Tutorial: tut_topo_2.rb

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  1 #
  2 # This is a script example, which illustrates the use of multi-hop topologies
  3 #
  4 # The scenario of this experiment involves several groups of nodes: a 'sender' and
  5 # multiple 'receiver' groups. The 'sender' group will generate some broadcast traffic,
  6 # which will be received by the 'receiver' groups.
  7 #
  8 # Each group contains nodes that are not explicitly defined within this script, but
  9 # rather randomly drawn from the set of active nodes on the tested where this script is
 10 # running. In other words, this script example does not specifically name which node belongs to
 11 # which group.
 12 #
 13 # The multi-hop connectivity map for this scenario is as follows
 14 #
 15 #   myNode_1 -> myNode_2 -> myNode_3 -> myNode4
 16 #
 17 #  where "A -> B" means that node A has an asymmetric link to node B
 18 #
 19 # More information on the available commands to define a topology are available on the
 20 # following page:
 21 # http://www.orbit-lab.org/wiki/Documentation/NodeHandler/Commands/defTopology
 22 #
 23 # In this example we:
 24 #
 25 # 1) Define a 1st Topology, which will be used to build the multi-hop connectivity map
 26 # 2) Define a 1st sub-topology, which will be used to build the 'sender' group of nodes
 27 # 3) Define the 'sender' group of nodes
 28 # 4) Define other sub-topologies, which will be used to build the different 'receiver' groups of nodes
 29 # 5) Define the multiple 'receiver' groups of nodes
 30 # 6) Configure the wireless interfaces on all the nodes and enforce the multi-hop topology
 31 # 7) Finally run the experiment
 32 #
 33 
 34 # 1)
 35 # Define the Main Topology for this experiment
 36 #
 37 # This topology will hold all the nodes involved in this experiment and it will also
 38 # define the links between them in our multi-hop scenario
 39 #
 40 # A topology is a set of logical nodes (vertices) with a mapping to
 41 # real nodes of a testbed. Optionally, a set of logical links (edges)
 42 # can also be added to a topology to connect different nodes, thus
 43 # "emulating" a multi-hop configuration.
 44 #
 45 # This topology will have nodes and links which will be as follows:
 46 #   myNode_1 -> myNode_2 -> myNode_3 -> myNode4
 47 #
 48 defTopology('mainTopology') { |t|
 49 
 50   # 1.1 - Load a "base" topology with all the currently active nodes
 51   #     The use of 'system:topo:active' is only possible when an "imageNodes4" 
 52   #     process has been performed previously from the same path as the one
 53   #     where this script is currently ran.
 54   baseTopo = Topology['system:topo:all']
 55   puts "Number of Active nodes on this testbed: #{baseTopo.size}" 
 56 
 57   # 1.2 - Select a set of nodes from the base topology
 58   #     A given ':number' of nodes with the required ':features' are selected
 59   #     using the given ':method'. These nodes are given the node-name ':name'
 60   #     where %i% will be repaced my an incremental count from 0..'number'
 61   #
 62   #     ':features' is a hash which holds the required characteristics for these nodes
 63   #
 64   #     NOTE: So far (Nov.07) no 'features' selection is currently implemented, thus
 65   #     the following 'features' are just here as placeholders / illustrations.
 66   someNodes = baseTopo.select( :method => :random,
 67                                :number => 4,
 68                                :name => "myNode_%i%",
 69                                :features => {:wifi => "atheros" , :bt => "false" , :mem => "512" , :channel => "all"})
 70 
 71   # 1.3 - Add the selected nodes to this topology
 72   t.addNodes(someNodes)
 73   # 1.3 bis - Nodes can also be explicitly added using the following methods, which
 74   #         can replace or be combined with the above steps 2 and 3:
 75   # t.addNode(x, y) -> add node [x,y], and give it the node-name "[x,y]" 
 76   # t.addNode("myNode", [x,y]) -> add node [x,y], and give it the node-name "myNode" 
 77 
 78   # 1.4 - Define a set of edges between these nodes
 79   # (This step is optional if you don't need a multi-hop scenario)
 80   # When present, this step allows the emulation of multi-hop experiment.
 81   # When absent, the nodes connectivity will follow their "normal" radio coverage
 82   #
 83   # addLink(A,B,spec) -> add a link between nodes A and B, and configure that link
 84   #                      with the characteristics given in the 'spec' hash
 85   #                      e.g. spec = [ rate=54 , per=0.10 , etc... ]
 86   #  So far (Nov.07) no 'spec' selection other than 'asymmetric' is currently implemented,
 87   #  thus the other 'specs' are just here as placeholders / illustrations.
