--- a/RELEASE_NOTES Wed Nov 04 20:28:31 2009 -0800
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES Wed Nov 04 21:08:32 2009 -0800
@@ -4,9 +4,83 @@
This file contains ns-3 release notes (most recent releases first).
All of the ns-3 documentation is accessible from the ns-3 website:
-http://www.nsnam.org
-including tutorials:
-http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
+http://www.nsnam.org including tutorials: http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
+
+Release 3.6
+===========
+
+Availability
+------------
+This release is immediately available from:
+http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-allinone-3.6.tar.bz2
+
+Supported platforms
+-------------------
+ns-3.6 has been tested on the following platforms:
+ - linux x86 gcc 4.4.1, 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
+ - linux x86_64 gcc 4.4.0, 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
+ - MacOS X ppc and x86 (gcc 4.0.x and 4.2.x)
+ - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only), gcc 4.3.2 (debug and optimized)
+
+Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the
+wiki for more information:
+http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation
+
+New user-visible features
+-------------------------
+
+ a) 802.11 models:
+ - Add an implementation of the minstrel rate control algorithm
+ (Duy Nguyen for gsoc)
+ - AthstatsHelper: enables the wifi device to produce periodic
+ reports similar to the ones generated by madwifi's
+ athstats tool (Nicola Baldo)
+ - 10MHz and 5MHz channel width supported by 802.11a model
+ (Ramon Bauza and Kirill Andreev)
+ - Channel switching support. YansWifiPhy can now switch among
+ different channels (Ramon Bauza and Pavel Boyko)
+
+ b) IPv6 models:
+ - IPv6 interface;
+ - IPv6 layer;
+ - IPv6 raw socket;
+ - Static IPv6 routing;
+ - ICMPv6 layer;
+ - Some ICMPv6 error messages (destination unreachable, ...);
+ - Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NS/NA, RS/RA, redirection);
+ - Ping6 application (send Echo request);
+ - Radvd application (send RA);
+ - Examples (ping6, simple-routing-ping6, radvd, radvd-two-prefix,
+ icmpv6-redirect).
+
+ c) Wireless Mesh Networking models:
+ - General multi-interface mesh stack infrastructure (devices/mesh module).
+ - IEEE 802.11s (Draft 3.0) model including Peering Management Protocol and HWMP.
+ - Forwarding Layer for Meshing (FLAME) protocol.
+
+ d) Nix-vector routing:
+ - Ipv4NixVectorHelper
+ - Examples (nix-simple, nms-p2p-nix)
+
+ e) New Test Framework
+ - Use test.py instead of ./waf check or ./waf --regression
+ - Previous unit tests have been ported to new framework.
+ - Examples are tested for run-ability.
+
+ f) A new Flow Monitor module
+ - To very easily measure flow metrics in a simulation
+ - No need to use trace callbacks or parsing trace files
+
+API changes from ns-3.5
+-----------------------
+API changes for this release are documented in the file CHANGES.html.
+
+Known issues
+------------
+ns-3.6 build is known to fail on the following platforms:
+ - gcc 3.3 and earlier
+ - optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5
+ - optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x
Release 3.5
===========
@@ -14,15 +88,16 @@
Availability
------------
This release is immediately available from:
-http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.5.tar.bz2
+http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-allinone-3.5.tar.bz2
Supported platforms
-------------------
-ns-3.4 has been tested on the following platforms:
+ns-3.5 has been tested on the following platforms:
- linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
- linux x86_64 gcc 4.4.0, 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
- MacOS X ppc and x86 (gcc 4.0.x and 4.2.x)
- cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only), gcc 4.3.2 (debug and optimized)
+ - mingw gcc 3.4.5 (debug only)
Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the
wiki for more information:
@@ -63,8 +138,8 @@
---------------
Our next release, which is expected to happen in 2 to 4 months from now, will
feature the merging of some of our projects currently in development including
-fuller IPv6 support, and some smaller features such as a new Global ARP package
-and possibly a new Testing and Validation suite.
+fuller IPv6 support, some smaller features such as a new Global ARP
+package, and possibly a new Testing and Validation suite.
Release 3.4
===========
@@ -72,7 +147,7 @@
Availability
------------
This release is immediately available from:
-http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.4.tar.bz2
+http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-allinone-3.4.tar.bz2
Supported platforms
-------------------