tv-spectrum-transmitter-helper.h

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 * Author: Benjamin Cizdziel <ben.cizdziel@gmail.com>
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#ifndef TV_SPECTRUM_TRANSMITTER_HELPER_H
#define TV_SPECTRUM_TRANSMITTER_HELPER_H
 
#include "ns3/object-factory.h"
#include <ns3/antenna-model.h>
#include <ns3/mobility-model.h>
#include <ns3/net-device-container.h>
#include <ns3/net-device.h>
#include <ns3/node-container.h>
#include <ns3/non-communicating-net-device.h>
#include <ns3/random-variable-stream.h>
#include <ns3/spectrum-channel.h>
#include <ns3/spectrum-phy.h>
#include <ns3/spectrum-signal-parameters.h>
#include <ns3/spectrum-value.h>
#include <ns3/tv-spectrum-transmitter.h>
 
class TvHelperDistributionTestCase;
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \ingroup spectrum
 *
 * Helper class which uses TvSpectrumTransmitter class to create customizable
 * TV transmitter(s) that transmit PSD spectrum specified by user-set attributes.
 * Has functionality to create TV transmitter(s) with actual frequencies of
 * specific geographic regions.
 * Provides method to create a random set of transmitters within a given region
 * and location.
 *
 * Here is an example of how to use this class:
 * \code
   TvSpectrumTransmitterHelper tvTransHelper;
   tvTransHelper.SetChannel (channel); // provided that user has a Ptr<SpectrumChannel> ready.
   tvTransHelper.SetAttribute ("StartFrequency", DoubleValue (524e6));
   tvTransHelper.SetAttribute ("ChannelBandwidth", DoubleValue (6e6));
   tvTransHelper.SetAttribute ("StartingTime", TimeValue (Seconds (0)));
   tvTransHelper.SetAttribute ("TransmitDuration", TimeValue (Seconds (0.2)));
   tvTransHelper.SetAttribute ("BasePsd", DoubleValue (22.22));
   tvTransHelper.SetAttribute ("TvType", EnumValue (TvSpectrumTransmitter::TVTYPE_8VSB));
   tvTransHelper.SetAttribute ("Antenna", StringValue ("ns3::IsotropicAntennaModel"));
   tvTransHelper.Install (tvTransmitterNode); // provided that user has a NodeContainer ready.
   \endcode
 */
class TvSpectrumTransmitterHelper
{
  public:
    friend class ::TvHelperDistributionTestCase;
 
    /**
     * geographical region that TV transmitters are being set up in
     */
    enum Region
    {
        REGION_NORTH_AMERICA,
        REGION_JAPAN,
        REGION_EUROPE
    };
 
    /**
     * density of location that TV transmitters are being set up in
     */
    enum Density
    {
        DENSITY_LOW,
        DENSITY_MEDIUM,
        DENSITY_HIGH
    };
 
    TvSpectrumTransmitterHelper();          //!< Default constructor
    virtual ~TvSpectrumTransmitterHelper(); //!< Destructor
 
    /**
     * Set the spectrum channel for the device(s) to transmit on
     *
     * @param c a pointer to the spectrum channel
     */
    void SetChannel(Ptr<SpectrumChannel> c);
 
    /**
     * Set attribute for each TvSpectrumTransmitter instance to be created
     *
     * @param name the name of the attribute to set
     * @param val the value of the attribute to set
     */
    void SetAttribute(std::string name, const AttributeValue& val);
 
    /**
     * Set up and start the TV Transmitter's transmission on the spectrum channel.
     * Creates one TV Transmitter for each node given as an input, with settings
     * selected from attributes.
     * Use SetAttribute() to select settings for the TV Transmitter(s).
     * If multiple transmitters created, all will have same settings (frequency,
     * PSD, etc.) except for position/location, which depends on the positions
     * in the input NodeContainer.
     *
     * @param nodes a container containing the node(s) which the TV
     * transmitter(s) will be attached to
     *
     * @return a device container which contains all the devices created by this
     * method
     */
    NetDeviceContainer Install(NodeContainer nodes);
 
