Message NetwPkt

File: contrib/messages/NetwPkt.msg

A basic network layer message definition

subclass if you want to create your own network layer message class

The basic network packet contains a destination and source network address. Additionally a time to live (ttl) field can be defined in order to limit the maximum number of hops the messge will travel. The sequence number is guranteed to be unique for all packets generated by one host

Author: Daniel Willkomm

Inheritance diagram:

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Fields:

Source code:

message NetwPkt
{
    fields:
        int destAddr;        // destination address
        int srcAddr;         // source address
	int ttl              =  1; // time to live field (IP)
	unsigned long seqNum =  0; // sequence number
}