Title: An Introduction to NS2
1An Introduction to NS-2
- Gayatri Swamynathan
- CS 276 TA
somes are from a presentation by Haobo Yu
Nader Salehi USC/ISI
2NS-2 Learning Resources
- TA web page for 276
- http//www.cs.ucsb.edu/gayatri/ta/cs276.html
- Installation instructions
- Using related tools (nam xgraph etc)
- NS-2 official website and documentation
- Tutorials to get you started
- Sample coding exercises
3Roadmap For Todays Lecture
4Part I ns Primer
5What is ns
- Object-oriented discrete event-driven network
simulator - Written in C and OTcl
- By VINT Virtual InterNet Testbed
6ns Architecture
- Separate data path and control path
implementations.
7What is ns
- Object-oriented discrete event-driven network
simulator - Written in C and OTcl
- By VINT Virtual InterNet Testbed
8ns Architecture
- Separate data path and control path
implementations.
9ns Architecture
10Hello World Interactive mode
- bash-shell ns
- set ns new Simulator
- _o3
- ns at 1 puts \Hello World!\
- 1
- ns at 1.5 exit
- 2
- ns run
- Hello World!
- bash-shell
11Hello World Batch mode
- simple.tcl
- set ns new Simulator
- ns at 1 puts \Hello World!\
- ns at 1.5 exit
- ns run
- bash-shell ns simple.tcl
- Hello World!
- bash-shell
12Basic Tcl ex-tcl.tcl
13Basic OTcl
Class Mom Mom instproc greet self instvar
age_ puts age_ years old mom How are you
doing Class Kid -superclass Mom Kid instproc
greet self instvar age_ puts age_ years
old kid Whats up dude
set mom new Mom mom set age_ 45 set kid new
Kid kid set age_ 15 mom greet kid greet
14NS-2 Generic Script Structure
- Create Simulator object
- Turn on tracing
- Create topology
- Setup packet loss link dynamics
- Create routing agents
- Create application and/or traffic sources
- Post-processing procedures (i.e. nam)
- Start simulation
15Step1 Create Simulator Object
- Create event scheduler
- set ns new Simulator
16Step2 Tracing
- Insert immediately after scheduler!
- Trace packets on all links
- set nf open out.nam w
- ns trace-all nf
-
- ns namtrace-all nf
17Step2 Tracing
18NS-2 Generic Script Structure
- Create Simulator object
- Turn on tracing
- Create topology
- Setup packet loss link dynamics
- Create routing agents
- Create application and/or traffic sources
- Post-processing procedures (i.e. nam)
- Start simulation
19Step 3 Create network
20Step 3 Create Network
n0
- Nodes
- set n0 ns node
- set n1 ns node
- Links and queuing
- ns duplex-link n0 n1 1Mb 10ms RED
- ns duplex-link n0 n1 ltbandwidthgt ltdelaygt
ltqueue_typegt - ltqueue_typegt DropTail RED etc.
