Re: [ns] interpreting a trace file

[Padmaparna Haldar <haldar@ISI.EDU>]

See chapter on tracing in ns-manual (chp 22).
--Padma

On 4 Dec 2001, ruhiya  mahalati wrote:


> 
> hi
> 
> i am beginner to NS and am working on a simulation project. I need to calculate average packet delay. I guess this can be done from the trace file. Can someone please tell me how to interpret a tracefile. I am using exponential distribution and gamma distribution. my trace for exponential distribution looks something like this :
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> + -t 56.6600092128397 -s 3 -d 5 -p exp -e 1000 -c 0 -i 1 -a 0 -x {3.0 7.0 0 ------- null}
> 
> - -t 56.6600092128397 -s 3 -d 5 -p exp -e 1000 -c 0 -i 1 -a 0 -x {3.0 7.0 0 ------- null}
> 
> h -t 56.6600092128397 -s 3 -d 5 -p exp -e 1000 -c 0 -i 1 -a 0 -x {3.0 7.0 -1 ------- null}
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> + -t 56.6600092128397 -s 3 -d 5 -p exp -e 440 -c 0 -i 2 -a 0 -x {3.0 7.0 1 ------- null}
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> - -t 56.7000092128397 -s 3 -d 5 -p exp -e 440 -c 0 -i 2 -a 0 -x {3.0 7.0 1 ------- null}
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> h -t 56.7000092128397 -s 3 -d 5 -p exp -e 440 -c 0 -i 2 -a 0 -x {3.0 7.0 -1 ------- null}
> 
> 
> how do i find out which columns stand for timestamp?
> 
> thanks.
>  
> 

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Padmaparna Haldar