Re: Transport layer development in ns

[Tom Henderson <tomh@CS.Berkeley.EDU>]

I recommend deriving from class Agent if it is not a TCP derivative.  Look
at the chapter on Applications in the documentation-- if your new agent
provides a sockets-like API, then FTP, traffic generators, etc can run on
top of it.

tom

On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 rik@scs.leeds.ac.uk wrote:

> 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
> 
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