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+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+// 
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+// 
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+// 
+
+#ifndef RMTBASE_H_
+#define RMTBASE_H_
+
+#include <omnetpp.h>
+
+#include "RMTSchedulingBase.h"
+#include "RMTQueue.h"
+
+class RMTBase : public cSimpleModule
+{
+  public:
+    RMTBase();
+    virtual ~RMTBase();
+
+    virtual void createEfcpiGate(unsigned int efcpiId) = 0;
+    virtual void deleteEfcpiGate(unsigned int efcpiId) = 0;
+    virtual void addEfcpiToQueueMapping(unsigned cepId, RMTQueue* outQueue) = 0;
+    virtual void setOnWire(bool status) = 0;
+    virtual bool isOnWire() = 0;
+    virtual void enableRelay() = 0;
+    virtual void disableRelay() = 0;
+    virtual bool getRelayStatus() = 0;
+    virtual RMTSchedulingBase* getSchedulingPolicy() = 0;
+    virtual void setSchedulingPolicy(RMTSchedulingBase* policy) = 0;
+    virtual void invokeSchedulingPolicy() = 0;
+
+  protected:
+    virtual void initialize() = 0;
+    virtual void handleMessage(cMessage *msg) = 0;
+
+};
+
+#endif /* RMTBASE_H_ */