IUeCellularNic

module interface

Interface for the 3GPP stack of a UE: the parts of the contract that only a UE's NIC has.

Inheritance diagram

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

Implemented by

Name	Type	Description
LteNicUe	compound module	The LteNicUe module is a network interface that provides LTE connectivity within a UE (User Equipment). It implements the data and signaling planes of the LTE stack, which includes PDCP, RLC, MAC, and PHY layers. The parameters and submodules allow customization of the UE's behavior.
LteNicUeD2D	compound module	Represents a Device-to-Device (D2D) capable User Equipment (UE) network interface. It extends the basic LTE UE functionality by adding D2D communication capabilities, allowing direct communication between UEs without the need to route traffic through the base station.
NrNicUe	compound module	Defines a User Equipment (UE) network interface card that supports both LTE and NR (New Radio) technologies. It extends the LteNicUe module by adding additional submodules and parameters to support NR-specific functionalities. D2D support is added by the NrNicUeD2D subtype.
NrNicUeD2D	compound module	Device-to-Device (D2D) capable NR User Equipment network interface. It extends NrNicUe by swapping in the D2D-capable NR MAC/PHY leaves and enabling the D2D mode controller, allowing direct UE-to-UE communication without routing traffic through the gNodeB. It is the NR counterpart of LteNicUeD2D.

Used in compound modules

Name	Type	Description
LteUe	compound module	Models a User Equipment (UE) in a 4G LTE network. It is a host equipped with an LTE Network Interface Card (NIC), allowing the UE to connect to an eNodeB module via the Radio Access Network (RAN) of the LTE network and communicate with any other host in the system. The UE is an INET StandardHost with the cellular NIC as an additional network interface of its link layer, so it has all the higher layers of the protocol stack, from the link layer to the application modules, and the configuration options of StandardHost (numApps, hasUdp, hasTcp, hasIpv4, hasIpv6, numEthInterfaces, etc.). Its Ethernet interfaces (eth[]) are utilized in real-time emulation mode to connect the UE to the real network (outside the simulator) via a virtual Ethernet interface.

Extends

Name	Type	Description
ICellularNic	module interface	Interface for the 3GPP Stack.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
nodeType	string
sessionType	string		The type of the UE's session (see LteUe)

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/ifcard
networkInterface

Source code

//
// Interface for the 3GPP stack of a UE: the parts of the contract that only
// a UE's NIC has.
//
moduleinterface IUeCellularNic extends ICellularNic
{
    parameters:
        string sessionType;  // The type of the UE's session (see ~LteUe)
}

File: src/simu5g/stack/IUeCellularNic.ned