Implements the default rate selection algorithm. Rate selection decides what bit rate (or MCS) should be used for control frames, management frames and data frames.

Inheritance diagram

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Used in compound modules

Name	Type	Description
Dcf	compound module	Implements the DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) for IEEE 802.11.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
rateControlModule	string
multicastFrameBitrate	double	-1bps
responseAckFrameBitrate	double	-1bps
responseCtsFrameBitrate	double	-1bps
dataFrameBitrate	double	-1bps	fastest
dataFrameBandwidth	double	nan Hz	unspecified by default
dataFrameNumSpatialStreams	int	-1	unspecified by default
mgmtFrameBitrate	double	-1bps	fastest
controlFrameBitrate	double	-1bps

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/cogwheel

Called methods (observed)

function	info	call from
inet::ieee80211::RateSelection::receiveSignal	modesetChanged	Ieee80211Mac

Source code

//
// Implements the default rate selection algorithm. Rate selection decides what bit rate
// (or MCS) should be used for control frames, management frames and data frames.
//
simple RateSelection like IRateSelection
{
    parameters:
        string rateControlModule;

        double multicastFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);

        double responseAckFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);
        double responseCtsFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);

        double dataFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps); // fastest
        double dataFrameBandwidth @unit(Hz) = default(nan Hz); // unspecified by default
        int dataFrameNumSpatialStreams = default(-1); // unspecified by default

        double mgmtFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps); // fastest
        double controlFrameBitrate @unit(bps) = default(-1bps);
        @display("i=block/cogwheel");
}

File: src/inet/linklayer/ieee80211/mac/rateselection/RateSelection.ned

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