tap-wifi-virtual-machine.py

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# -*-  Mode: Python; -*-
#
# Copyright 2010 University of Washington
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
# published by the Free Software Foundation;
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
#
 
import sys
 
try:
    from ns import ns
except ModuleNotFoundError:
    raise SystemExit(
        "Error: ns3 Python module not found;"
        " Python bindings may not be enabled"
        " or your PYTHONPATH might not be properly configured"
    )
 
 
def main(argv):
    ns.CommandLine().Parse(argv)
 
    #
    # We are interacting with the outside, real, world.  This means we have to
    # interact in real-time and therefore we have to use the real-time simulator
    # and take the time to calculate checksums.
    #
    ns.GlobalValue.Bind("SimulatorImplementationType", ns.StringValue("ns3::RealtimeSimulatorImpl"))
    ns.GlobalValue.Bind("ChecksumEnabled", ns.BooleanValue(True))
 
    #
    # Create two ghost nodes.  The first will represent the virtual machine host
    # on the left side of the network; and the second will represent the VM on
    # the right side.
    #
    nodes = ns.NodeContainer()
    nodes.Create(2)
 
    #
    # We're going to use 802.11 A so set up a wifi helper to reflect that.
    #
    wifi = ns.WifiHelper()
    wifi.SetStandard(ns.WIFI_STANDARD_80211a)
    wifi.SetRemoteStationManager(
        "ns3::ConstantRateWifiManager", "DataMode", ns.StringValue("OfdmRate54Mbps")
    )
 
    #
    # No reason for pesky access points, so we'll use an ad-hoc network.
    #
    wifiMac = ns.WifiMacHelper()
    wifiMac.SetType("ns3::AdhocWifiMac")
 
    #
    # Configure the physical layer.
    #
    wifiChannel = ns.YansWifiChannelHelper.Default()
    wifiPhy = ns.YansWifiPhyHelper()
    wifiPhy.SetChannel(wifiChannel.Create())
 
    #
    # Install the wireless devices onto our ghost nodes.
    #
    devices = wifi.Install(wifiPhy, wifiMac, nodes)
 
    #
    # We need location information since we are talking about wifi, so add a
    # constant position to the ghost nodes.
    #
    mobility = ns.MobilityHelper()
    positionAlloc = ns.ListPositionAllocator()
    positionAlloc.Add(ns.Vector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0))
    positionAlloc.Add(ns.Vector(5.0, 0.0, 0.0))
    mobility.SetPositionAllocator(positionAlloc)
    mobility.SetMobilityModel("ns3::ConstantPositionMobilityModel")
    mobility.Install(nodes)
 
    #
    # Use the TapBridgeHelper to connect to the pre-configured tap devices for
    # the left side.  We go with "UseLocal" mode since the wifi devices do not
    # support promiscuous mode (because of their natures0.  This is a special
    # case mode that allows us to extend a linux bridge into ns-3 IFF we will
    # only see traffic from one other device on that bridge.  That is the case
    # for this configuration.
    #
    tapBridge = ns.TapBridgeHelper()
    tapBridge.SetAttribute("Mode", ns.StringValue("UseLocal"))
    tapBridge.SetAttribute("DeviceName", ns.StringValue("tap-left"))
    tapBridge.Install(nodes.Get(0), devices.Get(0))
 
    #
    # Connect the right side tap to the right side wifi device on the right-side
    # ghost node.
    #
    tapBridge.SetAttribute("DeviceName", ns.StringValue("tap-right"))
    tapBridge.Install(nodes.Get(1), devices.Get(1))
 
    #
    # Run the simulation for ten minutes to give the user time to play around
    #
    ns.Simulator.Stop(ns.Seconds(600))
    ns.Simulator.Run()  # signal_check_frequency = -1
    ns.Simulator.Destroy()
    return 0
 
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))