[manet] wireless network in ns2

[Marco_Bragalini <bragalini_m at tiscali.it>]

I'm an italian student at University of Parma, I'm studing wireless networks.
I have some problems with Network simulator 2.
I want to change the transmitting power (Pt_, in the file whireless-phy) of 
each node, depending on the distance of the next hop's node. The scope is 
minimizing power consumption. 
The problem is that the nodes are continuosly moving: Pt_ must be continuosly 
updated. What can i do?

I have found the function "distance (MobileNode *m)" in mobile-node.cc; i have 
implemented a new function "powercontrol" in whireless-phy.cc, which 
calculates Pt_, depending on distance about tx node and rx node.  

void
WirelessPhy::powercontrol(Node *tnode Node *rnode)

{
        MobileNode* tmnode = (MobileNode*)tnode;
        MobileNode* rmnode = (MobileNode*)rnode;
        double distance = 0;

        distance = tmnode->distance(rmnode);

        if (distance<=40) Pt_=0.001;
        else if (distance >40 && distance <=60)         Pt_=0.002;
        else if (distance >60 && distance <=80)         Pt_=0.00345;
        else if (distance >80 && distance <=90)         Pt_=0.0048;
        else if (distance >90 && distance <=100)        Pt_=0.00725;
        else if (distance >100 && distance <=110)       Pt_=0.0106;
        else if (distance >110 && distance<=120)        Pt_=0.015;
        else if (distance >120 && distance <=150)       Pt_=0.0366;
        else if (distance >150 && distance <=180)       Pt_=0.0758;
        else if (distance >180)                                 Pt_=0.2818;
}

Is it correct?
The problem is that Pt_ isn't the same for each node, and must be continuosly 
updated. What can I do? Can i make all in C++, or I must modify my tcl 
script? I included it in the mail.
                                        Thank you for all, Bragalini Marco

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