Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 ns-3 Overview
  • 1.2 Longer-term vision
  • 1.3 Outline
  
  
• 2. Software Architecture
  • 2.1 Basics
  • 2.2 Use cases
  • 2.3 Class and object design
    • 2.3.1 Component system
      • 2.3.1.1 Query interface example
    • 2.3.2 Object creation
  • 2.4 Memory Management
    • 2.4.1 Reference counting smart pointer
  • 2.5 Configuration
    • 2.5.1 Stock topology code
    • 2.5.2 Default values and command line arguments
  • 2.6 Tracing
  • 2.7 Scaling
  • 2.8 Emulation
  • 2.9 Scripting
  
  
• 3. Key simulation objects
  • 3.1 Node
  • 3.2 NetDevice and Channel
  • 3.3 Packet
  • 3.4 Sockets and Applications
    • 3.4.1 Sockets
  
  
• 4. Core Modules
  • 4.1 Event Scheduling
    • 4.1.1 Simulation time
    • 4.1.2 Event creation and expiration
  • 4.2 Callbacks
  
  
• 5. Internet Node
  • 5.1 InternetNode members
  • 5.2 Send packet processing chain
  • 5.3 Receive packet processing chain
  
  
• 6. ns-3 routing
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 RouteManager
  • 6.3 Node routing interface
  • 6.4 Proposed roadmap
  
  
• Index