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diff --git a/apps/ccnx-app.h b/apps/ccnx-app.h
index 457172e..ae52048 100644
--- a/apps/ccnx-app.h
+++ b/apps/ccnx-app.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 class CcnxApp: public Application
 {
 public:
+  /**
+   * \typedef A callback to pass packets to underlying CCNx protocol
+   */
   typedef Callback<bool, const Ptr<const Packet>&> ProtocolHandler;
   
   static TypeId GetTypeId ();
@@ -94,9 +97,9 @@
   StopApplication ();     // Called at time specified by Stop
 
 protected:
-  ProtocolHandler m_protocolHandler;
+  ProtocolHandler m_protocolHandler;      ///< \brief A callback to pass packets to underlying CCNx protocol
   bool m_active; 
-  Ptr<CcnxFace> m_face; // local face that is created 
+  Ptr<CcnxFace> m_face;   // local face that is created 
 
   TracedCallback<Ptr<const CcnxInterestHeader>,
                  Ptr<CcnxApp>, Ptr<CcnxFace> > m_receivedInterests;
diff --git a/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc b/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
index 9bf66c8..30ad394 100644
--- a/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
+++ b/apps/ccnx-consumer.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                    StringValue ("/"),
                    MakeCcnxNameComponentsAccessor (&CcnxConsumer::m_interestName),
                    MakeCcnxNameComponentsChecker ())
-    .AddAttribute ("LifeTime", "LifeTime fo interest packet",
+    .AddAttribute ("LifeTime", "LifeTime for interest packet",
                    StringValue ("2s"),
                    MakeTimeAccessor (&CcnxConsumer::m_interestLifeTime),
                    MakeTimeChecker ())
diff --git a/apps/ccnx-consumer.h b/apps/ccnx-consumer.h
index 7cfb739..fc4e363 100644
--- a/apps/ccnx-consumer.h
+++ b/apps/ccnx-consumer.h
@@ -38,11 +38,19 @@
 namespace ns3 
 {
 
+/**
+ * @ingroup ccnx
+ * \brief CCNx application for sending out Interest packets
+ */
 class CcnxConsumer: public CcnxApp
 {
 public: 
   static TypeId GetTypeId ();
         
+  /**
+   * \brief Default constructor 
+   * Sets up randomizer function and packet sequence number
+   */
   CcnxConsumer ();
 
   // From CcnxApp
@@ -65,43 +73,62 @@
   StopApplication ();
   
 private:
-  //helpers
+  /**
+   * \brief Constructs the Interest packet and sends it using a callback to the underlying CCNx protocol
+   */
   void
   SendPacket ();
 
+  /**
+   * \brief Checks if the packet need to be retransmitted becuase of retransmission timer expiration
+   */
   void
   CheckRetxTimeout ();
   
+  /**
+   * \brief Modifies the frequency of checking the retransmission timeouts
+   * \param retxTimer Timeout defining how frequent retransmission timeouts should be checked
+   */
   void
   SetRetxTimer (Time retxTimer);
 
+  /**
+   * \brief Returns the frequency of checking the retransmission timeouts
+   * \return Timeout defining how frequent retransmission timeouts should be checked
+   */
   Time
   GetRetxTimer () const;
   
 protected:
-  UniformVariable m_rand;
-  uint32_t        m_seq;
-  EventId         m_sendEvent; // Eventid of pending "send packet" event
-  Time            m_retxTimer;
-  EventId         m_retxEvent; // Event to check whether or not retransmission should be performed
+  UniformVariable m_rand;       ///< \brief this random variable is used for Nonce generation
+  uint32_t        m_seq;        ///< \brief packet sequence number specific for every application
+  EventId         m_sendEvent;  ///< \brief Eventid of pending "send packet" event
+  Time            m_retxTimer;  ///< \brief Timeout defining how frequent retransmission timeouts should be checked
+  EventId         m_retxEvent;  ///< \brief Event to check whether or not retransmission should be performed
 
-  Time            m_rto; // Retransmission timeout
-  Time            m_rttVar; // RTT variance
-  Time            m_sRtt; // smoothed RTT
+  Time            m_rto;        ///< \brief Retransmission timeout
+  Time            m_rttVar;     ///< \brief RTT variance
+  Time            m_sRtt;       ///< \brief smoothed RTT
   
