[Ns-developers] ns-3 development

[Tom Henderson]

On 4/24/10 8:22 AM, Gitanjali Saroop wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a new developer on this mailing list. I wanted to contribute to the
> ns-3 development. I realize I have missed the GSoC deadline but was
> wondering if there was a possibility of contributing anyway.

Gitanjali, although GSOC is not an option for this year (the GSOC 
accepted proposals will be announced by Google this coming Monday), we 
are always looking for contributors.

>
> I have experience working on TCP in wireless networks and have also
> published a paper on the improvement of TCP performance in wireless
> networks. This was presented at COMSNETS 2010. The following is a link to
> the paper abstract:
> http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1510
>
> I am currently researching the various schemes to improve TCP performance in
> ad-hoc networks. In relation with my work on TCP performance improvement in
> wireless networks, I am also researching the link-layer mechanisms that
> allow a node to predict the duration of disconnection of the mobile.
>
> I am available to start working on this immediately. Please do let me know
> of any available projects that I could contribute to. I am a fast learner
> and can work on any new areas other than the ones listed above as well.
>

Josh Pelkey is presently maintaining the native ns-3 TCP code, so I 
suggest to contact him if you are interested in TCP; there are also a 
few projects that have been proposed for GSOC in the TCP space.  If you 
want to contribute to improve ns-3 in general, I might suggest to review 
the open bugs and try to work on one that interests you.  If you want to 
add support for your specific research interests, I would suggest that 
you try to run a research-related simulation, and then figure out what 
things are missing in ns-3 that support your future work.

- Tom