virtual-net-device.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2008,2009 INESC Porto
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Author: Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro  <gjc@inescporto.pt>
 */
 
#ifndef VIRTUAL_NET_DEVICE_H
#define VIRTUAL_NET_DEVICE_H
 
#include "ns3/address.h"
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/net-device.h"
#include "ns3/node.h"
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/traced-callback.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \defgroup virtual-net-device Virtual Device
 *
 */
 
/**
 * \ingroup virtual-net-device
 *
 * \class VirtualNetDevice
 * \brief A virtual device, similar to Linux TUN/TAP interfaces.
 *
 * A VirtualNetDevice is a "virtual" NetDevice implementation which
 * delegates to a user callback (see method SetSendCallback()) the
 * task of actually transmitting a packet.  It also allows the user
 * code to inject the packet as if it had been received by the
 * VirtualNetDevice.  Together, these features allow one to build tunnels.
 * For instance, by transmitting packets into a UDP socket we end up
 * building an IP-over-UDP-over-IP tunnel, or IP-over-IP tunnels.
 *
 * The same thing could be accomplished by subclassing NetDevice
 * directly.  However, VirtualNetDevice is usually much simpler to program
 * than a NetDevice subclass.
 */
class VirtualNetDevice : public NetDevice
{
  public:
    /**
     * Callback the be invoked when the VirtualNetDevice is asked to queue/transmit a packet.
     * For more information, consult the documentation of NetDevice::SendFrom().
     */
    typedef Callback<bool, Ptr<Packet>, const Address&, const Address&, uint16_t> SendCallback;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return The object TypeId.
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
    VirtualNetDevice();
 
    ~VirtualNetDevice() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set the user callback to be called when a L2 packet is to be transmitted
     * \param transmitCb the new transmit callback
     */
    void SetSendCallback(SendCallback transmitCb);
 
    /**
     * \brief Configure whether the virtual device needs ARP
     *
     * \param needsArp the the 'needs arp' value that will be returned
     * by the NeedsArp() method.  The method IsBroadcast() will also
     * return this value.
     */
    void SetNeedsArp(bool needsArp);
 
    /**
     * \brief Configure whether the virtual device is point-to-point
     *
     * \param isPointToPoint the value that should be returned by the
     * IsPointToPoint method for this instance.
     */
    void SetIsPointToPoint(bool isPointToPoint);
 
    /**
     * \brief Configure whether the virtual device supports SendFrom
     * \param supportsSendFrom true if the device supports SendFrom
     */
    void SetSupportsSendFrom(bool supportsSendFrom);
 
    /**
     * \brief Configure the reported MTU for the virtual device.
     * \param mtu MTU value to set
     * \return whether the MTU value was within legal bounds
     */
    bool SetMtu(const uint16_t mtu) override;
 
    /**
     * \param packet packet sent from below up to Network Device
     * \param protocol Protocol type
     * \param source the address of the sender of this packet.
     * \param destination the address of the receiver of this packet.
     * \param packetType type of packet received (broadcast/multicast/unicast/otherhost)
     * \returns true if the packet was forwarded successfully, false otherwise.
     *
     * Forward a "virtually received" packet up
     * the node's protocol stack.
     */
    bool Receive(Ptr<Packet> packet,
                 uint16_t protocol,
                 const Address& source,
                 const Address& destination,
                 PacketType packetType);
 
    // inherited from NetDevice base class.
    void SetIfIndex(const uint32_t index) override;
    uint32_t GetIfIndex() const override;
    Ptr<Channel> GetChannel() const override;
    void SetAddress(Address address) override;
    Address GetAddress() const override;
    uint16_t GetMtu() const override;
    bool IsLinkUp() const override;
    void AddLinkChangeCallback(Callback<void> callback) override;
    bool IsBroadcast() const override;
    Address GetBroadcast() const override;
    bool IsMulticast() const override;
    Address GetMulticast(Ipv4Address multicastGroup) const override;
    Address GetMulticast(Ipv6Address addr) const override;
    bool IsPointToPoint() const override;
    bool Send(Ptr<Packet> packet, const Address& dest, uint16_t protocolNumber) override;
    bool SendFrom(Ptr<Packet> packet,
                  const Address& source,
                  const Address& dest,
                  uint16_t protocolNumber) override;
    Ptr<Node> GetNode() const override;
    void SetNode(Ptr<Node> node) override;
    bool NeedsArp() const override;
    void SetReceiveCallback(NetDevice::ReceiveCallback cb) override;
    void SetPromiscReceiveCallback(NetDevice::PromiscReceiveCallback cb) override;
    bool SupportsSendFrom() const override;
    bool IsBridge() const override;
 
  protected:
    void DoDispose() override;
 
  private:
    Address m_myAddress;                                     //!< MAC address
    SendCallback m_sendCb;                                   //!< send callback
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet>> m_macRxTrace;          //!< Rx trace
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet>> m_macTxTrace;          //!< Tx trace
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet>> m_macPromiscRxTrace;   //!< Promisc Rx trace
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet>> m_snifferTrace;        //!< Sniffer trace
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet>> m_promiscSnifferTrace; //!< Promisc Sniffer trace
    Ptr<Node> m_node;                                        //!< Pointer to the node
    ReceiveCallback m_rxCallback;                            //!< Rx callback
    PromiscReceiveCallback m_promiscRxCallback;              //!< Promisc Rx callback
    std::string m_name;                                      //!< Name of the device
    uint32_t m_index;                                        //!< Device index
    uint16_t m_mtu;                                          //!< MTU
    bool m_needsArp;                                         //!< True if the device needs ARP
    bool m_supportsSendFrom; //!< True if the device supports SendFrm
    bool m_isPointToPoint;   //!< True if the device is a PointToPoint type device
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif