rpl-of-etx.c

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/**
 * \file
 *         The minrank-hysteresis objective function (OCP 1).
 *
 *         This implementation uses the estimated number of 
 *         transmissions (ETX) as the additive routing metric.
 *
 * \author Joakim Eriksson <joakime@sics.se>, Nicolas Tsiftes <nvt@sics.se>
 */

#include "net/rpl/rpl-private.h"
#include "net/neighbor-info.h"

#define DEBUG DEBUG_NONE
#include "net/uip-debug.h"

static void reset(rpl_dag_t *);
static void parent_state_callback(rpl_parent_t *, int, int);
static rpl_parent_t *best_parent(rpl_parent_t *, rpl_parent_t *);
static rpl_rank_t calculate_rank(rpl_parent_t *, rpl_rank_t);
static void update_metric_container(rpl_dag_t *);

rpl_of_t rpl_of_etx = {
  reset,
  parent_state_callback,
  best_parent,
  calculate_rank,
  update_metric_container,
  1
};

#define NI_ETX_TO_RPL_ETX(etx)                                          \
        ((etx) * (RPL_DAG_MC_ETX_DIVISOR / NEIGHBOR_INFO_ETX_DIVISOR))
#define RPL_ETX_TO_NI_ETX(etx)                                  \
        ((etx) / (RPL_DAG_MC_ETX_DIVISOR / NEIGHBOR_INFO_ETX_DIVISOR))

/* Reject parents that have a higher link metric than the following. */
#define MAX_LINK_METRIC                 10

/* Reject parents that have a higher path cost than the following. */
#define MAX_PATH_COST                   100

/*
 * The rank must differ more than 1/PARENT_SWITCH_THRESHOLD_DIV in order
 * to switch preferred parent.
 */
#define PARENT_SWITCH_THRESHOLD_DIV     2

typedef uint16_t rpl_path_metric_t;

static rpl_path_metric_t
calculate_path_metric(rpl_parent_t *p)
{
  if(p == NULL || (p->mc.obj.etx == 0 && p->rank > ROOT_RANK(p->dag))) {
    return MAX_PATH_COST * RPL_DAG_MC_ETX_DIVISOR;
  }
  return p->mc.obj.etx + NI_ETX_TO_RPL_ETX(p->link_metric);
}

static void
reset(rpl_dag_t *dag)
{
}

static void
parent_state_callback(rpl_parent_t *parent, int known, int etx)
{
}

static rpl_rank_t
calculate_rank(rpl_parent_t *p, rpl_rank_t base_rank)
{
  rpl_rank_t new_rank;
  rpl_rank_t rank_increase;

  if(p == NULL) {
    if(base_rank == 0) {
      return INFINITE_RANK;
    }
    rank_increase = NEIGHBOR_INFO_FIX2ETX(INITIAL_LINK_METRIC) * DEFAULT_MIN_HOPRANKINC;
  } else {
    rank_increase = NEIGHBOR_INFO_FIX2ETX(p->link_metric) * p->dag->min_hoprankinc;
    if(base_rank == 0) {
      base_rank = p->rank;
    }
  }

  if(INFINITE_RANK - base_rank < rank_increase) {
    /* Reached the maximum rank. */
    new_rank = INFINITE_RANK;
  } else {
   /* Calculate the rank based on the new rank information from DIO or
      stored otherwise. */
    new_rank = base_rank + rank_increase;
  }

  return new_rank;
}

static rpl_parent_t *
best_parent(rpl_parent_t *p1, rpl_parent_t *p2)
{
  rpl_dag_t *dag;
  rpl_path_metric_t min_diff;
  rpl_path_metric_t p1_metric;
  rpl_path_metric_t p2_metric;

  dag = p1->dag; /* Both parents must be in the same DAG. */

  min_diff = RPL_DAG_MC_ETX_DIVISOR / 
             PARENT_SWITCH_THRESHOLD_DIV;

  p1_metric = calculate_path_metric(p1);
  p2_metric = calculate_path_metric(p2);

  /* Maintain stability of the preferred parent in case of similar ranks. */
  if(p1 == dag->preferred_parent || p2 == dag->preferred_parent) {
    if(p1_metric < p2_metric + min_diff &&
       p1_metric > p2_metric - min_diff) {
      PRINTF("RPL: MRHOF hysteresis: %u <= %u <= %u\n",
             p2_metric - min_diff,
             p1_metric,
             p2_metric + min_diff);
      return dag->preferred_parent;
    }
  }

  return p1_metric < p2_metric ? p1 : p2;
}

static void
update_metric_container(rpl_dag_t *dag)
{
  rpl_path_metric_t path_metric;
#if RPL_DAG_MC == RPL_DAG_MC_ENERGY
  uint8_t type;
#endif

  dag->mc.flags = RPL_DAG_MC_FLAG_P;
  dag->mc.aggr = RPL_DAG_MC_AGGR_ADDITIVE;
  dag->mc.prec = 0;

  if(dag->rank == ROOT_RANK(dag)) {
    path_metric = 0;
  } else {
    path_metric = calculate_path_metric(dag->preferred_parent);
  }

#if RPL_DAG_MC == RPL_DAG_MC_ETX

  dag->mc.type = RPL_DAG_MC_ETX;
  dag->mc.length = sizeof(dag->mc.obj.etx);
  dag->mc.obj.etx = path_metric;

  PRINTF("RPL: My path ETX to the root is %u.%u\n",
        dag->mc.obj.etx / RPL_DAG_MC_ETX_DIVISOR,
        (dag->mc.obj.etx % RPL_DAG_MC_ETX_DIVISOR * 100) / RPL_DAG_MC_ETX_DIVISOR);

#elif RPL_DAG_MC == RPL_DAG_MC_ENERGY

  dag->mc.type = RPL_DAG_MC_ENERGY;
  dag->mc.length = sizeof(dag->mc.obj.energy);

  if(dag->rank == ROOT_RANK(dag)) {
    type = RPL_DAG_MC_ENERGY_TYPE_MAINS;
  } else {
    type = RPL_DAG_MC_ENERGY_TYPE_BATTERY;
  }

  dag->mc.obj.energy.flags = type << RPL_DAG_MC_ENERGY_TYPE;
  dag->mc.obj.energy.energy_est = path_metric;

#else

#error "Unsupported RPL_DAG_MC configured. See rpl.h."

#endif /* RPL_DAG_MC */
}