NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor Class Reference

Class for periodically broadcasting HELLO message from the node. More...

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Public Member Functions
def	__init__ (self, raw_transport_obj, table_obj)
	Constructor. More...
def	run (self)
	Main thread routine. More...
def	update_ips_in_route_table (self, node_ips)
	Update node's own ips in the route table. More...
def	send_raw_hello (self)
	Broadcast the HELLO message frame to the network. More...
def	quit (self)
	Stop and quit the thread operation. More...

Public Attributes
	running
	Thread running state bool() flag. More...
	current_node_ips
	Store current IP addresses of this node. More...
	message
	Create and store the default Messages.HelloMessage object used for broadcasting. More...
	broadcast_mac
	Reference to Transport.RawTransport.broadcast_mac default value. More...
	broadcast_interval
	Default value of a broadcast time interval between the Hello messages. More...
	raw_transport
	Reference to Transport.RawTransport object. More...
	table_obj
	Reference to RouteTable.Table object. More...
	node_mac
	Reference to the node's own MAC address, stored in Transport.RawTransport.node_mac. More...

Detailed Description

Class for periodically broadcasting HELLO message from the node.

A thread which periodically broadcasts Hello messages to the network, so that the neighboring nodes could detect the node's activity and register it as their neighbor. Also, this thread is used for periodically printing out the entries of the route table.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.__init__	(		self,
			raw_transport_obj,
			table_obj
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

self	The object pointer.
raw_transport_obj	Reference to Transport.RawTransport object.
table_obj	Reference to RouteTable.Table object.

Returns

None

Member Function Documentation

def NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.quit

(

self

)

Stop and quit the thread operation.

Parameters

self	The object pointer.

Returns

None

def NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.run

(

self

)

Main thread routine.

Parameters

self	The object pointer.

Returns

None

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def NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.send_raw_hello

(

self

)

Broadcast the HELLO message frame to the network.

Parameters

self	The object pointer.

Returns

None

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def NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.update_ips_in_route_table	(		self,
			node_ips
	)

Update node's own ips in the route table.

Parameters

self	The object pointer.
node_ips	List of node's IP addresses.

Returns

None

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Member Data Documentation

NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.broadcast_interval

Default value of a broadcast time interval between the Hello messages.

NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.broadcast_mac

Reference to Transport.RawTransport.broadcast_mac default value.

NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.current_node_ips

Store current IP addresses of this node.

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NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.message

Create and store the default Messages.HelloMessage object used for broadcasting.

NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.node_mac

Reference to the node's own MAC address, stored in Transport.RawTransport.node_mac.

NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.raw_transport

Reference to Transport.RawTransport object.

NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.running

Thread running state bool() flag.

NeighborDiscovery.AdvertiseNeighbor.table_obj

Reference to RouteTable.Table object.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• NeighborDiscovery.py