<PRE> TITLE: Installing NRL's Sensor Network extensions to NS-2.27 AUTHOR: Ian Downard <nrlsensorsim@pf.itd.nrl.navy.

mil> DATE: April 2004 ABSTRACT: These instructions describe how to install the code necessary for simulating sensor networks in the Network Simulator, version 2.27, distributed by the Information Sciences Institute at the USC School of Engineering [1]. QUICK AND DIRTY INSTALLATION: Download nrlsensorsim-2.27.tgz. A script has been written to automatically patch the ns-2.27. That script is called "patch_script-2.27.sh", and must be run from the nrlsensorsim-2.27/ directory, which in turn must be located in the same directory that has the ns-allinone-2.27 directory. So here's the procedure: tar -xzvf ns-allinone-2.27.tgz tar -xzvf nrlsensorsim-2.27.tgz cd nrlsensorsim-2.27/ ./patch_script-2.27.sh cd ../ns-allinone-2.27/ ./install Our extensions to ns-2.27 do not yet include support for the NRLOLSR routing algorithm. If you desire NRLOSLR, download our patches for ns-2.26. PATCHING SUMMARY: Some of ISI's enhancements added to ns-2.27 were removed in order to force in compatibility with our sensor network extensions. The side effects of our hacks are not yet understood. Users should corroborate their simulation results as much as possible with earlier versions of ns. PATCHING DETAILS: Here are the problems I've fixed with ns-2.27 (first two are in mac/channel.cc): 1. WirelessChannel::sendUp contains an else structure with list-based improvements. I reverted that else structure back to what it was in 2.26. Without this modification, PHENOM packets will never get received. 2. WirelessChannel::updateNodesList contains a call to sortLists(). I removed that call in order to fix a segmentation fault. 3. The makefiles ns-2.27/indep-utils/cmu-scen-gen/setdest/Makefile, ns-2.27/indep-utils/webtrace-conv/conv/Makefile, and ns-2.27/indep-utils/webtrace-conv/dec/Makefile,

needed to be modified in order to fix a bug in ISI's distribution. The bug caused a compile-time error that looked like this: g++ -c -Dstand_alone -DSTL_NAMESPACE=@STL_NAMESPACE@ -o setdest.o setdest.cc In file included from ../../../config.h:54, from setdest.h:5, from setdest.cc:57: ../../../autoconf.h:85: Error: namespace `CPP_NAMESPACE' undeclared setdest.cc:71:1: warning: "INFINITY" redefined In file included from /usr/include/math.h:40, from setdest.cc:43: /usr/include/bits/mathdef.h:35:1: warning: this is the location of the previou s definition make[1]: *** [setdest.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/iandow/netsim/ns-allinone-2.27/ns-2.27/indep -utils/cmu-scen-gen/setdest' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/iandow/netsim/ns-allinone-2.27/ns-2.27/inde p-utils/webtrace-conv/dec' To fix the bug, edit ns-2.27/indep-utils/cmu-scen-gen/setdest/Makefile and change this line: DEFINE = -Dstand_alone -DSTL_NAMESPACE=@STL_NAMESPACE@ to this line: DEFINE = -Dstand_alone -DSTL_NAMESPACE=@STL_NAMESPACE@ -DCPP_NAMESPACE=std In the other two makefiles, append -DCPP_NAMESPACE=std to CFLAGS. I discovered that fix by searching the NS news database[2] for "CPP_NAMESPACE". REFERENCES: [1] The Network Simulator - ns-2, http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ [2] NS news database, http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/htdig/search.html </PRE>