General error model that can be used to corrupt packets. More...

#include "error-model.h"

Inheritance diagram for ns3::ErrorModel:

Public Member Functions
	ErrorModel ()

virtual	~ErrorModel ()

void	Disable (void)
	Disable the error model. More...

void	Enable (void)
	Enable the error model. More...

bool	IsCorrupt (Ptr< Packet > pkt)
	Note: Depending on the error model, this function may or may not alter the contents of the packet upon returning true. More...

bool	IsEnabled (void) const

void	Reset (void)
	Reset any state associated with the error model. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
	Object ()
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~Object ()
	Destructor. More...

void	AggregateObject (Ptr< Object > other)
	Aggregate two Objects together. More...

void	Dispose (void)
	Dispose of this Object. More...

AggregateIterator	GetAggregateIterator (void) const
	Get an iterator to the Objects aggregated to this one. More...

virtual TypeId	GetInstanceTypeId (void) const
	Get the most derived TypeId for this Object. More...

template<typename T >
Ptr< T >	GetObject (void) const
	Get a pointer to the requested aggregated Object. More...

template<typename T >
Ptr< T >	GetObject (TypeId tid) const
	Get a pointer to the requested aggregated Object by TypeId. More...

void	Initialize (void)
	Invoke DoInitialize on all Objects aggregated to this one. More...

bool	IsInitialized (void) const
	Check if the object has been initialized. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::SimpleRefCount< Object, ObjectBase, ObjectDeleter >
	SimpleRefCount ()
	Default constructor. More...

	SimpleRefCount (const SimpleRefCount &o)
	Copy constructor. More...

uint32_t	GetReferenceCount (void) const
	Get the reference count of the object. More...

SimpleRefCount &	operator= (const SimpleRefCount &o)
	Assignment operator. More...

void	Ref (void) const
	Increment the reference count. More...

void	Unref (void) const
	Decrement the reference count. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
virtual	~ObjectBase ()
	Virtual destructor. More...

void	GetAttribute (std::string name, AttributeValue &value) const
	Get the value of an attribute, raising fatal errors if unsuccessful. More...

bool	GetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, AttributeValue &value) const
	Get the value of an attribute without raising erros. More...

void	SetAttribute (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
	Set a single attribute, raising fatal errors if unsuccessful. More...

bool	SetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
	Set a single attribute without raising errors. More...

bool	TraceConnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
	Connect a TraceSource to a Callback with a context. More...

bool	TraceConnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)
	Connect a TraceSource to a Callback without a context. More...

bool	TraceDisconnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
	Disconnect from a TraceSource a Callback previously connected with a context. More...

bool	TraceDisconnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)
	Disconnect from a TraceSource a Callback previously connected without a context. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static TypeId	GetTypeId (void)
	Get the type ID. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
static TypeId	GetTypeId (void)
	Register this type. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
static TypeId	GetTypeId (void)
	Get the type ID. More...

Private Member Functions
virtual bool	DoCorrupt (Ptr< Packet > p)=0
	Corrupt a packet according to the specified model. More...

virtual void	DoReset (void)=0
	Re-initialize any state. More...

Private Attributes
bool	m_enable
	True if the error model is enabled. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
	Object (const Object &o)
	Copy an Object. More...

virtual void	DoDispose (void)
	Destructor implementation. More...

virtual void	DoInitialize (void)
	Initialize() implementation. More...

virtual void	NotifyNewAggregate (void)
	Notify all Objects aggregated to this one of a new Object being aggregated. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
void	ConstructSelf (const AttributeConstructionList &attributes)
	Complete construction of ObjectBase; invoked by derived classes. More...

virtual void	NotifyConstructionCompleted (void)
	Notifier called once the ObjectBase is fully constructed. More...

Related Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
static TypeId	GetObjectIid (void)
	Ensure the TypeId for ObjectBase gets fully configured to anchor the inheritance tree properly. More...

Detailed Description

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:

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);
  }

Four practical error models, a RateErrorModel, a BurstErrorModel, a ListErrorModel, and a ReceiveListErrorModel, are currently implemented.

Config Paths

ns3::ErrorModel is accessible through the following paths with Config::Set and Config::Connect:

"/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::SimpleNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel"
"/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::PointToPointNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel"
"/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::CsmaNetDevice/ReceiveErrorModel"

Attributes

IsEnabled: Whether this ErrorModel is enabled or not.
- Set with class: BooleanValue
- Underlying type: bool
- Initial value: true
- Flags: construct write read