GSOC2009Projects - Revision history

Tomh: /* Routing */

2016-09-29T20:42:35Z

Routing

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	* <s>'''Protolib Integration.'''</s> ~~'''(This project is planned by Tom Henderson in late 2010)'''~~ [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/protolib/index.php Protolib] is an application support library that provides networking, timer, threading, and other functionality to support cross platform application and protocol implementation. It has previously been ported to enable programs based on the library to be executed in simulators such as sn-2 and OPNET. This project would port Protolib to ns-3 and enable many existing and well known routing protocol implementations to be immediately used in ns-3. Additionally, this may be followed by porting the Agent-J Java library (see below).		* <s>'''Protolib Integration.'''</s> [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/protolib/index.php Protolib] is an application support library that provides networking, timer, threading, and other functionality to support cross platform application and protocol implementation. It has previously been ported to enable programs based on the library to be executed in simulators such as sn-2 and OPNET. This project would port Protolib to ns-3 and enable many existing and well known routing protocol implementations to be immediately used in ns-3. Additionally, this may be followed by porting the Agent-J Java library (see below).
	** ''Required Experience:'' C/C++		** ''Required Experience:'' C/C++
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' BSD networking, threading		** ''Bonus Experience:'' BSD networking, threading

Tomh: update project ideas page

2010-09-05T20:38:45Z

update project ideas page

Tjkopena: /* Contact */

2009-04-28T16:55:36Z

Contact

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	Again, all interested applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposal ideas on the [http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/ns-developers ns-developers list]. Many developers also congregate on IRC via #ns-3 on freenode.net, and that is also an appropriate place to discuss ideas.		Again, all interested applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposal ideas on the [http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/ns-developers ns-developers list]. Many developers also congregate on IRC via #ns-3 on freenode.net, and that is also an appropriate place to discuss ideas.

	[[Category::GSoC]]		[[Category:GSoC]]

Tjkopena at 16:55, 28 April 2009

2009-04-28T16:55:17Z

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	Again, all interested applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposal ideas on the [http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/ns-developers ns-developers list]. Many developers also congregate on IRC via #ns-3 on freenode.net, and that is also an appropriate place to discuss ideas.		Again, all interested applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposal ideas on the [http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/ns-developers ns-developers list]. Many developers also congregate on IRC via #ns-3 on freenode.net, and that is also an appropriate place to discuss ideas.

			[[Category::GSoC]]

Tjkopena: /* MAC and PHY Models */

2009-03-25T18:20:11Z

MAC and PHY Models

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	==== MAC and PHY Models ====		==== MAC and PHY Models ====
	Mentors: [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz], [mailto:mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr Mathieu Lacage]		Mentors: [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz], [mailto:mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr Mathieu Lacage], [mailto:juliana@ic.unicamp.br Juliana Freitag Borin]

	* '''Minstrel rate control algorithm.''' [http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/RateControl/minstrel Minstrel] is a rate control algorithm originally [https://www.ath9k.org/browser/trunk/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.txt?rev=2695 implemented in MadWifi]. This project would port the Minstrel rate control algorithm to the ns-3 802.11 MAC.		* '''Minstrel rate control algorithm.''' [http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/RateControl/minstrel Minstrel] is a rate control algorithm originally [https://www.ath9k.org/browser/trunk/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.txt?rev=2695 implemented in MadWifi]. This project would port the Minstrel rate control algorithm to the ns-3 802.11 MAC.
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	**''Interests:'' wireless networking, protocol development, resource alloations, 802.11		**''Interests:'' wireless networking, protocol development, resource alloations, 802.11

	* '''Antenna radiation pattern''' This project would implement support for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pattern antenna radiation patterns] in the physical layer of ns-3. In addition to enhancing the realism of the ns-3 physical layer, this would also enable to implement directional antennas in ns-3.		* '''Antenna radiation pattern.''' This project would implement support for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pattern antenna radiation patterns] in the physical layer of ns-3. In addition to enhancing the realism of the ns-3 physical layer, this would also enable to implement directional antennas in ns-3.
	** ''Required Experience:''		** ''Required Experience:''
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' physical layer modeling and simulation, wireless networking		** ''Bonus Experience:'' physical layer modeling and simulation, wireless networking
	**''Interests:'' wireless networking, physical layer modeling and simulation		**''Interests:'' wireless networking, physical layer modeling and simulation

