Revision as of 05:56, 30 November 2010

This page summarizes the ongoing release planning for ns-3.10. We are seeking a volunteer for release manager.

Proposed Release Schedule

1. December 18 -- code freeze
2. December 20 -- First release candidate posted
3. January 5 -- ns-3.10 posted

Already merged

• (bug 852) Initial support for the 802.11g PHY
• Extend MakeEnumChecker()
• Matrix topology example

Pending code reviews

Ready to merge

• bug 978: Consolidate Wi-Fi MAC high functionality
• Pyviz visualizer
• UAN framework

Still aiming for ns-3.10

• Tcp refactoring
  • Under review and test; anticipating merge
• LTE support
  • Nicola Baldo is shepherding this model
• BulkSend application
  • Josh Pelkey is handling the suggested updates
• Energy model WiFi additions
• DSDV
• bug 967-- need ability to insert a shim http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=967
  • patch waiting, needs memory management cleanup
• bug 963-- print out routing tables (http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=963)

Other

• ns-3 click
  • minor block on GPL copyright issue (ported ns-2 code)
• Virtual Access Point (VAP) for WiFi
  • insufficient reviews
• GetRelativeVelocity() for MobilityModel
  • insufficient reviews
• PhySimWifi
  • insufficient reviews
• thread-safe implementation of ScheduleWithContext
• OpenFlow
• simple wireless models
• Jamming model
• MPLS
• TCP Vegas (blocked by lack of progress on TCP congestion control architecture)

Priority bugs

• bug 445 Class name rename Scalar->Dimensionless (issue 445) http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=445
• bug 892-- Waypoint Mobility http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=892
• bug 893-- Waypoint Mobility http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=893
• bug 912-- modeling processing delays http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=912
  • likely slip to ns-3.11
• bug 938-- missing Doxygen http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=938
  • continued slip to ns-3.11
• bug 967-- need ability to insert a shim http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=967
  • plan to merge this soon
• bug 976-- floating point differences in the mobility code http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=976
• 903/975 Tap bridge closure: http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=903; http://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=975
  • needs testing

Feature requests

• make spectrum model compatible with ns-3 WiFi
• ns-2 packet UID feature
• API for TOS bytes (issue 897) may wait for netfilter support
• NetAnim trace hooks for wireless (patch in preparation)
• Chord/DHT (authors are planning to revise code based on comments)
• app store and build system refactoring
• remove ./waf --regression
• fragmentation for IPv4: being worked by Vedran Miletic
• TDMA wireless model