radio-environment-map-helper.cc

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 * Author: Nicola Baldo <nbaldo@cttc.es>
 */
 
#include "radio-environment-map-helper.h"
 
#include <ns3/abort.h>
#include <ns3/boolean.h>
#include <ns3/buildings-helper.h>
#include <ns3/config.h>
#include <ns3/constant-position-mobility-model.h>
#include <ns3/double.h>
#include <ns3/integer.h>
#include <ns3/log.h>
#include <ns3/lte-spectrum-value-helper.h>
#include <ns3/mobility-building-info.h>
#include <ns3/node.h>
#include <ns3/pointer.h>
#include <ns3/rem-spectrum-phy.h>
#include <ns3/simulator.h>
#include <ns3/spectrum-channel.h>
#include <ns3/string.h>
#include <ns3/uinteger.h>
 
#include <fstream>
#include <limits>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("RadioEnvironmentMapHelper");
 
NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(RadioEnvironmentMapHelper);
 
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::RadioEnvironmentMapHelper()
{
}
 
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::~RadioEnvironmentMapHelper()
{
}
 
void
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::DoDispose()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
TypeId
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::GetTypeId()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION("RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::GetTypeId");
    static TypeId tid =
        TypeId("ns3::RadioEnvironmentMapHelper")
            .SetParent<Object>()
            .SetGroupName("Lte")
            .AddConstructor<RadioEnvironmentMapHelper>()
            .AddAttribute(
                "Channel",
                "The DL spectrum channel for which the RadioEnvironment Map is to be generated. "
                "Alternatively ChannelPath attribute can be used."
                "Only one of the two (Channel or ChannelPath) should be set.",
                PointerValue(nullptr),
                MakePointerAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_channel),
                MakePointerChecker<SpectrumChannel>())
            .AddAttribute(
                "ChannelPath",
                "The path to the channel for which the Radio Environment Map is to be generated."
                "This attribute is an alternative to Channel attribute and is only used if Channel "
                "is not set (equal to nullptr). "
                "Only one of the two (Channel or ChannelPath) should be set.",
                StringValue("/ChannelList/0"),
                MakeStringAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_channelPath),
                MakeStringChecker())
            .AddAttribute("OutputFile",
                          "the filename to which the Radio Environment Map is saved",
                          StringValue("rem.out"),
                          MakeStringAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_outputFile),
                          MakeStringChecker())
            .AddAttribute("XMin",
                          "The min x coordinate of the map.",
                          DoubleValue(0.0),
                          MakeDoubleAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_xMin),
                          MakeDoubleChecker<double>())
            .AddAttribute("YMin",
                          "The min y coordinate of the map.",
                          DoubleValue(0.0),
                          MakeDoubleAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_yMin),
                          MakeDoubleChecker<double>())
            .AddAttribute("XMax",
                          "The max x coordinate of the map.",
                          DoubleValue(1.0),
                          MakeDoubleAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_xMax),
                          MakeDoubleChecker<double>())
            .AddAttribute("YMax",
                          "The max y coordinate of the map.",
                          DoubleValue(1.0),
                          MakeDoubleAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_yMax),
                          MakeDoubleChecker<double>())
            .AddAttribute("XRes",
                          "The resolution (number of points) of the map along the x axis.",
                          UintegerValue(100),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_xRes),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t>(2, std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()))
            .AddAttribute("YRes",
                          "The resolution (number of points) of the map along the y axis.",
                          UintegerValue(100),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_yRes),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint16_t>(2, std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()))
            .AddAttribute("Z",
                          "The value of the z coordinate for which the map is to be generated",
                          DoubleValue(0.0),
                          MakeDoubleAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_z),
                          MakeDoubleChecker<double>())
            .AddAttribute(
                "StopWhenDone",
                "If true, Simulator::Stop () will be called as soon as the REM has been generated",
                BooleanValue(true),
                MakeBooleanAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_stopWhenDone),
                MakeBooleanChecker())
            .AddAttribute(
                "NoisePower",
                "the power of the measuring instrument noise, in Watts. Default to a kT of -174 "
                "dBm with a noise figure of 9 dB and a bandwidth of 25 LTE Resource Blocks",
                DoubleValue(1.4230e-13),
                MakeDoubleAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_noisePower),
                MakeDoubleChecker<double>())
            .AddAttribute("MaxPointsPerIteration",
                          "Maximum number of REM points to be calculated per iteration. Every "
                          "point consumes approximately 5KB of memory.",
                          UintegerValue(20000),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_maxPointsPerIteration),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t>(1, std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()))
            .AddAttribute("Earfcn",
                          "E-UTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN) "
                          "as per 3GPP 36.101 Section 5.7.3.",
                          UintegerValue(100),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_earfcn),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint16_t>())
            .AddAttribute("Bandwidth",
                          "Transmission Bandwidth Configuration (in number of RBs) over which the "
                          "SINR will be calculated",
                          UintegerValue(25),
                          MakeUintegerAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::SetBandwidth,
                                               &RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::GetBandwidth),
                          MakeUintegerChecker<uint16_t>())
            .AddAttribute("UseDataChannel",
                          "If true, REM will be generated for PDSCH and for PDCCH otherwise",
                          BooleanValue(false),
                          MakeBooleanAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_useDataChannel),
                          MakeBooleanChecker())
            .AddAttribute("RbId",
                          "Resource block Id, for which REM will be generated, "
                          "default value is -1, what means REM will be averaged from all RBs",
                          IntegerValue(-1),
                          MakeIntegerAccessor(&RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::m_rbId),
                          MakeIntegerChecker<int32_t>());
    return tid;
}
 
