Update CHANGES for ns-3.4 from hg log
authorCraig Dowell <craigdo@ee.washington.edu>
Mon Mar 30 15:47:38 2009 -0700 (2009-03-30)
changeset 4301f1c83e54e541
parent 4300 b25665f81754
child 4302 5791e06dc1d1
Update CHANGES for ns-3.4 from hg log
CHANGES.html
     1.1 --- a/CHANGES.html	Fri Mar 27 09:58:04 2009 -0700
     1.2 +++ b/CHANGES.html	Mon Mar 30 15:47:38 2009 -0700
     1.3 @@ -46,8 +46,34 @@
     1.4  <hr>
     1.5  <h1>changes from ns-3.3 to ns-3.4</h1>
     1.6  
     1.7 +<h2>changes to build system</h2>
     1.8 +<ul>
     1.9 +<li>A major option regarding the downloading and building of ns-3 has been</li>
    1.10 +<li>added for ns-3.4 -- the ns-3-allinone feature.  This allows a user to</li>
    1.11 +<li>get the most common options for ns-3 downloaded and built with a minimum</li>
    1.12 +<li>amount of trouble.  See the ns-3 tutorial for a detailed explanation of<li>
    1.13 +<li>how to use this new feature.</li>
    1.14 +</ul>
    1.15 +
    1.16 +<ul>
    1.17 +<li>The build system now runs build items in parallel by default.  This</li>
    1.18 +<li>includes the regression tests.<li>
    1.19 +</ul>
    1.20 +
    1.21  <h2>new API:</h2>
    1.22  <ul>
    1.23 +<li>XML support has been added to the ConfigStore in /src/contrib/config-store.cc</li>
    1.24 +</ul>
    1.25 +
    1.26 +<ul>
    1.27 +<li>The ns-2 calendar queue scheduler option has been ported to src/simulator</li>
    1.28 +</ul>
    1.29 +
    1.30 +<ul>
    1.31 +<li>A ThreeLogDistancePropagationLossModel has been added to src/devices/wifi</li>
    1.32 +</ul>
    1.33 +
    1.34 +<ul>
    1.35  <li>ConstantAccelerationMobilityModel in src/mobility/constant-acceleration-mobility-model.h</li>
    1.36  </ul>
    1.37  
    1.38 @@ -61,9 +87,19 @@
    1.39  <li>src/core/names.{cc,h})</li>
    1.40  </ul>
    1.41  
    1.42 +<ul>
    1.43 +<li>Wifi multicast support has been added in src/devices/wifi</li>
    1.44 +</ul>
    1.45 +
    1.46  <h2>changes to existing API:</h2>
    1.47  
    1.48  <ul>
    1.49 +<li>Some fairly significant changes have been made to the API of the</li>
    1.50 +<li>random variable code.  Please see the ns-3 manual and src/core/random-variable.cc</li>
    1.51 +<li>for details.</li>
    1.52 +</ul>
    1.53 +
    1.54 +<ul>
    1.55  <li>The trace sources in the various NetDevice classes has been completely</li>
    1.56  <li>reworked to allow for a consistent set of trace sources across the</li>
    1.57  <li>devices.  The names of the trace sources have been changed to provide</li>
    1.58 @@ -81,6 +117,30 @@
    1.59  <li>StaticSpeedMobilityModel has been renamed ConstantVelocityMobilityModel</li>
    1.60  </ul>
    1.61  
    1.62 +<ul>
    1.63 +<li>The Callback templates have been extended to support more parameters.</li>
    1.64 +<li>See src/core/callback.h</li>
    1.65 +</ul>
    1.66 +
    1.67 +<ul>
    1.68 +<li>Many helper API have been changed to allow passing Object-based parameters</li>
    1.69 +<li>as string names to ease working with the object name service.</li>
    1.70 +</ul>
    1.71 +
    1.72 +<ul>
    1.73 +<li>The Config APIs now accept path segments that are names defined by the </li>
    1.74 +<li>object name service.</li>
    1.75 +</ul>
    1.76 +
    1.77 +<ul>
    1.78 +<li>Minor changes were made to make the system build under the Intel C++ compiler.</li>
    1.79 +</ul>
    1.80 +
    1.81 +<ul>
    1.82 +<li>Trace hooks for association and deassociation to/from an access point were</li>
    1.83 +<li>added to src/devices/wifi/nqsta-wifi-mac.cc</li>
    1.84 +</ul>
    1.85 +
    1.86  <hr>
    1.87  <h1>changes from ns-3.2 to ns-3.3</h1>
    1.88