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update changes.html and release notes for FdNetDevice changes
authorTom Henderson <tomh@tomh.org>
Sat, 11 May 2013 11:08:52 -0700
changeset 9752 c2c31a5059d4
parent 9751 2d9e9b0ae1b8
child 9753 a97f117329fb
update changes.html and release notes for FdNetDevice changes
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--- a/CHANGES.html	Sat May 11 10:50:48 2013 -0700
+++ b/CHANGES.html	Sat May 11 11:08:52 2013 -0700
@@ -56,6 +56,20 @@
 <h2>New API:</h2>
 <ul>
   <li>New TCP Westwood and Westwood+ models
+  <li>New FdNetDevice class providing a special NetDevice that is able to read
+      and write traffic from a file descriptor.  Three helpers are provided
+      to associate the file descriptor with different underlying devices:  
+    <ul> 
+    <li> EmuFdNetDeviceHelper (to associate the |ns3| device with a physical 
+         device in the host machine).  This helper is intended to
+         eventually replace the EmuNetDevice in src/emu. </li>
+    <li> TapFdNetDeviceHelper (to associate the ns-3 device with the file 
+         descriptor from a tap device in the host machine) </li>
+    <li> PlanteLabFdNetDeviceHelper (to automate the creation of tap devices 
+         in PlanetLab nodes, enabling |ns3| simulations that can send and 
+         receive traffic though the Internet using PlanetLab resource.</li>
+    </ul> 
+  </li>
   <li>In Ipv4ClickRouting, the following APIs were added:
     <ul>
       <li>Ipv4ClickRouting::SetDefines(), accessible through ClickInternetStackHelper::SetDefines(), for the user to set Click defines from the ns-3 simulation file.</li>
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES	Sat May 11 10:50:48 2013 -0700
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES	Sat May 11 11:08:52 2013 -0700
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 New user-visible features
 -------------------------
 - new TCP Westwood and Westwood+ models
+- new FdNetDevice model and associated helpers.  The FdNetDevice is able
+  to read and write from a file descriptor.  Various helpers are provided
+  to associate this descriptor with underlying devices or sockets on the 
+  host operating system, including a packet socket for emulation, and
+  tap devices including a version specialized for use on PlanetLab.
 - ns-3-click: it's now possible to (i) have Click pull random numbers from
   ns-3 and (ii) have ns-3 set "defines" in Click via the simulation file 
   (see src/click/examples/nsclick-defines.cc).
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