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/* BurstErrorModel additions
 *
 * Author: Truc Anh N. Nguyen   <annguyen@ittc.ku.edu>
 *         ResiliNets Research Group   https://resilinets.org/
 *         James P.G. Sterbenz <jpgs@ittc.ku.edu>, director
 */
 
#ifndef ERROR_MODEL_H
#define ERROR_MODEL_H
 
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/random-variable-stream.h"
 
#include <list>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class Packet;
 
/**
 * \ingroup network
 * \defgroup errormodel Error Model
 */
/**
 * \ingroup errormodel
 * \brief General error model that can be used to corrupt packets
 *
 * This object is used to flag packets as being lost/errored or not.
 * It is part of the Object framework and can be aggregated to
 * other ns3 objects and handled by the Ptr class.
 *
 * The main method is IsCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) which returns true if
 * the packet is to be corrupted according to the underlying model.
 * Depending on the error model, the packet itself may have its packet
 * data buffer errored or not, or side information may be returned to
 * the client in the form of a packet tag.  (Note:  No such error models
 * that actually error the bits in a packet presently exist).
 * The object can have state (resettable by Reset()).
 * The object can also be enabled and disabled via two public member functions.
 *
 * Typical code (simplified) to use an ErrorModel may look something like
 * this:
 * \code
 * Ptr<ErrorModel> rem = CreateObject<RateErrorModel> ();
 * Ptr<UniformRandomVariable> uv = CreateObject<UniformRandomVariable> ();
 * rem->SetRandomVariable (uv);
 * rem->SetRate (0.001);
 * ...
 * Ptr<Packet> p;
 * if (rem->IsCorrupt (p))
 *   {
 *     dropTrace(p);
 *   } else {
 *     Forward (p);
 *   }
 * \endcode
 *
 * Four practical error models, a RateErrorModel, a BurstErrorModel,
 * a ListErrorModel, and a ReceiveListErrorModel, are currently implemented.
 */
class ErrorModel : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    ErrorModel();
    ~ErrorModel() override;
 
    /**
     * Note:  Depending on the error model, this function may or may not
     * alter the contents of the packet upon returning true.
     *
     * \returns true if the Packet is to be considered as errored/corrupted
     * \param pkt Packet to apply error model to
     */
    bool IsCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> pkt);
    /**
     * Reset any state associated with the error model
     */
    void Reset();
    /**
     * Enable the error model
     */
    void Enable();
    /**
     * Disable the error model
     */
    void Disable();
    /**
     * \return true if error model is enabled; false otherwise
     */
    bool IsEnabled() const;
 
  private:
    /**
     * Corrupt a packet according to the specified model.
     * \param p the packet to corrupt
     * \returns true if the packet is corrupted
     */
    virtual bool DoCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) = 0;
    /**
     * Re-initialize any state
     */
    virtual void DoReset() = 0;
 
    bool m_enable; //!< True if the error model is enabled
};
 
/**
 * \brief Determine which packets are errored corresponding to an underlying
 * distribution, rate, and unit.
 *
 * This object is used to flag packets as being lost/errored or not.
 * The two parameters that govern the behavior are the rate (or
 * equivalently, the mean duration/spacing between errors), and the
 * unit (which may be per-bit, per-byte, and per-packet).
 * Users can optionally provide a RandomVariableStream object; the default
 * is to use a Uniform(0,1) distribution.
 