 88   t.addLink("myNode_1","myNode_2",{ :rate =>54, :per =>0.1, :asymmetric => true })
 89   t.addLink("myNode_2","myNode_3",{ :rate =>12, :per =>0.2, :asymmetric => true })
 90   t.addLink("myNode_3","myNode_4",{ :rate =>6, :per =>0.4, :asymmetric => true })
 91 
 92   # 1.5 - Optional
 93   # Save the defined connectivity graph of this topology to a file, which
 94   # can be viewed with graphviz
 95   # The filename is: 'ID-Graph.dot' where 'ID' is this experiment ID
 96   # It will be located in the current directory
 97   t.saveGraphToFile()
 98 }
 99 
100 # 2)
101 # Define a sub-Topology, which will hold a subset of "mainTopology" 
102 # Typically, this would be used to put a selection of nodes from the
103 # main topology into a group of node running a same type of application.
104 # Thus, there are no connectivity states/constraints defined here.
105 #
106 defTopology('senderSubTopology') { |t|
107 
108   # load the main topology defined above
109   mainT = Topology['mainTopology']
110 
111   # Add nodes myNode_1..3 from the "mainTopology" into this sub-topology
112   for i in 1..3
113     node = mainT.getNodeByLabel("myNode_#{i}")
114     t.addNode(node)
115   end
116 }
117 
118 # 3)
119 # Define a group of node "senderGroup" 
120 # The nodes within this group will all run a broadcast traffic generator
121 #
122 defGroup('senderGroup', 'senderSubTopology') {|node|
123         node.prototype("test:proto:udp_sender", {
124                 'destinationHost' => '192.168.255.255',
125         'localHost' => '0.0.0.0', 
126                 'localPort' => 4000,
127                       'broadcast' => 1,
128         'packetSize' => 512,
129                 'rate' => 400
130         })
131 }
132 
133 # 4) and 5)
134 # Define 3 other sub-Topologies 'receiverSubTopology_2..4'
135 # Define 3 other group of node 'receiverGroup_2..4'
136 # The single node within each of this group runs a traffic sink
137 #
138 for i in 2..4
139 
140   # 4) define 3 other sub-topologies for the receivers
141   defTopology("receiverSubTopology_#{i}") { |t|
142     # Get a given node from the main topology defined above
143     node = Topology['mainTopology'].getNodeByLabel("myNode_#{i}")
144     t.addNode(node)
145   }
146 
147   # 5) define 3 receiver groups
148   defGroup("receiverGroup_#{i}", "receiverSubTopology_#{i}") {|node|
149     node.prototype("test:proto:udp_receiver", {'localHost' => '0.0.0.0'} )
150   }
151 
152 end
153 
154 # 6)
155 #
156 # 6.1 Configures the wireless interfaces of all the nodes in this experiment
157 #
158 allGroups.net.w0 { |w|
159   w.mode = "ad-hoc" 
160   w.type = "g" 
161   w.channel = "6" 
162   w.essid = "exp1234" 
163   w.ip = "%192.168.%x.%y" 
164 }
165 
166 # 6.2
167 # Implement/deploy the topology "mainTopology" on all the experiment nodes.
168 # It is at this point that the MAC filtering tables on each node will be set
169 # according to the connectivity graph associated with "mainTopology".
170 # The interfaces that will be added to the filtering tables on the nodes will be
171 # the ones corresponding to "w0" (which currently maps to "ath0").
172 # (NOTE to developers: this mapping w0->ath0 is temporary, ideally as suggested
173 # on the dev-list, we should NOT use software-specific name such as "ath0". But
174 # the current INVENTORY database does not support that. This will be changed in
175 # the near future)
176 #
177 # Here we use the iptable tool to set up the MAC filtering tables on each node.
178 # Other options are "ebtable" and "mackill" 
179 #
180 allGroups.net.w0.enforce_link = {:topology => 'mainTopology', :method => 'iptable'}
181 #allGroups.net.w0.enforce_link = {:topology => 'mainTopology', :method => 'ebtable'}
182 #allGroups.net.w0.enforce_link = {:topology => 'mainTopology', :method => 'mackill'}
183 
184 # 7)
185 # Everything is ready, start the applications on the nodes...
186 #
187 whenAllInstalled() {|node|
188         wait 10
189         allGroups.startApplications
190         wait 60
191         Experiment.done
192 }
193 

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