-  Time               m_offTime;
-  CcnxNameComponents m_interestName;
-  Time               m_interestLifeTime;
-  int32_t            m_minSuffixComponents;
-  int32_t            m_maxSuffixComponents;
-  bool               m_childSelector;
-  CcnxNameComponents m_exclude;
+  Time               m_offTime;             ///< \brief Time interval between packets
+  CcnxNameComponents m_interestName;        ///< \brief CcnxName of the Interest (use CcnxNameComponents)
+  Time               m_interestLifeTime;    ///< \brief LifeTime for interest packet
+  int32_t            m_minSuffixComponents; ///< \brief MinSuffixComponents. See CcnxInterestHeader for more information
+  int32_t            m_maxSuffixComponents; ///< \brief MaxSuffixComponents. See CcnxInterestHeader for more information
+  bool               m_childSelector;       ///< \brief ChildSelector. See CcnxInterestHeader for more information
+  CcnxNameComponents m_exclude;             ///< \brief Exclude. See CcnxInterestHeader for more information
 
+  /**
+   * \struct This struct contains sequence numbers of packets to be retransmitted
+   */
   struct RetxSeqsContainer :
     public std::set<uint32_t> { };
   
-  RetxSeqsContainer m_retxSeqs; // ordered set of sequence numbers to be retransmitted
+  RetxSeqsContainer m_retxSeqs;             ///< \brief ordered set of sequence numbers to be retransmitted
 
+  /**
+   * \struct This struct contains a pair of packet sequence number and its timeout
+   */ 
   struct SeqTimeout
   {
     SeqTimeout (uint32_t _seq, Time _time) : seq (_seq), time (_time) { }
@@ -113,6 +140,9 @@
   class i_seq { };
   class i_timestamp { }; 
   
+  /**
+   * \struct This struct contains a multi-index for the set of SeqTimeout structs
+   */
   struct SeqTimeoutsContainer :
     public boost::multi_index::multi_index_container<
     SeqTimeout,
@@ -128,9 +158,12 @@
       >
     > { } ;
 
-  SeqTimeoutsContainer m_seqTimeouts;
-  boost::mutex m_seqTimeoutsGuard;
+  SeqTimeoutsContainer m_seqTimeouts;       ///< \brief multi-index for the set of SeqTimeout structs
+  boost::mutex m_seqTimeoutsGuard;          ///< \brief mutex for safe work with the m_seqTimeouts
 
+  /**
+   * \brief A trace that is called after each transmitted Interest packet
+   */
   TracedCallback<Ptr<const CcnxInterestHeader>,
                  Ptr<CcnxApp>, Ptr<CcnxFace> > m_transmittedInterests;
 };
diff --git a/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h b/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h
index 5147722..f52c0d3 100644
--- a/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h
+++ b/helper/ccnx-stack-helper.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
    *
    * Set the forwarding helper to use during Install. The forwarding helper is
    * really an object factory which is used to create an object of type
-   * ns3::CcnxFrProtocol per node. This forwarding object is then associated to
+   * ns3::CcnxL3Protocol per node. This forwarding object is then associated to
    * a single ns3::Ccnx object through its ns3::Ccnx::SetforwardingProtocol.
    */
   void
diff --git a/model/ccnx-face.cc b/model/ccnx-face.cc
index 3e39384..17d0612 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-face.cc
+++ b/model/ccnx-face.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 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
diff --git a/model/ccnx-face.h b/model/ccnx-face.h
index b63b1e7..e0deb2a 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-face.h
+++ b/model/ccnx-face.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 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
diff --git a/model/ccnx-local-face.cc b/model/ccnx-local-face.cc
index a3267bd..7b4413c 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-local-face.cc
+++ b/model/ccnx-local-face.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 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
diff --git a/model/ccnx-local-face.h b/model/ccnx-local-face.h
index 8855b75..63458f2 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-local-face.h
+++ b/model/ccnx-local-face.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 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
diff --git a/model/ccnx-net-device-face.cc b/model/ccnx-net-device-face.cc
index d4af70f..3d3275e 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-net-device-face.cc
+++ b/model/ccnx-net-device-face.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 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
diff --git a/model/ccnx-net-device-face.h b/model/ccnx-net-device-face.h
index 148da39..a83ed70 100644
--- a/model/ccnx-net-device-face.h
+++ b/model/ccnx-net-device-face.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007 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
diff --git a/model/ccnx.cc b/model/ccnx.cc
index af551a6..21ec2bf 100644
--- a/model/ccnx.cc
+++ b/model/ccnx.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2007 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