libns3-dev 3.17+dfsg-1build1 / usr / include / ns3.17 / ns3 / virtual-net-device.h

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 * Author: Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro  <gjc@inescporto.pt>
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#ifndef VIRTUAL_NET_DEVICE_H
#define VIRTUAL_NET_DEVICE_H

#include "ns3/address.h"
#include "ns3/node.h"
#include "ns3/net-device.h"
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/traced-callback.h"

namespace ns3 {


/**
 * \defgroup virtualdevice Virtual Device
 *
 */

/**
 * \ingroup virtualdevice
 *
 * \class VirtualNetDevice
 * \brief A virtual device, similar to Linux TUN/TAP interfaces.
 *
 * A VirtualNetDevice is a "virtual" NetDevice implementation which
 * delegates to a user callback (see method SetSendCallback()) the
 * task of actually transmitting a packet.  It also allows the user
 * code to inject the packet as if it had been received by the
 * VirtualNetDevice.  Together, these features allow one to build tunnels.
 * For instance, by transmitting packets into a UDP socket we end up
 * building an IP-over-UDP-over-IP tunnel, or IP-over-IP tunnels.
 *
 * The same thing could be accomplished by subclassing NetDevice
 * directly.  However, VirtualNetDevice is usually much simpler to program
 * than a NetDevice subclass.
 */
class VirtualNetDevice : public NetDevice
{
public:
  /**
   * Callback the be invoked when the VirtualNetDevice is asked to queue/transmit a packet.
   * For more information, consult the documentation of NetDevice::SendFrom().
   */
  typedef Callback<bool, Ptr<Packet>, const Address&, const Address&, uint16_t> SendCallback;

  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);
  VirtualNetDevice ();

  virtual ~VirtualNetDevice ();

  /**
   * \brief Set the user callback to be called when a L2 packet is to be transmitted
   * \param transmitCb the new transmit callback
   */
  void SetSendCallback (SendCallback transmitCb);

  /**
   * \brief Configure whether the virtual device needs ARP
   *
   * \param needsArp the the 'needs arp' value that will be returned
   * by the NeedsArp() method.  The method IsBroadcast() will also
   * return this value.
   */
  void SetNeedsArp (bool needsArp);

  /**
   * \brief Configure whether the virtual device is point-to-point
   *
   * \param isPointToPoint the value that should be returned by the
   * IsPointToPoint method for this instance.
   */
  void SetIsPointToPoint (bool isPointToPoint);

  /**
   * \brief Configure whether the virtual device supports SendFrom
   */
  void SetSupportsSendFrom (bool supportsSendFrom);

  /**
   * \brief Configure the reported MTU for the virtual device.
   * \param mtu MTU value to set
   * \return whether the MTU value was within legal bounds
   */
  bool SetMtu (const uint16_t mtu);


  /**
   * \param packet packet sent from below up to Network Device
   * \param protocol Protocol type
   * \param source the address of the sender of this packet.
   * \param destination the address of the receiver of this packet.
   * \param packetType type of packet received (broadcast/multicast/unicast/otherhost)
   * \returns true if the packet was forwarded successfully, false otherwise.
   *
   * Forward a "virtually received" packet up
   * the node's protocol stack.
   */
  bool Receive (Ptr<Packet> packet, uint16_t protocol,
                const Address &source, const Address &destination,
                PacketType packetType);


  // inherited from NetDevice base class.
  virtual void SetIfIndex (const uint32_t index);
  virtual uint32_t GetIfIndex (void) const;
  virtual Ptr<Channel> GetChannel (void) const;
  virtual void SetAddress (Address address);
  virtual Address GetAddress (void) const;
  virtual uint16_t GetMtu (void) const;
  virtual bool IsLinkUp (void) const;
  virtual void AddLinkChangeCallback (Callback<void> callback);
  virtual bool IsBroadcast (void) const;
  virtual Address GetBroadcast (void) const;
  virtual bool IsMulticast (void) const;
  virtual Address GetMulticast (Ipv4Address multicastGroup) const;
  virtual Address GetMulticast (Ipv6Address addr) const;
  virtual bool IsPointToPoint (void) const;
  virtual bool Send (Ptr<Packet> packet, const Address& dest, uint16_t protocolNumber);
  virtual bool SendFrom (Ptr<Packet> packet, const Address& source, const Address& dest, uint16_t protocolNumber);
  virtual Ptr<Node> GetNode (void) const;
  virtual void SetNode (Ptr<Node> node);
  virtual bool NeedsArp (void) const;
  virtual void SetReceiveCallback (NetDevice::ReceiveCallback cb);
  virtual void SetPromiscReceiveCallback (NetDevice::PromiscReceiveCallback cb);
  virtual bool SupportsSendFrom () const;
  virtual bool IsBridge (void) const;

protected:

  virtual void DoDispose (void);

private:

  Address m_myAddress;
  SendCallback m_sendCb;
  TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet> > m_macRxTrace;
  TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet> > m_macTxTrace;
  TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet> > m_macPromiscRxTrace;
  TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet> > m_snifferTrace;
  TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet> > m_promiscSnifferTrace;
  Ptr<Node> m_node;
  ReceiveCallback m_rxCallback;
  PromiscReceiveCallback m_promiscRxCallback;
  std::string m_name;
  uint32_t m_index;
  uint16_t m_mtu;
  bool m_needsArp;
  bool m_supportsSendFrom;
  bool m_isPointToPoint;
};

} // namespace ns3

#endif