Ipv6RouterAdvertisement¶

Namespace: inet

class Ipv6RouterAdvertisement

Router Advertisement Message Format RFC 2461 Section 4.2 RFC 3775 Section 7.1, RFC 5175 Section 3. (homeAgentFlag)

Usage diagram¶

Inheritance diagram¶

Extends¶

Name	Type	Description
Ipv6NdMessage	class	Neighbour Discovery for Ipv6. RFC 2461

Fields¶

Name	Type	Description
id	int
mutable	bool
complete	bool
correct	bool
properlyRepresented	bool
chunkLength	b
rawBin	string[]
rawHex	string[]
regionTags	SharingRegionTagSet::TagBaseRegionTag[]
chunkLength
type	Icmpv6Type	1 byte int code; // 1 byte //TODO this should be specific to different ICMP types.
chksum	int	2 bytes
checksumMode	ChecksumMode	4 bytes ‘type’ specific values
code	int
chunkLength		without options
type		Additional ICMP fields
curHopLimit	unsigned short
managedAddrConfFlag	bool	M-bit
otherStatefulConfFlag	bool	O-bit
homeAgentFlag	bool	H-bit
reserved	uint8_t
routerLifetime	unsigned short	[s] 0 indicates router is not a default router
reachableTime	unsigned int	[ms]
retransTimer	unsigned int	[ms]
options	Ipv6NdOptions

Properties¶

Name	Value	Description
beforeChange	handleChange()
descriptor	readonly
existingClass
packetData

Source code¶

//
// Router Advertisement Message Format
// RFC 2461 Section 4.2
// RFC 3775 Section 7.1, RFC 5175 Section 3. (homeAgentFlag)
//
class Ipv6RouterAdvertisement extends Ipv6NdMessage
{
    chunkLength = B(16);    // without options
    type = ICMPv6_ROUTER_AD;
    //Additional ICMP fields
    unsigned short curHopLimit;

    bool managedAddrConfFlag;    //M-bit
    bool otherStatefulConfFlag;    //O-bit
    bool homeAgentFlag = false;        //H-bit
    uint8_t reserved = 0;

    unsigned short routerLifetime;  // [s] 0 indicates router is not a default router
    unsigned int reachableTime;     // [ms]
    unsigned int retransTimer;      // [ms]
    Ipv6NdOptions options;
}

File: src/inet/networklayer/icmpv6/Ipv6NdMessage.msg