Simulation Manual

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Contents
1 Introduction
- 1.1 What Is OMNeT++?
- 1.2 Organization of This Manual
2 Overview
- 2.1 Modeling Concepts
- 2.2 Programming the Algorithms
- 2.3 Using OMNeT++
  - 2.3.1 Building and Running Simulations
  - 2.3.2 What Is in the Distribution
3 The NED Language
- 3.1 NED Overview
- 3.2 NED Quickstart
- 3.3 Simple Modules
- 3.4 Compound Modules
- 3.5 Channels
- 3.6 Parameters
- 3.7 Gates
- 3.8 Submodules
- 3.9 Connections
  - 3.9.1 Channel Specification
  - 3.9.2 Channel Names
- 3.10 Multiple Connections
  - 3.10.1 Examples
  - 3.10.2 Connection Patterns
- 3.11 Parametric Submodule and Connection Types
  - 3.11.1 Parametric Submodule Types
  - 3.11.2 Parametric Connection Types
- 3.12 Metadata Annotations (Properties)
- 3.13 Inheritance
- 3.14 Packages
4 Simple Modules
- 4.1 Simulation Concepts
- 4.2 Components, Simple Modules, Channels
- 4.3 Defining Simple Module Types
- 4.4 Adding Functionality to cSimpleModule
- 4.5 Accessing Module Parameters
- 4.6 Accessing Gates and Connections
- 4.7 Sending and Receiving Messages
- 4.8 Channels
- 4.9 Stopping the Simulation
  - 4.9.1 Normal Termination
  - 4.9.2 Raising Errors
- 4.10 Finite State Machines
  - 4.10.1 Overview
- 4.11 Navigating the Module Hierarchy
- 4.12 Direct Method Calls Between Modules
- 4.13 Dynamic Module Creation
- 4.14 Signals
- 4.15 Signal-Based Statistics Recording
5 Messages and Packets
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 The cMessage Class
- 5.3 Self-Messages
  - 5.3.1 Using a Message as Self-Message
  - 5.3.2 Context Pointer
- 5.4 The cPacket Class
- 5.5 Attaching Parameters and Objects
  - 5.5.1 Attaching Objects
  - 5.5.2 Attaching Parameters
6 Message Definitions
- 6.1 Introduction
  - 6.1.1 The First Message Class
- 6.2 Messages and Packets
- 6.3 Classes
- 6.4 Structs
- 6.5 Literal C++ Blocks
- 6.6 Using C++ Types
- 6.7 Customizing the Generated Class
- 6.8 Using Standard Container Classes for Fields
  - 6.8.1 Typedefs
  - 6.8.2 Abstract Fields
- 6.9 Namespaces
- 6.10 Descriptor Classes
- 6.11 Summary
7 The Simulation Library
- 7.1 Fundamentals
- 7.2 Logging from Modules
- 7.3 Random Number Generators
- 7.4 Generating Random Variates
- 7.5 Container Classes
  - 7.5.1 Queue class: cQueue
  - 7.5.2 Expandable Array: cArray
- 7.6 Routing Support: cTopology
- 7.7 Pattern Matching
  - 7.7.1 cPatternMatcher
  - 7.7.2 cMatchExpression
- 7.8 Statistics and Distribution Estimation
- 7.9 Recording Simulation Results
  - 7.9.1 Output Vectors: cOutVector
  - 7.9.2 Output Scalars
- 7.10 Watches and Snapshots
- 7.11 Defining New NED Functions
  - 7.11.1 Define_NED_Function()
  - 7.11.2 Define_NED_Math_Function()
- 7.12 Deriving New Classes
- 7.13 Object Ownership Management
  - 7.13.1 The Ownership Tree
  - 7.13.2 Managing Ownership
8 Visualization
- 8.1 Overview
- 8.2 Placement of Visualization Code
- 8.3 Display Strings
- 8.4 Bubbles
- 8.5 The Canvas
- 8.6 3D Visualization
9 Building Simulation Programs
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Using opp_makemake and Makefiles
- 9.3 Project Features
10 Configuring Simulations
- 10.1 The Configuration File
- 10.2 Sections
- 10.3 Assigning Module Parameters
  - 10.3.1 Using Wildcard Patterns
  - 10.3.2 Using the Default Values
- 10.4 Parameter Studies
- 10.5 Configuring the Random Number Generators
- 10.6 Logging
11 Running Simulations
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Cmdenv: the Command-Line Interface
- 11.3 The Tkenv Graphical User Interface
