IActivePacketSink

Package: inet.queueing.contract

module interface IActivePacketSink

Interface for active packet sink modules. An active packet sink, also called a collector, has one input that must be connected to a passive packet source module. The active packet sink is expected to pull packets from the connected passive packet source over time.

See also: ActivePacketSink, PacketServer, PacketScheduler, IPassivePacketSource

Inheritance diagram

Implemented by

Name

Type

Description

PacketDemultiplexer

simple module

Connects multiple packet collectors to one packet provider. When a packet is pulled by one of the connected packet collectors, then the demultiplexer simply pulls a packet from the connected packet provider.

InstantServer

simple module

Repeatedly pulls packets from the connected packet provider and pushes the packet into the connected packet consumer without delay.

OmittedPacketServer

compound module

Implements the given interface and can be used as an optional module that removes itself from the module hierarchy during initialization.

PacketServer

simple module

Repeatedly pulls packets from the connected packet provider and after a processing delay, it pushes the packet into the connected packet consumer. The processing delay is processingTime + packetLength / processingBitrate.

PreemptingServer

simple module

(no description)

TokenBasedServer

simple module

Repeatedly pulls packets from the connected packet provider and it pushes them into the connected packet consumer. The packets are processed in zero simulation time, and the process continues until the available number of tokens is not sufficient anymore.

ActivePacketSink

simple module

An active packet sink which pulls packets from the connected module. It pulls whole packets through the in gate at every collection interval. It pulls the first packet after the initial collection offset.

FullPacketSink

simple module

An active/passive full packet sink. It doesn’t pull packets from the connected module, and it doesn’t allow packets to be pushed by the connected module. The input gate generates backpressure for push packet operations.

Known subclasses

Name

Type

Description

IPacketPuller

module interface

Interface for packet pullers. A packet puller connects one input to one output. Packets can be pulled from its output and it pulls packets from its input.

IPacketServer

module interface

Interface for packet server modules. A packet server is an active module which has one active input and one active output. Packets are pulled from the connected input module and pushed into the connected output module with an optional delay but without reordering.

Properties

Name

Value

Description

display

i=block/sink

Source code

//
// Interface for active packet sink modules.
// An active packet sink, also called a collector, has one input that must be
// connected to a passive packet source module. The active packet sink is
// expected to pull packets from the connected passive packet source over time.
//
// @see ~ActivePacketSink, ~PacketServer, ~PacketScheduler, ~IPassivePacketSource
//
moduleinterface IActivePacketSink
{
    parameters:
        @display("i=block/sink");
    gates:
        input in @labels(pull);
}

File: src/inet/queueing/contract/IActivePacketSink.ned