Simple Module Nice

Package: oversim.overlay.nice
File: src/overlay/nice/Nice.ned

The main module of the NICE implementation

Author: Christian Huebsch

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Extends:

Name	Type	Description
BaseOverlay	simple module	Base class for overlay implementations

Used in compound modules:

Name	Type	Description
NiceModules	compound module	Implementation of the NICE overlay as described in "Scalable Application Layer Multicast" by S. Banerjee and B. Bhattacharjee and C. Kommareddy, published at SIGCOMM'02, 2002.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
rpcUdpTimeout	double	default timeout value for direct RPCs
rpcKeyTimeout	double	default timeout value for routed RPCs
optimizeTimeouts	bool	calculate timeouts from measured RTTs and network coordinates
rpcExponentialBackoff	bool	if true, doubles the timeout for every retransmission
localPort	int	UDP port for overlay messages
overlayId	int	identifies the overlay this node belongs to (used for multiple overlays)
debugOutput	bool	enable debug output
keyLength	int	overlay key length in bits
nodeId	string	optional nodeId as string in hexadecimal notation
useCommonAPIforward	bool	enable CommonAPI forward() calls
drawOverlayTopology	bool	draw arrow to successor node?
hopCountMax	int	maximum number of overlay hops
recNumRedundantNodes	int	numRedundantNodes for recursive routing
joinOnApplicationRequest	bool	only join the overlay on application request
collectPerHopDelay	bool	delay statistics for single hops
routeMsgAcks	bool	use RPCs for route messages
lookupRedundantNodes	int	number of next hops in each step
lookupParallelPaths	int	number of parallel paths
lookupParallelRpcs	int	number of nodes to ask in parallel
lookupVerifySiblings	bool	true, if siblings need to be authenticated with a ping
lookupMajoritySiblings	bool	true, if sibling candidates are selected by a majority decision if using parallel paths
lookupMerge	bool	true, if parallel Rpc results should be merged
lookupFailedNodeRpcs	bool	communicate failed nodes
lookupStrictParallelRpcs	bool	limited the number of concurrent rpcs to parameter parallelRpcs
lookupUseAllParallelResponses	bool	merge all parallel responses from earlier steps
lookupNewRpcOnEveryTimeout	bool	send a new RPC immediately after an RPC timeouts
lookupNewRpcOnEveryResponse	bool	send a new RPC after every response, even if there was no progress
lookupFinishOnFirstUnchanged	bool	finish lookup, if the last pending RPC returned without progress
lookupVisitOnlyOnce	bool	if true, the same node is never asked twice during a single lookup
lookupAcceptLateSiblings	bool	if true, a FindNodeResponse with sibling flag set is always accepted, even if it is from a previous lookup step
routingType	string	default routing mode (iterative, semi-recursive,...)
rejoinOnFailure	bool	rejoin after loosing connection to the overlay?
sendRpcResponseToLastHop	bool	needed by KBR protocols for NAT support
recordRoute	bool	record visited hops on route
dropFindNodeAttack	bool	if node is malicious, it tries a findNode attack
isSiblingAttack	bool	if node is malicious, it tries a isSibling attack
invalidNodesAttack	bool	if node is malicious, it tries a invalidNode attack
dropRouteMessageAttack	bool	if node is malicious, it drops all received BaseRouteMessages
measureAuthBlock	bool	if true, measure the overhead of signatures in rpc messages
restoreContext	bool	if true, a node rejoins with its old nodeId and malicious state
heartbeatInterval	double
maintenanceInterval	double
queryInterval	double
peerTimeoutHeartbeats	double
rpPollTimerInterval	double
clusterLeaderBound	double
clusterLeaderCompareDist	double
scProcDistance	double
scMinOffset	double
debug_clusterrefinement	int
debug_heartbeats	int
debug_visualization	int
debug_join	int
debug_peertimeouts	int
debug_removes	int
debug_queries	int
enhancedMode	int
startTime	double
k	int

Properties:

Name	Value	Description
class	Nice
display	i=block/circle

Gates:

Name	Direction	Description
udpIn	input	gate from the UDP layer
udpOut	output	gate to the UDP layer
tcpIn	input	gate from the TCP layer
tcpOut	output	gate to the TCP layer
appIn	input	gate from the application
appOut	output	gate to the application
direct_in	input	gate for sendDirect

Source code:

//
// The main module of the NICE implementation
//
// @author Christian Huebsch
//
simple Nice extends BaseOverlay
{
    parameters:
        @class(Nice);
        double heartbeatInterval @unit(s);
        double maintenanceInterval @unit(s);
        double queryInterval @unit(s);
        double peerTimeoutHeartbeats;
        double rpPollTimerInterval @unit(s);

        double clusterLeaderBound;
        double clusterLeaderCompareDist;
        double scProcDistance;
        double scMinOffset;

        int debug_clusterrefinement;
        int debug_heartbeats;
        int debug_visualization;
        int debug_join;
        int debug_peertimeouts;
        int debug_removes;
        int debug_queries;

        int enhancedMode;

        double startTime;

        int k;
}