mpi-interface.h

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 * Author: Steven Smith <smith84@llnl.gov>
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/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup mpi
 * Declaration of class ns3::MpiInterface.
 */
 
#ifndef NS3_MPI_INTERFACE_H
#define NS3_MPI_INTERFACE_H
 
#include <ns3/nstime.h>
#include <ns3/packet.h>
 
#include <mpi.h>
 
namespace ns3
{
/**
 * \defgroup mpi MPI Distributed Simulation
 */
 
/**
 * \ingroup mpi
 * \ingroup tests
 * \defgroup mpi-tests MPI Distributed Simulation tests
 */
 
class ParallelCommunicationInterface;
 
/**
 * \ingroup mpi
 *
 * \brief Singleton used to interface to the communications infrastructure
 * when running NS3 in parallel.
 *
 * Delegates the implementation to the specific parallel
 * infrastructure being used.  Implementation is defined in the
 * ParallelCommunicationInterface virtual base class; this API mirrors
 * that interface.  This singleton is responsible for instantiating an
 * instance of the communication interface based on
 * SimulatorImplementationType attribute in ns3::GlobalValues.  The
 * attribute must be set before Enable is invoked.
 */
class MpiInterface
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Deletes storage used by the parallel environment.
     */
    static void Destroy();
    /**
     * \brief Get the id number of this rank.
     *
     * When running a sequential simulation this will return a systemID of 0.
     *
     * \return system identification
     */
    static uint32_t GetSystemId();
    /**
     * \brief Get the number of ranks used by ns-3.
     *
     * Returns the size (number of MPI ranks) of the communicator used by
     * ns-3.  When running a sequential simulation this will return a
     * size of 1.
     *
     * \return number of parallel tasks
     */
    static uint32_t GetSize();
    /**
     * \brief Returns enabled state of parallel environment.
     *
     * \return true if parallel communication is enabled
     */
    static bool IsEnabled();
    /**
     * \brief Setup the parallel communication interface.
     *
     * There are two ways to setup the communications interface.  This
     * Enable method is the easiest method and should be used in most
     * situations.
     *
     * Disable() must be invoked at end of an ns-3 application to
     * properly cleanup the parallel communication interface.
     *
     * This method will call MPI_Init and configure ns-3 to use the
     * MPI_COMM_WORLD communicator.
     *
     * For more complex situations, such as embedding ns-3 with other
     * MPI simulators or libraries, the Enable(MPI_Comm communcicator)
     * may be used if MPI is initialized externally or if ns-3 needs to
     * be run unique communicator.  For example if there are two
     * parallel simulators and the goal is to run each simulator on a
     * different set of ranks.
     *
     * \note The `SimulatorImplementationType attribute in
     * ns3::GlobalValues must be set before calling Enable()
     *
     * \param pargc number of command line arguments
     * \param pargv command line arguments
     */
    static void Enable(int* pargc, char*** pargv);
    /**
     * \brief Setup the parallel communication interface using the specified communicator.
     *
     * See @ref Enable (int* pargc, char*** pargv) for additional information.
     *
     * \param communicator MPI Communicator that should be used by ns-3
     */
    static void Enable(MPI_Comm communicator);
    /**
     * \brief Clean up the ns-3 parallel communications interface.
     *
     * MPI_Finalize will be called only if Enable (int* pargc, char***
     * pargv) was called.
     */
    static void Disable();
    /**
     * \brief Send a packet to a remote node.
     *
     * \param p packet to send
     * \param rxTime received time at destination node
     * \param node destination node
     * \param dev destination device
     *
     * Serialize and send a packet to the specified node and net device
     */
    static void SendPacket(Ptr<Packet> p, const Time& rxTime, uint32_t node, uint32_t dev);
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the communicator used to run ns-3.
     *
     * The communicator returned will be MPI_COMM_WORLD if Enable (int*
     * pargc, char*** pargv) is used to enable or the user specified
     * communicator if Enable (MPI_Comm communicator) is used.
     *
     * \return The MPI Communicator.
     */
    static MPI_Comm GetCommunicator();
 
  private:
    /**
     * Common enable logic.
     */
    static void SetParallelSimulatorImpl();
 
    /**
     * Static instance of the instantiated parallel controller.
     */
    static ParallelCommunicationInterface* g_parallelCommunicationInterface;
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* NS3_MPI_INTERFACE_H */