			* '''Uplink Scheduler for WiMAX.''': The ns-3 WiMAX module currently implements a simple FCFS scheduler based algorithm. In addition to generally continuing to improve that model and its integration, this project would investigate and add a more sophisticated scheduler to support the QoS requirements of multimedia applications. This might be accomplished by porting from an available ns-2 WiMAX module.
			** ''Required Experience:'' C++
			** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiMAX, IEEE 802.16, ns-2
			** ''Interests:'' Wireless networking, MAC layer, resource allocation, 802.16

	==== Routing ====		==== Routing ====

Tjkopena: /* Applications and Systems */

2009-03-24T16:47:00Z

Applications and Systems

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	** ''Interests:'' Simulation, emulation, simulation-in-the-loop		** ''Interests:'' Simulation, emulation, simulation-in-the-loop

	==== ~~Applications~~ and ~~Systems~~ ====		==== Peer to Peer and Content Based Routing ====
	Mentors: [mailto:marcello.caleffi@unina.it Marcello Caleffi]		Mentors: [mailto:marcello.caleffi@unina.it Marcello Caleffi]

Tjkopena at 16:24, 24 March 2009

2009-03-24T16:24:45Z

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	** ''Bonus Experience:'' Emulab, ns-2, Tcl		** ''Bonus Experience:'' Emulab, ns-2, Tcl
	** ''Interests:'' Simulation, emulation, simulation-in-the-loop		** ''Interests:'' Simulation, emulation, simulation-in-the-loop

			==== Applications and Systems ====
			Mentors: [mailto:marcello.caleffi@unina.it Marcello Caleffi]

			* '''Mobile P2P.''' ns-3 currently does not include any implementation of Mobile Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems. This project would implement some additional networking protocols based on a cross-layer approach between routing and Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs), such as ATR and MADPastry. Both the ns-2 implementations of the cited protocols are currently available and could be used as design guides.
			** ''Required Experience:'' C/C++
			** ''Bonus Experience:'' P2P, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), ns-2
			** ''Interests:'' P2P, DHT, MANETs, routing.

	=== Additional Project Ideas ===		=== Additional Project Ideas ===
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	** ''Bonus Experience:'' JNI		** ''Bonus Experience:'' JNI
	** ''Interests:'' Java, Java native code, simulation, P2P		** ''Interests:'' Java, Java native code, simulation, P2P

	* '''P2P Protocols.'''

	== Contact ==		== Contact ==

	Again, all interested applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposal ideas on the [http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/ns-developers ns-developers list]. Many developers also congregate on IRC via #ns-3 on freenode.net, and that is also an appropriate place to discuss ideas.		Again, all interested applicants are encouraged to discuss their proposal ideas on the [http://mailman.isi.edu/mailman/listinfo/ns-developers ns-developers list]. Many developers also congregate on IRC via #ns-3 on freenode.net, and that is also an appropriate place to discuss ideas.

Rmerz: /* MAC and PHY Models */ Antenna radiation pattern implementation

2009-03-19T21:15:09Z

MAC and PHY Models: Antenna radiation pattern implementation

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	** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiFi, 802.11, wireless networking, rate control		** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiFi, 802.11, wireless networking, rate control
	**''Interests:'' wireless networking, protocol development, resource alloations, 802.11		**''Interests:'' wireless networking, protocol development, resource alloations, 802.11

			* '''Antenna radiation pattern''' This project would implement support for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_pattern antenna radiation patterns] in the physical layer of ns-3. In addition to enhancing the realism of the ns-3 physical layer, this would also enable to implement directional antennas in ns-3.
			** ''Required Experience:''
			** ''Bonus Experience:'' physical layer modeling and simulation, wireless networking
			**''Interests:'' wireless networking, physical layer modeling and simulation

	==== Routing ====		==== Routing ====

Rmerz: /* MAC and PHY Models */ Minstrel implementation project

2009-03-19T21:11:24Z

MAC and PHY Models: Minstrel implementation project

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	==== MAC and PHY Models ====		==== MAC and PHY Models ====
	Mentors: [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz], [mailto:mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr Mathieu Lacage]		Mentors: [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz], [mailto:mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr Mathieu Lacage]

