Radio Model Plugin

Below are a list of steps necessary to create a loadable Radio Model plugin. Order is not important and each step is not as simple as it sounds. This is merely a plugin API checklist.

1. Derive your plugin from MACLayerImplementor
2. Override all of the Component state transition methods:
   • initialize
     • Register plugin configuration items and an optional configuration validator
     • Register plugin statistics and statistic tables
     • Register plugin events of interest
   • configure
     • Process all loaded configuration
   • start
     • Emulation starts at the conclusion of this method. Do any startup logic.
   • postStart
     • All components in the NEM layer stack are now in the start state. Do any cross layer startup handshaking.
   • stop
     • Opposite of start. Do any tear down logic.
   • destroy
     • Opposite of initialize. Do any cleanup logic.
3. Override all the methods for handling packet and control messages:
   • processDownstreamPacket
   • processDownstreamControl
   • processUpstreamPacket
   • processUpstreamControl
4. If your plugin will be processing events you will need to override:
   • processEvent
5. If your plugin will be scheduling timed events you will need to override:
   • processTimedEvent
6. If your plugin will allow running-state configuration modifications you will need to override:
   • processConfiguration
7. Declare your plugin using DECLARE_MAC_LAYER