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This page is for linking other useful projects/tools that can be used with ns-3.

TCP

• Ohio University's tcptrace is useful for TCP checking.

WiFi

• An ns-3 port of yavista would be welcome. Note: Morgan Redfield at University of Washington started to work on this but the project was suspended; code is archived here: http://code.nsnam.org/redfieldm/ns-3-dev-yavista2/. Someone else is welcome to pick it up.

Plotting

• Matplotlib can be used with ns-3 python programs.

Topology generators

ns-3 has support for these tools (in src/contrib/topology-read:

• Orbis
• Inet
• Rocketfuel

Mobility scenario generators

• ns-2 setdest
• BonnMotion

Trace analysis

• TraceMetrics TraceMetrics is a trace file analyzer for Network Simulator 3 (ns-3).

The main goal is to perform a quick analysis of the trace file produced by ns-3's simulations and calculate useful metrics for research and performance measurement.