			* '''Minstrel rate control algorithm.''' [http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/RateControl/minstrel Minstrel] is a rate control algorithm originally [https://www.ath9k.org/browser/trunk/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.txt?rev=2695 implemented in MadWifi]. This project would port the Minstrel rate control algorithm to the ns-3 802.11 MAC.
			** ''Required Experience:''
			** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiFi, 802.11, wireless networking, rate control
			**''Interests:'' wireless networking, protocol development, resource alloations, 802.11

	==== Routing ====		==== Routing ====

Rmerz: /* Routing */ Put rmerz at the end for mentor

2009-03-19T21:07:07Z

Routing: Put rmerz at the end for mentor

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	==== Routing ====		==== Routing ====

	Mentors: ~~[mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz],~~ [mailto:nbaldo@cttc.es Nicola Baldo], [mailto:mrequena@cttc.es Manuel Requena], [mailto:adrian.sw.tam@gmail.com Adrian Sai-wah Tam]		Mentors: [mailto:nbaldo@cttc.es Nicola Baldo], [mailto:mrequena@cttc.es Manuel Requena], [mailto:adrian.sw.tam@gmail.com Adrian Sai-wah Tam], [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz]

	* '''Advanced Queues.''' ns-3 currently implements only a basic FIFO queue. This project would add support for and investigate more sophisticated queues, such as fair queuing, RED, and RIO. This might be accomplished by porting from other projects, such as [http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/doc/node69.html ns-2] or [http://lartc.org/howto/ Linux routing and traffic control] implementations.		* '''Advanced Queues.''' ns-3 currently implements only a basic FIFO queue. This project would add support for and investigate more sophisticated queues, such as fair queuing, RED, and RIO. This might be accomplished by porting from other projects, such as [http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/doc/node69.html ns-2] or [http://lartc.org/howto/ Linux routing and traffic control] implementations.

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	Mentors: [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz], [mailto:mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr Mathieu Lacage], [mailto:juliana@ic.unicamp.br Juliana Freitag Borin]		Mentors: [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz], [mailto:mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr Mathieu Lacage], [mailto:juliana@ic.unicamp.br Juliana Freitag Borin]

	* '''Minstrel rate control algorithm.''' [http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/RateControl/minstrel Minstrel] is a rate control algorithm originally [https://www.ath9k.org/browser/trunk/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.txt?rev=2695 implemented in MadWifi]. This project would port the Minstrel rate control algorithm to the ns-3 802.11 MAC.		* <s>'''Minstrel rate control algorithm.'''</s> '''(This project completed by Duy Nguyen in 2009)''' [http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211/RateControl/minstrel Minstrel] is a rate control algorithm originally [https://www.ath9k.org/browser/trunk/ath_rate/minstrel/minstrel.txt?rev=2695 implemented in MadWifi]. This project would port the Minstrel rate control algorithm to the ns-3 802.11 MAC.
	** ''Required Experience:''		** ''Required Experience:''
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiFi, 802.11, wireless networking, rate control		** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiFi, 802.11, wireless networking, rate control
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	**''Interests:'' wireless networking, physical layer modeling and simulation		**''Interests:'' wireless networking, physical layer modeling and simulation

	* '''Uplink Scheduler for WiMAX.''': The ns-3 WiMAX module currently implements a simple FCFS scheduler based algorithm. In addition to generally continuing to improve that model and its integration, this project would investigate and add a more sophisticated scheduler to support the QoS requirements of multimedia applications. This might be accomplished by porting from an available ns-2 WiMAX module.		* <s>'''Uplink Scheduler for WiMAX.''':</s> '''(This project completed by Flavio Kubota in 2009)''' The ns-3 WiMAX module currently implements a simple FCFS scheduler based algorithm. In addition to generally continuing to improve that model and its integration, this project would investigate and add a more sophisticated scheduler to support the QoS requirements of multimedia applications. This might be accomplished by porting from an available ns-2 WiMAX module.
	** ''Required Experience:'' C++		** ''Required Experience:'' C++
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiMAX, IEEE 802.16, ns-2		** ''Bonus Experience:'' WiMAX, IEEE 802.16, ns-2
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	Mentors: [mailto:nbaldo@cttc.es Nicola Baldo], [mailto:mrequena@cttc.es Manuel Requena], [mailto:adrian.sw.tam@gmail.com Adrian Sai-wah Tam], [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz]		Mentors: [mailto:nbaldo@cttc.es Nicola Baldo], [mailto:mrequena@cttc.es Manuel Requena], [mailto:adrian.sw.tam@gmail.com Adrian Sai-wah Tam], [mailto:ruben@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de Ruben Merz]

