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HOWTOs - Installation - Troubleshooting - User FAQ - Samples - Models - Education - Contributed Code - Papers

This wiki complements the ns-3 main web site. Account Policy: Due to spam problems, we have disabled the ability to create new accounts and to edit/move pages without moderator approval; our experience on the ns-2 wiki with Mediawiki captchas has been ineffective. If you would like to edit this wiki, please email [1] with your username and we will enable it for write privileges. Note: ns-2 has a separate wiki, at http://nsnam.isi.edu/nsnam

Upcoming Releases

• ns-3.16 originally planned for 12 December 2012, has been rescheduled for 21 December 2012.
  • The second release candidate (pre-release version for testing) is available here.

Upcoming Events

• 5 March 2013, WNS3-2013: The fifth annual Workshop on ns-3, Cannes, France
  • 19 December 2013: Paper deadline

Recent Events

• ns-3.15 was released on 29 August 2012.
• ns-3 was one of the 180 projects selected for the 2012 edition of Google Summer of Code. Three students have recently completed their projects. Our 2012 GSoC page: 2012 GSOC accepted projects
• ns-3.14 was released on 5 June 2012.
• 24 March 2012 Developer's meeting (meeting minutes)
• 23 March 2012, WNS3-2012: The fourth annual Workshop on ns-3, Desenzano del Garda, Italy
• ns-3.13 was released on December 23 2011 and is available here.
• 10 November 2011, IEEE MILCOM 2011 session on ns-3
• 27 October 2011, Developers meeting (virtual, by audio conference) meeting minutes

Current ns-3-dev Build and Test Results

• Jenkins CI dashboard

Next Level

We have created the following pages to allow ns-3 users to contribute various information:

• Roadmap - Plans for future releases, and what developers are working on
• Current Development - What people are working on for ns-3
• Project Ideas - Suggested projects at different degrees of difficulty
• Developer FAQ - Answers to frequently asked questions for ns-3 developers
• Tools - Useful tools
• Education - Links to sites containing information about use of ns-3 in education
• Installation - Installation tips and prerequisites
• User FAQ - Answers to frequently asked questions for ns-3 users
• HOWTOs - HOWTOs guides for various simulation activities
• Samples - Code samples and examples
• Troubleshooting - Tips for working around compilation, etc. problems
• Contributed Code - Links to third-party ns-3 software contributions
• Papers - Research papers about ns-3 or using ns-3