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-Unless a custom branch of NS-3 is used (recommended), ndnSIM requires a number of patches to be applied on NS-3.
-Patches are in patches/ folder
-
-For more information, refer to documentation in doc/ or on http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/ndnSIM/
-
-Depending on which base NS-3 is used, you may need to rescan python binding
-
-./waf --apiscan=ndnSIM
-
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+To successfully compile ndnSIM, it is necessary to use a custom branch of NS-3. 
+
+This branch can be cloned from https://github.com/cawka/ns-3-dev-ndnSIM
+
+        mkdir ndnSIM
+        cd ndnSIM
+        git clone git://github.com/cawka/ns-3-dev-ndnSIM.git ns-3
+        git clone git://github.com/cawka/pybindgen.git pybindgen
+        git clone git://github.com/NDN-Routing/ndnSIM.git ns-3/src/ndnSIM
+
+For more information, including downloading and compilation instruction, please refer to documentation in doc/ or on http://ndnsim.net
+
+