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 * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  Regents of the University of California,
 *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
 *                           Colorado State University,
 *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
 *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
 *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
 *                           The University of Memphis.
 *
 * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
 * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
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 */

#ifndef NFD_CORE_RTT_ESTIMATOR_HPP
#define NFD_CORE_RTT_ESTIMATOR_HPP

#include "core/common.hpp"

namespace nfd {

/**
 * \brief implements the Mean-Deviation RTT estimator
 *
 * reference: ns3::RttMeanDeviation
 *
 * This RttEstimator algorithm is designed for TCP, which is a continuous stream.
 * NDN Interest-Data traffic is not always a continuous stream,
 * so NDN may need a different RttEstimator.
 * The design of a more suitable RttEstimator is a research question.
 */
class RttEstimator
{
public:
  typedef time::microseconds Duration;

  static Duration
  getInitialRtt(void)
  {
    return time::seconds(1);
  }

  RttEstimator(uint16_t maxMultiplier = 16,
               Duration minRto = time::milliseconds(1),
               double gain = 0.1);

  void
  addMeasurement(Duration measure);

  void
  incrementMultiplier();

  void
  doubleMultiplier();

  Duration
  computeRto() const;

private:
  uint16_t m_maxMultiplier;
  double m_minRto;

  double m_rtt;
  double m_gain;
  double m_variance;
  uint16_t m_multiplier;
  uint32_t m_nSamples;
};

} // namespace nfd

#endif // NFD_CORE_RTT_ESTIMATOR_HPP