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Scope: kodo_slide
Implementation of a complete Random Linear Network coding sliding window decoder.
decoder () | |
decoder (const decoder & other) | |
decoder & | operator= (const decoder & other) |
decoder (decoder && other) | |
decoder & | operator= (decoder && other) |
~decoder () | |
void | reset () |
void | configure (kodo_slide::finite_field field, std::size_t max_symbol_size) |
kodo_slide::finite_field | finite_field () const |
std::size_t | max_symbol_size () const |
std::size_t | stream_symbols () const |
bool | is_stream_empty () const |
std::size_t | stream_lower_bound () const |
std::size_t | stream_upper_bound () const |
void | set_stream_lower_bound (std::size_t stream_lower_bound) |
std::size_t | push_front_symbol (uint8_t * symbol) |
std::size_t | pop_back_symbol () |
std::size_t | window_symbols () const |
std::size_t | window_lower_bound () const |
std::size_t | window_upper_bound () const |
void | set_window (std::size_t lower_bound, std::size_t symbols) |
std::size_t | coefficient_vector_size () const |
void | set_seed (uint64_t seed_value) |
void | generate (uint8_t * coefficients) |
void | read_symbol (const uint8_t * symbol, std::size_t symbol_size, uint8_t * coefficients) |
void | read_source_symbol (const uint8_t * symbol, std::size_t symbol_size, std::size_t index) |
std::size_t | rank () const |
std::size_t | symbols_missing () const |
std::size_t | symbols_partially_decoded () const |
std::size_t | symbols_decoded () const |
bool | is_symbol_decoded (std::size_t index) const |
void | set_log_stdout () |
void | set_zone_prefix (const std::string & zone_prefix) |
Default constructor.
Copy constructor (disabled). This type is only movable.
Copy assign operator (disabled). This type is only movable.
R-value copy constructor.
R-value move assign operator.
Destructor.
Resets the coder and ensures that the object is in a clean state. A coder may be reset many times.
Configures the decoder with the given parameters. This must be called before anything else. If needed configure can be called again. This is useful for reusing an existing coder. Note that a reconfiguration always implies a reset, so the coder will be in a clean state after the operation
- Parameter
field
:- the chosen finite field
- Parameter
max_symbol_size
:- the size of a symbol in bytes
- Returns:
- The finite field used.
- Returns:
- The size of a symbol in the stream in bytes.
- Returns:
The total number of symbols known at the decoder. The number of symbols in the decoding window MUST be less than or equal to this number. The total range of valid symbol indicies is
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < stream_symbols(); ++i) { std::cout << i + stream_lower_bound() << "\n"; }
- Returns:
- Whether the stream is empty or not, i.e. that decoder::stream_symbols() == 0.
- Returns:
- The index of the oldest symbol known by the decoder. This symbol may not be inside the window but can be included in the window if needed.
- Returns:
- The upper bound of the stream. The range of valid symbol indices goes from [ decoder::stream_lower_bound(), decoder::stream_upper_bound() ). Note the stream is a half-open interval. Going from decoder::stream_lower_bound() to decoder::stream_upper_bound() - 1.
Set the index of the oldest symbol known by the decoder. This must only be called on a decoder with an empty stream.
- Parameter
stream_lower_bound
:- The new stream lower bound, the new lower bound must be larger than or equal to the prior lower bound.
Adds a new symbol to the front of the decoder. Increments the number of symbols in the stream and increases the decoder::stream_upper_bound().
- Parameter
symbol
:- Pointer to the symbol. Note, the caller must ensure that the memory of the symbol remains valid as long as the symbol is included in the stream. The caller is responsible for freeing the memory if needed. Once the symbol is popped from the stream. The memory must be at least decoder::max_symbol_size() bytes large.
- Returns:
- The stream index of the symbol being added.
Remove the “oldest” symbol from the stream. Increments the decoder::stream_lower_bound().
- Returns:
- The index of the symbol being removed
- Returns:
- The number of symbols currently in the coding window. The window must be within the bounds of the stream.
- Returns:
- The index of the “oldest” symbol in the coding window.
- Returns:
- The upper bound of the window. The range of valid symbol indices goes from [ decoder::window_lower_bound(), decoder::window_upper_bound() ). Note the window is a half-open interval. Going from decoder::window_lower_bound() to decoder::window_upper_bound() - 1.
The window represents the symbols which will be included in the next decoding. The window cannot exceed the bounds of the stream.
Example: If window_lower_bound=4 and window_symbol=3 the following symbol indices will be included 4,5,6
- Parameter
lower_bound
:- Sets the index of the oldest symbol in the window.
- Parameter
symbols
:- Sets number of symbols within the window.
- Returns:
- The size of the coefficient vector in the current window in bytes. The number of coefficients is equal to the number of symbols in the window. The size in bits of each coefficients depends on the finite field chosen. A custom coding scheme can be implemented by generating the coding vector manually. Alternatively the built-in generator can be used. See decoder::set_seed (…) and decoder::generate (…).
Seed the internal random generator function. If using the same seed on the decoder and decoder the exact same set of coefficients will be generated.
- Parameter
seed_value
:- A value for the seed.
Generate coding coefficients for the symbols in the coding window according to the specified seed (see decoder::set_seed (…)).
- Parameter
coefficients
:- Buffer where the coding coefficients should be stored. This buffer must be decoder::coefficient_vector_size() large in bytes.
Decodes a coded symbol according to the coding coefficients.
Both buffers may be modified during this call. The reason for this is that the decoder will directly operate on the provided memory for performance reasons.
Before calling this function you need to instruct the decoder how to map the coding coefficients to the stream. This is done using the decoder::set_window() function. When reading a coded symbol from the encoder, these are the typical operations performed:
- Read the seed and encoding window from the incoming packet
- Call the decoder::set_seed() and decoder::set_window() functions to update the state of the decoder.
- Call the decoder::generate() to generate the coding coefficients
- Pass the encoded symbol and the coding coefficients to the decoder::read_symbol() function.
- Parameter
symbol
:- Buffer representing a coded symbol.
- Parameter
symbol_size
:- the size of the symbol in bytes
- Parameter
coefficients
:- The coding coefficients used to create the encoded symbol
Add a source symbol at the decoder.
A source symbol is a unit of data originating from the source that has not been encoded.
It is not necessary to call the decoder::set_window() function before reading a source symbol. However, the symbol must be within the stream i.e. the following conditions must hold:
uint8_t* data = "... some data ..."; std::size_t index = 32; // The index of the source symbol assert(index >= decoder.stream_lower_bound()); assert(index < decoder.stream_upper_bound()); decoder.read_source_symbol(data, index);
- Parameter
symbol
:- Buffer containing the source symbol’s data.
- Parameter
symbol_size
:- the size of the symbol in bytes
- Parameter
index
:- The index of the source symbol in the stream
The rank of a decoder indicates how many symbols have been partially or fully decoded. This number is also equivalent to the number of pivot elements we have in the stream.
- Returns:
- The rank of the decoder
- Returns:
- The number of missing symbols in the stream.
- Returns:
- The number of partially decoded symbols in the stream.
- Returns:
- The number of decoded symbols in the stream.
- Parameter
index
:- Index of the symbol to check.
- Returns:
- True if the symbol is decoded (i.e. it corresponds to a source symbol), and otherwise false.
Enables logging in a stack. The output will be written to standard out.
Sets a zone prefix for the logging output. The zone prefix will be appended to all the output. This makes it possible to have two stacks that both log to standard out, but still differentiate the output.
- Parameter
zone_prefix
:- The zone prefix to append to all logging zones