using flowmonitor with nodes created during simulation

[Amel Ltifi]

Hi all,
I'm working on vanet simulation with ns3. the nodes are created one by
one during the simulation.
my question is how can I use flowmonitor in this case? in all examples
that I found, nodes are created before simulation.

[Konstantinos]

Have you tried to install FlowMonitor on that node when it is created? Actually after the internet stack is installed on it, otherwise it will complain
FlowMonitorHelper has a method Install(Ptr<Node> node) which installs flowmonitor to the specified node. 

You may need to either pass the FlowMonitorHelper reference in that class that creates the node, or use a callback and get informed when a node is created so that you can install the flowmonitor in the main script.

[Tommaso Pecorella]

Hi,

On Monday, March 31, 2014 5:52:39 PM UTC+2, amel wrote:

Hi all,
I'm working on vanet simulation with ns3. the nodes are created one by
one during the simulation.

Sorry, but I don't believe it. I mean, in ns-3 nodes must be created before the call to Simulation::Run().

If you try to create them "dynamically" during the simulation, you'll face a countless number of problems, mainly related to the configuration storage, probes, traces, and so on.

Basically, creating nodes on the fly is not supported.

 

my question is how can I use flowmonitor in this case? in all examples
that I found, nodes are created before simulation.

That's because this case shouldn't exist...

Cheers,

T.