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HowtoAddaNewAQMProtocolinNS2
NS2isapopularnetworksimulatorusedinbothindustryandresearch.Sometimeswedesignedanew
protocolandwanttoseehowitperforms.Thisarticlegivesabriefintroofhowtodothis.
Specifically,IillustratethestepsbyaddinganewActiveQueuingMechanism(AQM)protocolto
ns2.

0.Downloadns2,CompileitandInstallit.

Thisisapreparationstep.Itsnotthefocusofthispost,pleaserefertoreference1fordetails.Note
thatsinceweregoingtomodifyNS2byaddingourownprotocoltoit,wellneedtodownloadand
sourcecodeandbuilditourselves.

1.AddC++SourceFilesandUpdateMakefile

ForAQMprotocols,theirsourcefilesareplacedunderthefoldernsallinone2.35/ns2.35/queue/.
SupposeournewprotocolisnamedMOD,anditsimplementedinmod.ccandmod.hsourcefiles.
Simplycopymod.ccandmod.hfilestons2.35/queue/folder.

Nextwellneedtomodifythemakefilesothatmod.ccandmod.hcanbecompiled.Opennsallinone
2.35/ns2.35/Makefile.Lookforqueue/red.oandaddqueue/mod.o.Sothelinewillbecome,

adc/simpleintservsched.oqueue/red.oqueue/mod.o

Savethechanges,andtypemakeatnsallinline2.35/ns2.35/directory.Thenewlyaddedprotocol
willbebuilt.

2.AddMODforTCLScripting

NS2usesTCLforsimulationconfiguration.SofarweonlybuildstheprotocolinC++,thererestill
someworkneedstobedoneinorderforthenewlyaddedprotocoltobeusedinTCL.

2.1ChangesFilesunderns2.35/tcl/lib/

TherereafewfilesneedstochangeinorderforMODforwork.Idontwantthisposttobelengthy,
soitsnotshownindetail,youcandownloadthefileattheendofthepost,andsearchforMODto
seetheplacesthathavebeenchanged.

Thelistoffilesneedtochangeincludingnsqueue.tcl,nsdefault.tcl,nsroute.tcl,nscompat.tcl,and
nslib.tcl.

2.2CompileAgain

Gotodirectoryns2.35incommandline,andtypesudomaketobuildns2.

3.Download

Youcandownloadthefilesmentionedintheposthere.Atestfilec.tclisalsoincludedforyour
reference.
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References:

1.HowtoInstallNS2.34inUbuntu:http://www.scribd.com/doc/46784839/InstallNS234in
Ubuntu1010

2.RefinedDesignofRandomEarlyDetectionGateways:http://www.google.com.sg/search?
sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF8&q=Refined+Design+of+Random+Early+Detection+Gateways.

Authorroman10PostedonNovember10,2011CategoriesMachinery,ns2

8thoughtsonHowtoAddaNewAQMProtocolinNS2

1. manaspratimsarmasays:
December2,2011at3:41pm

iwanttoaddanewqueueinns2.iwanttoaddmyownqueueinns2.istudiedthec++codefor
droptail,buticannotunderstandthecode.CANUHELPMEORCANUPROVIDEME
SOMEMATERIALHOWTOWRITEC++INNS2AND
HOWTORECOMPILEIT.
pleasereply
THANKSINADVANCE

REGARDS
MANASPRATIMSARMA
CDACBANGALORE
STUDENT

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2. marjan.msays:
March29,2012at8:35am

thanks

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3. marjan.msays:
March29,2012at8:45am

thisarticleisverygood.butIneedthewayofwritingblue,FREADandtheotherAQM
protocolsandthewayofimprovingtcpperfomanceusingAQM.
pleasereply

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1. rajusays:
April26,2013at8:25am

whichyoumentionediamnotseeing.
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canyousendonceagain?

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4. saedsays:
March7,2013at8:15am

hi
thatisverygod
butiamtryingtochangeAODVandcreatenewonesoshouldichangeonly(nsqueue.tcl,ns
default.tcl,nsroute.tcl,nscompat.tcl,andnslib.tcl)filesthatyoupointinthisarticle?

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5. saedsays:
May16,2013at10:35am

iapplychangesbutwhentrytousenewprotocolintclfilesnspromptthattheagentyouwant
touseisinvalid
cananybodyhelpplease?

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6. siddharthsays:
April19,2014at1:56pm

whenevericomplilethec.tclitisshowingthefollowingerror:
invalidcommandnameQueue/MOD
whileexecuting
Queue/MODsetthresh_15
invokedfromwithin
if{$Scenario==1}{
Queue/MODsetthresh_15
Queue/MODsetmaxthresh_45
}elseif{$Scenario==2}{
Queue/MODsetthresh_20
Queue/MODset
(filec.tclline61)

Pleasehelp..

BTWverynicearticle..

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7. tuxsays:
January31,2017at5:46pm

helloguys
doesanyonehasthecode?

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