ns-3-tutorial-slides

ns-3 tutorialPresenter: Tom HendersonU niversity of W ashingtonSimutools C onferenceM arch, 20 0 8 ns-3 tutorial March 2008 1Acknowledgments• Thanks to M athieu L acage and C raig D owell for assembling the tutorial source code and materials• Thanks to ns-3 development team!• Tom H enderson is supported by N SF C N S-0 551686 (U niversity of W ashington) ns-3 tutorial March 2008 2Goals of this tutorial• L earn about the ns-3 project and its goals • U nderstand the software architecture, conventions, and basic usage of ns-3• Read and modify an example ns-3 script• L earn how you might extend ns-3 to conduct your own research• P rovide feedback to the ns-3 development team ns-3 tutorial March 2008 3Assumptions• Some familiarity with C ++ programming language• Some familiarity with U nix N etwork P rogramming (e.g., sockets)• Some familiarity with discrete-event simulators ns-3 tutorial March 2008 4Outline• Introduction to ns-3• Reading ns-3 code• Tweaking ns-3 code• Extending ns-3 code ns-3 tutorial March 2008 5What is ns (or ns-2)?• ns is a discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems–protocol design, multiple levels of abstraction–written in multiple languages (C ++/O Tcl)• ns has a companion network animator called nam–hence, has been called the nsnam projectns-3 is a research-oriented, discrete event simulator ns-3 tutorial March 2008 6ns-3 features• open source licensing (GN U GP L v2) and development model• ...