end-device-lora-phy.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2017 University of Padova
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Authors: Davide Magrin <magrinda@dei.unipd.it>,
 *          Michele Luvisotto <michele.luvisotto@dei.unipd.it>
 *          Stefano Romagnolo <romagnolostefano93@gmail.com>
 */
 
#ifndef END_DEVICE_LORA_PHY_H
#define END_DEVICE_LORA_PHY_H
 
#include "lora-phy.h"
 
#include "ns3/mobility-model.h"
#include "ns3/net-device.h"
#include "ns3/node.h"
#include "ns3/nstime.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/traced-value.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
namespace lorawan
{
 
class LoraChannel;
 
/**
 * @ingroup lorawan
 *
 * Receive notifications about PHY events.
 */
class EndDeviceLoraPhyListener
{
  public:
    virtual ~EndDeviceLoraPhyListener(); //!< Destructor
 
    /**
     * We have received the first bit of a packet. We decided
     * that we could synchronize on this packet. It does not mean
     * we will be able to successfully receive completely the
     * whole packet. It means that we will report a BUSY status until
     * one of the following happens:
     *   - NotifyRxEndOk
     *   - NotifyRxEndError
     *   - NotifyTxStart
     */
    virtual void NotifyRxStart() = 0;
 
    /**
     * We are about to send the first bit of the packet.
     * We do not send any event to notify the end of
     * transmission. Listeners should assume that the
     * channel implicitly reverts to the idle state
     * unless they have received a cca busy report.
     *
     * @param txPowerDbm The nominal tx power in dBm.
     */
    virtual void NotifyTxStart(double txPowerDbm) = 0;
 
    /**
     * Notify listeners that we went to sleep.
     */
    virtual void NotifySleep() = 0;
 
    /**
     * Notify listeners that we woke up.
     */
    virtual void NotifyStandby() = 0;
};
 
/**
 * @ingroup lorawan
 *
 * Class representing a LoRa transceiver.
 *
 * This class inherits some functionality by LoraPhy, like the GetOnAirTime
 * function, and extends it to represent the behavior of a LoRa chip, like the
 * SX1272.
 *
 * Additional behaviors featured in this class include a State member variable
 * that expresses the current state of the device (SLEEP, TX, RX or STANDBY),
 * and a frequency and Spreading Factor this device is listening to when in
 * STANDBY mode. After transmission and reception, the device returns
 * automatically to STANDBY mode. The decision of when to go into SLEEP mode
 * is delegateed to an upper layer, which can modify the state of the device
 * through the public SwitchToSleep and SwitchToStandby methods. In SLEEP
 * mode, the device cannot lock on a packet and start reception.
 *
 * Peculiarities about the error model and about how errors are handled are
 * supposed to be handled by classes extending this one, like
 * SimpleEndDeviceLoraPhy or SpectrumEndDeviceLoraPhy. These classes need to
 */
class EndDeviceLoraPhy : public LoraPhy
{
  public:
    /**
     * An enumeration of the possible states of an EndDeviceLoraPhy.
     * It makes sense to define a state for End Devices since there's only one
     * demodulator which can either send, receive, stay idle or go in a deep
     * sleep state.
     */
    enum State
    {
        /**
         * The PHY layer is sleeping.
         * During sleep, the device is not listening for incoming messages.
         */
        SLEEP,
 
        /**
         * The PHY layer is in STANDBY.
         * When the PHY is in this state, it's listening to the channel, and
         * it's also ready to transmit data passed to it by the MAC layer.
         */
        STANDBY,
 
        /**
         * The PHY layer is sending a packet.
         * During transmission, the device cannot receive any packet or send
         * any additional packet.
         */
        TX,
 
        /**
         * The PHY layer is receiving a packet.
         * While the device is locked on an incoming packet, transmission is
         * not possible.
         */
        RX
    };
 
    /**
     *  Register this type.
     *  @return The object TypeId.
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    EndDeviceLoraPhy();           //!< Default constructor
    ~EndDeviceLoraPhy() override; //!< Destructor
 
    // Implementation of LoraPhy's pure virtual functions
    void StartReceive(Ptr<Packet> packet,
                      double rxPowerDbm,
                      uint8_t sf,
                      Time duration,
                      uint32_t frequencyHz) override = 0;
 
