--- a/doc/main.txt Thu May 17 12:28:38 2007 +0200
+++ b/doc/main.txt Thu May 17 14:07:22 2007 +0200
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
* - common: located in src/common and contains facilities specific
* to network simulations but shared by pretty much every model
* of a network component.
- * - node: located in src/node. Contains an ipv4/udp model.
+ * - node: located in src/node. Defines the abstract interfaces which
+ * must be implemented by every node and more specifically, by ipv4 nodes.
* - devices: located in src/devices. Contains a set of MAC-level models
*
* The "core" module contains:
@@ -20,8 +21,9 @@
* - debugging facilities: \ref debugging, \ref assert, \ref error
* - \ref randomvariable
* - \ref config
- * - a class to handle automatic deletion of multiple sets of objects of different types:
- * ns3::ObjectContainer
+ * - a base class for objects which need to support reference counting
+ * and QueryInterface: ns3::Interface and ns3::InterfaceId
+ * - a smart-pointer class ns3::Ptr designed to work together with ns3::Interface
*
* The "simulator" module contains:
* - a time management class to hold a time and convert between various time units: ns3::Time
@@ -31,19 +33,25 @@
*
* The "common" module contains:
* - a packet class to create and manipulate simulation packets: ns3::Packet, ns3::Header,
- * and ns3::Trailer
+ * and ns3::Trailer. This packet class also supports per-packet ns3::Tag which are
+ * globs of data which can be attached to any packet.
* - a set of low-level trace facilities: \ref lowleveltracing
*
* The "node" module contains:
- * - a ns3::Node base class and an ns3::InternetNode implementation which model
- * network nodes.
- * - a set of models contained in InternetNode: ns3::Ipv4, ns3::Udp, ns3::L3Demux,
- * ns3::L3Protocol, ns3::Ipv4L4Demux, ns3::Ipv4L4Protocol, ns3::Ipv4Interface,
- * ns3::DatagramSocket
+ * - a ns3::INode base class which should be subclassed by any new type of
+ * network Node.
* - models which abstract the MAC-layer from the IP layer protocols:
* ns3::NetDevice and ns3::Channel.
- * - an Arp model if the underlying NetDevice object needs it: ns3::ArpIpv4Interface
- * - a set of traffic generation models: ns3::OnOffApplication
+ * - models which abstract the application-layer API: ns3::Application,
+ * ns3::Socket, ns3::ISocketFactory, and, ns3::IUdp
+ *
+ * The "internet-node" module contains a set of classes which implement the
+ * APIs defined in the "node" module:
+ * - an Ipv4/Udp stack with socket support
+ * - an ARP module
+ * - an INode subclass.
+ * - and finally, a function used to instantiate nodes
+ * which contain this implementation: ns3::MakeInternetNode
*
* The "devices" module contains:
* - a PointToPoint MAC device: ns3::PointToPointNetDevice, ns3::PointToPointChannel,