ns-3 RELEASE NOTES

This file contains ns-3 release notes (most recent releases first).

Release 3.0.5 (2007/08/15)

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  - Refactoring to support win32-based unix environments (Cygwin, mingw)

  - "Packet socket" for allowing applications to access NetDevices directly

  - Generalized, polymorphic Address class

  - Add CSMA NetDevice model (from Emmanuelle Laprise)

  - Modularize IPv4 routing support (from Gustavo Carneiro)

  - Add mobility framework and basic mobility models 

  - Global unicast centralized routing 

Release 3.0.4 (2007/07/15)

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  - Enable waf as the default build system.

  - Per-packet metadata:  a system to track which headers and trailers 

    are added to a packet

  - Simplifications to point-to-point devices and channel

Release 3.0.3 (2007/06/15)

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  - Enable Waf for release tarballs: users can now build ns-3

    with the "waf" tool. See doc/build-waf.txt.

  - Add support for variable time precision: it is now possible

    to run a simulation with an accuracy which is higher or lower

    than a nanosecond: seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, 

    femtoseconds and picoseconds are supported.

  - Optimize and rework the COM framework, solidify the component 

    manager

  - Many small API cleanups

Release 3.0.2 (2007/05/18)

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  - Implement a new memory management infrastructure based

    on reference counting and smart pointers (the latter being

    optional)

  - Implement a COM-like framework with support for QueryInterface

    to provide object extensibility

  - Add support for a BSD-style socket API for user applications

Release 3.0.1 (2007/03/31)

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  - First public release; not yet pre-alpha.

  - Simple UDP-based simulation script (examples/simple-p2p.cc)