	* '''Advanced Queues.''' ns-3 currently implements only a basic FIFO queue. This project would add support for and investigate more sophisticated queues, such as fair queuing, RED, and RIO. This might be accomplished by porting from other projects, such as [http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/doc/node69.html ns-2] or [http://lartc.org/howto/ Linux routing and traffic control] implementations.		* <s>'''Advanced Queues.'''</s> '''(This project is being worked on by Duy Nguyen (see ns-3-dev-queues))''' ns-3 currently implements only a basic FIFO queue. This project would add support for and investigate more sophisticated queues, such as fair queuing, RED, and RIO. This might be accomplished by porting from other projects, such as [http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/doc/node69.html ns-2] or [http://lartc.org/howto/ Linux routing and traffic control] implementations.
	** ''Required Experience:''		** ''Required Experience:''
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' Routing architectures, routing protocols, queueing theory, statistics, Linux/BSD kernel, ns-2		** ''Bonus Experience:'' Routing architectures, routing protocols, queueing theory, statistics, Linux/BSD kernel, ns-2
	** ''Interests:'' High fidelity simulation, queueing theory, statistics, data driven model development		** ''Interests:'' High fidelity simulation, queueing theory, statistics, data driven model development

	* '''Click Modular Router Integration.''' This project would port and enable ns-3 simulations to use the [http://read.cs.ucla.edu/click/ Click modular router], widely used in research. This has been previously done for ns-2, and accomplishing this integration for ns-3 would enable faster protocol development and utilization of many existing protocol implementations.		* <s>'''Click Modular Router Integration.'''</s> '''(This project completed by Lalith Suresh in 2010)''' This project would port and enable ns-3 simulations to use the [http://read.cs.ucla.edu/click/ Click modular router], widely used in research. This has been previously done for ns-2, and accomplishing this integration for ns-3 would enable faster protocol development and utilization of many existing protocol implementations.
	** ''Required Experience:'' C++		** ''Required Experience:'' C++
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' Click, routing architectures, routing protocols		** ''Bonus Experience:'' Click, routing architectures, routing protocols
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	Mentors: [mailto:fw@strlen.de Florian Westphal]		Mentors: [mailto:fw@strlen.de Florian Westphal]

	* '''Network Simulation Cradle for IPv4.''' Last year's ns-3 Google Summer of Code very successfully ported the [http://research.wand.net.nz/software/nsc.php Network Simulation Cradle], providing the ability to run Linux TCP code over ns-3's IPv4 stack. This project would extend that effort to completely port the Linux TCP/IPv4 stack. This wolud start by adding IPv4 support to NSC, then support for multiple interfaces, routing tables, and assigning addresses, then making those features available in ns-3.		* <s>'''Network Simulation Cradle for IPv4.'''</s> '''(This project is being obsoleted by Mathieu Lacage's ns-3-linux repository)''' Last year's ns-3 Google Summer of Code very successfully ported the [http://research.wand.net.nz/software/nsc.php Network Simulation Cradle], providing the ability to run Linux TCP code over ns-3's IPv4 stack. This project would extend that effort to completely port the Linux TCP/IPv4 stack. This wolud start by adding IPv4 support to NSC, then support for multiple interfaces, routing tables, and assigning addresses, then making those features available in ns-3.
	** ''Required Experience:'' C		** ''Required Experience:'' C
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' Linux kernel, TCP/IP		** ''Bonus Experience:'' Linux kernel, TCP/IP
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	** ''Interests:'' Approximation, caching, software profiling, high performance computing, scientific computing		** ''Interests:'' Approximation, caching, software profiling, high performance computing, scientific computing

	* '''WPAN Device Models.'''		* '''WPAN Device Models.''' '''Contact Tommaso Pecorella (University of Florence) working on this'''
	* '''802.11 WDS Support for nqsta.'''		* '''802.11 WDS Support for nqsta.'''

