Project Overview

Project Name: Dynamic device registration for NetAnim simulation animations
Student: Raghuram Kannan
Mentors: Tommaso Pecorella and Manoj Kumar Rana
Google page: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/projects/EpacH0ct
Project Goals: The project aims to refactor the NetAnim module such that each module willing to use NetAnim will have a .cc and .h file responsible for communication with the NetAnim module, enabled only if NetAnim is active. This will break the dependencies and will allow more flexibility for out-of-tree modules and modules migrating to the AppStore.
Repository: https://gitlab.com/raghuramkannan40/ns-3-dev/-/tree/GSoC-23
About Me: I am a Pre-Final year undergraduate student pursuing Electronics and Communication Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. I am currently exploring the domain of computer networks and operating systems.

Milestones

The GSoC period is divided into two phases. Following are the deliverables according to the proposal:

Duration: Week 1 to Week 6

Refactor the Csma module and test to see if it works the same as before.
Refactor the Point-to-Point module and test to see if it works the same as before.
Refactor the LTE module and test to see if it works the same as before.

Duration: Week 7 to Week 12

Refactor the Wimax module and test to see if it works the same as before.
Refactor the Wi-Fi and Internet module and test them to see if it works the same as before.
Refactor the Uan and Wave module and test them to see if it works the same as before.
Testing and documentation of work done

Duration: May 17 - June 6

Discussed the proposal ideas and any potential issues.
Decided to convert AnimationInterface into a singleton with a proxy in between.
Added a define for NetAnim in CMake to let us know if NetAnim has been compiled successfully.
Discussed the need for CreateObject() for the NetDeviceAnim Class(The new class added to the respective net-device modules to connect to NetAnim).