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+ndnSIM Release Notes
+====================
+
+This file contains ndnSIM release notes.
+
+All of the ndnSIM documentation is accessible from the `ndnSIM website <http://ndnsim.net>`__.
+
+Release 2.0
+-----------
+
+Overview
+~~~~~~~~
+
+ndnSIM 2.0 is a new release of NS-3 based Named Data Networking (NDN) simulator that went through
+extensive refactoring and rewriting. The key new features of the new version:
+
+-  ndnSIM no longer re-implements basic NDN primitives and directly uses implementation from
+   `ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental
+   eXtensions) <http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/>`__.
+
+-  All NDN forwarding and management is implemented directly using source code of `Named Data
+   Networking Forwarding Daemon (NFD) <http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/>`__. The current code is based
+   on ``a22a2172611b1cb93b2e2f53d9d5da122b384f3e`` commit of `NFD
+   repository <https://github.com/named-data/NFD/tree/a22a2172611b1cb93b2e2f53d9d5da122b384f3e>`__.
+
+Note RIB Manager is not yet available in ndnSIM.
+
+-  Packet format changed to the `NDN packet format <http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/>`__.
+
+-  Code style changes to conform to `ndn-cxx Code Style and Coding
+   Guidelines <http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-cxx/current/code-style.html>`__ This change also
+   includes renaming of the header and source files: ``*.h`` -> ``*.hpp``, ``*.cc`` -> ``*.cpp``
+
+-  ndnSIM now uses C++11.
+
+New Features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Integration with NFD codebase:
+-  A realistic behavior is added to the simulations.
+-  Forwarding plane extensions can be used in both ndnSIM simulations and real NFD deployment.
+-  Per namespace forwarding strategies for different namespaces (one strategy per namespace).
+-  New examples:
+-  ``ndn-load-balancer``
+-  ``ndn-grid-multiple-strategies``
+-  ``ndn-different-strategy-per-prefix``
+-  Basic examples using python bindings: ``ndn-simple.py`` and ``ndn-grid.py``
+-  Use of the the full-featured NDN packet format.
+-  Full-featured support for Interest selectors.
+-  Full-featured crypto operations can be simulated (disabled by default).
+-  FibHelper to manage FIB entries.
+-  StrategyChoiceHelper to manage per-namespace forwarding strategy selection.
+
+Changes
+~~~~~~~
+
+-  HopCount tracing now includes only one way network-level hop count (e.g., the number of physical
+   links traversed by a packet). Previously, this tracing was round-trip and included applications
+   hops.
+-  Python bindings have changed and, due to limitations of pybindgen, currently cover a smaller
+   subset of C++ code (`Task #2341 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/2341>`__).
+-  LinkControlHelper now uses ErrorRate to simulate link failure/recovery. Previously it was relying
+   on Up/Down flag on NDN level.
+-  The Face abstraction of NFD is now used.
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Fix processing files with customized LossRate or Queue model in AnnotatedTopologyReader `Bug
+   #2354 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/2354>`__.
+
+Removals
+~~~~~~~~
+
+-  PyNDN emulation
+-  (temporarily) ApiFace. Will be replaced with emulation of ndn-cxx ``ndn::Face`` in future
+   releases (`Issue #2370 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/2370>`__).
+-  (temporarily) UdpFace, TcpFace (`Issue #2371 <http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/2371>`__).
+-  Limits, LimitsWindow, LimitsRate.
+-  PIT, FIB with "replacement" policies.
+-  Old deprecated packet formats.