PacketServer

simple module

This module repeatedly pulls packets from the connected packet provider and after a processing delay it pushes the packet into the connected packet consumer. The processing delay is processingTime + packetLength / processingBitrate.

Inheritance diagram

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

Used in compound modules

Name	Type	Description
ExampleInterface	compound module	(no description)

Used in

Name	Type	Description
PeekingUnderTheHoodShowcase	network	(no description)
ServerTutorialStep	network	(no description)

Extends

Name	Type	Description
PacketServerBase	simple module	This is a base module for various packet server modules.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
displayStringTextFormat	string	"served %p pk (%l)\n%s"	determines the text that is written on top of the submodule
clockModule	string	""	relative path of a module that implements IClock(1,2); optional
processingTime	double		determines additional processing time per packet
processingBitrate	double	inf bps	determines additional processing time per bit

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/server
class	PacketServer

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
in	input
out	output

Signals

Name	Type	Unit
packetPushed	inet::Packet
packetPulled	inet::Packet

Statistics

Name	Title	Source	Record	Unit	Interpolation Mode
outgoingDataRate	outgoing datarate	throughput(packetPushed)	vector	bps	linear
incomingDataRate	incoming datarate	throughput(packetPulled)	vector	bps	linear
outgoingPacketLengths	outgoing packet lengths	packetLength(packetPushed)	sum, histogram, vector	b	none
incomingPacketLengths	incoming packet lengths	packetLength(packetPulled)	sum, histogram, vector	b	none
incomingPackets	incoming packets	packetPulled	count	pk
outgoingPackets	outgoing packets	packetPushed	count	pk

Source code

//
// This module repeatedly pulls packets from the connected packet provider and
// after a processing delay it pushes the packet into the connected packet
// consumer. The processing delay is processingTime + packetLength / processingBitrate.
//
simple PacketServer extends PacketServerBase like IPacketServer
{
    parameters:
        displayStringTextFormat = default("served %p pk (%l)\n%s");
        string clockModule = default(""); // relative path of a module that implements IClock; optional
        volatile double processingTime @unit(s); // determines additional processing time per packet
        volatile double processingBitrate @unit(bps) = default(inf bps); // determines additional processing time per bit
        @class(PacketServer);
}

File: src/inet/queueing/server/PacketServer.ned