wifi-msdu-aggregator-test-suite.cc

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#include "ns3/boolean.h"
#include "ns3/double.h"
#include "ns3/internet-stack-helper.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-address-helper.h"
#include "ns3/mobility-helper.h"
#include "ns3/on-off-helper.h"
#include "ns3/packet-sink-helper.h"
#include "ns3/packet-sink.h"
#include "ns3/ssid.h"
#include "ns3/string.h"
#include "ns3/test.h"
#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
#include "ns3/yans-wifi-helper.h"
 
using namespace ns3;
 
class WifiMsduAggregatorThroughputTest : public TestCase
{
  public:
    WifiMsduAggregatorThroughputTest();
    void DoRun() override;
 
  private:
    bool m_writeResults; 
};
 
WifiMsduAggregatorThroughputTest::WifiMsduAggregatorThroughputTest()
    : TestCase("MsduAggregator throughput test"),
      m_writeResults(false)
{
}
 
void
WifiMsduAggregatorThroughputTest::DoRun()
{
    WifiHelper wifi;
    WifiMacHelper wifiMac;
    YansWifiPhyHelper wifiPhy;
    YansWifiChannelHelper wifiChannel = YansWifiChannelHelper::Default();
    wifiPhy.SetChannel(wifiChannel.Create());
 
    Ssid ssid = Ssid("wifi-amsdu-throughput");
    // It may seem a little farcical running an 802.11n aggregation
    // scenario with 802.11b rates (transmit rate fixed to 1 Mbps, no
    // less), but this approach tests the bit we need to without unduly
    // increasing the complexity of the simulation.
    std::string phyMode("DsssRate1Mbps");
    wifi.SetStandard(WIFI_STANDARD_80211b);
    wifi.SetRemoteStationManager("ns3::ConstantRateWifiManager",
                                 "DataMode",
                                 StringValue(phyMode),
                                 "ControlMode",
                                 StringValue(phyMode));
 
    // Setup the AP, which will be the source of traffic for this test
    // and thus has an aggregator on AC_BE.
    NodeContainer ap;
    ap.Create(1);
    wifiMac.SetType("ns3::ApWifiMac",
                    "QosSupported",
                    BooleanValue(true),
                    "Ssid",
                    SsidValue(ssid),
                    "BeaconGeneration",
                    BooleanValue(true),
                    "BeaconInterval",
                    TimeValue(MicroSeconds(102400)),
                    "BE_MaxAmsduSize",
                    UintegerValue(4000));
 
    NetDeviceContainer apDev = wifi.Install(wifiPhy, wifiMac, ap);
 
    // Setup one STA, which will be the sink for traffic in this test.
    NodeContainer sta;
    sta.Create(1);
    wifiMac.SetType("ns3::StaWifiMac",
                    "QosSupported",
                    BooleanValue(true),
                    "Ssid",
                    SsidValue(ssid),
                    "ActiveProbing",
                    BooleanValue(false));
    NetDeviceContainer staDev = wifi.Install(wifiPhy, wifiMac, sta);
 
    // Our devices will have fixed positions
    MobilityHelper mobility;
    mobility.SetMobilityModel("ns3::ConstantPositionMobilityModel");
    mobility.SetPositionAllocator("ns3::GridPositionAllocator",
                                  "MinX",
                                  DoubleValue(0.0),
                                  "MinY",
                                  DoubleValue(0.0),
                                  "DeltaX",
                                  DoubleValue(5.0),
                                  "DeltaY",
                                  DoubleValue(10.0),
                                  "GridWidth",
                                  UintegerValue(2),
                                  "LayoutType",
                                  StringValue("RowFirst"));
    mobility.Install(sta);
    mobility.Install(ap);
 
    // Now we install internet stacks on our devices
    InternetStackHelper stack;
    stack.Install(ap);
    stack.Install(sta);
 
    Ipv4AddressHelper address;
    address.SetBase("192.168.0.0", "255.255.255.0");
    Ipv4InterfaceContainer staNodeInterface;
    Ipv4InterfaceContainer apNodeInterface;
    staNodeInterface = address.Assign(staDev);
    apNodeInterface = address.Assign(apDev);
 
    // The applications for this test will see a unidirectional UDP
    // stream from the AP to the STA. The following UDP port will be
    // used (arbitrary choice).
    uint16_t udpPort = 50000;
 
    // The packet sink application is on the STA device, and is running
    // right from the start. The traffic source will turn on at 1 second
    // and then off at 9 seconds, so we turn the sink off at 9 seconds
    // too in order to measure throughput in a fixed window.
    PacketSinkHelper packetSink("ns3::UdpSocketFactory",
                                InetSocketAddress(Ipv4Address::GetAny(), udpPort));
    ApplicationContainer sinkApp = packetSink.Install(sta.Get(0));
    sinkApp.Start(Seconds(0));
    sinkApp.Stop(Seconds(9.0));
 
    // The packet source is an on-off application on the AP
    // device. Given that we have fixed the transmit rate at 1 Mbps
    // above, a 1 Mbps stream at the transport layer should be sufficient
    // to determine whether aggregation is working or not.
    //
    // We configure this traffic stream to operate between 1 and 9 seconds.
    OnOffHelper onoff("ns3::UdpSocketFactory",
                      InetSocketAddress(staNodeInterface.GetAddress(0), udpPort));
    onoff.SetAttribute("PacketSize", UintegerValue(100));
    onoff.SetConstantRate(DataRate("1Mbps"));
    ApplicationContainer sourceApp = onoff.Install(ap.Get(0));
    sourceApp.Start(Seconds(1.0));
    sourceApp.Stop(Seconds(9.0));
 
    // Enable tracing at the AP
    if (m_writeResults)
    {
        wifiPhy.SetPcapDataLinkType(WifiPhyHelper::DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO);
        wifiPhy.EnablePcap("wifi-amsdu-throughput", sta.Get(0)->GetId(), 0);
    }
 
    Simulator::Stop(Seconds(10.0));
    Simulator::Run();
    Simulator::Destroy();
 
    // Now the simulation is complete we note the total number of octets
    // receive at the packet sink so that we can shortly test that this
    // is plausible.
    uint32_t totalOctetsThrough = DynamicCast<PacketSink>(sinkApp.Get(0))->GetTotalRx();
 
    // Check that throughput was acceptable. This threshold is set based
    // on inspection of a trace where things are working. Basically, we
    // there get 26 UDP packets (of size 100, as specified above)
    // aggregated per A-MSDU, for which the complete frame exchange
    // (including RTS/CTS and plus medium access) takes around 32
    // ms. Over the eight seconds of the test this means we expect about
    // 650 kilobytes, so a pass threshold of 600000 seems to provide a
    // fair amount of margin to account for reduced utilisation around
    // stream startup, and contention around AP beacon transmission.
    //
    // If aggregation is turned off, then we get about 350 kilobytes in
    // the same test, so we'll definitely catch the major failures.
    NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_GT(totalOctetsThrough,
                          600000,
                          "A-MSDU test fails for low throughput of " << totalOctetsThrough
                                                                     << " octets");
}
 
class WifiMsduAggregatorTestSuite : public TestSuite
{
  public:
    WifiMsduAggregatorTestSuite();
};
 
WifiMsduAggregatorTestSuite::WifiMsduAggregatorTestSuite()
    : TestSuite("wifi-msdu-aggregator", SYSTEM)
{
    AddTestCase(new WifiMsduAggregatorThroughputTest, TestCase::QUICK);
}
 
static WifiMsduAggregatorTestSuite wifiMsduAggregatorTestSuite;