diff --git a/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.cc b/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.cc
index 765f6b6..adb3c6e 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.cc
+++ b/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.cc
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "ccnx-consumer-helper.h"
-#include "ns3/inet-socket-address.h"
-#include "ns3/packet-socket-address.h"
-#include "ns3/string.h"
-#include "ns3/names.h"
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("CcnxConsumerHelper");
 
 namespace ns3 
 {
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.h b/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.h
index d885e2e..7d0011f 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.h
+++ b/helper/ccnx-consumer-helper.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 #include "ns3/ccnx-local-face.h"
 #include "ns3/callback.h"
 #include "ns3/ccnx-consumer.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/string.h"
+#include "ns3/names.h"
 
 namespace ns3 
 {    
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.cc b/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.cc
index 8f01194..c840d7a 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.cc
+++ b/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/* -*-  Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008 INRIA
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 University of California, Los Angeles
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
- * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
+ * Author: Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
  */
+
 #include "ns3/node.h"
 #include "ns3/node-list.h"
 #include "ns3/simulator.h"
@@ -25,10 +26,36 @@
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
-CcnxForwardingHelper::~CcnxForwardingHelper ()
+CcnxForwardingHelper::CcnxForwardingHelper()
 {
+    m_strategy = Ccnx::NDN_FLOODING;
+}
+    
+CcnxForwardingHelper::CcnxForwardingHelper(Ccnx::ForwardingStrategy strategy)
+{
+    m_strategy = strategy;
 }
 
+CcnxForwardingHelper::~CcnxForwardingHelper ()
+{
+   
+}
+
+void 
+CcnxForwardingHelper::SetForwarding(Ptr<Ccnx> ccnx) const
+{
+    if(m_strategy == Ccnx::NDN_FLOODING)
+    {
+        Ptr<CcnxFloodingStrategy> ccnxForwarding = CreateObject<CcnxFloodingStrategy> ();
+        ccnxForwarding->SetCcnx(ccnx);
+        ccnx->SetForwardingStrategy (ccnxForwarding);
+    }
+    else if(m_strategy == Ccnx::NDN_BESTROUTE)
+    {}
+    else if (m_strategy == Ccnx::NDN_RANKING)
+    {}
+}
+    
 // void
 // CcnxForwardingHelper::PrintForwardingTableAllAt (Time printTime, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const
 // {
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.h b/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.h
index 8ac041e..c40bc12 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.h
+++ b/helper/ccnx-forwarding-helper.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/* -*-  Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008 INRIA
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 University of California, Los Angeles
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -15,18 +15,20 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
- * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
+ * Author: Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
  */
+
 #ifndef CCNX_FORWARDING_HELPER_H
 #define CCNX_FORWARDING_HELPER_H
 
 #include "ns3/ptr.h"
 #include "ns3/nstime.h"
 #include "ns3/output-stream-wrapper.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-flooding-strategy.h"
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
-class CcnxForwardingStrategy;
 class Node;
 
 /**
@@ -39,26 +41,27 @@
 class CcnxForwardingHelper
 {
 public:
+    
+  /*
+   * \brief Default constructor, which sets NDN_FLOODING forwarding strategy
+   */
+  CcnxForwardingHelper();
+  
+  /*
+   * \brief This constructor sets a specified forwarding strategy 
+   */
+  CcnxForwardingHelper(Ccnx::ForwardingStrategy strategy);
+  
   /*
    * Destroy an instance of an CcnxForwardingHelper
    */
-  virtual ~CcnxForwardingHelper ();
+  ~CcnxForwardingHelper ();
 
-  /**
-   * \brief virtual constructor
-   * \returns pointer to clone of this CcnxForwardingHelper 
-   * 
-   * This method is mainly for internal use by the other helpers;
-   * clients are expected to free the dynamic memory allocated by this method
+  /*
+   * \brief creates a specified ForwardingStrategy object and binds it to Ccnx
    */
-  virtual CcnxForwardingHelper* Copy () const = 0;
-
-  /**
-   * \param node the node within which the new forwarding protocol will run
-   * \returns a newly-created forwarding protocol
-   */
-  virtual Ptr<CcnxForwardingStrategy> Create (Ptr<Node> node) const = 0;
-
+  void SetForwarding(Ptr<Ccnx> ccnx) const;
+    
   /**
    * \brief prints the forwarding tables of all nodes at a particular time.
    * \param printTime the time at which the forwarding table is supposed to be printed.
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@
   void PrintForwardingTableEvery (Time printInterval, Ptr<Node> node, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
 
 private:
+  Ccnx::ForwardingStrategy m_strategy;
   void Print (Ptr<Node> node, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
   void PrintEvery (Time printInterval, Ptr<Node> node, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
 };
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.cc b/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.cc
index 433a15a..c3ec37e 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.cc
+++ b/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.cc
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "ccnx-producer-helper.h"
-#include "ns3/string.h"
-#include "ns3/names.h"
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("CcnxProducerHelper");
 
 namespace ns3 
 {
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 ApplicationContainer
 CcnxProducerHelper::Install (Ptr<Node> node)
 {
+    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
     return ApplicationContainer (InstallPriv (node));
 }
     
