three-gpp-v2v-channel-example.cc

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#include "ns3/buildings-module.h"
#include "ns3/mobility-module.h"
#include "ns3/core-module.h"
#include "ns3/network-module.h"
#include <fstream>
#include "ns3/uniform-planar-array.h"
#include "ns3/three-gpp-spectrum-propagation-loss-model.h"
#include "ns3/three-gpp-v2v-propagation-loss-model.h"
#include "ns3/three-gpp-channel-model.h"
 
using namespace ns3;
 
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("ThreeGppV2vChannelExample");
 
static Ptr<ThreeGppPropagationLossModel> m_propagationLossModel; 
static Ptr<ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel> m_spectrumLossModel; 
static Ptr<ChannelConditionModel> m_condModel; 
 
static void
DoBeamforming (Ptr<NetDevice> thisDevice, Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> thisAntenna, Ptr<NetDevice> otherDevice)
{
  PhasedArrayModel::ComplexVector antennaWeights;
 
  // retrieve the position of the two devices
  Vector aPos = thisDevice->GetNode ()->GetObject<MobilityModel> ()->GetPosition ();
  Vector bPos = otherDevice->GetNode ()->GetObject<MobilityModel> ()->GetPosition ();
 
  // compute the azimuth and the elevation angles
  Angles completeAngle (bPos,aPos);
 
  PhasedArrayModel::ComplexVector bf = thisAntenna->GetBeamformingVector (completeAngle);
  thisAntenna->SetBeamformingVector (bf);
}
 
static void
ComputeSnr (Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob, Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob, Ptr<const SpectrumValue> txPsd, double noiseFigure)
{
  Ptr<SpectrumValue> rxPsd = txPsd->Copy ();
 
  // check the channel condition
  Ptr<ChannelCondition> cond = m_condModel->GetChannelCondition (txMob, rxMob);
 
  // apply the pathloss
  double propagationGainDb = m_propagationLossModel->CalcRxPower (0, txMob, rxMob);
  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Pathloss " << -propagationGainDb << " dB");
  double propagationGainLinear = std::pow (10.0, (propagationGainDb) / 10.0);
  *(rxPsd) *= propagationGainLinear;
 
  // apply the fast fading and the beamforming gain
  rxPsd = m_spectrumLossModel->CalcRxPowerSpectralDensity (rxPsd, txMob, rxMob);
  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Average rx power " << 10 * log10 (Sum (*rxPsd) * 180e3) << " dB");
 
  // create the noise psd
  // taken from lte-spectrum-value-helper
  const double kT_dBm_Hz = -174.0; // dBm/Hz
  double kT_W_Hz = std::pow (10.0, (kT_dBm_Hz - 30) / 10.0);
  double noiseFigureLinear = std::pow (10.0, noiseFigure / 10.0);
  double noisePowerSpectralDensity =  kT_W_Hz * noiseFigureLinear;
  Ptr<SpectrumValue> noisePsd = Create <SpectrumValue> (txPsd->GetSpectrumModel ());
  (*noisePsd) = noisePowerSpectralDensity;
 
  // compute the SNR
  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Average SNR " << 10 * log10 (Sum (*rxPsd) / Sum (*noisePsd)) << " dB");
 
  // print the SNR and pathloss values in the snr-trace.txt file
  std::ofstream f;
  f.open ("example-output.txt", std::ios::out | std::ios::app);
  f << Simulator::Now ().GetSeconds () << " " // time [s]
    << txMob->GetPosition ().x << " "
    << txMob->GetPosition ().y << " "
    << rxMob->GetPosition ().x << " "
    << rxMob->GetPosition ().y << " "
    << cond->GetLosCondition () << " " // channel state
    << 10 * log10 (Sum (*rxPsd) / Sum (*noisePsd)) << " " // SNR [dB]
    << -propagationGainDb << std::endl; // pathloss [dB]
  f.close ();
}
 
void
PrintGnuplottableBuildingListToFile (std::string filename)
{
  std::ofstream outFile;
  outFile.open (filename.c_str (), std::ios_base::out | std::ios_base::trunc);
  if (!outFile.is_open ())
    {
      NS_LOG_ERROR ("Can't open file " << filename);
      return;
    }
  uint32_t index = 0;
  for (BuildingList::Iterator it = BuildingList::Begin (); it != BuildingList::End (); ++it)
    {
      ++index;
      Box box = (*it)->GetBoundaries ();
      outFile << "set object " << index
              << " rect from " << box.xMin  << "," << box.yMin
              << " to "   << box.xMax  << "," << box.yMax
              << std::endl;
    }
}
 
int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  double frequency = 28.0e9; // operating frequency in Hz
  double txPow_dbm = 30.0; // tx power in dBm
  double noiseFigure = 9.0; // noise figure in dB
  Time simTime = Seconds (40); // simulation time
  Time timeRes = MilliSeconds (10); // time resolution
  std::string scenario = "V2V-Urban"; // 3GPP propagation scenario, V2V-Urban or V2V-Highway
  double vScatt = 0; // maximum speed of the vehicles in the scenario [m/s]
  double subCarrierSpacing = 60e3; // subcarrier spacing in kHz
  uint32_t numRb = 275; // number of resource blocks
 
