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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/

Bugs being worked

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

Bugs in ns-3 models

Open bugs will be worked on a best-effort basis.