IMediumVisualizer

Package: inet.visualizer.contract

module interface IMediumVisualizer

Interface allows configuring different IMediumVisualizer submodules from INI files. Such a visualizer displays transmitting nodes, receiving nodes, and propagating radio signals on a medium.

See also: MediumCanvasVisualizer, MediumOsgVisualizer, MediumVisualizer, MediumVisualizerBase

Inheritance diagram

Implemented by

Name

Type

Description

MediumCanvasVisualizer

simple module

Visualizes a medium on a 2D canvas. It displays communication ranges and interference ranges as circles around network nodes. It displays an image at network nodes which are currently transmitting, and a different image at other network nodes which are currently receiving. It also displays radio signals as a 2D ring or a 3D sphere as they propagate through the medium.

MediumVisualizer

compound module

Integrates canvas and osg medium visualizers into a single module.

MediumOsgVisualizer

simple module

Visualizes a medium using a 3D osg scene. It displays communication ranges and interference ranges as circles around network nodes. It displays an image at network nodes which are currently transmitting, and a different image at other network nodes which are currently receiving. It also displays radio signals as a growing 2D ring or a 3D sphere as they propagate through the medium. All 2D shapes such as circles, rings, and images can be displayed in 4 different planes: camera, xy, xz, and yz. It’s also possible to use animated images.

Extends

Name

Type

Description

IVisualizer

module interface

Base interface for all visualizer module interfaces in the INET Framework. Defines common parameters for specifying visualization target and subject modules. Visualizers provide graphical representation of various aspects of network simulation, such as links, traffic flows, routing paths, and network state information.

Parameters

Name

Type

Default value

Description

visualizationTargetModule

string

visualizationSubjectModule

string

Properties

Name

Value

Description

display

i=block/app

Source code

//
// Interface allows configuring different ~IMediumVisualizer
// submodules from INI files. Such a visualizer displays transmitting nodes,
// receiving nodes, and propagating radio signals on a medium.
//
// @see ~MediumCanvasVisualizer, ~MediumOsgVisualizer, ~MediumVisualizer, ~MediumVisualizerBase
//
moduleinterface IMediumVisualizer extends IVisualizer
{
    parameters:
        @display("i=block/app");
}

File: src/inet/visualizer/contract/IMediumVisualizer.ned