 * Reset() on this model will do nothing
 *
 * IsCorrupt() will not modify the packet data buffer
 */
class RateErrorModel : public ErrorModel
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    RateErrorModel();
    ~RateErrorModel() override;
 
    /**
     * Error unit. The error model can be packet, Byte or bit based.
     */
    enum ErrorUnit
    {
        ERROR_UNIT_BIT,
        ERROR_UNIT_BYTE,
        ERROR_UNIT_PACKET
    };
 
    /**
     * \returns the ErrorUnit being used by the underlying model
     */
    RateErrorModel::ErrorUnit GetUnit() const;
    /**
     * \param error_unit the ErrorUnit to be used by the underlying model
     */
    void SetUnit(ErrorUnit error_unit);
 
    /**
     * \returns the error rate being applied by the model
     */
    double GetRate() const;
    /**
     * \param rate the error rate to be used by the model
     */
    void SetRate(double rate);
 
    /**
     * \param ranvar A random variable distribution to generate random variates
     */
    void SetRandomVariable(Ptr<RandomVariableStream>);
 
    /**
     * Assign a fixed random variable stream number to the random variables
     * used by this model.  Return the number of streams (possibly zero) that
     * have been assigned.
     *
     * \param stream first stream index to use
     * \return the number of stream indices assigned by this model
     */
    int64_t AssignStreams(int64_t stream);
 
  private:
    bool DoCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) override;
    /**
     * Corrupt a packet (packet unit).
     * \param p the packet to corrupt
     * \returns true if the packet is corrupted
     */
    virtual bool DoCorruptPkt(Ptr<Packet> p);
    /**
     * Corrupt a packet (Byte unit).
     * \param p the packet to corrupt
     * \returns true if the packet is corrupted
     */
    virtual bool DoCorruptByte(Ptr<Packet> p);
    /**
     * Corrupt a packet (bit unit).
     * \param p the packet to corrupt
     * \returns true if the packet is corrupted
     */
    virtual bool DoCorruptBit(Ptr<Packet> p);
    void DoReset() override;
 
    ErrorUnit m_unit; //!< Error rate unit
    double m_rate;    //!< Error rate
 
    Ptr<RandomVariableStream> m_ranvar; //!< rng stream
};
 
/**
 * \brief Determine which bursts of packets are errored corresponding to
 * an underlying distribution, burst rate, and burst size.
 *
 * This object is used to flag packets as being lost/errored or not.
 * The two parameters that govern the behavior are the burst rate (or
 * equivalently, the mean duration/spacing between between error events),
 * and the burst size (or equivalently, the number of packets being flagged
 * as errored at each error event).
 *
 * Users can optionally provide RandomVariableStream objects;
 * the default for the decision variable is to use a Uniform(0,1) distribution;
 * the default for the burst size (number of packets) is to use a
 * discrete Uniform[1,4] distribution.
 *
 * For every packet, the model generates a random number based on the
 * decision variable, and compares it with the burst error rate to
 * determine if a burst error event should occur.
 * If a new error event occurs, the model to will generate a new burst size
 * to determine how many packets should be dropped in this particular burst
 * error event in addition to the current packet.
 *
 * When a second packet arrives, the model again determines if a new error
 * event should occur based on a newly generated decision variable and
 * the burst error rate. If a new error event is determined to occur,
 * the model will restart with a new burst size. Otherwise, the model will
 * resume the last error event and drop the packet provided that the
 * total number of packets that has been dropped does not exceed the
 * burst size.
 *
 * IsCorrupt() will not modify the packet data buffer
 */
class BurstErrorModel : public ErrorModel
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    BurstErrorModel();
    ~BurstErrorModel() override;
 
    /**
     * \returns the error rate being applied by the model
     */
    double GetBurstRate() const;
    /**
     * \param rate the error rate to be used by the model
     */
    void SetBurstRate(double rate);
 
    /**
     * \param ranVar A random variable distribution to generate random variates
     */
    void SetRandomVariable(Ptr<RandomVariableStream> ranVar);
 
    /**
     * \param burstSz A random variable distribution to generate random burst size
     */
    void SetRandomBurstSize(Ptr<RandomVariableStream> burstSz);
 
