time instant at which the channel matrix is generated for the first time
  Simulator::Schedule (MilliSeconds (firstTimeMs), &ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest::DoGetChannel,
                       this, channelModel, txMob, rxMob, txAntenna, rxAntenna, true);

  // call GetChannel before the update period is exceeded, the channel matrix
  // should not be updated
  Simulator::Schedule (MilliSeconds (firstTimeMs + updatePeriodMs / 2), &ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest::DoGetChannel,
                       this, channelModel, txMob, rxMob, txAntenna, rxAntenna, false);

  // call GetChannel when the update period is exceeded, the channel matrix
  // should be recomputed
  Simulator::Schedule (MilliSeconds (firstTimeMs + updatePeriodMs + 1), &ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest::DoGetChannel,
                       this, channelModel, txMob, rxMob, txAntenna, rxAntenna, true);

  Simulator::Run ();
  Simulator::Destroy ();
}

class ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest : public TestCase
{
public:
  ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest ();

  virtual ~ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest ();

private:
  virtual void DoRun (void);

  void DoBeamforming (Ptr<NetDevice> thisDevice, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> thisAntenna, Ptr<NetDevice> otherDevice, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> otherAntenna);

  void CheckLongTermUpdate (Ptr<ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel> lossModel, Ptr<SpectrumValue> txPsd, Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob, Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob, Ptr<SpectrumValue> rxPsdOld);

  static bool ArePsdEqual (Ptr<SpectrumValue> first, Ptr<SpectrumValue> second);
};

ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest::ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest ()
  : TestCase ("Test case for the ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel class")
{
}

ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest::~ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest ()
{
}

void
ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest::DoBeamforming (Ptr<NetDevice> thisDevice, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> thisAntenna, Ptr<NetDevice> otherDevice, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> otherAntenna)
{
  Vector aPos = thisDevice->GetNode ()->GetObject<MobilityModel> ()->GetPosition ();
  Vector bPos = otherDevice->GetNode ()->GetObject<MobilityModel> ()->GetPosition ();

  // compute the azimuth and the elevation angles
  Angles completeAngle (bPos,aPos);

  PhasedArrayModel::ComplexVector antennaWeights = thisAntenna->GetBeamformingVector (completeAngle);
  thisAntenna->SetBeamformingVector (antennaWeights);
}

bool
ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest::ArePsdEqual (Ptr<SpectrumValue> first, Ptr<SpectrumValue> second)
{
  bool ret = true;
  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < first->GetSpectrumModel ()->GetNumBands (); i++)
  {
    if ((*first) [i] != (*second) [i])
    {
      ret = false;
      continue;
    }
  }
  return ret;
}

void
ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest::CheckLongTermUpdate (Ptr<ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel> lossModel, Ptr<SpectrumValue> txPsd, Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob, Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob, Ptr<SpectrumValue> rxPsdOld)
{
  Ptr<SpectrumValue> rxPsdNew = lossModel->DoCalcRxPowerSpectralDensity (txPsd, txMob, rxMob);
  NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (ArePsdEqual (rxPsdOld, rxPsdNew),  false, "The long term is not updated when the channel matrix is recomputed");
}

void
ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest::DoRun ()
{
  // Build the scenario for the test
  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::ThreeGppChannelModel::UpdatePeriod", TimeValue (MilliSeconds (100)));

  uint8_t txAntennaElements[] {4, 4}; // tx antenna dimensions
  uint8_t rxAntennaElements[] {4, 4}; // rx antenna dimensions

  // create the ChannelConditionModel object to be used to retrieve the
  // channel condition
  Ptr<ChannelConditionModel> condModel = CreateObject<AlwaysLosChannelConditionModel> ();

  // create the ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel object, set frequency,
  // scenario and channel condition model to be used
  Ptr<ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel> lossModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel> ();
  lossModel->SetChannelModelAttribute ("Frequency", DoubleValue(2.4e9));
  lossModel->SetChannelModelAttribute ("Scenario", StringValue("UMa"));
  lossModel->SetChannelModelAttribute ("ChannelConditionModel", PointerValue (condModel));  // create the ThreeGppChannelModel object used to generate the channel matrix

