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ns3::LoopbackNetDevice Class Reference

Virtual network interface that loops back any data sent to it to be immediately received on the same interface. More...

#include "loopback-net-device.h"

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Public Member Functions

 LoopbackNetDevice ()
 
virtual void AddLinkChangeCallback (Callback< void > callback)
 
virtual Address GetAddress (void) const
 
virtual Address GetBroadcast (void) const
 
virtual Ptr< ChannelGetChannel (void) const
 
virtual uint32_t GetIfIndex (void) const
 
virtual uint16_t GetMtu (void) const
 
virtual Address GetMulticast (Ipv4Address multicastGroup) const
 Make and return a MAC multicast address using the provided multicast group. More...
 
virtual Address GetMulticast (Ipv6Address addr) const
 Get the MAC multicast address corresponding to the IPv6 address provided. More...
 
virtual Ptr< NodeGetNode (void) const
 
virtual bool IsBridge (void) const
 Return true if the net device is acting as a bridge. More...
 
virtual bool IsBroadcast (void) const
 
virtual bool IsLinkUp (void) const
 
virtual bool IsMulticast (void) const
 
virtual bool IsPointToPoint (void) const
 Return true if the net device is on a point-to-point link. More...
 
virtual bool NeedsArp (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 void SetAddress (Address address)
 Set the address of this interface. More...
 
virtual void SetIfIndex (const uint32_t index)
 
virtual bool SetMtu (const uint16_t mtu)
 
virtual void SetNode (Ptr< Node > node)
 
virtual void SetPromiscReceiveCallback (PromiscReceiveCallback cb)
 
virtual void SetReceiveCallback (NetDevice::ReceiveCallback cb)
 
virtual bool SupportsSendFrom (void) const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::NetDevice
virtual ~NetDevice ()
 
- 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<>
Ptr< ObjectGetObject () const
 Specialization of () for objects of type ns3::Object. More...
 
template<typename T >
Ptr< T > GetObject (TypeId tid) const
 Get a pointer to the requested aggregated Object by TypeId. More...
 
template<>
Ptr< ObjectGetObject (TypeId tid) const
 Specialization of (TypeId tid) for objects of type ns3::Object. More...
 
template<typename T >
Ptr< T > GetObject (void) const
 Get a pointer to the requested aggregated Object. 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[[maybe_unused]])
 Copy constructor. More...
 
uint32_t GetReferenceCount (void) const
 Get the reference count of the object. More...
 
SimpleRefCountoperator= ([[maybe_unused]] 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::NetDevice
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...
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual void DoDispose (void)
 Destructor implementation. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
 Object (const Object &o)
 Copy an Object. 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...
 

Private Member Functions

void Receive (Ptr< Packet > packet, uint16_t protocol, Mac48Address to, Mac48Address from)
 Receive a packet from tge Loopback NetDevice. More...
 

Private Attributes

Mac48Address m_address
 NetDevice MAC address. More...
 
uint32_t m_ifIndex
 interface index More...
 
uint16_t m_mtu
 device MTU More...
 
Ptr< Nodem_node
 the node this NetDevice is associated with More...
 
NetDevice::PromiscReceiveCallback m_promiscCallback
 The callback used to notify higher layers that a packet has been received in promiscuous mode. More...
 
NetDevice::ReceiveCallback m_rxCallback
 The callback used to notify higher layers that a packet has been received. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from ns3::NetDevice
typedef void(* LinkChangeTracedCallback) (void)
 TracedCallback signature for link changed event. More...
 
enum  PacketType {
  PACKET_HOST = 1 , NS3_PACKET_HOST = PACKET_HOST , PACKET_BROADCAST , NS3_PACKET_BROADCAST = PACKET_BROADCAST ,
  PACKET_MULTICAST , NS3_PACKET_MULTICAST = PACKET_MULTICAST , PACKET_OTHERHOST , NS3_PACKET_OTHERHOST = PACKET_OTHERHOST
}
 Packet types are used as they are in Linux. More...
 
typedef Callback< bool, Ptr< NetDevice >, Ptr< const Packet >, uint16_t, const Address &, const Address &, enum PacketTypePromiscReceiveCallback
 
typedef Callback< bool, Ptr< NetDevice >, Ptr< const Packet >, uint16_t, const Address & > ReceiveCallback
 

Detailed Description

Virtual network interface that loops back any data sent to it to be immediately received on the same interface.

This NetDevice is automatically added to any node as soon as the Internet stack is initialized.

Config Paths

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

  • "/NodeList/[i]/DeviceList/[i]/$ns3::LoopbackNetDevice"

No Attributes are defined for this type.
No TraceSources are defined for this type.
Size of this type is 72 bytes (on a 64-bit architecture).

Definition at line 42 of file loopback-net-device.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ LoopbackNetDevice()

ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::LoopbackNetDevice ( )

Definition at line 44 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddLinkChangeCallback()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::AddLinkChangeCallback ( Callback< void >  callback)
virtual
Parameters
callbackthe callback to invoke

Add a callback invoked whenever the link status changes to UP. This callback is typically used by the IP/ARP layer to flush the ARP cache and by IPv6 stack to flush NDISC cache whenever the link goes up.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 132 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ DoDispose()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::DoDispose ( void  )
protectedvirtual

Destructor implementation.

