wifi-protection.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2020 Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Author: Stefano Avallone <stavallo@unina.it>
 */
 
#ifndef WIFI_PROTECTION_H
#define WIFI_PROTECTION_H
 
#include "ctrl-headers.h"
#include "wifi-tx-vector.h"
 
#include "ns3/nstime.h"
 
#include <memory>
#include <optional>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * @ingroup wifi
 *
 * WifiProtection is an abstract base struct. Each derived struct defines a protection
 * method and stores the information needed to perform protection according to
 * that method.
 */
struct WifiProtection
{
    /**
     * @enum Method
     * @brief Available protection methods
     */
    enum Method
    {
        NONE = 0,
        RTS_CTS,
        CTS_TO_SELF,
        MU_RTS_CTS
    };
 
    /**
     * Constructor.
     * @param m the protection method for this object
     */
    WifiProtection(Method m);
    virtual ~WifiProtection();
 
    /**
     * Clone this object.
     * @return a pointer to the cloned object
     */
    virtual std::unique_ptr<WifiProtection> Copy() const = 0;
 
    /**
     * @brief Print the object contents.
     * @param os output stream in which the data should be printed.
     */
    virtual void Print(std::ostream& os) const = 0;
 
    const Method method;                //!< protection method
    std::optional<Time> protectionTime; //!< time required by the protection method
};
 
/**
 * @ingroup wifi
 *
 * WifiNoProtection specifies that no protection method is used.
 */
struct WifiNoProtection : public WifiProtection
{
    WifiNoProtection();
 
    std::unique_ptr<WifiProtection> Copy() const override;
    void Print(std::ostream& os) const override;
};
 
/**
 * @ingroup wifi
 *
 * WifiRtsCtsProtection specifies that RTS/CTS protection method is used.
 */
struct WifiRtsCtsProtection : public WifiProtection
{
    WifiRtsCtsProtection();
 
    std::unique_ptr<WifiProtection> Copy() const override;
    void Print(std::ostream& os) const override;
 
    WifiTxVector rtsTxVector; //!< RTS TXVECTOR
    WifiTxVector ctsTxVector; //!< CTS TXVECTOR
};
 
/**
 * @ingroup wifi
 *
 * WifiCtsToSelfProtection specifies that CTS-to-self protection method is used.
 */
struct WifiCtsToSelfProtection : public WifiProtection
{
    WifiCtsToSelfProtection();
 
    std::unique_ptr<WifiProtection> Copy() const override;
    void Print(std::ostream& os) const override;
 
    WifiTxVector ctsTxVector; //!< CTS TXVECTOR
};
 
/**
 * @ingroup wifi
 *
 * WifiMuRtsCtsProtection specifies that MU-RTS/CTS protection method is used.
 */
struct WifiMuRtsCtsProtection : public WifiProtection
{
    WifiMuRtsCtsProtection();
 
    // Overridden from WifiProtection
    std::unique_ptr<WifiProtection> Copy() const override;
    void Print(std::ostream& os) const override;
 
    CtrlTriggerHeader muRts;    //!< MU-RTS
    WifiTxVector muRtsTxVector; //!< MU-RTS TXVECTOR
};
 
/**
 * @brief Stream insertion operator.
 *
 * @param os the output stream
 * @param protection the protection method
 * @returns a reference to the stream
 */
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const WifiProtection* protection);
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* WIFI_PROTECTION_H */