    /**
     * Set up and start the TV Transmitter's transmission on the spectrum channel.
     * Creates one TV Transmitter for each node given as an input, with settings
     * selected from attributes.
     * Use SetAttribute() to select settings for the TV Transmitter(s).
     * Transmitter(s) will be created with frequencies corresponding to the
     * user-selected channel number of the user-selected region.
     * If multiple transmitters created, all will have same settings (frequency,
     * PSD, etc.) except for position/location, which depends on the positions
     * in the input NodeContainer.
     *
     * @param nodes a container containing the node(s) which the TV
     * transmitter(s) will be attached to
     * @param region the region of which the transmitter(s) will be characterized
     * @param channelNumber the TV channel number in the selected region that the
     * transmitter frequencies will be modeled after
     *
     * @return a device container which contains all the devices created by this
     * method
     */
    NetDeviceContainer Install(NodeContainer nodes, Region region, uint16_t channelNumber);
 
    /**
     * Set up and start the TV Transmitter's transmission on the spectrum channel.
     * Consecutively created transmitters (consecutive in input NodeContainer)
     * will have adjacent channels, i.e. a transmitter's frequency spectrum will
     * border (but not overlap) the frequency spectrum of the transmitter created
     * directly before it and the transmitter created directly after it.
     * Creates one TV Transmitter for each node given as an input, with settings
     * selected from attributes.
     * Use SetAttribute() to select settings for the TV Transmitter(s).
     * If multiple transmitters created, they will have same settings except for
     * frequency and position/location.
     * For each node, start frequency will be incremented by the channel bandwidth
     * that is set.
     * For example, if two nodes are given as inputs to InstallAdjacent with
     * start frequency set to 500 MHz and channel bandwidth set to 6 MHz, the
     * first node will be a transmitter ranging from 500 MHz to 506 MHz and the
     * second node will be a transmitter ranging from 506 MHz to 512 MHz.
     *
     * @param nodes a container containing the node(s) which the TV
     * transmitter(s) will be attached to
     *
     * @return a device container which contains all the devices created by this
     * method
     */
    NetDeviceContainer InstallAdjacent(NodeContainer nodes);
 
    /**
     * Set up and start the TV Transmitter's transmission on the spectrum channel.
     * Consecutively created transmitters (consecutive in input NodeContainer)
     * will have adjacent channels, with the frequency spectrum and bandwidth of
     * each channel determined by the user-selected region.
     * Creates one TV Transmitter for each node given as an input, with settings
     * selected from attributes.
     * Use SetAttribute() to select settings for the TV Transmitter(s).
     * The first created transmitter will have frequencies corresponding to the
     * user-selected channel number of the user-selected region.
     * Each subsequently created transmitter will have its frequencies modeled
     * after the channel number (of the user-selected region) following the
     * previous one; for example if the first created transmitter is modeled after
     * channel 1, the next one created will be modeled after channel 2, and the
     * following one will be modeled after channel 3.
     * If multiple transmitters created, they will have same settings except for
     * frequency and position/location.
     *
     * @param nodes a container containing the node(s) which the TV
     * transmitter(s) will be attached to
     * @param region the region of which the transmitter(s) will be characterized
     * @param channelNumber the TV channel number in the selected region that the
     * first created transmitter's frequencies will be modeled after
     *
     * @return a device container which contains all the devices created by this
     * method
     */
    NetDeviceContainer InstallAdjacent(NodeContainer nodes, Region region, uint16_t channelNumber);
 
    /**
     * Assigns the stream number for the uniform random number generator to use
     *
     * @param streamNum first stream index to use
     * @return the number of stream indices assigned by this helper
     */
    int64_t AssignStreams(int64_t streamNum);
 