This method is called by Dispose() or by the Object's destructor, whichever comes first.

Subclasses are expected to implement their real destruction code in an overridden version of this method and chain up to their parent's implementation once they are done. i.e, for simplicity, the destructor of every subclass should be empty and its content should be moved to the associated DoDispose() method.

It is safe to call GetObject() from within this method.

Reimplemented from ns3::Object.

Definition at line 225 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References ns3::Object::DoDispose(), and m_node.

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◆ GetAddress()

Address ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetAddress ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
the current Address of this interface.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 107 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_address.

◆ GetBroadcast()

Address ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetBroadcast ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
the broadcast address supported by this netdevice.

Calling this method is invalid if IsBroadcast returns not true.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 142 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

Referenced by Send().

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◆ GetChannel()

Ptr< Channel > ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetChannel ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
the channel this NetDevice is connected to. The value returned can be zero if the NetDevice is not yet connected to any channel or if the underlying NetDevice has no concept of a channel. i.e., callers must check for zero and be ready to handle it.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 95 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ GetIfIndex()

uint32_t ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetIfIndex ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
index ifIndex of the device

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 89 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_ifIndex.

◆ GetMtu()

uint16_t ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetMtu ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
the link-level MTU in bytes for this interface.

This value is typically used by the IP layer to perform IP fragmentation when needed.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 120 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_mtu.

◆ GetMulticast() [1/2]

Address ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetMulticast ( Ipv4Address  multicastGroup) const
virtual

Make and return a MAC multicast address using the provided multicast group.

RFC 1112 says that an Ipv4 host group address is mapped to an Ethernet multicast address by placing the low-order 23-bits of the IP address into the low-order 23 bits of the Ethernet multicast address 01-00-5E-00-00-00 (hex). Similar RFCs exist for Ipv6 and Eui64 mappings. This method performs the multicast address creation function appropriate to the underlying MAC address of the device. This MAC address is encapsulated in an abstract Address to avoid dependencies on the exact MAC address format.

In the case of net devices that do not support multicast, clients are expected to test NetDevice::IsMulticast and avoid attempting to map multicast packets. Subclasses of NetDevice that do support multicasting are expected to override this method and provide an implementation appropriate to the particular device.

Parameters
multicastGroupThe IP address for the multicast group destination of the packet.
Returns
The MAC multicast Address used to send packets to the provided multicast group.
Warning
Calling this method is invalid if IsMulticast returns not true.
See also
IsMulticast()

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 157 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References ns3::Mac48Address::GetMulticast().

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◆ GetMulticast() [2/2]

Address ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetMulticast ( Ipv6Address  addr) const
virtual

Get the MAC multicast address corresponding to the IPv6 address provided.

Parameters
addrIPv6 address
Returns
the MAC multicast address
Warning
Calling this method is invalid if IsMulticast returns not true.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 162 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References ns3::Mac48Address::GetMulticast().

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◆ GetNode()

Ptr< Node > ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetNode ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
the node base class which contains this network interface.

When a subclass needs to get access to the underlying node base class to print the nodeid for example, it can invoke this method.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 201 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_node.

◆ GetTypeId()

TypeId ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::GetTypeId ( void  )
static

Get the type ID.

Returns
the object TypeId

Definition at line 34 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References ns3::TypeId::SetParent().

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◆ IsBridge()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::IsBridge ( void  ) const
virtual

Return true if the net device is acting as a bridge.

Returns
value of m_isBridge flag

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 174 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ IsBroadcast()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::IsBroadcast ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
true if this interface supports a broadcast address, false otherwise.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 136 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ IsLinkUp()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::IsLinkUp ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
true if link is up; false otherwise

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 126 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ IsMulticast()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::IsMulticast ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
value of m_isMulticast flag

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 149 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ IsPointToPoint()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::IsPointToPoint ( void  ) const
virtual

Return true if the net device is on a point-to-point link.

Returns
value of m_isPointToPoint flag

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 168 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ NeedsArp()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::NeedsArp ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
true if ARP is needed, false otherwise.

Called by higher-layers to check if this NetDevice requires ARP to be used.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 213 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

◆ Receive()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::Receive ( Ptr< Packet packet,
uint16_t  protocol,
Mac48Address  to,
Mac48Address  from 
)
private

Receive a packet from tge Loopback NetDevice.

Parameters
packeta reference to the received packet
protocolthe protocol
todestination address
fromsource address

Definition at line 54 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References ns3::Mac48Address::IsBroadcast(), ns3::Mac48Address::IsGroup(), ns3::Callback< R, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9 >::IsNull(), m_address, m_promiscCallback, m_rxCallback, NS_LOG_FUNCTION, ns3::NetDevice::PACKET_HOST, ns3::NetDevice::PACKET_MULTICAST, and ns3::NetDevice::PACKET_OTHERHOST.