    /**
     * Assign a fixed random variable stream number to the random variables
     * used by this model.  Return the number of streams (possibly zero) that
     * have been assigned.
     *
     * \param stream first stream index to use
     * \return the number of stream indices assigned by this model
     */
    int64_t AssignStreams(int64_t stream);
 
  private:
    bool DoCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) override;
    void DoReset() override;
 
    double m_burstRate;                     //!< the burst error event
    Ptr<RandomVariableStream> m_burstStart; //!< the error decision variable
    Ptr<RandomVariableStream> m_burstSize;  //!< the number of packets being flagged as errored
 
    /**
     * keep track of the number of packets being errored
     * until it reaches m_burstSize
     */
    uint32_t m_counter;
    uint32_t m_currentBurstSz; //!< the current burst size
};
 
/**
 * \brief Provide a list of Packet uids to corrupt
 *
 * This object is used to flag packets as being lost/errored or not.
 * A note on performance:  the list is assumed to be unordered, and
 * in general, Packet uids received may be unordered.  Therefore,
 * each call to IsCorrupt() will result in a walk of the list with
 * the present underlying implementation.
 *
 * Note also that if one wants to target multiple packets from looking
 * at an (unerrored) trace file, the act of erroring a given packet may
 * cause subsequent packet uids to change.  For instance, suppose one wants
 * to error packets 11 and 17 on a given device.  It may be that erroring
 * packet 11 will cause the subsequent uid stream to change and 17 may no
 * longer correspond to the second packet that one wants to lose.  Therefore,
 * be advised that it might take some trial and error to select the
 * right uids when multiple are provided.
 *
 * Reset() on this model will clear the list
 *
 * IsCorrupt() will not modify the packet data buffer
 */
class ListErrorModel : public ErrorModel
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
    ListErrorModel();
    ~ListErrorModel() override;
 
    /**
     * \return a copy of the underlying list
     */
    std::list<uint64_t> GetList() const;
    /**
     * \param packetlist The list of packet uids to error.
     *
     * This method overwrites any previously provided list.
     */
    void SetList(const std::list<uint64_t>& packetlist);
 
  private:
    bool DoCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) override;
    void DoReset() override;
 
    /// Typedef: packet Uid list
    typedef std::list<uint64_t> PacketList;
    /// Typedef: packet Uid list const iterator
    typedef std::list<uint64_t>::const_iterator PacketListCI;
 
    PacketList m_packetList; //!< container of Uid of packets to corrupt
};
 
/**
 * \brief Provide a list of Packets to corrupt
 *
 * This model also processes a user-generated list of packets to
 * corrupt, except that the list corresponds to the sequence of
 * received packets as observed by this error model, and not the
 * Packet UID.
 *
 * Reset() on this model will clear the list
 *
 * IsCorrupt() will not modify the packet data buffer
 */
class ReceiveListErrorModel : public ErrorModel
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
    ReceiveListErrorModel();
    ~ReceiveListErrorModel() override;
 
    /**
     * \return a copy of the underlying list
     */
    std::list<uint32_t> GetList() const;
    /**
     * \param packetlist The list of packets to error.
     *
     * This method overwrites any previously provided list.
     */
    void SetList(const std::list<uint32_t>& packetlist);
 
  private:
    bool DoCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) override;
    void DoReset() override;
 
    /// Typedef: packet sequence number list
    typedef std::list<uint32_t> PacketList;
    /// Typedef: packet sequence number list const iterator
    typedef std::list<uint32_t>::const_iterator PacketListCI;
 
    PacketList m_packetList; //!< container of sequence number of packets to corrupt
    uint32_t m_timesInvoked; //!< number of times the error model has been invoked
};
 
/**
 * \brief The simplest error model, corrupts even packets and does not corrupt odd ones.
 */
class BinaryErrorModel : public ErrorModel
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    BinaryErrorModel();
    ~BinaryErrorModel() override;
 
  private:
    bool DoCorrupt(Ptr<Packet> p) override;
    void DoReset() override;
 
    uint8_t m_counter; //!< internal state counter.
};
 
} // namespace ns3
#endif