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 Ptr<Application>
 CcnxProducerHelper::InstallPriv (Ptr<Node> node)
 {
+    NS_LOG_INFO ("InstallPriv started");
     Ptr<CcnxLocalFace> localFace = Create<CcnxLocalFace> ();
     localFace->SetNode(node);
         
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h b/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h
index eda0d04..ca2dd7a 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h
+++ b/helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 #include "ns3/ccnx-producer.h"
 #include "ns3/uinteger.h"
 #include "ns3/ccnx-stack-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/string.h"
+#include "ns3/names.h"
 
 namespace ns3 
 {    
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.cc b/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.cc
index 428ddef..e1a554a 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.cc
+++ b/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
- * Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ * Author:  Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
  */
 
 /**
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 #include "ns3/log.h"
 #include "ns3/object.h"
 #include "ns3/names.h"
-#include "ns3/ccnx.h"
 #include "ns3/packet-socket-factory.h"
 #include "ns3/config.h"
 #include "ns3/simulator.h"
@@ -112,10 +111,17 @@
 static FaceFileMapCcnx g_faceFileMapCcnx; /**< A mapping of Ccnx/face pairs to pcap files */
 static FaceStreamMapCcnx g_faceStreamMapCcnx; /**< A mapping of Ccnx/face pairs to ascii streams */
 
+    
 CcnxStackHelper::CcnxStackHelper ()
+    : m_forwardingHelper (Ccnx::NDN_FLOODING)
 {
 }
-
+    
+CcnxStackHelper::CcnxStackHelper (Ccnx::ForwardingStrategy strategy)
+    : m_forwardingHelper (strategy)
+{
+}
+    
 CcnxStackHelper::~CcnxStackHelper ()
 {
 }
@@ -135,10 +141,10 @@
 }
 
 void 
-CcnxStackHelper::SetForwardingHelper (const CcnxForwardingHelper &forwarding)
+CcnxStackHelper::SetForwardingStrategy (Ccnx::ForwardingStrategy strategy)
 {
-  // delete m_forwarding;
-  // m_forwarding = forwarding.Copy ();
+  CcnxForwardingHelper newForwardingHelper (strategy);
+  m_forwardingHelper = newForwardingHelper;
 }
 
 Ptr<CcnxFaceContainer>
@@ -191,11 +197,15 @@
       Ptr<CcnxNetDeviceFace> face = Create<CcnxNetDeviceFace> (node->GetDevice (index));
       face->SetNode (node);
       uint32_t __attribute__ ((unused)) face_id = ccnx->AddFace (face);
-      NS_LOG_LOGIC ("Node " << node->GetId () << ": added CcxnNetDeviceFace as face #" << face_id);
+      NS_LOG_LOGIC ("Node " << node->GetId () << ": added CcnxNetDeviceFace as face #" << face_id);
 
+      face->SetUp ();
       faces->Add (face);
     }
-  // Ptr<CcnxForwardingStrategy> ccnxForwarding = m_forwarding->Create (node);
+    
+    m_forwardingHelper.SetForwarding(ccnx);
+  
+    // Ptr<CcnxForwardingStrategy> ccnxForwarding = m_forwarding->Create (node);
   // ccnx->SetForwardingStrategy (ccnxForwarding);
 
   return faces;
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h b/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h
index 1e587e3..78cc121 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h
+++ b/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  *
- * Author: 
+ * Author:  Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ *          Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu> 
  */
 
 #ifndef CCNX_STACK_HELPER_H
@@ -26,11 +27,12 @@
 #include "ns3/object-factory.h"
 
 #include "ccnx-trace-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-forwarding-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx.h"
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
 class Node;
-class CcnxForwardingHelper;
 class CcnxFaceContainer;
 
 /**
@@ -58,11 +60,14 @@
 {
 public:
   /**
-   * \brief Create a new CcnxStackHelper with empty forwarding by default.
-   *
-   * \todo set non-empty default forwarding
+   * \brief Create a new CcnxStackHelper with a default NDN_FLOODING forwarding stategy
    */
-  CcnxStackHelper ();
+  CcnxStackHelper();
+  
+  /**
+   * \brief Create a new CcnxStackHelper with a specified forwarding strategy
+   */
+  CcnxStackHelper (Ccnx::ForwardingStrategy);
 
   /**
    * \brief Destroy the CcnxStackHelper
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@
    * a single ns3::Ccnx object through its ns3::Ccnx::SetforwardingProtocol.
    */
   void
-  SetForwardingHelper (const CcnxForwardingHelper &forwarding);
+  SetForwardingStrategy (Ccnx::ForwardingStrategy strategy);
 
   /**
    * \brief Install CCNx stack on the node
@@ -148,6 +153,8 @@
   AddRoute (std::string nodeName, std::string prefix, uint32_t faceId, int32_t metric);
 
 private:
+   CcnxForwardingHelper m_forwardingHelper;
+    
   /**
    * @brief Enable pcap output the indicated Ccnx and interface pair.
    * @internal