    /**
     * Generates and installs (starts transmission on the spectrum channel) a
     * random number of TV transmitters with channel frequencies corresponding
     * to the given region at random locations on or above earth.
     * The generated transmitters are located at randomly selected points within a
     * given altitude above earth's surface centered around a given origin point
     * (on earth's surface) within a given distance radius, corresponding to a
     * uniform distribution.
     * Distance radius is measured as if all points are on earth's surface
     * (with altitude = 0).
     * Assumes earth is a perfect sphere.
     * The given region's channel numbers that the generated TV transmitters'
     * frequency spectra are modeled after are uniformly selected at random.
     * These channel numbers are never repeated.
     * The number of transmitters generated is uniformly random based on given
     * density.
     * Each transmitter has BasePsd and TvType set from SetAttribute(), which
     * should be set before calling this method.
     *
     * @param region the region that the transmitters are in
     * @param density the density (high, medium, or low) of the location being
     * simulated, which determines how many transmitters are created and how many
     * channels are occupied. Low density will generate between one and one third
     * of the number of TV channels in the given region, medium density will
     * generate between one third and two thirds, and high density will generate
     * between two thirds and all of the channels.
     * @param originLatitude origin point latitude in degrees
     * @param originLongitude origin point longitude in degrees
     * @param maxAltitude maximum altitude in meters above earth's surface with
     * which random points can be generated
     * @param maxRadius max distance in meters from origin with which random
     * transmitters can be generated (all transmitters are less than or equal to
     * this distance from the origin, relative to points being on earth's surface)
     */
    void CreateRegionalTvTransmitters(Region region,
                                      Density density,
                                      double originLatitude,
                                      double originLongitude,
                                      double maxAltitude,
                                      double maxRadius);
 
  private:
    Ptr<SpectrumChannel> m_channel; //!< Pointer to spectrum channel object
 
    /**
     * Generates random indices of given region frequency array (ignoring indices
     * referring to invalid channels).
     * Number of indices generated (which is number of TV transmitters to be
     * created) is random based on given density.
     * Indices generated refer to frequencies that TV transmitters will be
     * created with.
     *
     * @param startFrequencies array containing all channel start frequencies for
     * a particular region
     * @param startFrequenciesLength number of elements in startFrequencies array
     * @param density the density (high, medium, or low) of the location being
     * simulated, which determines how many transmitters are created
     *
     * @return a list containing the indices in startFrequencies that transmitters
     * will be created for
     */
    std::list<int> GenerateRegionalTransmitterIndices(const double startFrequencies[],
                                                      const int startFrequenciesLength,
                                                      Density density);
 
    /**
     * Randomly generates the number of TV transmitters to be created based on
     * given density and number of possible TV channels.
     * Low density will generate a transmitter for between one (a single
     * transmitter) and one third of the number of possible channels, medium
     * density will generate a transmitter for between one third and two thirds,
     * and high density will generate a transmitter for between two thirds and all
     * of the possible channels.
     * These ratios are approximated in the implementation, but there is no
     * overlap possible in the number of transmitters generated between adjacent
     * densities.
     * For example, given 60 possible channels, for low density between 1 and 20
     * transmitters can be created, for medium density between 21 and 40
     * transmitters can be created, and for high density between 41 and 60
     * transmitters can be created (all inclusive).
     *
     * @param density the density (high, medium, or low) of the location being
     * simulated
     * @param numChannels the number of possible TV channels in the region being
     * simulated
     *
     * @return the number of TV transmitters that will be created
     */
    int GetRandomNumTransmitters(Density density, uint32_t numChannels);
 
    /**
     * Installs each randomly generated regional TV transmitter
     *
     * @param region the region that the transmitters are in
     * @param transmitterIndicesToCreate a list containing the channel number
     * indices (for region's start frequencies array) that transmitters will be
     * created for; this is returned from GenerateRegionalTransmitterIndices()
     * @param transmitterLocations a list containing the vectors
     * (x, y, z location) of each TV transmitter to be generated; this is
     * returned from RandGeographicCoordsAroundPoint()
     */
    void InstallRandomRegionalTransmitters(Region region,
                                           std::list<int> transmitterIndicesToCreate,
                                           std::list<Vector> transmitterLocations);
 
    ObjectFactory m_factory;              //!< Object factory for attribute setting
    Ptr<UniformRandomVariable> m_uniRand; //!< Object to generate uniform random numbers
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* TV_SPECTRUM_TRANSMITTER_HELPER_H */