Adding support for multicast stream data

hitl/streaming.py

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ async def _main():
                         help="The MQTT topic prefix of the target")
     parser.add_argument("--broker", "-b", default="mqtt", type=str,
                         help="The MQTT broker address")
-    parser.add_argument("--host", default="0.0.0.0",
-                        help="Local address to listen on")
+    parser.add_argument("--multicast", "-m", default="239.192.1.100", type=str,
+                        help="The multicast address to use for streaming")
     parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=9293,
                         help="Local port to listen on")
     parser.add_argument("--duration", type=float, default=10.,
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ async def _main():
 
     logger.info("Starting stream")
     await conf.set(
-        "/stream_target", {"ip": local_ip, "port": args.port}, retain=False)
+        "/stream_target", {
+            "ip": [int(x) for x in args.multicast.split('.')],
+            "port": args.port
+        }, retain=False)
 
     try:
         logger.info("Testing stream reception")
-        _transport, stream = await StabilizerStream.open((args.host, args.port))
+        _transport, stream = await StabilizerStream.open(args.multicast,
+                                                         args.port,
+                                                         args.broker)
         loss = await measure(stream, args.duration)
         if loss > args.max_loss:
             raise RuntimeError("High frame loss", loss)

py/stabilizer/stream.py

@@ -87,11 +87,23 @@ class StabilizerStream(asyncio.DatagramProtocol):
     }
 
     @classmethod
-    async def open(cls, local_addr, maxsize=1):
-        """Open a UDP socket and start receiving frames"""
+    async def open(cls, multicast_addr, multicast_port, broker, maxsize=1):
+        """Open a UDP multicast socket and start receiving frames"""
         loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-        transport, protocol = await loop.create_datagram_endpoint(
-            lambda: cls(maxsize), local_addr=local_addr)
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
+        sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+        sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 20)
+
+        # We need to specify which interface to receive broadcasts from, or Windows may choose the
+        # wrong one. Thus, use the broker address to figure out our local address for the interface
+        # of interest.
+        group = socket.inet_aton(multicast_addr)
+        iface = socket.inet_aton('.'.join([str(x) for x in get_local_ip(broker)]))
+        sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, group + iface)
+
+        sock.bind(('', multicast_port))
+
+        transport, protocol = await loop.create_datagram_endpoint(lambda: cls(maxsize), sock=sock)
         # Increase the OS UDP receive buffer size to 4 MiB so that latency
         # spikes don't impact much. Achieving 4 MiB may require increasing
         # the max allowed buffer size, e.g. via
@@ -155,7 +167,7 @@ async def _record():
         pass
 
     logger.info("Received %g MB, %g MB/s", stat.bytes/1e6,
-            stat.bytes/1e6/duration)
+                stat.bytes/1e6/duration)
 
     sent = stat.received + stat.lost
     if sent:
@@ -173,6 +185,8 @@ async def main():
                         help="Local port to listen on")
     parser.add_argument("--host", default="0.0.0.0",
                         help="Local address to listen on")
+    parser.add_argument("--broker", default="mqtt",
+                        help="The MQTT broker address")
     parser.add_argument("--maxsize", type=int, default=1,
                         help="Frame queue size")
     parser.add_argument("--duration", type=float, default=1.,
@@ -181,7 +195,7 @@ async def main():
 
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
     _transport, stream = await StabilizerStream.open(
-        (args.host, args.port), args.maxsize)
+        (args.host, args.port), args.broker, args.maxsize)
     await measure(stream, args.duration)