wifi-80211n-mimo.cc

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// This example is used to validate 802.11n MIMO.
//
// It outputs plots of the throughput versus the distance
// for every HT MCS value and from 1 to 4 MIMO streams.
//
// The simulation assumes a single station in an infrastructure network:
//
//  STA     AP
//    *     *
//    |     |
//   n1     n2
//
// The user can choose whether UDP or TCP should be used and can configure
// some 802.11n parameters (frequency, channel width and guard interval).
//
// An important configuration parameter is preamble detection.  It is enabled
// by default (to match the default ns-3 configuration) but will dominate
// performance at low SNRs, causing the different MCS to appear to have
// the same range (because regardless of the MCS, the preamble detection
// thresholds do not change).
 
#include "ns3/gnuplot.h"
#include "ns3/command-line.h"
#include "ns3/config.h"
#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
#include "ns3/boolean.h"
#include "ns3/double.h"
#include "ns3/string.h"
#include "ns3/yans-wifi-helper.h"
#include "ns3/ssid.h"
#include "ns3/mobility-helper.h"
#include "ns3/internet-stack-helper.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-address-helper.h"
#include "ns3/udp-client-server-helper.h"
#include "ns3/packet-sink-helper.h"
#include "ns3/on-off-helper.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-global-routing-helper.h"
#include "ns3/packet-sink.h"
#include "ns3/yans-wifi-channel.h"
 
using namespace ns3;
 
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  std::ofstream file ("80211n-mimo-throughput.plt");
 
  std::vector <std::string> modes;
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs0");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs1");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs2");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs3");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs4");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs5");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs6");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs7");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs8");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs9");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs10");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs11");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs12");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs13");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs14");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs15");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs16");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs17");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs18");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs19");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs20");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs21");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs22");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs23");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs24");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs25");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs26");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs27");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs28");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs29");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs30");
  modes.push_back ("HtMcs31");
 
  bool udp = true;
  double simulationTime = 5; //seconds
  double frequency = 5.0; //whether 2.4 or 5.0 GHz
  double step = 5; //meters
  bool shortGuardInterval = false;
  bool channelBonding = false;
  bool preambleDetection = true;
 
  CommandLine cmd (__FILE__);
  cmd.AddValue ("step", "Granularity of the results to be plotted in meters", step);
  cmd.AddValue ("simulationTime", "Simulation time per step (in seconds)", simulationTime);
  cmd.AddValue ("channelBonding", "Enable/disable channel bonding (channel width = 20 MHz if false, channel width = 40 MHz if true)", channelBonding);
  cmd.AddValue ("preambleDetection", "Enable/disable preamble detection model", preambleDetection);
  cmd.AddValue ("shortGuardInterval", "Enable/disable short guard interval", shortGuardInterval);
  cmd.AddValue ("frequency", "Whether working in the 2.4 or 5.0 GHz band (other values gets rejected)", frequency);
  cmd.AddValue ("udp", "UDP if set to 1, TCP otherwise", udp);
  cmd.Parse (argc,argv);
 
  Gnuplot plot = Gnuplot ("80211n-mimo-throughput.eps");
 
  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < modes.size (); i++) //MCS
    {
      std::cout << modes[i] << std::endl;
      Gnuplot2dDataset dataset (modes[i]);
      for (double d = 0; d <= 100; ) //distance
        {
          std::cout << "Distance = " << d << "m: " << std::endl;
          uint32_t payloadSize; //1500 byte IP packet
          if (udp)
            {
              payloadSize = 1472; //bytes
            }
          else
            {
              payloadSize = 1448; //bytes
              Config::SetDefault ("ns3::TcpSocket::SegmentSize", UintegerValue (payloadSize));
            }
 
          uint8_t nStreams = 1 + (i / 8); //number of MIMO streams
 
          NodeContainer wifiStaNode;
          wifiStaNode.Create (1);
          NodeContainer wifiApNode;
          wifiApNode.Create (1);
 
          YansWifiChannelHelper channel = YansWifiChannelHelper::Default ();
          YansWifiPhyHelper phy;
          phy.SetChannel (channel.Create ());
          if (!preambleDetection)
            {
              phy.DisablePreambleDetectionModel ();
            }
 
          // Set MIMO capabilities
          phy.Set ("Antennas", UintegerValue (nStreams));
          phy.Set ("MaxSupportedTxSpatialStreams", UintegerValue (nStreams));
          phy.Set ("MaxSupportedRxSpatialStreams", UintegerValue (nStreams));
          phy.Set ("ChannelSettings", StringValue (std::string ("{0, ")
                                                   + (channelBonding ? "40, " : "20, ")
                                                   + (frequency == 2.4 ? "BAND_2_4GHZ" : "BAND_5GHZ")
                                                   + ", 0}"));
 
          WifiMacHelper mac;
          WifiHelper wifi;
          if (frequency == 5.0)
            {
              wifi.SetStandard (WIFI_STANDARD_80211n);
            }
          else if (frequency == 2.4)
            {
              wifi.SetStandard (WIFI_STANDARD_80211n);
              Config::SetDefault ("ns3::LogDistancePropagationLossModel::ReferenceLoss", DoubleValue (40.046));
            }
          else
            {
              std::cout << "Wrong frequency value!" << std::endl;
              return 0;
            }
 
