NED File src/networklayer/queue/REDQueue.ned

Source code:

//
// Copyright (C) 2005 Andras Varga
//
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package inet.networklayer.queue;

//
// RED (Random Early Detection) queue, to be used in routers' network
// interfaces. Conforms to the OutputQueue interface.
//
// Implements the original RED algorithm from
// "Random Early Detection Gateways for Congestion Avoidance" by
// Sally Floyd and Van Jacobson, 1993.
//
// The code is based on the algorithm described on p10 of the paper:
//
// <pre>
// Initialization:
//    avg <- 0
//    count <- -1
// for each packet arrival
//    calculate the new average queue size avg:
//        if the queue is nonempty
//            avg <- (1-wq)*avg + wq*q
//        else
//            m <- f(time-q_time)
//            avg <- (1-wq)^m * avg
//    if minth <= avg < maxth
//        increment count
//        calculate probability pa:
//            pb <- maxp*(avg-minth) / (maxth-minth)
//            pa <- pb / (1-count*pb)
//        with probability pa:
//            mark the arriving packet
//            count <- 0
//    else if maxth <= avg
//        mark the arriving packet
//        count <- 0
//    else count <- -1
// when queue becomes empty
//    q_time <- time
//
// Saved Variables:
//    - avg: average queue size
//    - q_time: start of the queue idle time
//    - count: packets since last marked packet
//
// Fixed parameters:
//    - wq: queue weight
//    - minth: minimum threshold for queue
//    - maxth: maximum threshold for queue
//    - maxp: maximum value for pb
//
// Other:
//    - pa: current packet-marking probability
//    - q: current queue size
//    - time: current time
//    - f(t): a linear function of the time t
// </pre>
//
// The function f() is supposed to estimate the number of packets
// that could have arrived during the idle interval.
// We use <i>f(t) = pkrate * t</i>, where <i>pkrate = 1/s</i>,
// s being the typical transmission time for a small packet
// as mentioned in Section 11 of the paper.
//
// Example parameter values: wq = 0.002, minth = 5 packets, maxth = 15 packets,
// maxp = 1/50 = 0.02 and pkrate = 12000 (~1K packets on 100Mbps link).
//
simple REDQueue like OutputQueue
{
    parameters:
        double wq = default(0.002);  // queue weight
        double minth = default(5);  // minimum threshold for avg queue length
        double maxth = default(50);  // maximum threshold for avg queue length (=buffer capacity)
        double maxp = default(0.02);  // maximum value for pb
        double pkrate = default(150);  // arrivals per sec (see comment above)
        @display("i=block/queue");
    gates:
        input in;
        output out;
}

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