    // Implementation of LoraPhy's pure virtual functions
    void EndReceive(Ptr<Packet> packet, Ptr<LoraInterferenceHelper::Event> event) override = 0;
 
    // Implementation of LoraPhy's pure virtual functions
    void Send(Ptr<Packet> packet,
              LoraTxParameters txParams,
              uint32_t frequencyHz,
              double txPowerDbm) override = 0;
 
    // Implementation of LoraPhy's pure virtual functions
    bool IsOnFrequency(uint32_t frequencyHz) override;
 
    // Implementation of LoraPhy's pure virtual functions
    bool IsTransmitting() override;
 
    /**
     * Set the frequency this end device will listen on.
     *
     * Should a packet be transmitted on a frequency different than that the
     * EndDeviceLoraPhy is listening on, the packet will be discarded.
     *
     * @param frequencyHz The frequency [Hz] to listen to.
     */
    void SetFrequency(uint32_t frequencyHz);
 
    /**
     * Set the Spreading Factor this end device will listen for.
     *
     * The EndDeviceLoraPhy object will not be able to lock on transmissions that
     * use a different spreading factor than the one it's listening for.
     *
     * @param sf The spreading factor to listen for.
     */
    void SetSpreadingFactor(uint8_t sf);
 
    /**
     * Get the Spreading Factor this end device is listening for.
     *
     * @return The Spreading Factor we are listening for.
     */
    uint8_t GetSpreadingFactor() const;
 
    /**
     * Return the state this end device is currently in.
     *
     * @return The state this EndDeviceLoraPhy is currently in.
     */
    EndDeviceLoraPhy::State GetState();
 
    /**
     * Switch to the STANDBY state.
     */
    void SwitchToStandby();
 
    /**
     * Switch to the SLEEP state.
     */
    void SwitchToSleep();
 
    /**
     * Add the input listener to the list of objects to be notified of PHY-level
     * events.
     *
     * @param listener The new listener.
     */
    void RegisterListener(EndDeviceLoraPhyListener* listener);
 
    /**
     * Remove the input listener from the list of objects to be notified of
     * PHY-level events.
     *
     * @param listener The listener to be unregistered.
     */
    void UnregisterListener(EndDeviceLoraPhyListener* listener);
 
    static const double sensitivity[6]; //!< The sensitivity vector of this device to different SFs
 
  protected:
    /**
     * Signals the end of a transmission by the EndDeviceLoraPhy.
     *
     * @param packet A pointer to the Packet transmitted.
     */
    void TxFinished(Ptr<const Packet> packet) override;
 
    /**
     * Switch to the RX state.
     */
    void SwitchToRx();
 
    /**
     * Switch to the TX state.
     *
     * @param txPowerDbm The transmission power [dBm].
     */
    void SwitchToTx(double txPowerDbm);
 
    /**
     * Trace source for when a packet is lost because it was using a spreading factor different from
     * the one this EndDeviceLoraPhy was configured to listen for.
     */
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet>, uint32_t> m_wrongSf;
 
    /**
     * Trace source for when a packet is lost because it was transmitted on a
     * frequency different from the one this EndDeviceLoraPhy was configured to
     * listen on.
     */
    TracedCallback<Ptr<const Packet>, uint32_t> m_wrongFrequency;
 
    TracedValue<State> m_state; //!< The state this PHY is currently in.
 
    // static const double sensitivity[6]; //!< The sensitivity vector of this device to different
    // SFs
 
    uint32_t m_frequencyHz; //!< The frequency [Hz] this device is listening on
 
    uint8_t m_sf; //!< The Spreading Factor this device is listening for
 
    /**
     * typedef for a list of EndDeviceLoraPhyListener.
     */
    typedef std::vector<EndDeviceLoraPhyListener*> Listeners;
    /**
     * typedef for a list of EndDeviceLoraPhyListener iterator.
     */
    typedef std::vector<EndDeviceLoraPhyListener*>::iterator ListenersI;
 
    Listeners m_listeners; //!< PHY listeners
};
 
} // namespace lorawan
 
} // namespace ns3
#endif /* END_DEVICE_LORA_PHY_H */