uint16_t
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::GetBandwidth() const
{
    return m_bandwidth;
}
 
void
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::SetBandwidth(uint16_t bw)
{
    switch (bw)
    {
    case 6:
    case 15:
    case 25:
    case 50:
    case 75:
    case 100:
        m_bandwidth = bw;
        break;
 
    default:
        NS_FATAL_ERROR("invalid bandwidth value " << bw);
        break;
    }
}
 
void
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::Install()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    if (!m_rem.empty())
    {
        NS_FATAL_ERROR("only one REM supported per instance of RadioEnvironmentMapHelper");
    }
 
    if (!m_channel) // if Channel attribute is not set, then use the ChannelPath attribute
    {
        Config::MatchContainer match = Config::LookupMatches(m_channelPath);
        if (match.GetN() != 1)
        {
            NS_FATAL_ERROR("Lookup " << m_channelPath << " should have exactly one match");
        }
        m_channel = match.Get(0)->GetObject<SpectrumChannel>();
        NS_ABORT_MSG_IF(!m_channel,
                        "object at " << m_channelPath << " is not of type SpectrumChannel");
    }
 
    m_outFile.open(m_outputFile.c_str());
    if (!m_outFile.is_open())
    {
        NS_FATAL_ERROR("Can't open file " << (m_outputFile));
        return;
    }
 
    double startDelay = 0.0026;
 
    if (m_useDataChannel)
    {
        // need time to start transmission of data channel
        startDelay = 0.5001;
    }
 
    Simulator::Schedule(Seconds(startDelay), &RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::DelayedInstall, this);
}
 
void
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::DelayedInstall()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    m_xStep = (m_xMax - m_xMin) / (m_xRes - 1);
    m_yStep = (m_yMax - m_yMin) / (m_yRes - 1);
 
    if ((double)m_xRes * (double)m_yRes < (double)m_maxPointsPerIteration)
    {
        m_maxPointsPerIteration = m_xRes * m_yRes;
    }
 
