int Socket::Send (const uint8_t* buf, uint32_t size)

{

  NS_LOG_FUNCTION;

  Ptr<Packet> p;

  if(buf)

  {

    p = Create<Packet>(buf, size);

  }

  else

  {

    p = Create<Packet>(size);

  }

  return Send(p);

}

int Socket::SendTo (const Address &address, const uint8_t* buf, uint32_t size)

{

  NS_LOG_FUNCTION;

  Ptr<Packet> p;

  if(buf)

  {

    p = Create<Packet>(buf, size);

  }

  else

  {

    p = Create<Packet>(size);

  }

  return SendTo(address,p);

}

   * \brief Send data (or dummy data) to the remote host

   * \param buf A pointer to a raw byte buffer of some data to send.  If this 

   * is 0, we send dummy data whose size is specified by the second parameter

   * \param size the number of bytes to copy from the buffer

   * 

   * This is provided so as to have an API which is closer in appearance 

   * to that of real network or BSD sockets.  

   */

  int Send (const uint8_t* buf, uint32_t size);

  /**

  /**

   * \brief Send data to a specified peer.

   * \param address IP Address of remote host

   * \param buf A pointer to a raw byte buffer of some data to send.  If this 

   * is 0, we send dummy data whose size is specified by the third parameter

   * \param size the number of bytes to copy from the buffer

   * \returns -1 in case of error or the number of bytes copied in the 

   *          internal buffer and accepted for transmission.

   *

   * This is provided so as to have an API which is closer in appearance 

   * to that of real network or BSD sockets.

   */

  int SendTo(const Address &address, const uint8_t* buf, uint32_t size);