ideal-wifi-manager.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006 INRIA
 *
 * 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;
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
 
#ifndef IDEAL_WIFI_MANAGER_H
#define IDEAL_WIFI_MANAGER_H
 
#include "ns3/traced-value.h"
#include "ns3/wifi-remote-station-manager.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
struct IdealWifiRemoteStation;
 
/**
 * \brief Ideal rate control algorithm
 * \ingroup wifi
 *
 * This class implements an 'ideal' rate control algorithm
 * similar to RBAR in spirit (see <i>A rate-adaptive MAC
 * protocol for multihop wireless networks</i> by G. Holland,
 * N. Vaidya, and P. Bahl.): every station keeps track of the
 * SNR of every packet received and sends back this SNR to the
 * original transmitter by an out-of-band mechanism. Each
 * transmitter keeps track of the last SNR sent back by a receiver
 * and uses it to pick a transmission mode based on a set
 * of SNR thresholds built from a target BER and transmission
 * mode-specific SNR/BER curves.
 */
class IdealWifiManager : public WifiRemoteStationManager
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
    IdealWifiManager();
    ~IdealWifiManager() override;
 
    void SetupPhy(const Ptr<WifiPhy> phy) override;
 
  private:
    void DoInitialize() override;
    WifiRemoteStation* DoCreateStation() const override;
    void DoReportRxOk(WifiRemoteStation* station, double rxSnr, WifiMode txMode) override;
    void DoReportRtsFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    void DoReportDataFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    void DoReportRtsOk(WifiRemoteStation* station,
                       double ctsSnr,
                       WifiMode ctsMode,
                       double rtsSnr) override;
    void DoReportDataOk(WifiRemoteStation* station,
                        double ackSnr,
                        WifiMode ackMode,
                        double dataSnr,
                        uint16_t dataChannelWidth,
                        uint8_t dataNss) override;
    void DoReportAmpduTxStatus(WifiRemoteStation* station,
                               uint16_t nSuccessfulMpdus,
                               uint16_t nFailedMpdus,
                               double rxSnr,
                               double dataSnr,
                               uint16_t dataChannelWidth,
                               uint8_t dataNss) override;
    void DoReportFinalRtsFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    void DoReportFinalDataFailed(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
    WifiTxVector DoGetDataTxVector(WifiRemoteStation* station, uint16_t allowedWidth) override;
    WifiTxVector DoGetRtsTxVector(WifiRemoteStation* station) override;
 
    /**
     * Reset the station, invoked if the maximum amount of retries has failed.
     *
     * \param station the station for which statistics should be reset
     */
    void Reset(WifiRemoteStation* station) const;
 
    /**
     * Construct the vector of minimum SNRs needed to successfully transmit for
     * all possible combinations (rate, channel width, nss) based on PHY capabilities.
     * This is called at initialization and if PHY capabilities changed.
     */
    void BuildSnrThresholds();
 
    /**
     * Return the minimum SNR needed to successfully transmit
     * data with this WifiTxVector at the specified BER.
     *
     * \param txVector WifiTxVector (containing valid mode, width, and Nss)
     *
     * \return the minimum SNR for the given WifiTxVector in linear scale
     */
    double GetSnrThreshold(WifiTxVector txVector);
    /**
     * Adds a pair of WifiTxVector and the minimum SNR for that given vector
     * to the list.
     *
     * \param txVector the WifiTxVector storing mode, channel width, and Nss
     * \param snr the minimum SNR for the given txVector in linear scale
     */
    void AddSnrThreshold(WifiTxVector txVector, double snr);
 
    /**
     * Convenience function for selecting a channel width for non-HT mode
     * \param mode non-HT WifiMode
     * \return the channel width (MHz) for the selected mode
     */
    uint16_t GetChannelWidthForNonHtMode(WifiMode mode) const;
 
    /**
     * Convenience function to get the last observed SNR from a given station for a given channel
     * width and a given NSS. Since the previously received SNR information might be related to a
     * different channel width than the requested one, and/or a different NSS,  the function does
     * some computations to get the corresponding SNR.
     *
     * \param station the station being queried
     * \param channelWidth the channel width (in MHz)
     * \param nss the number of spatial streams
     * \return the SNR in linear scale
     */
    double GetLastObservedSnr(IdealWifiRemoteStation* station,
                              uint16_t channelWidth,
                              uint8_t nss) const;
 
    /**
     * Check whether a given modulation class is supported by both the node and the peer
     * \param mc the modulation class
     * \param station the peer station
     * \return true if the modulation class can be used, false otherwise
     */
    bool IsModulationClassSupported(WifiModulationClass mc, IdealWifiRemoteStation* station);
 
    /**
     * Check whether a given modulation class is supported and that there are no higher modulation
     * classes that should instead be candidates
     * \param mc the modulation class
     * \param station the peer station
     * \return true if the modulation class is a candidate, false otherwise
     */
    bool IsCandidateModulationClass(WifiModulationClass mc, IdealWifiRemoteStation* station);
 
    /**
     * A vector of <snr, WifiTxVector> pair holding the minimum SNR for the
     * WifiTxVector
     */
    typedef std::vector<std::pair<double, WifiTxVector>> Thresholds;
 
    double m_ber;            //!< The maximum Bit Error Rate acceptable at any transmission mode
    Thresholds m_thresholds; //!< List of WifiTxVector and the minimum SNR pair
 
    TracedValue<uint64_t> m_currentRate; //!< Trace rate changes
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* IDEAL_WIFI_MANAGER_H */