**/
/**
- * frsh_message_get_max_size()
+ * frsh_network_get_max_message_size()
*
- * This function gives the maximum size that a network supports for a
- * message.
+ * This operation gives the maximum number of bytes that can be sent
+ * at a time through the send function when using the network designated by
+ * 'resource_id' and sending it to 'destination'.
+ *
+ * If the application needs to send bigger messages it will have to
+ * split them.
+ *
+ * Some protocols, like IP, are capable of sending large messages
+ * (and use fragmentation internally) but other protocols don't.
+ *
+ * @param[in] resource_id The network we want the tx time from.
+ * @param[in] destination The destination address
+ * @param[out] max_size The maximum number of bytes for each message
+ *
+ * @return
+ * FRSH_NO_ERROR \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR: protocol dependent internal errors \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED: if the protocol is not initialized \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_RESOURCE_ID_INVALID: if resource id does not represent
+ * a network accessible from the current processing node \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT: if pointers are NULL or destination is
+ * invalid \n
*
**/
-int frsh_message_get_max_size(frsh_resource_id_t network_id,
- size_t *max_msg_size);
+int frsh_network_get_max_message_size
+ (const frsh_resource_id_t resource_id,
+ const frsh_network_address_t destination,
+ size_t *max_size);
+/**
+ * frsh_network_bytes_to_budget()
+ *
+ * This operation converts a number of bytes into a temporal budget for
+ * a specific network. Network overheads are not included here but are
+ * considered internally when negotiating a specific contract.
+ *
+ * @param[in] resource_id The network
+ * @param[in] nbytes Number of bytes
+ * @param[out] budget The network budget for nbytes
+ *
+ * @return
+ * FRSH_NO_ERROR \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR: protocol dependent internal errors \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED: if the protocol is not initialized \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_RESOURCE_ID_INVALID: if resource id does not represent
+ * a network accessible from the current processing node \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT: if pointers are NULL or nbytes is less
+ * than zero \n
+ *
+ **/
+int frsh_network_bytes_to_budget
+ (const frsh_resource_id_t resource_id,
+ const size_t nbytes,
+ struct timespec *budget);
/**
- * frsh_message_get_tx_time()
+ * frsh_network_budget_to_bytes()
*
- * This function gives the maximum transmission time that a network
- * will need for a specified message. This includes any possible
- * overhead such as contention periods, headers, fragmentation, retries.
+ * This operation converts a temporal budget into a number of bytes for
+ * a specific network. Network overheads are not included.
*
- * @param[in] network_id Network through which the message will flow.
- * @param[in] message_size Number of bytes of the message
- * @param[out] max_tx_time Time needed to send the message.
+ * @param[in] resource_id The network
+ * @param[in] budget The network budget for nbytes
+ * @param[out] nbytes Number of bytes
+ *
+ * @return
+ * FRSH_NO_ERROR \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR: protocol dependent internal errors \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED: if the protocol is not initialized \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_RESOURCE_ID_INVALID: if resource id does not represent
+ * a network accessible from the current processing node \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT: if pointers are NULL or budget refers to
+ * an invalid time value \n
*
**/
-int frsh_message_get_tx_time(frsh_resource_id_t network_id,
- size_t message_size,
- frsh_network_address_t destinator,
- struct timespec *max_tx_time);
+int frsh_network_budget_to_bytes
+ (const frsh_resource_id_t resource_id,
+ const struct timespec *budget,
+ size_t *nbytes);
+
+/**
+ * frsh_network_get_min_effective_budget()
+ *
+ * This operation gets the minimum effective budget for a network. Each message
+ * consumes a contracted budget in "chunks" (i.e: packets) that we call
+ * minimum effective budget.
+ *
+ * A negotiated contract, for N bytes in a period T, means that there is a
+ * virtual resource that reserves for the user:
+ *
+ * Ceiling ((N bytes) / budget_to_bytes (min_effective_budget)) "CHUNKS"
+ *
+ * Note that if the user decides not to send these N bytes at once but, say,
+ * one byte at a time, it will consume one "CHUNK" at a time and the reserved
+ * budget will become exhausted before sending all the bytes.
+ *
+ * @param[in] resource_id The network
+ * @param[out] budget The network budget
+ *
+ * @return
+ * FRSH_NO_ERROR \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR: protocol dependent internal errors \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_NOT_INITIALIZED: if the protocol is not initialized \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_RESOURCE_ID_INVALID: if resource id does not represent
+ * a network accessible from the current processing node \n
+ * FRSH_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT: if pointers are NULL \n
+ *
+ **/
+int frsh_network_get_min_effective_budget
+ (const frsh_resource_id_t resource_id,
+ struct timespec *budget);
/**
* frsh_contract_set_queueing_info()
int frsh_contract_get_protocol_info(frsh_contract_t contract,
frsh_protocol_info_t *protocol_info);
-
/*@}*/
-
-
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// TRANSMISSION SERVICES
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
(frsh_resource_id_t network_id,
frsh_network_address_t destination,
frsh_stream_id_t stream_id,
+ frsh_send_endpoint_protocol_info_t protocol_info,
frsh_send_endpoint_t *endpoint);
/**
(const frsh_send_endpoint_t *endpoint,
frsh_resource_id_t *network_id,
frsh_network_address_t *destination,
- frsh_stream_id_t *stream);
+ frsh_stream_id_t *stream,
+ frsh_send_endpoint_protocol_info_t *protocol_info);
/**
* frsh_send_endpoint_destroy()
void *msg,
size_t size);
-
-
/**
* frsh_send_endpoint_get_status()
*
(frsh_resource_id_t network_id,
frsh_stream_id_t stream_id,
frsh_endpoint_queueing_info_t queueing_info,
- frsh_protocol_info_t protocol_info,
+ frsh_receive_endpoint_protocol_info_t protocol_info,
frsh_receive_endpoint_t *endpoint);
-
/**
* frsh_receive_endpoint_get_params()
*
* endpoint at creation time.
**/
int frsh_receive_endpoint_get_params
- (frsh_resource_id_t *network_id,
+ (const frsh_receive_endpoint_t *endpoint,
+ frsh_resource_id_t *network_id,
frsh_stream_id_t *stream,
frsh_endpoint_queueing_info_t *queueing_info,
- frsh_protocol_info_t *protocol_info,
- const frsh_receive_endpoint_t *endpoint);
+ frsh_receive_endpoint_protocol_info_t *protocol_info);
/**
* frsh_receive_endpoint_destroy()
(const frsh_receive_endpoint_t *endpoint,
void *buffer,
size_t buffer_size,
- size_t *message_size);
+ size_t *message_size,
+ frsh_network_address_t *from);
/**
* frsh_receive_async()
(const frsh_receive_endpoint_t *endpoint,
void *buffer,
size_t buffer_size,
- size_t *message_size);
+ size_t *message_size,
+ frsh_network_address_t *from);
/**