  - 11.3.1 Command-Line and Configuration Options
- 11.4 The Qtenv Graphical User Interface
  - 11.4.1 Command-Line and Configuration Options
- 11.5 Batch Execution
- 11.6 Akaroa Support: Multiple Replications in Parallel
- 11.7 Troubleshooting
12 Result Recording and Analysis
- 12.1 Result Recording
  - 12.1.1 Using Signals and Declared Statistics
  - 12.1.2 Direct Result Recording
- 12.2 Configuring Result Collection
- 12.3 Overview of the Result File Formats
  - 12.3.1 Output Vector Files
  - 12.3.2 Scalar Result Files
- 12.4 The Analysis Tool in the Simulation IDE
- 12.5 Scave Tool
- 12.6 Alternative Statistical Analysis and Plotting Tools
13 Eventlog
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Configuration
- 13.3 Eventlog Tool
  - 13.3.1 Filter
  - 13.3.2 Echo
14 Documenting NED and Messages
- 14.1 Overview
- 14.2 Documentation Comments
  - 14.2.1 Private Comments
  - 14.2.2 More on Comment Placement
- 14.3 Referring to Other NED and Message Types
  - 14.3.1 Automatic Linking
  - 14.3.2 Tilde Linking
- 14.4 Text Layout and Formatting
- 14.5 Customizing and Adding Pages
- 14.6 File Inclusion
15 Testing
- 15.1 Overview
  - 15.1.1 Verification, Validation
  - 15.1.2 Unit Testing, Regression Testing
- 15.2 The opp_test Tool
- 15.3 Smoke Tests
- 15.4 Fingerprint Tests
  - 15.4.1 Fingerprint Computation
  - 15.4.2 Fingerprint Tests
- 15.5 Unit Tests
- 15.6 Module Tests
- 15.7 Statistical Tests
16 Parallel Distributed Simulation
- 16.1 Introduction to Parallel Discrete Event Simulation
- 16.2 Assessing Available Parallelism in a Simulation Model
- 16.3 Parallel Distributed Simulation Support in OMNeT++
17 Customizing and Extending OMNeT++
- 17.1 Overview
- 17.2 Adding a New Configuration Option
  - 17.2.1 Registration
  - 17.2.2 Reading the Value
- 17.3 Simulation Lifetime Listeners
- 17.4 cEvent
- 17.5 Defining a New Random Number Generator
- 17.6 Defining a New Event Scheduler
- 17.7 Defining a New FES Data Structure
- 17.8 Defining a New Fingerprint Algorithm
- 17.9 Defining a New Output Scalar Manager
- 17.10 Defining a New Output Vector Manager
- 17.11 Defining a New Eventlog Manager
- 17.12 Defining a New Snapshot Manager
- 17.13 Defining a New Configuration Provider
- 17.14 Implementing a New User Interface
18 Embedding the Simulation Kernel
- 18.1 Architecture
- 18.2 Embedding the OMNeT++ Simulation Kernel
A NED Reference
- A.1 Syntax
- A.2 Built-in Definitions
- A.3 Packages
  - A.3.1 Package Declaration
  - A.3.2 Directory Structure, package.ned
- A.4 Components
- A.5 Expressions
B NED Language Grammar
C NED XML Binding
D NED Functions
- D.1 Category "conversion":
- D.2 Category "math":
- D.3 Category "misc":
- D.4 Category "ned":
- D.5 Category "random/continuous":
- D.6 Category "random/discrete":
- D.7 Category "strings":
- D.8 Category "units":
- D.9 Category "xml":
E Message Definitions Grammar
F Display String Tags
- F.1 Module and Connection Display String Tags
- F.2 Message Display String Tags
G Figure Definitions
- G.1 Built-in Figure Types
- G.2 Attribute Types
- G.3 Figure Attributes
H Configuration Options
- H.1 Configuration Options
- H.2 Predefined Variables
I Result File Formats
- I.1 Version
- I.2 Run Declaration
- I.3 Attributes
- I.4 Module Parameters
- I.5 Scalar Data
- I.6 Vector Declaration
- I.7 Vector Data
- I.8 Index Header
- I.9 Index Data
- I.10 Statistics Object
- I.11 Field
- I.12 Histogram Bin
J Eventlog File Format
- J.1 Supported Entry Types and Their Attributes
References
Index

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