6 All of the ns-3 documentation is accessible from the ns-3 website: |
6 All of the ns-3 documentation is accessible from the ns-3 website: |
7 http://www.nsnam.org |
7 http://www.nsnam.org |
8 including tutorials: |
8 including tutorials: |
9 http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html |
9 http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html |
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11 Release 3.2 (pending) |
11 Release 3.3 (pending) |
12 ===================== |
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14 Availability |
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15 ------------ |
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16 This release is immediately available from: |
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17 http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.3.tar.bz2 |
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19 Supported platforms |
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21 ns-3.2 has been tested on the following platforms: |
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22 - linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6. |
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23 - linux x86_64 gcc 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6 |
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24 - MacOS X ppc and x86 |
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25 - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only) |
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26 |
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27 Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the |
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28 wiki for more information: |
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29 http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation |
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30 |
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31 New user-visible features |
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33 a) Emulated Net Device |
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34 A new net device has been added as enabling technology for ns-3 emulation |
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35 scenarios. See src/devices/emu and examples/emu-udp-echo.cc for details. |
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36 |
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37 b) ICMP Support |
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38 Support for several ICMP messages has been added to ns-3. See |
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39 src/internet-stack/icmpv4.h for details. |
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40 |
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41 c) IPv6 Address Support |
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42 New clases to support IPv6 addresses has been added to the system. This |
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43 is enabling technology for fuller IPv6 support scheduled for ns-3.4. |
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44 |
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45 API changes from ns-3.2 |
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46 ----------------------- |
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47 API changes for this release are documented in the file CHANGES.html |
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48 |
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49 Known issues |
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50 ------------ |
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51 ns-3 build is known to fail on the following platforms: |
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52 - gcc 3.3 and earlier |
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53 - optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5 |
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54 - optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x |
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55 - optimized builds on Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 5 x86 gcc4.3.2 |
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56 - MinGW |
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57 |
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58 The IPv4 API defined in src/node/ipv4.h is expected to undergo major changes |
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59 in preparation of the merge of the IPv6 API and implementation. |
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60 |
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61 Future releases |
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62 --------------- |
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63 Our next release, which is expected to happen in 2 to 4 months from now, will |
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64 feature the merging of some of our projects currently in development including |
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65 fuller IPv6 support, and IPv4 and routing protocol refactoring, and some smaller |
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66 features such as an object naming facility and a new Global ARP package. |
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67 |
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68 Release 3.2 |
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69 =========== |
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70 |
14 Availability |
71 Availability |
15 ------------ |
72 ------------ |
16 This release is immediately available from: |
73 This release is immediately available from: |
17 http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.2.tar.bz2 |
74 http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.2.tar.bz2 |