RateSelection¶

Package: inet.linklayer.ieee80211.mac.rateselection

simple module RateSelection

Implements the default rate selection algorithm. Rate selection decides what bit rate (or MCS) should be used for control frames, management frames and data frames.

Usage diagram¶

Inheritance diagram¶

Used in compound modules¶

Name	Type	Description
Dcf	compound module	Implements the DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) for IEEE 802.11.

Extends¶

Name	Type	Description
SimpleModule	simple module	Base module for all INET simple modules.

Parameters¶

Name	Type	Default value	Description
displayStringTextFormat	string	“”	Determines the text that is written on top of the submodule, supports displaying pars, watches, and module-specific information
rateControlModule	string
multicastFrameBitrate	double	-1bps
responseAckFrameBitrate	double	-1bps
responseCtsFrameBitrate	double	-1bps
dataFrameBitrate	double	-1bps	Fastest
dataFrameBandwidth	double	nan Hz	Unspecified by default
dataFrameNumSpatialStreams	int	-1	Unspecified by default
mgmtFrameBitrate	double	-1bps	Fastest
controlFrameBitrate	double	-1bps

Properties¶

Name	Value	Description
class	RateSelection
display	i=block/cogwheel

Source code¶

//
// Implements the default rate selection algorithm. Rate selection decides what bit rate
// (or MCS) should be used for control frames, management frames and data frames.
//
simple RateSelection extends SimpleModule like IRateSelection
{
    parameters:
        @class(RateSelection);
        string rateControlModule;

        double multicastFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);

        double responseAckFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);
        double responseCtsFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);

        double dataFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps); // Fastest
        double dataFrameBandwidth @unit(Hz) = default(nan Hz); // Unspecified by default
        int dataFrameNumSpatialStreams = default(-1); // Unspecified by default

        double mgmtFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps); // Fastest
        double controlFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);
        @display("i=block/cogwheel");
}

File: src/inet/linklayer/ieee80211/mac/rateselection/RateSelection.ned