  CommandLine cmd (__FILE__);
  cmd.AddValue ("frequency", "operating frequency in Hz", frequency);
  cmd.AddValue ("txPow", "tx power in dBm", txPow_dbm);
  cmd.AddValue ("noiseFigure", "noise figure in dB", noiseFigure);
  cmd.AddValue ("scenario", "3GPP propagation scenario, V2V-Urban or V2V-Highway", scenario);
  cmd.Parse (argc, argv);
 
  // create the nodes
  NodeContainer nodes;
  nodes.Create (2);
 
  // create the tx and rx devices
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> txDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();
  Ptr<SimpleNetDevice> rxDev = CreateObject<SimpleNetDevice> ();
 
  // associate the nodes and the devices
  nodes.Get (0)->AddDevice (txDev);
  txDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (0));
  nodes.Get (1)->AddDevice (rxDev);
  rxDev->SetNode (nodes.Get (1));
 
  // create the antenna objects and set their dimensions
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> txAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (2), "NumRows", UintegerValue (2), "BearingAngle", DoubleValue (-M_PI / 2));
  Ptr<PhasedArrayModel> rxAntenna = CreateObjectWithAttributes<UniformPlanarArray> ("NumColumns", UintegerValue (2), "NumRows", UintegerValue (2), "BearingAngle", DoubleValue (M_PI / 2));
 
  Ptr<MobilityModel> txMob;
  Ptr<MobilityModel> rxMob;
  if (scenario == "V2V-Urban")
    {
      // 3GPP defines that the maximum speed in urban scenario is 60 km/h
      vScatt = 60 / 3.6;
 
      // create a grid of buildings
      double buildingSizeX = 250 - 3.5 * 2 - 3; // m
      double buildingSizeY = 433 - 3.5 * 2 - 3; // m
      double streetWidth = 20; // m
      double buildingHeight = 10; // m
      uint32_t numBuildingsX = 2;
      uint32_t numBuildingsY = 2;
      double maxAxisX = (buildingSizeX + streetWidth) * numBuildingsX;
      double maxAxisY = (buildingSizeY + streetWidth) * numBuildingsY;
 
      std::vector<Ptr<Building> > buildingVector;
      for (uint32_t buildingIdX = 0; buildingIdX < numBuildingsX; ++buildingIdX)
        {
          for (uint32_t buildingIdY = 0; buildingIdY < numBuildingsY; ++buildingIdY)
            {
              Ptr < Building > building;
              building = CreateObject<Building> ();
 
              building->SetBoundaries (Box (buildingIdX * (buildingSizeX + streetWidth),
                                            buildingIdX * (buildingSizeX + streetWidth) + buildingSizeX,
                                            buildingIdY * (buildingSizeY + streetWidth),
                                            buildingIdY * (buildingSizeY + streetWidth) + buildingSizeY,
                                            0.0, buildingHeight));
              building->SetNRoomsX (1);
              building->SetNRoomsY (1);
              building->SetNFloors (1);
              buildingVector.push_back (building);
            }
        }
 
      // set the mobility model
      double vTx = vScatt;
      double vRx = vScatt / 2;
      txMob = CreateObject<WaypointMobilityModel> ();
      rxMob = CreateObject<WaypointMobilityModel> ();
      Time nextWaypoint = Seconds (0.0);
      txMob->GetObject<WaypointMobilityModel> ()->AddWaypoint (Waypoint (nextWaypoint, Vector (maxAxisX / 2 - streetWidth / 2, 1.0, 1.5)));
      nextWaypoint += Seconds ((maxAxisY - streetWidth) / 2 / vTx);
      txMob->GetObject<WaypointMobilityModel> ()->AddWaypoint (Waypoint (nextWaypoint, Vector (maxAxisX / 2 - streetWidth / 2, maxAxisY / 2 - streetWidth / 2, 1.5)));
      nextWaypoint += Seconds ((maxAxisX - streetWidth) / 2 / vTx);
      txMob->GetObject<WaypointMobilityModel> ()->AddWaypoint (Waypoint (nextWaypoint, Vector (0.0, maxAxisY / 2 - streetWidth / 2, 1.5)));
      nextWaypoint = Seconds (0.0);
      rxMob->GetObject<WaypointMobilityModel> ()->AddWaypoint (Waypoint (nextWaypoint, Vector (maxAxisX / 2 - streetWidth / 2, 0.0, 1.5)));
      nextWaypoint += Seconds (maxAxisY / vRx);
      rxMob->GetObject<WaypointMobilityModel> ()->AddWaypoint (Waypoint (nextWaypoint, Vector (maxAxisX / 2 - streetWidth / 2, maxAxisY, 1.5)));
 
      nodes.Get (0)->AggregateObject (txMob);
      nodes.Get (1)->AggregateObject (rxMob);
 
      // create the channel condition model
      m_condModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppV2vUrbanChannelConditionModel> ();
 
      // create the propagation loss model
      m_propagationLossModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppV2vUrbanPropagationLossModel> ();
    }
  else if (scenario == "V2V-Highway")
    {
      // Two vehicles are travelling one behid the other with constant velocity
      // along the y axis. The distance between the two vehicles is 20 meters.
 