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_maxPointsPerIteration; ++i)
    {
        RemPoint p;
        p.phy = CreateObject<RemSpectrumPhy>();
        p.bmm = CreateObject<ConstantPositionMobilityModel>();
        Ptr<MobilityBuildingInfo> buildingInfo = CreateObject<MobilityBuildingInfo>();
        p.bmm->AggregateObject(buildingInfo); // operation usually done by BuildingsHelper::Install
        p.phy->SetRxSpectrumModel(LteSpectrumValueHelper::GetSpectrumModel(m_earfcn, m_bandwidth));
        p.phy->SetMobility(p.bmm);
        p.phy->SetUseDataChannel(m_useDataChannel);
        p.phy->SetRbId(m_rbId);
        m_channel->AddRx(p.phy);
        m_rem.push_back(p);
    }
 
    double remIterationStartTime = 0.0001;
    double xMinNext = m_xMin;
    double yMinNext = m_yMin;
    uint32_t numPointsCurrentIteration = 0;
    bool justScheduled = false;
    for (double x = m_xMin; x < m_xMax + 0.5 * m_xStep; x += m_xStep)
    {
        for (double y = m_yMin; y < m_yMax + 0.5 * m_yStep; y += m_yStep)
        {
            if (justScheduled)
            {
                xMinNext = x;
                yMinNext = y;
                justScheduled = false;
            }
 
            ++numPointsCurrentIteration;
            if ((numPointsCurrentIteration == m_maxPointsPerIteration) ||
                ((x > m_xMax - 0.5 * m_xStep) && (y > m_yMax - 0.5 * m_yStep)))
            {
                Simulator::Schedule(Seconds(remIterationStartTime),
                                    &RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::RunOneIteration,
                                    this,
                                    xMinNext,
                                    x,
                                    yMinNext,
                                    y);
                remIterationStartTime += 0.001;
                justScheduled = true;
                numPointsCurrentIteration = 0;
            }
        }
    }
 
    Simulator::Schedule(Seconds(remIterationStartTime), &RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::Finalize, this);
}
 
void
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::RunOneIteration(double xMin, double xMax, double yMin, double yMax)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << xMin << xMax << yMin << yMax);
    std::list<RemPoint>::iterator remIt = m_rem.begin();
    double x = 0.0;
    double y = 0.0;
    for (x = xMin; x < xMax + 0.5 * m_xStep; x += m_xStep)
    {
        for (y = (x == xMin) ? yMin : m_yMin; y < ((x == xMax) ? yMax : m_yMax) + 0.5 * m_yStep;
             y += m_yStep)
        {
            NS_ASSERT(remIt != m_rem.end());
            remIt->bmm->SetPosition(Vector(x, y, m_z));
            Ptr<MobilityBuildingInfo> buildingInfo =
                (remIt->bmm)->GetObject<MobilityBuildingInfo>();
            buildingInfo->MakeConsistent(remIt->bmm);
            ++remIt;
        }
    }
 
    if (remIt != m_rem.end())
    {
        NS_ASSERT((x > m_xMax - 0.5 * m_xStep) && (y > m_yMax - 0.5 * m_yStep));
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("deactivating RemSpectrumPhys that are unneeded in the last iteration");
        while (remIt != m_rem.end())
        {
            remIt->phy->Deactivate();
            ++remIt;
        }
    }
 
    Simulator::Schedule(Seconds(0.0005), &RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::PrintAndReset, this);
}
 
void
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::PrintAndReset()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
 
    for (std::list<RemPoint>::iterator it = m_rem.begin(); it != m_rem.end(); ++it)
    {
        if (!(it->phy->IsActive()))
        {
            // should occur only upon last iteration when some RemPoint
            // at the end of the list can be unused
            break;
        }
        Vector pos = it->bmm->GetPosition();
        NS_LOG_LOGIC("output: " << pos.x << "\t" << pos.y << "\t" << pos.z << "\t"
                                << it->phy->GetSinr(m_noisePower));
        m_outFile << pos.x << "\t" << pos.y << "\t" << pos.z << "\t"
                  << it->phy->GetSinr(m_noisePower) << std::endl;
        it->phy->Reset();
    }
}
 
void
RadioEnvironmentMapHelper::Finalize()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    m_outFile.close();
    if (m_stopWhenDone)
    {
        Simulator::Stop();
    }
}
 
} // namespace ns3