omnet++ - Changing WSM(WAVE Short Message) packet size in Veins

Question

Does setting length of WSM via setWsmLength or adding a large payload via setWsmData makes any difference during simulation? I am trying to simulate a heavily used network, but changing any of those two values doesn't seem to make any difference. I found this, but wanted to confirm this. And If I wanted to change the size of the WSM do I have to implement it?

Answer 1

You can implement a packet for your application in a .msg file as follows:

cplusplus {{
#include "veins/modules/messages/WaveShortMessage_m.h"
}}

class WaveShortMessage;

message MyAppsPacket extends WaveShortMessage {
    string sourceAddress;           
    string destinationAddress;      
    simtime_t sendingTime;
}

Then in your code you can use the built-in setByteLength(). Use cPacket subclass for your messages because:

(cPacket is) A subclass of cMessage that can be used to represent packets (frames, * datagrams, application messages, etc). cPacket adds length (measured in * bits or bytes), bit error flag, and encapsulation capability to cMessage. * Length and bit error flag are significant when the packet travels through * a cDatarateChannel or another channel that supports data rate and/or * error modelling. *

Related Q&A which shows the casting from cMessage to cPacket.