Network Simulator (ns) Tutorial 2002

Tutorial: Internet Simulations with the NS simulator.

Organization: the Conser and Saman projects.

Brought to you by:

• Padmaparna Haldar
  
• Xuan Chen

Time:

• Thursday, Nov 21, 2002, 9AM-5PM PST
• Friday, Nov 22, 2002, 9AM-5PM PST

Place:

• Nov 21, Thursday: Marina Beach Marriott hotel
4100 Admiralty way, Marina del ray, CA 90292, USA (map)
Phone: 1 310-301-3000


• Nov 22, Friday: USC/ISI, 11th floor conference room
4676 Admiralty way, Marina del ray, CA 90292, USA (map)
Come up to 11th floor. You'll check in at the host table and find directions to the conference room. 
If required, call x88217 or x88402 from 11th floor lobby.
Parking space is available, please bring in your parking tickets and we will validate them.

Cost:

• USD $50.00 to cover class material, a CD-ROM, and meals on both days
  
• ns-2 CD-ROM v1.0a1 contains:
  
  • latest distribution sources
  • ns and nam binaries compiled on RedHat 8.0, RedHat 7.3, Windows
  • ns manual
  • this tutorial slides, demo, lab exercises, and solutions.

• To register the tutorial, fill out the registration form
• Registration is now closed!
• Registration deadline: Nov 11, 2002
• First come first serve (limited spaces)!
• Limited student travel grant available now!
• application deadline: Oct 25, 2002
• Click here for details
  
• Click here for directions to Information Sciences Institute, hotels, and other local information.

Description:

The goal of the CONSER and SAMAN projects is to extend the ns simulator so that network researchers can study the complex interactions between network protocols (e.g., unicast routing, multicast routing, TCP, reliable multicast, integrated services, differentiated services, etc.) in complex topologies and with a rich set of traffic generators.

This tutorial is intended for users, researchers and developers who would like to use ns more actively, or extend its functionality. We will discuss
the primary components of the simulator (the scheduler, connection oriented and connectionless protocols, trace support, routing, topology
generation, multicast support, queue management), and discuss various issues like adding new routing or transport protocols, diffserv
applications, how to use nam and the new nam-editor, a brief introduction to OTcl, how to debug ns using the OTcl and C++ interfaces etc. 

The format of this tutorial will be very similar to the previous ns workshops/tutorials we have held with updates based on functionality added to the ns simulator recently (including new wireless support, diffserv etc). In addition, for attendees to get hands-on experience using ns, exercises in various levels will be given as lectures progress in breadth and depth. Attendees are expected to have a basic understanding of C++.

Please bring your laptop to the tutorial. Laptops with linux/freeBSD are encouraged though windows should also not be a problem.
Please also pre-install ns all-in-one package on your laptop before the tutorial.

Outline (subject to change!):

• November 21, Thursday:
  • Introduction (slides: PPT, PDF, PDF 6 slides per page)
  • Ns fundamentals (slides: PPT, PDF, PDF 6 slides per page)
  • Extending ns (slides: PPT, PDF, PDF 6 slides per page)
  • Tutorial on nam editor (slides: PPT, PDF)
  • Lab 1
• November 22, Friday: 
• Diffserv model in ns (slides: PPT, PDF, PDF 6 slides per page)
• Lab 2a
• Emulation in ns (slides: PPT, PDF)
• Ns in wireless networks (slides: PPT, PDF, PDF 6 slides per page)
• Lab 2b

References:

• The main ns page
• The ns documentation page containing the manual and previous workshop/tutorial material