From e03acfa2f874354e2186f8cf1bc9ca917c2bda56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Henderson Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:46:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update RELEASE_NOTES and CHANGES.html for ns-3.31 --- CHANGES.html | 39 +++++++++++++----- RELEASE_NOTES | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 2 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES.html b/CHANGES.html index 3c1c22318..bf157e69c 100644 --- a/CHANGES.html +++ b/CHANGES.html @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ us a note on ns-developers mailing list.

Changes from ns-3.30 to ns-3.31

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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index 6c474664d..e87b906b9 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ http://www.nsnam.org including tutorials: http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html Consult the file CHANGES.html for more detailed information about changed API and behavior across ns-3 releases. -Release 3-dev -============= +Release 3.31 +============ Availability ------------ @@ -18,43 +18,91 @@ This release is not yet available. Supported platforms ------------------- -To be determined. +This release is intended to work on systems with the following minimal +requirements (Note: not all ns-3 features available on all systems): +- g++-4.9 or later +- Xcode 10.1 or later +- Python 3.5 or later + +Starting with ns-3.30, Python 3 has been the only supported Python version, +and scripts default to Python 3 usage. + +This release has been tested on the following systems: +- Fedora 32 with g++-10.1.1 and Python 3.8.3 +- Fedora 32 with clang-10.0.0 and Python 3.8.3 +- Fedora 29 with g++-8.3.1 and Python 3.7.5 +- Ubuntu 20.04 with g++-9.3.0 and Python 3.8.2 +- Ubuntu 18.04 with g++-7.5.0 and Python 3.6.9 +- Ubuntu 16.04.6 with g++-5.4.0 and Python 3.5.2 +- macOS 10.15.3 (Catalina) with Xcode 11.3 +- macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) with Xcode 10.1 New user-visible features ------------------------- +- (antenna) Model for antenna arrays based on 3GPP model (part of Integration of the 3GPP TR 38.901 fast fading model) +- (buildings) Random walk mobility model that does not allow nodes to enter buildings +- (core) The CommandLine facility can now add the Usage message to the Doxygen for the program +- (internet) TCP DCTCP model - (internet) An option to enable IPv4 hash-based multicast duplicate packet - detection (DPD) based on RFC 6621 has been added. -- (stats) A new interface to SQLite has been added. -- (propagation) 3GPP TR 38.901 pathloss and channel condition models added -- (spectrum) Addition three-gpp-channel-model (part of Integration of the 3GPP TR 38.901 fast fading model) -- (antenna) Addition of three-gpp-antenna-array-model (part of Integration of the 3GPP TR 38.901 fast fading model) -- (buildings) added a random walk mobility model which does not enter in any building -- (core) CommandLine can now add the Usage message to the Doxygen for the program; see CommandLine for details. + detection (DPD) based on RFC 6621 +- (lte) Trace sources for uplink PSD and RBs +- (propagation) 3GPP TR 38.901 pathloss and channel condition models +- (spectrum) Matrix-based channel model base class to support antenna arrays +- (spectrum) 3GPP pathloss, channel and fast fading models +- (stats) A new interface to SQLite +- (tests) Capability to run an example program as a regression test +- (traffic-control) Support for the Cake set-associative hash to the FqCoDel queue disc +- (traffic-control) Support for ECN marking to CoDel and FqCoDel queue discs +- (wifi) A Bianchi (saturation) example with a comparable MATLAB model +- (wifi) The idealized wifi rate control includes better support for different MIMO modes and channel widths Bugs fixed ---------- -- core: Bug 143 EmpiricalRandomVariable should ensure that the CDF ends with 1.0 -- wifi: a zero value for the backoff timer might be discarded and a new value +If available, the numbers below make reference to a Bugzilla bug number, GitLab +issue number (prefixed by '#'), or GitLab merge request number (prefixed by '!') +- (build system) #119 - Waf --lcov-report option was broken +- (buildings) #80 - Update indoor/outdoor status of a moving node +- (core) Bug 2725 - EmpiricalRandomVariable should not interpolate +- (documentation) Bug 2636 - Add to doxygen a list of all registered TypeIds +- (internet) - Fix Ipv6Prefix length calc and add explicit prefix length constructors +- (internet) - IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) must use Solicited-Node multicast address +- (internet) #111 - Rip and RipNg don't receive unicast packets +- (internet:tcp) - call NotifyConnectionFailed on SYN timeout +- (internet:tcp) #179 - Avoid incorrect exit of LAST-ACK state +- (internet:tcp) #182 - Fix SACK list cleaning in TcpOptionSack::Deserialize() +- (internet:tcp) !156 - Enable entering CA_RECOVERY despite large sequence number increase +- (internet:tcp) !157 - Prevent sending outside receiver window +- (lr-wpan) #212 - Rx callback must have both source mac and pan id +- (lr-wpan) !283 - Beacon collisions and timings +- (lr-wpan) !326 - Inactive Periods Queue fix +- (lte) #106 - Inconsistent imsi representation in LTE module +- (lte) #196 - Remove LteSecondaryCellSelectionTestSuite from LTE module +- (lte) #221 - Stop T310 upon receving handover command +- (network) #216 - Correct the return value for PacketSocket::SendTo() +- (network) !239 - Refactor DelayJitterEstimation to more closely follow RFC 1889 and RFC 3550 +- (propagation) !269 - Fix Okumura-Hata propagation loss model for frequency > 1.5 Ghz and medium or small city +- (wifi) - Keep the medium busy if reception is aborted ahead of scheduled time +- (wifi) - Fix frame capture when signals arrive at the exact same time and add additional tests to verify these cases +- (wifi) - Fix MCS selection in ideal rate manager for cases with unbalanced MIMO settings and/or RX diversity +- (wifi) - Fix SNR computations for MIMO +- (wifi) - Fix ReportAmpduTxStatus called two times when BAR is explicitely sent upon missed BACK +- (wifi) A zero value for the backoff timer might be discarded and a new value might be generated by an erroneous call to NotifyCollision(). -- Bug 2636 - Add to doxygen a list of all registered TypeIds -- Bug 2928 - BlockAckManager::NeedBarRetransmission returns "true" infinitely -- Bug 2985 - PhyTxEnd tracecallback not implemented -- Bug 1909, Issue #41 - wifi: Implementation of ACK timeout -- Issue #22 - wifi: Station long retry counter is incremented twice if BlockAck was not received -- Issue #40 - IdealWifiManager not working if stations are moving -- Issue #84 - Wi-Fi removing wrong header due to copy-paste error -- Issue #94 - wifi retransmitted frames not marked as retransmits -- Issue #107 - Wi-Fi: Frame capture model works incorrectly if two signals arrive at the same time -- Issue #106 - Inconsistent imsi representation in LTE module -- Issue #110 - Wi-Fi: PCAP trace file gives unexpected results -- Issue #116 - Wi-Fi: Incorrect state when receiving A-MPDU in WifiPhy -- Issue #119 - Waf --lcov-report option was broken -- Issue #169 - Ideal rate manager does not work when non best-effort traffic is used -- Issue #172 (Bug 3011) - wifi: MIMO error rate model is incorrect -- Issue #178 (Bug 2385) - IdealWifiManager can pick invalid WifiTxVector under certain MIMO conditions -- Issue #196 - Remove LteSecondaryCellSelectionTestSuite from LTE module -- Issue #221 - T310 is not cancelled upon receiving handover command -- MR !269 - Fix okumura-hata propagation loss model when m_frequency > 1.500e9 and city == Medium or Small +- (wifi) Bug 1909, Issue #41 - Implementation of ACK timeout +- (wifi) Bug 2385, Issue #178 - IdealWifiManager can pick invalid WifiTxVector under certain MIMO conditions +- (wifi) Bug 2928 - BlockAckManager::NeedBarRetransmission returns "true" infinitely +- (wifi) Bug 2985 - PhyTxEnd tracecallback not implemented +- (wifi) Bug 3011, Issue #172 - MIMO error rate model is incorrect +- (wifi) #22 - Station long retry counter is incremented twice if BlockAck was not received +- (wifi) #40 - IdealWifiManager not working if stations are moving +- (wifi) #84 - Wi-Fi removing wrong header due to copy-paste error +- (wifi) #94 - Retransmitted frames not marked as retransmits +- (wifi) #107 - Frame capture model works incorrectly if two signals arrive at the same time +- (wifi) #110 - PCAP trace file gives unexpected results +- (wifi) #116 - Incorrect state when receiving A-MPDU in WifiPhy +- (wifi) #165 - Notify station manager when a BlockAck has not been received after the transmission of an A-MPDU +- (wifi) #169 - Ideal rate manager does not work when non best-effort traffic is used +- (wifi) #211 - Remove MSDUs with expired lifetime when (re)starting channel access Known issues ------------