lora-net-device.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2017 University of Padova
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Author: Davide Magrin <magrinda@dei.unipd.it>
 */
 
#ifndef LORA_NET_DEVICE_H
#define LORA_NET_DEVICE_H
 
#include "ns3/net-device.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
namespace lorawan
{
 
/**
 * @defgroup lorawan LoRaWAN Models
 *
 * This section documents the API of the ns-3 lorawan module. For a generic functional description,
 * please refer to the ns-3 manual.
 */
 
class LoraChannel;
class LoraPhy;
class LorawanMac;
 
/**
 * @ingroup lorawan
 *
 * Hold together all LoRa related objects.
 *
 * This class holds together pointers to LoraChannel, LoraPhy and LorawanMac,
 * exposing methods through which Application instances can send packets. The
 * Application only needs to craft its packets, the NetDevice will take care of
 * calling the LorawanMac's Send method with the appropriate parameters.
 */
class LoraNetDevice : public NetDevice
{
  public:
    /**
     *  Register this type.
     *  @return The object TypeId.
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    LoraNetDevice();           //!< Default constructor
    ~LoraNetDevice() override; //!< Destructor
 
    /**
     * Set which LorawanMac instance is linked to this device.
     *
     * @param mac The MAC layer to use.
     */
    void SetMac(Ptr<LorawanMac> mac);
 
    /**
     * Set which LoraPhy instance is linked to this device.
     *
     * @param phy The PHY layer to use.
     */
    void SetPhy(Ptr<LoraPhy> phy);
 
    /**
     * Get the LorawanMac instance that is linked to this NetDevice.
     *
     * @return The MAC we are currently using.
     */
    Ptr<LorawanMac> GetMac() const;
 
    /**
     * Get the LoraPhy instance that is linked to this NetDevice.
     *
     * @return The PHY we are currently using.
     */
    Ptr<LoraPhy> GetPhy() const;
 
    /**
     * Send a packet through the LoRaWAN stack.
     *
     * @param packet The packet to send.
     */
    void Send(Ptr<Packet> packet);
 
    /**
     * @copydoc ns3::NetDevice::Send
 
     * @note This function is implemented to achieve compliance with the NetDevice
     * interface. Note that the dest and protocolNumber args are ignored.
     */
    bool Send(Ptr<Packet> packet, const Address& dest, uint16_t protocolNumber) override;
 
    /**
     * Callback the Mac layer calls whenever a packet arrives and needs to be
     * forwarded up the stack.
     *
     * @param packet The packet that was received.
     */
    void Receive(Ptr<Packet> packet);
 
    // From class NetDevice. Some of these have little meaning for a LoRaWAN
    // network device (since, for instance, IP is not used in the standard)
    void SetReceiveCallback(NetDevice::ReceiveCallback cb) override;
    Ptr<Channel> GetChannel() const override;
    void SetNode(Ptr<Node> node) override;
    Ptr<Node> GetNode() const override;
 
    void SetIfIndex(const uint32_t index) override;
    uint32_t GetIfIndex() const override;
    void SetAddress(Address address) override;
    Address GetAddress() const override;
    bool SetMtu(const uint16_t mtu) 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 IsBridge() const override;
    bool IsPointToPoint() const override;
    bool SendFrom(Ptr<Packet> packet,
                  const Address& source,
                  const Address& dest,
                  uint16_t protocolNumber) override;
    bool NeedsArp() const override;
    void SetPromiscReceiveCallback(PromiscReceiveCallback cb) override;
    bool SupportsSendFrom() const override;
 
  protected:
    /**
     * Receive a packet from the lower layer and pass the
     * packet up the stack.
     *
     * @param packet The packet we need to forward.
     * @param from The from address.
     * @param to The to address.
     *
     * @todo Not implemented, this is a placeholder for future implementation.
     */
    void ForwardUp(Ptr<Packet> packet, Mac48Address from, Mac48Address to);
 
  private:
    /**
     * Return the LoraChannel this device is connected to.
     *
     * @return A pointer to the LoraChannel object.
     */
    Ptr<LoraChannel> DoGetChannel() const;
 
    /**
     * Complete the configuration of this LoRa device by connecting all lower
     * components (PHY, MAC, Channel) together.
     */
    void CompleteConfig();
 
    // Member variables
    Ptr<Node> m_node;      //!< The Node this NetDevice is connected to.
    Ptr<LoraPhy> m_phy;    //!< The LoraPhy this NetDevice is connected to.
    Ptr<LorawanMac> m_mac; //!< The LorawanMac this NetDevice is connected to.
    bool m_configComplete; //!< Whether the configuration was already completed.
 
    /**
     * Upper layer callback used for notification of new data packet arrivals.
     */
    NetDevice::ReceiveCallback m_receiveCallback;
};
 
} // namespace lorawan
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* LORA_NET_DEVICE_H */