The Network Simulator ns-2: How to Contribute Your Code

We support two methods to advertise your contributed code for ns:

First, we need the following in order to add a pointer to your code in the ns contributed code web page ( http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-contributed.html)):
(1) which version of ns was the code written for;
(2) a pointer to C/C++/OTcl code as well as simulation scripts on your web server;
and hopefully also:
(3) a simple README explaining special setups needed to run the simulations or tests.
(4) an example script illustrating the use of your protocol.
Second, we're also happy to work with developers to integrate their code into the ns distribution. To do this, we need (in addition to 1-4 above):
(5) code which works with the most recently released version of ns;
(6) a test script exercising most important points of your protocol (please refer to ns manual for detailed instructions);
(7) documentation comparable to the Agent/SRM chapter of ns manual;

(We realize that 5-7 are more work than simply 1-4. Without a test suite we cannot insure that your code will work in future ns releases; without documentation your code won't be very useful to others. The advantage is that with these it will be much easier for other researchers to build on your hard work.)

We also recommend following the ns code style guidelines during code development.
Please send your pointers to the ns-users mailing list ([email protected]). Suggestions and comments are also welcome.

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