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* TCP options code from [[SOCIS2014TCP | SOCIS TCP project]] (including window scale and timestamps)
 
* TCP options code from [[SOCIS2014TCP | SOCIS TCP project]] (including window scale and timestamps)
 
** Code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/110860043/
 
** Code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/110860043/
** '''Update:'''  A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-tcp-options-for-merge) is staged for final review; a few minor issues are being worked out for Friday
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** <s>'''Update:'''  A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-tcp-options-for-merge) is staged for final review; a few minor issues are being worked out for Friday</s> Merged
 
** RttEstimator improvements will slip until ns-3.22
 
** RttEstimator improvements will slip until ns-3.22
 
* (enhancement) Add propagation delay capability to SimpleChannel (for testing purposes)
 
* (enhancement) Add propagation delay capability to SimpleChannel (for testing purposes)
 
** code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/132870043/
 
** code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/132870043/
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** '''Update:'''  Tommaso will merge on Sep 6 or 7
 
* CoDel queue support (from [[GSOC2014Bufferbloat | GSoC bufferbloat project]])
 
* CoDel queue support (from [[GSOC2014Bufferbloat | GSoC bufferbloat project]])
 
** '''Update:'''  A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-codel-for-merge) is staged for final review
 
** '''Update:'''  A repo (http://code.nsnam.org/repositories/tomh/ns-3-dev-codel-for-merge) is staged for final review
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* Energy harvesting model
 
* Energy harvesting model
 
** Code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/103750047/
 
** Code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/103750047/
** '''Update:''' Cristiano has updated this and it appears ready for merging
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** <s>'''Update:''' Cristiano has updated this and it appears ready for merging</s> Merged
 
* LTE FFR models from GSoC project
 
* LTE FFR models from GSoC project
 
** Code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/130130043/
 
** Code review issue:  https://codereview.appspot.com/130130043/
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WiFi-related:
 
WiFi-related:
 
* [https://codereview.appspot.com/57210044/ Wifi Sleep mode]
 
* [https://codereview.appspot.com/57210044/ Wifi Sleep mode]
** '''Update:''' Stefano has created a final patch (emailed offlist), ready for merge with Cristiano's energy harvesting patch
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** <s>'''Update:''' Stefano has created a final patch (emailed offlist), ready for merge with Cristiano's energy harvesting patch</s> Merged
 
* [https://codereview.appspot.com/14549044/ MPDU aggregation]
 
* [https://codereview.appspot.com/14549044/ MPDU aggregation]
 
** Will slip to next release
 
** Will slip to next release

Revision as of 00:01, 6 September 2014

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This page summarizes the release planning for ns-3.21. The ns-3 release process is listed here and here.

The release manager is Tom Henderson.

Release schedule

ns-3.21 is planned for September 17, 2014. New feature code should be ready for merge by no later than 5 September. An initial release candidate should be available by 10 September.

Packaging

ns-3.21 will be packaged as a source tarball as before: ns-allinone-3.21.tar.bz2.

The tarball will contain:

  • Latest version of pybindgen
  • Latest version of netanim
  • ns-3.21
  • bake

where bake is used to fetch optional ns-3 components, including DCE.

A patch from ns-3.20 to ns-3.21 will also be posted.

Release platforms

We usually try to keep pace with the latest popular versions of Linux, OS X, and FreeBSD. For the ns-3.21 release, we plan to support the following systems and compilers:

  • OS X 10.9 Mavericks with Xcode 5.1
  • Ubuntu 14.04 (gcc-4.8)
  • Fedora 20 (gcc-4.8)
  • Debian 7 (gcc-4.9)
  • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (gcc-4.4)
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (gcc-4.6)
  • Centos 6.4 (gcc-4.4)
  • FreeBSD 9.3 (clang 3.3)

New features

Pending new features:

WiFi-related:

  • Wifi Sleep mode
    • Update: Stefano has created a final patch (emailed offlist), ready for merge with Cristiano's energy harvesting patch Merged
  • MPDU aggregation
    • Will slip to next release
  • new VANET example
    • Update: Scott has updated the issue this week; it needs review and possible checkin

Software maintenance issues

Bugs or issues in ns-3 core

TBD


Bugs in models to fix

TBD


Documentation improvements

Others TBD.