BurstSender

simple module

This module models an application that sends bursts of packets to a BurstReceiver application. During each burst, the application sends a configurable number of packets at regular intervals. The time interval between bursts can also be configured.

Inheritance diagram

The following diagram shows inheritance relationships for this type. Unresolved types are missing from the diagram.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
localPort	int	-1	local port to bind the sender (-1 means any port)
destPort	int	3000	destination port to which packets will be sent
destAddress	string		destination address in string format
startTime	double	0s	starting time of the first burst
burstSize	int	10	number of packets to be sent in each burst
interBurstTime	double	1s	time interval between consecutive bursts
packetSize	int	40B	size of one packet, in bytes
intraBurstTime	double	0.01s	time interval between packets within a burst
tos	int	-1	Type Of Service/Traffic Class for the sent packets (-1 means no specific TOS/Traffic Class is set)

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/source

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
socketOut	output
socketIn	input

Signals

Name	Type	Unit	Description
burstSentPkt

Statistics

Name	Title	Source	Record	Unit	Interpolation Mode	Description
burstSentPkt	Sent packet ID	burstSentPkt	vector

Source code

//
// This module models an application that sends bursts of packets to a ~BurstReceiver
// application. During each burst, the application sends a configurable number of
// packets at regular intervals. The time interval between bursts can also be configured.
//
simple BurstSender like IApp
{
    parameters:
        int localPort = default(-1);                        // local port to bind the sender (-1 means any port)
        int destPort = default(3000);                       // destination port to which packets will be sent
        string destAddress;                                 // destination address in string format
        double startTime @unit("s") = default(0s);          // starting time of the first burst

        int burstSize = default(10);                        // number of packets to be sent in each burst
        double interBurstTime @unit("s") = default(1s);     // time interval between consecutive bursts

        int packetSize @unit(B) = default(40B);             // size of one packet, in bytes
        double intraBurstTime @unit("s") = default(0.01s);  // time interval between packets within a burst

        int tos = default(-1);                              // Type Of Service/Traffic Class for the sent packets (-1 means no specific TOS/Traffic Class is set)

        @signal[burstSentPkt];
        @statistic[burstSentPkt](title="Sent packet ID"; unit=""; source="burstSentPkt"; record=vector);

        @display("i=block/source");
    gates:
        output socketOut;
        input socketIn;
}

File: src/apps/burst/BurstSender.ned