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This page summarizes the release planning for ns-3.26 (planned for June 2016; rescheduled to early July 2016).  The ns-3 release process is listed [http://www.nsnam.org/developers/release-process/ here] and [[Release Process | here]].
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This page summarizes the release planning for ns-3.26 (originally planned for June 2016; rescheduled to early September 2016).  The ns-3 release process is listed [http://www.nsnam.org/developers/release-process/ here] and [[Release Process | here]].
  
= Release goals =
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This page has been recently revised and some original goals for ns-3.26 have slipped to a new [[ns-3.27]] page.
  
The following goals have been identified by maintainers.
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= Revised schedule =
  
== Build system ==
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The revised (again) schedule is as follows:
  
* <s>Upgrade Waf and bake build systems according to [[BakeIntegration | this functional specification for supporting contributed code]]</s> <i>Deferred to post-ns-3.26; no Waf changes are anticipated in the initial phase.</i>
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* code freeze once outstanding issues resolved
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* release shortly afterwards
  
== ns-3 core ==
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Please test the [http://www.nsnam.org/release/ns-allinone-3.26.rc1.tar.bz2 Release Candidate 1] posted on 27 September, and provide feedback to ns-developers mailing list or the bug tracker.
  
For ns-3.26, only maintenance on core (dealing with bug reports/open issues) is planned.
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= Remaining issues being worked for ns-3.26 =
  
Tom Henderson would like to finish off:
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(Updated Sept 27)
* Attribute/TraceSource deprecation (bugs 2149 and 2344)
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* refactor chi-squared tests for random number generation (bug 1927)
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* Matt's test.py contributions (bug 2291)
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* bug 2086 on attribute accessibility
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* bug 1962 on random variable stream GetStream() returning -1
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* <s>bug 1939 on aggregating same object to two nodes</s> <i>Merged</i>
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* bug 1604 on Config::GetDefault
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Peter Barnes intends to continue working on:
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Release candidate 1 is posted, so non-critical bug fixing is done for this release
* Bug 938 - missing Doxygen in ns-3
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* Bug 1764 - can't compile without pthread
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* Bug 1972 - CommandLine duplicate argument handling
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== network module ==
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* <s>(multiple modules):  fix warnings due to Wstrict-overflow across codebase</s> this is resolved for ns-3.26
 
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* <s>aodvmerge patch to 2123 (Tommaso)</s>
There are a large number of patches pending on the Packet class and its friends; Tom H intends to work through them with Mathieu and with patch contributors.
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* <s>core:  merge patch to 2459 on ./waf --check-config (Peter)</s>
 
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* <s>core: resolve attribute errors/attribute spaces/attribute deprecation (issues 2447, 2344, 2149) (Tom and Peter)</s>
This proposal was made recently on ns-developers:
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* <s>internetglobal routing and bridging bug 2102 reopened (Tom)</s>
 
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* <s> networkinvestigate recent packet metadata bugs (2407, 2415), fix if solution found shortly (Tom)</s> can't reproduce on ns-3-dev; marking as NEEDINFO
* <s>we apply the patch in bug 2308 (LTE) if the LTE maintainers approve it</s> <i>UpdatePatch to 2308 was applied, but issues were later found and the bug is reopened</i>
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* <s>mobilitycheck and merge patch to 2390 (on waypoint mobility) (Tom)</s>
* we apply the patch in bug 2069 (fix size of m_used variable)
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* wifi:  <s>merge patch to 2306 and update AODV regression traces </s>(Tom)
* we open a 'feature request/PATCH WANTED' for removal of ByteTags
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** <s>Patch pending and being tested</s>
* we study the implications of the expansion of tag size recently (bug 2361) and either update documentation or change the code
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* wavemerge patch to 2314 (related to 2306) (Tom)
* we add a 'best current practice' note to the documentation, on tag usage, as suggested by Tommaso. (perhaps modifying this section:
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** Probably deferring to ns-3.27
  https://www.nsnam.org/docs/release/3.25/models/html/packets.html#adding-and-removing-tags)  
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* wifi: investigate DCF assert bug 2477; will fix if solution found shortly (Tom)
* consider Alex's proposal of some API changes to the tags class: https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1383
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** <s>Patch pending and being tested</s>
* consider to finish patch for serializing/deserializing tags (bug 582)
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* wifi: investigate DCF assert bug 2493; will fix if solution found shortly (Tom)
 
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** <s>Patch pending and being tested</s>
In addition, the following maintenance/bugs should be dealt with:
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* wifiSupported Rates bug (https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2496)
 
