| 176 | | ns-3 is a relatively new simulation tool oriented towards networking |
| 177 | | research. This tutorial would introduce new users to the tool and |
| | 176 | ns-3 is an open source discrete-event network simulator for |
| | 177 | networking research. One of the main design goals of ns-3 has been |
| | 178 | to better enable the integration of simulation with real code, |
| | 179 | virtual machines, and testbeds as part of the overall research |
| | 180 | workflow. There is current work on several fronts that has |
| | 181 | relevance to GENI. First, the project is presently working on |
| | 182 | automation frameworks for assisting users with managing large |
| | 183 | simulation studies and output data and reducing the opportunities |
| | 184 | for errors; this type of work for GENI is being conducted by the |
| | 185 | services-wg. Second, a related project from INRIA, known as NEPI, |
| | 186 | is working on a control framework for managing hybrid ns-3/testbed |
| | 187 | experiments. Third, ns-3 offers opportunities to blend lightweight |
| | 188 | virtual machines and simulated networks on a single host platform, |
| | 189 | provides environments for direct code execution of unmodified |
| | 190 | application binaries within a simulation context, and allows users |
| | 191 | to conduct traditional simulations using native models. An overall |
| | 192 | project goal is to provide researchers with a range of options to |
| | 193 | complement testbed-based or field-test-based methodologies. |
| | 194 | |
| | 195 | This tutorial would introduce new users to the tool and |
