Introduce contention window (CW) (#1500)

Co-authored-by: Ben Meadors <benmmeadors@gmail.com>
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GUVWAF
2022-06-13 15:21:18 +02:00
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parent 553b35d0ad
commit a1b07ed6aa
3 changed files with 38 additions and 52 deletions

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@@ -159,61 +159,50 @@ uint32_t RadioInterface::getPacketTime(MeshPacket *p)
/** The delay to use for retransmitting dropped packets */
uint32_t RadioInterface::getRetransmissionMsec(const MeshPacket *p)
{
assert(shortPacketMsec); // Better be non zero
assert(slotTimeMsec); // Better be non zero
static uint8_t bytes[MAX_RHPACKETLEN];
size_t numbytes = pb_encode_to_bytes(bytes, sizeof(bytes), Data_fields, &p->decoded);
uint32_t packetAirtime = getPacketTime(numbytes + sizeof(PacketHeader));
uint32_t tCADmsec = 2 * (1 << sf) / bw; // duration of CAD is roughly 2 symbols according to SX127x datasheet
/* Make sure enough time has elapsed for this packet to be sent and an ACK is received.
* Right now we have to wait until another node floods the same packet, as that is our implicit ACK.
* TODO: Revise when want_ack will be used (right now it is always set to 0 afterwards).
*/
return 2*packetAirtime + 2*MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC + shortPacketMsec + shortPacketMsec*2 + PROCESSING_TIME_MSEC + 2*tCADmsec;
// Make sure enough time has elapsed for this packet to be sent and an ACK is received.
// DEBUG_MSG("Waiting for flooding message with airtime %d and slotTime is %d\n", packetAirtime, slotTimeMsec);
float channelUtil = airTime->channelUtilizationPercent();
uint8_t CWsize = map(channelUtil, 0, 100, CWmin, CWmax);
// Assuming we pick max. of CWsize and there will be a receiver with SNR at half the range
return 2*packetAirtime + (pow(2, CWsize) + pow(2, int((CWmax+CWmin)/2))) * slotTimeMsec + PROCESSING_TIME_MSEC;
}
/** The delay to use when we want to send something but the ether is busy */
/** The delay to use when we want to send something */
uint32_t RadioInterface::getTxDelayMsec()
{
/** At the low end we want to pick a delay large enough that anyone who just completed sending (some other node)
* has had enough time to switch their radio back into receive mode.
*/
const uint32_t MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC = 100;
/**
* At the high end, this value is used to spread node attempts across time so when they are replying to a packet
* they don't both check that the airwaves are clear at the same moment. As long as they are off by some amount
* one of the two will be first to start transmitting and the other will see that. I bet 500ms is more than enough
* to guarantee this.
*/
// const uint32_t MAX_TX_WAIT_MSEC = 2000; // stress test would still fail occasionally with 1000
return random((MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC), (MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC + shortPacketMsec));
/** We wait a random multiple of 'slotTimes' (see definition in header file) in order to avoid collisions.
The pool to take a random multiple from is the contention window (CW), which size depends on the
current channel utilization. */
float channelUtil = airTime->channelUtilizationPercent();
uint8_t CWsize = map(channelUtil, 0, 100, CWmin, CWmax);
// DEBUG_MSG("Current channel utilization is %f so setting CWsize to %d\n", channelUtil, CWsize);
return random(0, pow(2, CWsize)) * slotTimeMsec;
}
/** The delay to use when we want to send something but the ether is busy */
/** The delay to use when we want to flood a message */
uint32_t RadioInterface::getTxDelayMsecWeighted(float snr)
{
/** At the low end we want to pick a delay large enough that anyone who just completed sending (some other node)
* has had enough time to switch their radio back into receive mode.
*/
const uint32_t MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC = 100;
// The minimum value for a LoRa SNR
const uint32_t SNR_MIN = -20;
// The maximum value for a LoRa SNR
const uint32_t SNR_MAX = 15;
// high SNR = Long Delay
// low SNR = Short Delay
// high SNR = large CW size (Long Delay)
// low SNR = small CW size (Short Delay)
uint32_t delay = 0;
uint8_t CWsize = map(snr, SNR_MIN, SNR_MAX, CWmin, CWmax);
// DEBUG_MSG("rx_snr of %f so setting CWsize to:%d\n", snr, CWsize);
if (config.device.role == Config_DeviceConfig_Role_Router ||
config.device.role == Config_DeviceConfig_Role_RouterClient) {
delay = map(snr, SNR_MIN, SNR_MAX, MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC, (MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC + (shortPacketMsec / 2)));
delay = random(0, 2*CWsize) * slotTimeMsec;
DEBUG_MSG("rx_snr found in packet. As a router, setting tx delay:%d\n", delay);
} else {
delay = map(snr, SNR_MIN, SNR_MAX, MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC + (shortPacketMsec / 2), (MIN_TX_WAIT_MSEC + shortPacketMsec * 2));
delay = random(0, pow(2, CWsize)) * slotTimeMsec;
DEBUG_MSG("rx_snr found in packet. Setting tx delay:%d\n", delay);
}
@@ -411,7 +400,6 @@ void RadioInterface::applyModemConfig()
}
power = loraConfig.tx_power;
shortPacketMsec = getPacketTime(sizeof(PacketHeader));
assert(myRegion); // Should have been found in init
// Calculate the number of channels
@@ -431,7 +419,7 @@ void RadioInterface::applyModemConfig()
DEBUG_MSG("Radio myRegion->numChannels: %d\n", numChannels);
DEBUG_MSG("Radio channel_num: %d\n", channel_num);
DEBUG_MSG("Radio frequency: %f\n", getFreq());
DEBUG_MSG("Short packet time: %u msec\n", shortPacketMsec);
DEBUG_MSG("Slot time: %u msec\n", slotTimeMsec);
}
/**