	==== Routing ====		==== Routing ====

	* '''Protolib Integration.''' [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/protolib/index.php Protolib] is an application support library that provides networking, timer, threading, and other functionality to support cross platform application and protocol implementation. It has previously been ported to enable programs based on the library to be executed in simulators such as sn-2 and OPNET. This project would port Protolib to ns-3 and enable many existing and well known routing protocol implementations to be immediately used in ns-3. Additionally, this may be followed by porting the Agent-J Java library (see below).		* <s>'''Protolib Integration.'''</s> '''(This project is planned by Tom Henderson in late 2010)''' [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/protolib/index.php Protolib] is an application support library that provides networking, timer, threading, and other functionality to support cross platform application and protocol implementation. It has previously been ported to enable programs based on the library to be executed in simulators such as sn-2 and OPNET. This project would port Protolib to ns-3 and enable many existing and well known routing protocol implementations to be immediately used in ns-3. Additionally, this may be followed by porting the Agent-J Java library (see below).
	** ''Required Experience:'' C/C++		** ''Required Experience:'' C/C++
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' BSD networking, threading		** ''Bonus Experience:'' BSD networking, threading
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	==== Network Stack ====		==== Network Stack ====

	* '''Network Address Translation (NAT).''' NATs have become an essential part of practical real-life networking, and are an important current research topic as they are being [http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2008/04/18/understanding-ipv6-nat-pt/ proposed even for IPv6]. [http://www.isoc.org/tools/blogs/ietfjournal/?p=117 NAT traversal] is also an important topic in many user and system monitoring applications. This project would develop a NAT node model for ns-3, possibly by drawing upon the Linux NAT code, as well as common example configurations, such as home or small office connectivity, and start investigating these topics as time allows.		* <s>'''Network Address Translation (NAT).'''</s> '''(This project worked by Qasim Javed in 2009 and is being worked further by Adrian Tam in 2010)''' NATs have become an essential part of practical real-life networking, and are an important current research topic as they are being [http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2008/04/18/understanding-ipv6-nat-pt/ proposed even for IPv6]. [http://www.isoc.org/tools/blogs/ietfjournal/?p=117 NAT traversal] is also an important topic in many user and system monitoring applications. This project would develop a NAT node model for ns-3, possibly by drawing upon the Linux NAT code, as well as common example configurations, such as home or small office connectivity, and start investigating these topics as time allows.
	** ''Required Experience:''		** ''Required Experience:''
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' NAT, network management/deployment, firewalling, C, Linux kernel		** ''Bonus Experience:'' NAT, network management/deployment, firewalling, C, Linux kernel
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	** ''Interests:'' Internet topology, Internet autonomous systems, graph theory		** ''Interests:'' Internet topology, Internet autonomous systems, graph theory

	* '''Agent-J Implementation.''' [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/pubs/docs/agentj-dfma06.pdf Agent-J] is a Java library built on top of [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/protolib/index.php Protolib] that enables Java networking application code to be run on real systems as well as network simulators such as ns-2 and OPNET. This project would port Agent-J to ns-3, thereby enabling users to develop applications in Java, as well as work with existing implementations. This project would require completing the above Protolib Integration effort first.		* <s>'''Agent-J Implementation.'''</s> '''(Chris Dennett announced support for this [http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/ns-developers/2010-September/008334.html here])''' [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/pubs/docs/agentj-dfma06.pdf Agent-J] is a Java library built on top of [http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/protolib/index.php Protolib] that enables Java networking application code to be run on real systems as well as network simulators such as ns-2 and OPNET. This project would port Agent-J to ns-3, thereby enabling users to develop applications in Java, as well as work with existing implementations. This project would require completing the above Protolib Integration effort first.
	** ''Required Experience:'' Java, C		** ''Required Experience:'' Java, C
	** ''Bonus Experience:'' JNI		** ''Bonus Experience:'' JNI