      // 3GPP defines that the maximum speed in urban scenario is 140 km/h
      vScatt = 140 / 3.6;
      double vTx = vScatt;
      double vRx = vScatt / 2;
 
      txMob = CreateObject<ConstantVelocityMobilityModel> ();
      rxMob = CreateObject<ConstantVelocityMobilityModel> ();
      txMob->GetObject<ConstantVelocityMobilityModel> ()->SetPosition (Vector (300.0, 20.0, 1.5));
      txMob->GetObject<ConstantVelocityMobilityModel> ()->SetVelocity (Vector (0.0, vTx, 0.0));
      rxMob->GetObject<ConstantVelocityMobilityModel> ()->SetPosition (Vector (300.0, 0.0, 1.5));
      rxMob->GetObject<ConstantVelocityMobilityModel> ()->SetVelocity (Vector (0.0, vRx, 0.0));
 
      nodes.Get (0)->AggregateObject (txMob);
      nodes.Get (1)->AggregateObject (rxMob);
 
      // create the channel condition model
      m_condModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppV2vHighwayChannelConditionModel> ();
 
      // create the propagation loss model
      m_propagationLossModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppV2vHighwayPropagationLossModel> ();
    }
  else
    {
      NS_FATAL_ERROR ("Unknown scenario");
    }
 
  m_condModel->SetAttribute ("UpdatePeriod", TimeValue (MilliSeconds (100)));
 
  m_propagationLossModel->SetAttribute ("Frequency", DoubleValue (frequency));
  m_propagationLossModel->SetAttribute ("ShadowingEnabled", BooleanValue (false));
  m_propagationLossModel->SetAttribute ("ChannelConditionModel", PointerValue (m_condModel));
 
  // create the channel model
  Ptr<ThreeGppChannelModel> channelModel = CreateObject<ThreeGppChannelModel> ();
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("Scenario", StringValue (scenario));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("Frequency", DoubleValue (frequency));
  channelModel->SetAttribute ("ChannelConditionModel", PointerValue (m_condModel));
 
  // create the spectrum propagation loss model
  m_spectrumLossModel = CreateObjectWithAttributes<ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel> ("ChannelModel", PointerValue (channelModel));
  m_spectrumLossModel->SetAttribute ("vScatt", DoubleValue (vScatt));
 
  // initialize the devices in the ThreeGppSpectrumPropagationLossModel
  m_spectrumLossModel->AddDevice (txDev, txAntenna);
  m_spectrumLossModel->AddDevice (rxDev, rxAntenna);
 
  BuildingsHelper::Install (nodes);
 
  // set the beamforming vectors
  DoBeamforming (txDev, txAntenna, rxDev);
  DoBeamforming (rxDev, rxAntenna, txDev);
 
  // create the tx power spectral density
  Bands rbs;
  double freqSubBand = frequency;
  for (uint16_t n = 0; n < numRb; ++n)
    {
      BandInfo rb;
      rb.fl = freqSubBand;
      freqSubBand += subCarrierSpacing / 2;
      rb.fc = freqSubBand;
      freqSubBand += subCarrierSpacing / 2;
      rb.fh = freqSubBand;
      rbs.push_back (rb);
    }
  Ptr<SpectrumModel> spectrumModel = Create<SpectrumModel> (rbs);
  Ptr<SpectrumValue> txPsd = Create <SpectrumValue> (spectrumModel);
  double txPow_w = std::pow (10., (txPow_dbm - 30) / 10);
  double txPowDens = (txPow_w / (numRb * subCarrierSpacing));
  (*txPsd) = txPowDens;
 
  for (int i = 0; i < simTime / timeRes; i++)
    {
      Simulator::Schedule (timeRes * i, &ComputeSnr, txMob, rxMob, txPsd, noiseFigure);
    }
 
  // initialize the output file
  std::ofstream f;
  f.open ("example-output.txt", std::ios::out);
  f << "Time[s] TxPosX[m] TxPosY[m] RxPosX[m] RxPosY[m] ChannelState SNR[dB] Pathloss[dB]" << std::endl;
  f.close ();
 
  // print the list of buildings to file
  PrintGnuplottableBuildingListToFile ("buildings.txt");
 
  Simulator::Run ();
  Simulator::Destroy ();
  return 0;
}