Rx

Package: inet.linklayer.ieee80211.mac

simple module Rx

Responsible for checking frames received over the radio for errors, for managing the NAV, and for notifying other processes about the channel state (free or busy).

This is the default implementation of thr IRx module interface.

inet.linklayer.ieee80211.mac.RxRxsimple

Usage diagram

Inheritance diagram

Used in compound modules

Name

Type

Description

Ieee80211Mac

compound module

Implementation of the 802.11 MAC protocol. This module is intended to be used in combination with the Ieee80211Radio module as the physical layer.

Extends

Name

Type

Description

SimpleModule

simple module

Base module for all INET simple modules.

Parameters

Name

Type

Default value

Description

displayStringTextFormat

string

“{rxStatus}”

Determines the text that is written on top of the submodule, supports displaying pars, watches, and module-specific information

Properties

Name

Value

Description

class

Rx

display

i=block/rx

Signals

Name

Type

Unit

Description

navChanged

simtime_t

packetDropped

inet::Packet

Statistics

Name

Title

Source

Record

Unit

Interpolation Mode

Description

nav

network allocation vector

navChanged

vector

linear

Source code

//
// Responsible for checking frames received over the radio for errors,
// for managing the NAV, and for notifying other processes about the channel
// state (free or busy).
//
// This is the default implementation of thr ~IRx module interface.
//
simple Rx extends SimpleModule like IRx
{
    parameters:
        @class(Rx);
        displayStringTextFormat = default("{rxStatus}");
        @display("i=block/rx");
        @signal[navChanged](type=simtime_t);
        @signal[packetDropped](type=inet::Packet);
        @statistic[nav](title="network allocation vector"; source=navChanged; record=vector; interpolationmode=linear);
}

File: src/inet/linklayer/ieee80211/mac/Rx.ned