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).

-   All NDN forwarding and management is implemented directly using
    source code of Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon (NFD). The
    current code is based on a22a2172611b1cb93b2e2f53d9d5da122b384f3e
    commit of NFD repository.

Note RIB Manager is not yet available in ndnSIM.

-   Packet format changed to the NDN packet format.

-   Code style changes to conform to ndn-cxx Code Style and Coding
    Guidelines 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).
-   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.

Removals

-   PyNDN emulation
-   (temporarily) ApiFace. Will be replaced with emulation of ndn-cxx
    ndn::Face in future releases (Issue #2370).
-   (temporarily) UdpFace, TcpFace (Issue #2371).
-   Limits, LimitsWindow, LimitsRate.
-   PIT, FIB with "replacement" policies.
-   Old deprecated packet formats.

1. 460f57c docs: Documentation update by Spyridon Mastorakis · 10 years ago
2. 60a7b62 docs: Updating copyright notices in files by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
3. 0717901 model+utils: Replace boost::tuple with std::tuple in trie implementation by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
4. be55cf6 src: Updating code style to conform (more or less) to ndn-cxx style by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
5. 0c39537 build: Fixing of includes by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago
6. 76f8f65 src: Renaming files according to ndn-cxx naming convention by Alexander Afanasyev · 10 years ago[Renamed from utils/trie/trie-with-policy.h]
7. ac49cad utils: Small memory optimization with trie data structure by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
8. eec89ba model: Adding exclude filter processing in all content store implementations by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
9. 9213601 model: Another major change: switching to NDN.cxx API for ndn::Name by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
10. eec6629 model: (Re-)Implementing ability to keep PIT records after Interest is getting satisfied by Alexander Afanasyev · 11 years ago
11. adcccf4 model: Implementing two more events for forwarding strategy: DidAddFibEntry and WillRemoveFibEntry by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
12. 1a2df6a Small reorganization of utils/ folder contents by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago[Renamed from utils/trie-with-policy.h]
13. 2b4c947 Another set of refactoring by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
14. e77db79 Normalizing namespace usage (ndnSIM namespace is now always under ns3) by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
15. 0845c09 Initial steps in stats tree building. Almost done, but something is fishy by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
16. 30f60e3 Some progress on CcnxPit. Partially working by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
17. 1ba09b8 Small changes in in FIB re-implementations with tries, rescanned python bindings by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
18. 44bb6ea New implementation of FIB seems to be working now by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
19. 78057c3 Separating interface and implementation of FIB. Right now everything is by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
20. 30cb117 Small reoraganization, cleaning 'use namespace' usages by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
21. 9e96e36 Making policy container more flexible by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago
22. 9a98970 Implementing new cache replacement strategies: Random and FIFO by Alexander Afanasyev · 12 years ago