Transport layer development in ns

[rik@scs.leeds.ac.uk]

I'm beginning development of a transport layer in 'ns' which is similar
to TCP but with some variations in the startup and which doesn't use
window-based flow control. 

Would ns gurus recommend developing from the Agent object, or
inheriting from the Agent/TCP hierarchy considering that I'd like to
run applications such as FTP etc. for testing. I'd also like to compare
with existing TCP implementations such as Reno/Vegas etc.

Opinions welcomed.

Rik Wade
ATM-Multimedia Group
University of Leeds
Leeds, UK