n1
21Creating a larger topology
- for set i 0 i lt 7 incr i
- set n(i) ns node
-
- for set i 0 i lt 7 incr i
- ns duplex-link n(i) n(expr (i1)7) 1Mb
10ms RED -
22NS-2 Generic Script Structure
- Create Simulator object
- Turn on tracing
- Create topology
- Setup packet loss link dynamics
- Create routing agents
- Create application and/or traffic sources
- Post-processing procedures (i.e. nam)
- Start simulation
23Step 4 Network Dynamics
- Link failures
- Hooks in routing module to reflect routing
changes - ns rtmodel-at lttimegt updown n0 n1
- For example
- ns rtmodel-at 1.0 down n0 n1
- ns rtmodel-at 2.0 up n0 n1
24Step 5 Creating UDP connection
- set udp new Agent/UDP
- set null new Agent/Null
- ns attach-agent n0 udp
- ns attach-agent n1 null
- ns connect udp null
25Step 6 Creating Traffic (On Top of UDP)
- CBR
- set cbr new Application/Traffic/CBR
- cbr set packetSize_ 500
- cbr set interval_ 0.005
- cbr attach-agent udp
26Creating TCP connection
- set tcp new Agent/TCP
- set tcpsink new Agent/TCPSink
- ns attach-agent n0 tcp
- ns attach-agent n1 tcpsink
- ns connect tcp tcpsink
27Step 6 Creating Traffic (On Top of TCP)
- FTP
- set ftp new Application/FTP
- ftp attach-agent tcp
- Telnet
- set telnet new Application/Telnet
- telnet attach-agent tcp
28Recall Generic Script Structure
- set ns new Simulator
- Turn on tracing
- Create topology
- Setup packet loss link dynamics
- Create agents
- Create application and/or traffic sources
- Post-processing procedures (i.e. nam)
- Start simulation
29Post-Processing Procedures
- Add a finish procedure that closes the trace
file and starts nam. - proc finish
- global ns nf
- ns flush-trace
- close nf
- exec nam out.nam
- exit 0
-
30Run Simulation
- Schedule Events
- ns at lttimegt lteventgt
- lteventgt any legitimate ns/tcl commands
-
- ns at 0.5 cbr start
- ns at 4.5 cbr stop
- Call finish
- ns at 5.0 finish
- Run the simulation
- ns run
31Recall Generic Script Structure
- set ns new Simulator
- Turn on tracing
- Create topology
- Setup packet loss link dynamics
- Create routing agents
- Create application and/or traffic sources
- Post-processing procedures (i.e. nam)
- Start simulation
32Visualization Tools
- nam-1 (Network AniMator Version 1)
- Packet-level animation
- Well supported by ns
- xgraph
- Simulation results
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34nam Interface Nodes
- Color
- node color red
- Shape (cant be changed after sim starts)
- node shape box (circle box hexagon)
- Label (single string)
- ns at 1.1 n0 label \web cache 0\
35nam Interfaces Links
- Color
- ns duplex-link-op n0 n1 color green
- Label
- ns duplex-link-op n0 n1 label backbone
36nam Interface Topology Layout
- Manual layout specify everything
- ns duplex-link-op n(0) n(1) orient right
- ns duplex-link-op n(1) n(2) orient right
- ns duplex-link-op n(2) n(3) orient right
- ns duplex-link-op n(3) n(4) orient 60deg
- If anything missing automatic layout
37Simulation Example
38Examples
39Part II Extending ns
40OTcl and C The Duality
Pure OTcl objects
Pure C objects
C/OTcl split objects
C
OTcl
ns
41TclObject Hierarchy and Shadowing
C class hierarchy
OTcl class hierarchy
TclObject
TclObject
Agent
Agent
TcpAgent
Agent/TCP
tcp
_o123
Agent/TCP OTcl shadow object
Agent/TCP C object
42Extending ns
43Extending ns in OTcl
- If you dont want to compile
- source your changes in your sim scripts
- Modifying exisiting code
- Recompile
- Adding new files
- Change Makefile (NS_TCL_LIB)
- Update tcl/lib/ns-lib.tcl
- Recompile
44Add Your Changes into ns
ns-allinone
TK8.0
OTcl
tclcl
Tcl8.0
ns-2
nam-1
C code
...
tcl
mcast
lib
ex
test
...
mysrc
examples
validation tests
msg.tcl
OTcl code
45Extending ns in C
- Modifying code
- make depend
- Recompile
- Adding code in new files
- Change Makefile
- make depend
- Recompile
46OTcl Linkage
- Lets create a new agent MyAgent
- Dummy agent
- Derived from the Agent class
47Step 1 Export C class to OTcl
48Step 2 Export C class variables to OTcl
- set the default value for the variables in the
- ns-2/tcl/lib/ns-lib.tcl file
49Step 3 Export C Object Control Commands to
OTcl
50Step 4 Execute an OTcl command from C.
51Step 5 Compile
- Save above code as ex-linkage.cc
- Open Makefile add ex-linkage.o at the end of
object file list. - Re-compile NS using the make command.
52Step 5 Run and Test MyAgent
53Step 5 Run and Test MyAgent
54Roadmap For Todays Lecture