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** <s>Patch pending and being tested</s>
* bug 2415PacketMetadata Class Locks up Example
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* wifiImmediate access patch
* bug 2407:  Packet Metadata bad state with small packet size
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** <s>Patch pending and being tested</s>
* bug 2253:  Alexander Krotov reported a bug: https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2253
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* <s>uanmerge patch to 2488 (Tom)</s>
* bug 2221: Packet tag size increased by 1 byte recently due to a Wi-Fi requirement; what should we do about this? is the previous 20 byte limit sacred?
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* config-store: [https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2507 bug 2507]: ConfigStore RawTextConfigLoad doesn't reset stream error state
* bug 2198:  proposed const addition
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** <s>Patch pending, has been tested</s>
* bug 2078:  Tommaso found problems in metadata usage
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* bug 2102:  another metadata bug reported
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* bug 1643:  this has lingered with a patch for a while
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* bug 1535:  this Packet::AddAtEnd() in TCP is still around; the TCP buffers still use this
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* bug 1407:  packet header printing disabled
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== TCP models ==
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Natale Patriciello, Anh Nguyen, Tom Henderson, Matthieu Coudron, and Amir Modarresi are working on the following.
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0) Already added.
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TCP BIC, Veno, Scalable, Vegas, YeAH, and Illinois have already been merged.
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1) Open tracker issues
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* 2263:  Support processing multiple TCP options in 1 header
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* 2122:  decouple TcpTxBuffer variables
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* 2264:  Possibility to setup Initial Sequence Number
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* 1529:  randomize TCP initial sequence number
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* 2285:  loss of TCP 3-way handshake calls receive callback to fire
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* 1167TCP socket deferring CLOSE forever
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* 2133:  In TCP close procedure, assert fail when receive in FIN_WAIT_2
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* 2278:  in TcpSocketBase, need to advance NextTxSequence
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* 2256:  TCPTxBuffer should be able to tell BytesInFlight
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* 2220:  RAM usage reduction through reduction of retx events
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* 2214:  TCP ScheduleNow for data transfer
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* 1783:  experiencing drops during FastRec causes Tcp cw to blow up
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2) Try to merge as many remaining TCP congestion control variants as are ready or nearly ready.
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* CUBIC
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* <strike>YeAH</strike> (merged)
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* <strike>Illinois</strike> (merged)
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* H-TCP:  http://mailman.isi.edu/pipermail/ns-developers/2016-April/013541.html
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3) work on SACK:  <s>https://codereview.appspot.com/283880043/</s> Updated in late May to this issuehttps://codereview.appspot.com/299130043/
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* General Scoreboard
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* Tcp option SACK management
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* Tcp option SACK implementation
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MPTCP will not be merged for ns-3.26.
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== traffic-control module ==
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Stefano Avallone (stavallo@unina.it) is leading ns-3.26 development for traffic control, and has the following goals:
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* Add support for Byte Queue Limits (see bug 2428)
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* porting and polishing fq-codel (see bug 2430)
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* reviewing [https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2261 PIE contribution] (in progress)
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* introduce mq (a multi-queue queue disc configured by default on wifi, along with fq-codel)
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* [https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2241 user priorities and QoS API]
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* <s>provide a better solution for a couple of issues introduced by the requeue mechanism</s> Merged
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== lte module ==
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No major changes planned for ns-3.26. <s>Base support for LAA Wifi Coexistence module will be added (Biljana).</s> <i> Deferred to post-ns-3.26</i>
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With regard to two large patches previously proposed for code review, neither probably will make it to ns-3.26:
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* LTE RACH:  https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2300  (patch is very large-- Marco is reviewing)
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* Carrier Aggregation from Google Summer of Code 2015 (needs additional work)
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Tom and Tommaso will try to review and merge the IPv6 support:
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* https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2312
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=== lte maintenance items ===
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<s>Manuel Ricardo plans to work on bug 2308 (how tags are used) in May.</s> <i> Issue reopened</i>
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Biljana will coordinate the remaining LTE bug responses on a best-effort basis:
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* 2339PUSCH transmit power scaled incorrectly
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* 2282:  Resources from UDP flows not realized
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* 2277:  EpcTftClassifier::Classify blindly assumes L4 header
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* 2172:  Out-of-bounds array access
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* 2161:  Error in removing a bearer in epc-mme class
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* 2152:  Uplink HARQ retransmissions out of synch at MAC layer
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* 2151:  Redundancy version in uplink HARQ not generated properly
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* 2140:  TraceFadingLossModel could use a wrong value
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* 2113:  LTE RLC AM:  all status reports indicate no more than one NACK
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* 2107:  PCAP printing for S1U and X2
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* 2091:  Race condition in LteUePhy::GenerateCqiRsrpRsrq
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* 2048:  PfFfMacScheduler assigns dlinfo even if no resources available
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* 1861:  Problem when send UDP packet size between 1473-1478 bytes
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* 1840:  SINR->CQI->MCS conversion in the UL
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* 1515REM shows increased SINR when co-located eNBs have same EARFCN
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* 1460:  LTE-EPC/RPM different SINR values
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* 1438:  lena-simple-epc with AM mode
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== wifi module ==
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Wifi continues to undergo significant development activity.
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Sebastien Deronne is working on these extensions:
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* [https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2381 support for 802.11e TXOP]
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* extension of MPDU aggregation and block ack support (multi-tid, delayed response, …)
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Tom Henderson is working on these extensions:
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* SpectrumWifiPhy (bug 2400)
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* TOS setting so that Wi-Fi QoS can read it (also Stefano Avallone has a proposal)
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* support for selecting best beacon to associate with (also, channel roaming)
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* support for separate LAA Wifi Coexistence module
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Matias Richart is working on [https://codereview.appspot.com/254440043/ RRPAA rate control]
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===wifi maintenance items===
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Tom Henderson would like to accomplish the following:
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* resolve bug 2369 on immediate access vs backoff
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* EDCA open bugs (2222, 2229)
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* allow mesh to run over 802.11n/ac
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current wifi issue list:
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https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=wifi&product=ns-3&query_format=advanced&resolution=---
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== lr-wpan module ==
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Tommaso is aiming to get Vishwesh's code merged from GSOC 2015.
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Other than that, the following bugs are open:
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* 2088 SetMcpsDataIndicationCallback stops UDP data
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* 2033 IFS are not currently implemented
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* 1934 CCA interrupted by incoming packet
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* 1933 CCA mode should be configurable
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* 1924 sensing radius and CCA
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* 1879 LR-WPAN association primitive
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* 1809 lr-wpan features needed
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== internet module ==
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Tommaso is coordinating the below new feature work.
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* DHCP support: https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2280
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* increased support for ARP/ND changes in bug 2145
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* Krishna's code from 2014 GSOC
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See also the proposal to add TOS byte:
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https://codereview.appspot.com/294280043/
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=== maintenance issues for internet ===
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Some recent internet bugs:
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- 2209 ICMP message forwarding not based in incoming interface
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- 2180 is possible to register same route multiple times
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- 2102 global routing and bridging is reopened
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- 2064 UDP socket GetMtu() needed
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- 2057 ARP and NDISC caches should be updated by L4
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- 1984 expose additional random variables to configuration system
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bug 2057 is considered to be high priority
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== applications module ==
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For application module, we have a backlog of contributed code reviews related to new applications:
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* MPEG traffic generator
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* trace replay application
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* web browsing application
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and we also have these maintenance issues:
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* 2178 add Rx trace source to UdpEchoServer
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* 2111 add receiver timestamp to SeqTsHeader (we seem to have agreed to make a new header?)
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* 2106 add SetSocket API
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* 1977 v4ping verbose output when not explicitly stopped
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* 1899 add sequence number header (possibly related to 2111?)
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== uan module ==
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Federico Guerra plans to integrate [https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2299 WOSS with the UAN module].
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Hossam Khader has also been active with patches and new proposals; see issues 2404, 2405, 2410, 2413.
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== other ==
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Chip Webb is working on improving support for Ethernet (full duplex links, switches and mixed L2/L3 networks)
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= Release and development schedule =
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The following schedule is planned (sliding about 5 weeks from original plan):
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* <s>May 11, 2016</s> <s>June 22:</s> July 13?  New feature deadline.
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* <s>May 25, 2016</s> <s>July 1:</s> July 20?  Planned code freeze date.
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* <s>June 1, 2016</s> <s>July 6:</s> July 27?  Scheduled release date for ns-3.26
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= Help wanted =
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If you would like to help prepare the ns-3.26 release in some way, please contact Tom Henderson (tomhend@u.washington.edu).
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Also, please check back at a later date as specific tasks may be listed here.
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This page summarizes the release planning for ns-3.26 (originally planned for June 2016; rescheduled to early September 2016). The ns-3 release process is listed here and here.