  // create the tx and rx nodes
  NodeContainer nodes;
  nodes.Create (2);

  // create the tx and rx devices
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> txDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> rxDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();

  // associate the nodes and the devices
  nodes.Get (0)->AddDevice (txDev);
  txDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (0));
  nodes.Get (1)->AddDevice (rxDev);
  rxDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (1));

  // create the tx and rx mobility models and set their positions
  Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob = CreateObject<ConstantPositionMobilityModel> ();
  txMob->SetPosition (Vector (0.0,0.0,10.0));
  Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob = CreateObject<ConstantPositionMobilityModel> ();
  rxMob->SetPosition (Vector (15.0,0.0,10.0)); // in this position the channel condition is always LOS

  // associate the nodes and the mobility models
  nodes.Get (0)->AggregateObject (txMob);
  nodes.Get (1)->AggregateObject (rxMob);

  // create the tx and rx antennas and set the their dimensions
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (txAntennaElements [0]),
                                                                                    "NumRows", UintegerValue (txAntennaElements [1]),
                                                                                    "AntennaElement", PointerValue(CreateObject<IsotropicAntennaModel> ()));
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (rxAntennaElements [0]),
                                                                                    "NumRows", UintegerValue (rxAntennaElements [1]),
                                                                                    "AntennaElement", PointerValue(CreateObject<IsotropicAntennaModel> ()));
  
  // initialize ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel
  lossModel->AddDevice (txDev, txAntenna);
  lossModel->AddDevice (rxDev, rxAntenna);

  // set the beamforming vectors
  DoBeamforming (txDev, txAntenna, rxDev, rxAntenna);
  DoBeamforming (rxDev, rxAntenna, txDev, txAntenna);

  // create the tx psd
  WifiSpectrumValue5MhzFactory sf;
  double txPower = 0.1; // Watts
  uint32_t channelNumber = 1;
  Ptr<SpectrumValue> txPsd =  sf.CreateTxPowerSpectralDensity (txPower, channelNumber);

  // compute the rx psd
  Ptr<SpectrumValue> rxPsdOld = lossModel->DoCalcRxPowerSpectralDensity (txPsd, txMob, rxMob);

  // 1) check that the rx PSD is equal for both the direct and the reverse channel
  Ptr<SpectrumValue> rxPsdNew = lossModel->DoCalcRxPowerSpectralDensity (txPsd, rxMob, txMob);
  NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (ArePsdEqual (rxPsdOld, rxPsdNew),  true, "The long term for the direct and the reverse channel are different");

  // 2) check if the long term is updated when changing the BF vector
  // change the position of the rx device and recompute the beamforming vectors
  rxMob->SetPosition (Vector (10.0, 5.0, 10.0));
  PhasedArrayModel::ComplexVector txBfVector = txAntenna->GetBeamformingVector ();
  txBfVector [0] = std::complex<double> (0.0, 0.0);
  txAntenna->SetBeamformingVector (txBfVector);

  rxPsdNew = lossModel->DoCalcRxPowerSpectralDensity (txPsd, rxMob, txMob);
  NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (ArePsdEqual (rxPsdOld, rxPsdNew),  false, "Changing the BF vectors the rx PSD does not change");

  // update rxPsdOld
  rxPsdOld = rxPsdNew;

  // 3) check if the long term is updated when the channel matrix is recomputed
  Simulator::Schedule (MilliSeconds (101), &ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest::CheckLongTermUpdate,
                       this, lossModel, txPsd, txMob, rxMob, rxPsdOld);

  Simulator::Run ();
  Simulator::Destroy ();
}

class ThreeGppChannelTestSuite : public TestSuite
{
public:
  ThreeGppChannelTestSuite ();
};

ThreeGppChannelTestSuite::ThreeGppChannelTestSuite ()
  : TestSuite ("three-gpp-channel", UNIT)
{
  AddTestCase (new ThreeGppChannelMatrixComputationTest, TestCase::QUICK);
  AddTestCase (new ThreeGppChannelMatrixUpdateTest, TestCase::QUICK);
  AddTestCase (new ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModelTest, TestCase::QUICK);
}

static ThreeGppChannelTestSuite myTestSuite;