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This page summarizes the ongoing release planning for ns-3.18. The ns-3 release process is listed here and here.

The release managers are TBD

Release schedule

ns-3.18 is scheduled for mid-August, 2013. Further details will be posted at a later date.

We will use bugzilla to track bug priorities (esp. P1 blocker bugs) for the next release.

Proposed supported platforms

Our primary platforms for this release are planned to be: (TBD)

Packaging

TBD

new feature reviews

The following code is candidate for ns-3.18:

• Node/NetDevice Start/Stop: http://codereview.appspot.com/6530051/
  • Reworks were discussed at March developer meeting
• GSOC code review for HLA interfaces: http://codereview.appspot.com/6458160/
• GSOC code review for NAT and Netfilter: http://codereview.appspot.com/6454146/
• Low resolution radio model: code review
• Wideband propagation model (only exponential PDP is implemented); [1]
• Brian Panneton's antenna model updates http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/ns-developers/2012-April/010322.html
• New IEEE 802.11b indoor wireless channel models for (HMM and BEAR)
• Longley-Rice and ITU terrain-aware propagation models
• TCP Echo Code review here, needs updating
• Finishing ns-3-click-mac extensions -> Blocked by queue API resolution
• Monitor mode support (Update from Bjorn)
• UAN Mobility Model merge (from previous GSOC)
  • blocked on resolving changes to WaypointMobilityModel API
• BitTorrent: http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/ns-developers/2012-December/010783.html
  • Sliding to ns-3.18 due to availability of contributors to work the comments
• Switched Ethernet device: http://codereview.appspot.com/5615049/
• HTTP traffic generator: http://codereview.appspot.com/4940041/
• GPSR: http://codereview.appspot.com/5401042
• TMix and Delaybox: http://code.google.com/p/tmix-ns3/
• SNR tag patches: https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1566
• SMCEN/RNS: https://codereview.appspot.com/7304093/
• LR-WPAN: https://codereview.appspot.com/8339045/
• 802.11n: https://codereview.appspot.com/8587043/ (announced here on ns-developers: http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/ns-developers/2013-April/010932.html)

Bugs being worked

We will use bugzilla to track bug priorities (esp. P1 blocker bugs) for the next release.

Bugs to close

This is a list of bugs that we will be pursuing in the early stages of ns-3.18 release cycle, to clean out the tracker:

1648 dsr

1647 dsr

1646 icmp

1645 packet

1643 packet

1642 scheduler

1634 ipv6 ndisc

1631 energy

1630 aodv

1628 lte

1616 wifi

1606 aodv

1604 core

1597 emu

1592 flowmon

1584 lte

1583 gcov

1578 mesh

1571 tcp

1565 tcp

1559 debian

1557 openflow

1553 openflow

1552 core

1551 core

1550 documentation

1546 documentation

1544 documentation

1535 tags

1529 tcp

1522 wifi

1515 lte

1505 core

1499 lte

1498 wifi

1497 random

1496 documentation

1492 mpi

1490 documentation

1488 bindings

1487 bridge

1483 mesh

1482 mesh

1474 tcp

1465 mesh

1460 lte

1459 emu

1444 build

1443 prop

1442 vis

1440 aodv

1438 lte

1434 dsr

1433 tap

1431 random

1430 tap

1421 prop

1419 wifi

1413 topo

1412 rtt

1411 core

1408 core

1407 packet

1405 rtt

1397 core

1390 icmp

1384 core

1383 packet

1381 boost

1363 mesh

1356 wimax

1353 routing

1344 core

1343 doc

1336 topology

1326 documentation

1322 random variable

1320 emu

1314 mobility

1305 waf

1304 static

1303 waf

(bugs < 1300, still to list here)