Channel Class Reference

A channel class is one over which a signal travels according to some path loss model. More...

#include <channel.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for Channel:

List of all members.

Public Types
typedef boost::shared_ptr< Channel >	ChannelPtr
	Smart pointer that clients should use.
Public Member Functions
virtual	~Channel ()
	A destructor.
virtual SimTime	propagationDelay (const PhysicalLayer &sender, const PhysicalLayer &receiver) const
	Compute the propagation delay between two physical layer objects.
Protected Member Functions
	Channel ()
	A constructor.
	Channel (const Channel &rhs)
	A copy constructor.

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Detailed Description

A channel class is one over which a signal travels according to some path loss model.

In the future, this could be the superclass for sensed events as well (e.g., temperature, light), but for now it is just use for the wireless communication channel.

Definition at line 21 of file channel.hpp.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Channel::Channel

(

)

[protected]

A constructor.

This is protected to ensure that all objects are created via new since we are using smart pointers.

Definition at line 6 of file channel.cpp.

Channel::Channel

(

const Channel &

rhs

)

[protected]

A copy constructor.

This is protected to ensure that all objects are created via new since we are using smart pointers.

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Member Function Documentation

SimTime Channel::propagationDelay	(	const PhysicalLayer &	sender,
		const PhysicalLayer &	receiver
	)			const [virtual]

Compute the propagation delay between two physical layer objects.

Parameters:

	sender	the sending physical layer.
	receiver	the receving physical layer.

Returns:

the propagation delay between the two objects.

Definition at line 16 of file channel.cpp.

References Location::distance(), PhysicalLayer::getLocation(), and SPEED_OF_LIGHT.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• channel.hpp
• channel.cpp

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