Bug 2768

Summary: LteUeNetDevice has a null MAC address
Product: ns-3 Reporter: Tommaso Pecorella <tommaso.pecorella>
Component: lteAssignee: Biljana Bojović <bbojovic>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: manuel.requena, ns-bugs
Priority: P3    
Version: ns-3-dev   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 2312    
Attachments: patch

Description Tommaso Pecorella 2017-07-15 11:41:47 UTC
Created attachment 2891 [details]
patch

The MAC address (in LTE) is not relevant normally. However, it is needed for IPv6 address configuration.

The standard states that this "MAC address" (it's not a MAC for real) is just a device identifier and it is set by the EPC during the UE Attach procedure.

If we don't want to overcomplicate things, it's enough to set it in the helper.
The patch goes in this direction.

Moreover, this MAC address is a 64 bit one for real, not a 48 bit.
Comment 1 Tommaso Pecorella 2018-02-03 00:58:37 UTC
Pushed in changeset 13271:870c436d51fc