contentiontimer.h

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#ifndef CONTENTIONTIMER_H
#define CONTENTIONTIMER_H

#include "timer-handler.h"
#include "contentionrequest.h"

/**
 * Timer for contention window
 */
class ContentionTimer: public TimerHandler
{
 public:
  /**
   * Creates a timer to handle the burst's transmission
   * @param c The contention slot
   */
  ContentionTimer( ContentionRequest* c );
  
  /**
   * When it expires, the timer will handle the next packet to send
   * @param e not used
   */
  void expire( Event* e );

 private:

  /**
   * The contention slot containing the packets to send
   */
  ContentionRequest* c_;
};

#endif