[ndnSIM] Accessing node from application

[Spyridon (Spyros) Mastorakis]

Hi Anthony,

I was wondering if you could build some simple API to pass a pointer to the instance of the mobility helper from your simulation scenario to your application. Then, you could use the GetDistanceSquaredBetween method to get the distance between 2 nodes or some other provided API of the NS-3 mobility helper:

https://www.nsnam.org/doxygen/classns3_1_1_mobility_helper.html#a4471ab3605ba031e02ee90fc43bf8c5d

Thank you,

Spyridon (Spyros) Mastorakis
Personal Website: http://cs.ucla.edu/~mastorakis/
Internet Research Laboratory
Computer Science Department
UCLA

> On Jun 10, 2017, at 10:14 AM, Anthony Dowling <dowlinah at clarkson.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I realize now that I worded this poorly. What I need to find is a way to access the location of a node from within an application. If someone has experience or an idea on how I can do that, it would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Anthony Dowling
> Clarkson University
> 
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Anthony Dowling <dowlinah at clarkson.edu> wrote:
> John,
> 
> Yes, I'm trying to access the node container from within a custom application, so I can access the nodes mobility model to extract it's location.
> 
> On Jun 9, 2017 5:41 PM, "John Baugh" <jpbaugh at umich.edu> wrote:
> Anthony,
> 
> Do you have a NodeContainer?
> 
> John
> 
> On Jun 9, 2017 3:51 PM, "Anthony Dowling" <dowlinah at clarkson.edu> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I am working on a way to put the location coordinates of a node into the name of an interest packet to streamline forwarding in an adhoc environment. However, I am having trouble finding a way to get a reference to the node the application is on from within the application. Could someone help me with this?
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> Anthony Dowling
>