create MAC layers for a ns3::WifiNetDevice. More...

#include "wifi-mac-helper.h"

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Public Member Functions
	WifiMacHelper ()
	Create a WifiMacHelper to make life easier for people who want to work with Wifi MAC layers. More...

virtual	~WifiMacHelper ()
	Destroy a WifiMacHelper. More...

virtual Ptr< WifiMac >	Create (Ptr< NetDevice > device) const

virtual void	SetType (std::string type, std::string n0="", const AttributeValue &v0=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n1="", const AttributeValue &v1=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n2="", const AttributeValue &v2=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n3="", const AttributeValue &v3=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n4="", const AttributeValue &v4=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n5="", const AttributeValue &v5=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n6="", const AttributeValue &v6=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n7="", const AttributeValue &v7=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n8="", const AttributeValue &v8=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n9="", const AttributeValue &v9=EmptyAttributeValue(), std::string n10="", const AttributeValue &v10=EmptyAttributeValue())

Protected Attributes
ObjectFactory	m_mac
	MAC object factory. More...

Detailed Description

create MAC layers for a ns3::WifiNetDevice.

This class can create MACs of type ns3::ApWifiMac, ns3::StaWifiMac and ns3::AdhocWifiMac. Its purpose is to allow a WifiHelper to configure and install WifiMac objects on a collection of nodes. The WifiMac objects themselves are mainly composed of TxMiddle, RxMiddle, ChannelAccessManager, MacLow, WifiRemoteStationManager, MpduAggregator and MsduAggregartor objects, so this helper offers the opportunity to configure attribute values away from their default values, on a per-NodeContainer basis. By default, it creates an Adhoc MAC layer without QoS. Typically, it is used to set type and attribute values, then hand this object over to the WifiHelper that finishes the job of installing.

This class may be further subclassed (WaveMacHelper is an example of this).

Definition at line 46 of file wifi-mac-helper.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ WifiMacHelper()

ns3::WifiMacHelper::WifiMacHelper ( )

Create a WifiMacHelper to make life easier for people who want to work with Wifi MAC layers.

Definition at line 28 of file wifi-mac-helper.cc.

References SetType().

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◆ ~WifiMacHelper()

ns3::WifiMacHelper::~WifiMacHelper ( )

virtual

Destroy a WifiMacHelper.

Definition at line 35 of file wifi-mac-helper.cc.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Create()

Ptr< WifiMac > ns3::WifiMacHelper::Create ( Ptr< NetDevice > device ) const

virtual

Returns: a new MAC object.

This allows the ns3::WifiHelper class to create MAC objects from ns3::WifiHelper::Install.

Definition at line 68 of file wifi-mac-helper.cc.

References ns3::ObjectFactory::Create(), m_mac, and third::mac.

Referenced by ns3::WaveHelper::Install(), and ns3::WifiHelper::Install().

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◆ SetType()

void ns3::WifiMacHelper::SetType	(	std::string	type,
		std::string	n0 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v0 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n1 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v1 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n2 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v2 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n3 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v3 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n4 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v4 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n5 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v5 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n6 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v6 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n7 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v7 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n8 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v8 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n9 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v9 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`,
		std::string	n10 = `""`,
		const AttributeValue &	v10 = `EmptyAttributeValue ()`
	)

virtual

Parameters

type	the type of ns3::WifiMac to create. Valid values of the type field must be a type subclassed from WifiMac.
n0	the name of the attribute to set
v0	the value of the attribute to set
n1	the name of the attribute to set
v1	the value of the attribute to set
n2	the name of the attribute to set
v2	the value of the attribute to set
n3	the name of the attribute to set
v3	the value of the attribute to set
n4	the name of the attribute to set
v4	the value of the attribute to set
n5	the name of the attribute to set
v5	the value of the attribute to set
n6	the name of the attribute to set
v6	the value of the attribute to set
n7	the name of the attribute to set
v7	the value of the attribute to set
n8	the name of the attribute to set
v8	the value of the attribute to set
n9	the name of the attribute to set
v9	the value of the attribute to set
n10	the name of the attribute to set
v10	the value of the attribute to set