Referenced by Send(), and SendFrom().

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◆ Send()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::Send ( Ptr< Packet packet,
const Address dest,
uint16_t  protocolNumber 
)
virtual
Parameters
packetpacket sent from above down to Network Device
destmac address of the destination (already resolved)
protocolNumberidentifies the type of payload contained in this packet. Used to call the right L3Protocol when the packet is received.

Called from higher layer to send packet into Network Device to the specified destination Address

Returns
whether the Send operation succeeded

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 180 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References ns3::Mac48Address::ConvertFrom(), GetBroadcast(), ns3::Node::GetId(), m_address, m_node, NS_ASSERT_MSG, NS_LOG_FUNCTION, Receive(), ns3::Simulator::ScheduleWithContext(), and ns3::Seconds().

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◆ SendFrom()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SendFrom ( Ptr< Packet packet,
const Address source,
const Address dest,
uint16_t  protocolNumber 
)
virtual
Parameters
packetpacket sent from above down to Network Device
sourcesource mac address (so called "MAC spoofing")
destmac address of the destination (already resolved)
protocolNumberidentifies the type of payload contained in this packet. Used to call the right L3Protocol when the packet is received.

Called from higher layer to send packet into Network Device with the specified source and destination Addresses.

Returns
whether the Send operation succeeded

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 190 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References ns3::Mac48Address::ConvertFrom(), ns3::Node::GetId(), ns3::Mac48Address::IsBroadcast(), m_address, m_node, NS_ASSERT_MSG, NS_LOG_FUNCTION, Receive(), ns3::Simulator::ScheduleWithContext(), and ns3::Seconds().

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◆ SetAddress()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SetAddress ( Address  address)
virtual

Set the address of this interface.

Parameters
addressaddress to set

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 101 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References first::address, ns3::Mac48Address::ConvertFrom(), and m_address.

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◆ SetIfIndex()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SetIfIndex ( const uint32_t  index)
virtual
Parameters
indexifIndex of the device

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 83 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_ifIndex.

◆ SetMtu()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SetMtu ( const uint16_t  mtu)
virtual
Parameters
mtuMTU value, in bytes, to set for the device
Returns
whether the MTU value was within legal bounds

Override for default MTU defined on a per-type basis.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 113 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_mtu.

◆ SetNode()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SetNode ( Ptr< Node node)
virtual
Parameters
nodethe node associated to this netdevice.

This method is called from ns3::Node::AddDevice.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 207 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_node.

◆ SetPromiscReceiveCallback()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SetPromiscReceiveCallback ( PromiscReceiveCallback  cb)
virtual
Parameters
cbcallback to invoke whenever a packet has been received in promiscuous mode and must be forwarded to the higher layers.

Enables netdevice promiscuous mode and sets the callback that will handle promiscuous mode packets. Note, promiscuous mode packets means all packets, including those packets that can be sensed by the netdevice but which are intended to be received by other hosts.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 233 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_promiscCallback.

◆ SetReceiveCallback()

void ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SetReceiveCallback ( NetDevice::ReceiveCallback  cb)
virtual
Parameters
cbcallback to invoke whenever a packet has been received and must be forwarded to the higher layers.

Set the callback to be used to notify higher layers when a packet has been received.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 219 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

References m_rxCallback.

◆ SupportsSendFrom()

bool ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::SupportsSendFrom ( void  ) const
virtual
Returns
true if this interface supports a bridging mode, false otherwise.

Implements ns3::NetDevice.

Definition at line 239 of file loopback-net-device.cc.

Member Data Documentation

◆ m_address

Mac48Address ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::m_address
private

NetDevice MAC address.

Definition at line 106 of file loopback-net-device.h.

Referenced by GetAddress(), Receive(), Send(), SendFrom(), and SetAddress().

◆ m_ifIndex

uint32_t ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::m_ifIndex
private

interface index

Definition at line 105 of file loopback-net-device.h.

Referenced by GetIfIndex(), and SetIfIndex().

◆ m_mtu

uint16_t ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::m_mtu
private

device MTU

Definition at line 104 of file loopback-net-device.h.

Referenced by GetMtu(), and SetMtu().

◆ m_node

Ptr<Node> ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::m_node
private

the node this NetDevice is associated with

Definition at line 103 of file loopback-net-device.h.

Referenced by DoDispose(), GetNode(), Send(), SendFrom(), and SetNode().

◆ m_promiscCallback

NetDevice::PromiscReceiveCallback ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::m_promiscCallback
private

The callback used to notify higher layers that a packet has been received in promiscuous mode.

Definition at line 101 of file loopback-net-device.h.

Referenced by Receive(), and SetPromiscReceiveCallback().

◆ m_rxCallback

NetDevice::ReceiveCallback ns3::LoopbackNetDevice::m_rxCallback
private

The callback used to notify higher layers that a packet has been received.

Definition at line 96 of file loopback-net-device.h.

Referenced by Receive(), and SetReceiveCallback().


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