lte-enb-component-carrier-manager.h

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#ifndef LTE_ENB_COMPONENT_CARRIER_MANAGER_H
#define LTE_ENB_COMPONENT_CARRIER_MANAGER_H
 
#include <ns3/object.h>
#include <ns3/lte-enb-rrc.h>
#include <ns3/lte-rrc-sap.h>
#include <ns3/lte-ccm-rrc-sap.h>
#include <ns3/lte-mac-sap.h>
#include <ns3/lte-enb-cmac-sap.h>
#include <ns3/lte-ccm-mac-sap.h>
#include <map>
#include <vector>
 
namespace ns3 {
 
 
class LteCcmRrcSapUser;
class LteCcmRrcSapProvider;
class LteMacSapUser;
class LteMacSapProvider;
class LteEnbCmacSapProvider;
class LteCcmMacSapProvider;
 
class LteEnbComponentCarrierManager : public Object
{
public:
 
  LteEnbComponentCarrierManager ();
  virtual ~LteEnbComponentCarrierManager ();
  static TypeId GetTypeId ();
 
  virtual void SetLteCcmRrcSapUser (LteCcmRrcSapUser* s);
 
  virtual LteCcmRrcSapProvider* GetLteCcmRrcSapProvider ();
 
  virtual LteCcmMacSapUser* GetLteCcmMacSapUser ();
 
  virtual LteMacSapProvider* GetLteMacSapProvider ();
 
  virtual bool SetMacSapProvider (uint8_t componentCarrierId, LteMacSapProvider* sap);
 
  virtual bool SetCcmMacSapProviders (uint8_t componentCarrierId, LteCcmMacSapProvider* sap);
 
  virtual void SetNumberOfComponentCarriers (uint16_t noOfComponentCarriers);
 
 
protected:
 
  // inherited from Object
  virtual void DoDispose ();
 
  virtual void DoReportUeMeas (uint16_t rnti, LteRrcSap::MeasResults measResults) = 0;
 
  struct UeInfo {
    std::map<uint8_t, LteMacSapUser*> m_ueAttached; 
    std::map<uint8_t, LteEnbCmacSapProvider::LcInfo> m_rlcLcInstantiated; 
    uint8_t m_enabledComponentCarrier; 
    uint8_t m_ueState; 
  };
 
  std::map <uint16_t, UeInfo> m_ueInfo; 
  uint16_t m_noOfComponentCarriers; 
  // pointer to RRC object for direct function calls, e.g. when CCM needs to obtain
  // a pointer to RLC object of a specific flow
  Ptr<LteEnbRrc> m_rrc; 
 
  /*
   * This interface is used to receive API calls from the RLC instance that through
   * LteMacSapProvider interface. The component carrier manager acts a proxy. This means that all
   * RLC instances will see as in previous architecture the LteMacSapProvider interface, but the
   * actual provider in new architecture will be some of child classes of LteEnbComponentCarrierManager.
   * So, LteEnbComponentCarrierManager class will receive function calls that are meant for MAC, and
   * will forward them to the MAC of the component carriers based on the logic implemented
   * in LteComponentCarrierManager. This attribute will be initialized by using class that implements
   * LteMacSapProvider interface and class that implements LteEnbComponentCarrierManager base class
   * e.g.:EnbMacMemberLteMacSapProvider <LteEnbComponentCarrierManagerImpl>
   */
  LteMacSapProvider* m_macSapProvider;
  // This map is initialized in LteHelper when the Component Carrier Manager is initialized, contains
  // component carrier id and a pointer to the corresponding LteMacSapProvider interface of the
  // MAC instance
  std::map <uint8_t, LteMacSapProvider*> m_macSapProvidersMap; 
  // This map contains pointers to LteCcmMacSapProvider interfaces of the
  // MAC instances. LteCcmMacSapProvider is new interface added for the
  // communication between component carrier manager and MAC instance,
  // to allow CCM to control UL buffer status reporting, and forwarding to
  // schedulers. Before adding carrier aggregation to LTE module, MAC was
  // directly forwarding UL buffer status report to scheduler. Now is this
  // done through CCM, which decides to which MAC scheduler to forward UL BSR.
  std::map< uint8_t, LteCcmMacSapProvider*> m_ccmMacSapProviderMap; 
  LteCcmMacSapUser* m_ccmMacSapUser; 
  LteCcmRrcSapUser* m_ccmRrcSapUser; 
  LteCcmRrcSapProvider* m_ccmRrcSapProvider; 
 
}; // end of class LteEnbComponentCarrierManager
 
 
} // end of namespace ns3
 
 
#endif /* LTE_ENB_COMPONENT_CARRIER_MANAGER_H */