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This is the wiki page for the ns-3 training sessions being conducted from 18-19 March, 2015 in Ballston VA.

Logistics

The contact is Tom Henderson; email Tom if you have any questions.

Agenda

Wednesday March 18

The goal of this session (1pm-5pm) is a comprehensive overview of the simulator (what we can fit into half a day). The instructors will be Tom Henderson and Ken Renard.

• Introduction to ns-3: Basic software orientation, survey of capabilities, research performed with ns-3, differences from ns-2, data visualization and man-agement, how the open source project operates.
• Large-scale, distributed simulations with ns-3. (Instructor: Ken Renard)
• Network emulation and Direct Code Execution environments and examples, enabling hardware-in-the-loop and use of real Linux code.

Thursday March 19

This day is planned to run from 9am-12pm and from 1pm-4pm.

Using examples oriented around a Wi-Fi ad hoc mobile scenario, we will cover these topics.

• Running simulations, including manipulating and managing configuration, logging, animation and visualization options.
• Debugging simulations using tools such as gdb, valgrind, and oprofile.
• Mobility and wireless models and scenarios
• Methodology and workflow for developing new models in ns-3, using a case study.

Preparation

Nothing is strictly required, but working through the ns-3 tutorial is a good starting point, if you haven't already.

A 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04 Live DVD (ISO) is posted for download at (link to be provided) and will also be available on DVD media at the session. The ISO (username ns3; password ns3) has prerequisite packages pre-installed and a recent copy of ns-3 source code.

Additional files

Links to any additional example files produced for the training (outside of the ns-3 release) will be posted here.

Training materials

All presentations will be hyperlinked from this wiki page (as they are made available).

Questions and Answers

Questions and answers will be posted here.