originator-block-ack-agreement.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 MIRKO BANCHI
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *
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 *
 * Author: Mirko Banchi <mk.banchi@gmail.com>
 * Author: Tommaso Pecorella <tommaso.pecorella@unifi.it>
 */
#ifndef ORIGINATOR_BLOCK_ACK_AGREEMENT_H
#define ORIGINATOR_BLOCK_ACK_AGREEMENT_H
 
#include "block-ack-agreement.h"
#include "block-ack-window.h"
 
class OriginatorBlockAckWindowTest;
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class WifiMpdu;
 
/**
 * \ingroup wifi
 * Maintains the state and information about transmitted MPDUs with Ack Policy set to Block Ack
 * for an originator station. The state diagram is as follows:
 *
   \verbatim
    /------------\ send ADDBARequest ----------------
    |   START    |------------------>|   PENDING    |-------
    \------------/                   ----------------       \
          ^            receive     /        |                \
          |        ADDBAResponse  /         |                 \
          |          (failure)   v          |                  \
          |        ---------------          |                   --------------------->
 ---------------- |        |  REJECTED   |          |          receive ADDBAResponse (success)  |
 ESTABLISHED | |        ---------------          |      no            -------------------->
 ---------------- |           receive    ^          | ADDBAResponse     / |        ADDBAResponse \
 |                  / |          (failure)     \        v                 / | ---------------- /
          |-------------------------|   NO_REPLY   |---------
            Reset after timeout     ----------------
   \endverbatim
 *
 * See also OriginatorBlockAckAgreement::State
 */
class OriginatorBlockAckAgreement : public BlockAckAgreement
{
    /// allow BlockAckManager class access
    friend class BlockAckManager;
    /// allow OriginatorBlockAckWindowTest class access
    friend class ::OriginatorBlockAckWindowTest;
 
  public:
    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * \param recipient MAC address
     * \param tid Traffic ID
     */
    OriginatorBlockAckAgreement(Mac48Address recipient, uint8_t tid);
    ~OriginatorBlockAckAgreement() override;
 
    /**
     * Represents the state for this agreement.
     *
     *  PENDING:
     *    If an agreement is in PENDING state it means that an ADDBARequest frame was sent to
     *    recipient in order to setup the block ack and the originator is waiting for the relative
     *    ADDBAResponse frame.
     *
     *  ESTABLISHED:
     *    The block ack is active and all packets relative to this agreement are transmitted
     *    with Ack Policy set to Block Ack.
     *
     *  NO_REPLY
     *    No reply after an ADDBA request. In this state the originator will send the rest of
     * packets in queue using normal MPDU.
     *
     *  RESET
     *    A transient state to mark the agreement for reinitialization after failed ADDBA request.
     *    Since it is a temporary state, it is not included in the state diagram above. In this
     *    state the next transmission will be treated as if the BA agreement is not created yet.
     *
     *  REJECTED (not used for now):
     *    The agreement's state becomes REJECTED if an ADDBAResponse frame is received from
     * recipient and the Status Code field is set to failure.
     */
    /// State enumeration
    enum State
    {
        PENDING,
        ESTABLISHED,
        NO_REPLY,
        RESET,
        REJECTED
    };
 
    /**
     * Set the current state.
     *
     * \param state to set
     */
    void SetState(State state);
    /**
     * Check if the current state of this agreement is PENDING.
     *
     * \return true if the current state of this agreement is PENDING,
     *         false otherwise
     */
    bool IsPending() const;
    /**
     * Check if the current state of this agreement is ESTABLISHED.
     *
     * \return true if the current state of this agreement is ESTABLISHED,
     *         false otherwise
     */
    bool IsEstablished() const;
    /**
     * Check if the current state of this agreement is NO_REPLY.
     *
     * \return true if the current state of this agreement is NO_REPLY,
     *         false otherwise
     */
    bool IsNoReply() const;
    /**
     * Check if the current state of this agreement is RESET.
     *
     * \return true if the current state of this agreement is RESET,
     *         false otherwise
     */
    bool IsReset() const;
    /**
     * Check if the current state of this agreement is REJECTED.
     *
     * \return true if the current state of this agreement is REJECTED,
     *         false otherwise
     */
    bool IsRejected() const;
 
    /**
     * Return the starting sequence number of the transmit window, if a transmit
     * window has been initialized. Otherwise, return the starting sequence number
     * stored by the BlockAckAgreement base class.
     *
     * \return the starting sequence number.
     */
    uint16_t GetStartingSequence() const override;
 
    /**
     * Get the distance between the current starting sequence number and the
     * given sequence number.
     *
     * \param seqNumber the given sequence number
     * \return the distance of the given sequence number from the current winstart
     */
    std::size_t GetDistance(uint16_t seqNumber) const;
 
    /**
     * Initialize the originator's transmit window by setting its size and starting
     * sequence number equal to the values stored by the BlockAckAgreement base class.
     */
    void InitTxWindow();
 
    /**
     * Advance the transmit window so as to include the transmitted MPDU, if the
     * latter is not an old packet and is beyond the current transmit window.
     *
     * \param mpdu the transmitted MPDU
     */
    void NotifyTransmittedMpdu(Ptr<const WifiMpdu> mpdu);
    /**
     * Record that the given MPDU has been acknowledged and advance the transmit
     * window if possible.
     *
     * \param mpdu the acknowledged MPDU
     */
    void NotifyAckedMpdu(Ptr<const WifiMpdu> mpdu);
    /**
     * Advance the transmit window beyond the MPDU that has been reported to
     * be discarded.
     *
     * \param mpdu the discarded MPDU
     */
    void NotifyDiscardedMpdu(Ptr<const WifiMpdu> mpdu);
 
  private:
    /**
     * Advance the transmit window so that the starting sequence number is the
     * nearest unacknowledged MPDU.
     */
    void AdvanceTxWindow();
 
    State m_state;             ///< state
    BlockAckWindow m_txWindow; ///< originator's transmit window
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* ORIGINATOR_BLOCK_ACK_AGREEMENT_H */