This page has been recently revised and some original goals for ns-3.26 have slipped to a new ns-3.27 page.

Revised schedule

The revised (again) schedule is as follows:

  • code freeze once outstanding issues resolved
  • release shortly afterwards

Please test the Release Candidate 1 posted on 27 September, and provide feedback to ns-developers mailing list or the bug tracker.

Remaining issues being worked for ns-3.26

(Updated Sept 27)

Release candidate 1 is posted, so non-critical bug fixing is done for this release

  • (multiple modules): fix warnings due to Wstrict-overflow across codebase this is resolved for ns-3.26
  • aodv: merge patch to 2123 (Tommaso)
  • core: merge patch to 2459 on ./waf --check-config (Peter)
  • core: resolve attribute errors/attribute spaces/attribute deprecation (issues 2447, 2344, 2149) (Tom and Peter)
  • internet: global routing and bridging bug 2102 reopened (Tom)
  • network: investigate recent packet metadata bugs (2407, 2415), fix if solution found shortly (Tom) can't reproduce on ns-3-dev; marking as NEEDINFO
  • mobility: check and merge patch to 2390 (on waypoint mobility) (Tom)
  • wifi: merge patch to 2306 and update AODV regression traces (Tom)
    • Patch pending and being tested
  • wave: merge patch to 2314 (related to 2306) (Tom)
    • Probably deferring to ns-3.27
  • wifi: investigate DCF assert bug 2477; will fix if solution found shortly (Tom)
    • Patch pending and being tested
  • wifi: investigate DCF assert bug 2493; will fix if solution found shortly (Tom)
    • Patch pending and being tested
  • wifi: Supported Rates bug (https://www.nsnam.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2496)
    • Patch pending and being tested
  • wifi: Immediate access patch
    • Patch pending and being tested
  • uan: merge patch to 2488 (Tom)
  • config-store: bug 2507: ConfigStore RawTextConfigLoad doesn't reset stream error state
    • Patch pending, has been tested