          StringValue ctrlRate;
          if (frequency == 2.4)
            {
                ctrlRate = StringValue ("ErpOfdmRate24Mbps");
            }
          else
            {
                ctrlRate = StringValue ("OfdmRate24Mbps");
            }
          wifi.SetRemoteStationManager ("ns3::ConstantRateWifiManager",
                                        "DataMode", StringValue (modes[i]),
                                        "ControlMode", ctrlRate);
 
          Ssid ssid = Ssid ("ns3-80211n");
 
          mac.SetType ("ns3::StaWifiMac",
                       "Ssid", SsidValue (ssid));
 
          NetDeviceContainer staDevice;
          staDevice = wifi.Install (phy, mac, wifiStaNode);
 
          mac.SetType ("ns3::ApWifiMac",
                       "Ssid", SsidValue (ssid));
 
          NetDeviceContainer apDevice;
          apDevice = wifi.Install (phy, mac, wifiApNode);
 
          // Set guard interval
          Config::Set ("/NodeList/*/DeviceList/*/$ns3::WifiNetDevice/HtConfiguration/ShortGuardIntervalSupported", BooleanValue (shortGuardInterval));
 
          // mobility.
          MobilityHelper mobility;
          Ptr<ListPositionAllocator> positionAlloc = CreateObject<ListPositionAllocator> ();
 
          positionAlloc->Add (Vector (0.0, 0.0, 0.0));
          positionAlloc->Add (Vector (d, 0.0, 0.0));
          mobility.SetPositionAllocator (positionAlloc);
 
          mobility.SetMobilityModel ("ns3::ConstantPositionMobilityModel");
 
          mobility.Install (wifiApNode);
          mobility.Install (wifiStaNode);
 
          /* Internet stack*/
          InternetStackHelper stack;
          stack.Install (wifiApNode);
          stack.Install (wifiStaNode);
 
          Ipv4AddressHelper address;
          address.SetBase ("192.168.1.0", "255.255.255.0");
          Ipv4InterfaceContainer staNodeInterface;
          Ipv4InterfaceContainer apNodeInterface;
 
          staNodeInterface = address.Assign (staDevice);
          apNodeInterface = address.Assign (apDevice);
 
          /* Setting applications */
          ApplicationContainer serverApp;
          if (udp)
            {
              //UDP flow
              uint16_t port = 9;
              UdpServerHelper server (port);
              serverApp = server.Install (wifiStaNode.Get (0));
              serverApp.Start (Seconds (0.0));
              serverApp.Stop (Seconds (simulationTime + 1));
 
              UdpClientHelper client (staNodeInterface.GetAddress (0), port);
              client.SetAttribute ("MaxPackets", UintegerValue (4294967295u));
              client.SetAttribute ("Interval", TimeValue (Time ("0.00001"))); //packets/s
              client.SetAttribute ("PacketSize", UintegerValue (payloadSize));
              ApplicationContainer clientApp = client.Install (wifiApNode.Get (0));
              clientApp.Start (Seconds (1.0));
              clientApp.Stop (Seconds (simulationTime + 1));
            }
          else
            {
              //TCP flow
              uint16_t port = 50000;
              Address localAddress (InetSocketAddress (Ipv4Address::GetAny (), port));
              PacketSinkHelper packetSinkHelper ("ns3::TcpSocketFactory", localAddress);
              serverApp = packetSinkHelper.Install (wifiStaNode.Get (0));
              serverApp.Start (Seconds (0.0));
              serverApp.Stop (Seconds (simulationTime + 1));
 
              OnOffHelper onoff ("ns3::TcpSocketFactory",Ipv4Address::GetAny ());
              onoff.SetAttribute ("OnTime",  StringValue ("ns3::ConstantRandomVariable[Constant=1]"));
              onoff.SetAttribute ("OffTime", StringValue ("ns3::ConstantRandomVariable[Constant=0]"));
              onoff.SetAttribute ("PacketSize", UintegerValue (payloadSize));
              onoff.SetAttribute ("DataRate", DataRateValue (1000000000)); //bit/s
              AddressValue remoteAddress (InetSocketAddress (staNodeInterface.GetAddress (0), port));
              onoff.SetAttribute ("Remote", remoteAddress);
              ApplicationContainer clientApp = onoff.Install (wifiApNode.Get (0));
              clientApp.Start (Seconds (1.0));
              clientApp.Stop (Seconds (simulationTime + 1));
            }
 
          Ipv4GlobalRoutingHelper::PopulateRoutingTables ();
 
          Simulator::Stop (Seconds (simulationTime + 1));
          Simulator::Run ();
 
          double throughput = 0;
          if (udp)
            {
              //UDP
              uint64_t totalPacketsThrough = DynamicCast<UdpServer> (serverApp.Get (0))->GetReceived ();
              throughput = totalPacketsThrough * payloadSize * 8 / (simulationTime * 1000000.0); //Mbit/s
            }
          else
            {
              //TCP
              uint64_t totalPacketsThrough = DynamicCast<PacketSink> (serverApp.Get (0))->GetTotalRx ();
              throughput = totalPacketsThrough * 8 / (simulationTime * 1000000.0); //Mbit/s
            }
          dataset.Add (d, throughput);
          std::cout << throughput << " Mbit/s" << std::endl;
          d += step;
          Simulator::Destroy ();
        }
      plot.AddDataset (dataset);
    }
 
  plot.SetTerminal ("postscript eps color enh \"Times-BoldItalic\"");
  plot.SetLegend ("Distance (Meters)", "Throughput (Mbit/s)");
  plot.SetExtra  ("set xrange [0:100]\n\
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  plot.GenerateOutput (file);
  file.close ();
 
  return 0;
}