[Ns-developers] ns-3.9 release update and next steps

[Tom Henderson]

Below is an update on new release features for ns-3.9:

http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Ns-3.9#New_feature_merges

Nicola merged Spectrum Modeling a few days ago, and Dean's 802.11g 
patchset has largely been merged already.  There are a few patchsets 
that seem to be ready or almost ready to go in:

1) OFDM:  I will work with Gary to deal with minor residual comments
2) ns-2 mobility trace reader:  Pavel and Martin are finalizing this one 
and can check in when ready
3) UAN:  Josh and I will work with Leonard to merge this; there don't 
seem to be additional comments
4) Energy model:  No new comments lately.  I am wondering what directory 
it should go into, but otherwise seems ready.

We also have two new patchsets posted in the past week.
- simple wireless device model
- Rocketfuel topology reader
Reviews of these would be nice; they are presently suggested mainly for 
src/contrib for this release.

I am not sure of the status of MPLS which has some updates pending. 
Regarding the jamming model, Nicola should have a look at the proposed 
wifi changes, and if those are OK, then we still need to decide whether 
this is ready for the main tree or could be posted in src/contrib for 
the time being.

Finally, Josh and I have been working with Adrian on some TCP 
refactoring that would provide NewReno support, and we hope that a patch 
can be made available soon for review.

- Tom