This post provides a "python script" to clone AODV, DSDV, OLSR or DSR in ns-3. By cloning, we mean that an identical copy of an existing protocol is created in ns-3, but with a different name. 

Once the clone is created, you can modify it for your research work without affecting the original code of existing protocols in ns-3.

Warning: DSR cloning will work only for ns-3.25 and higher versions of ns-3!

Contributed by: Kriti Nagori and Meenakshy Balachandran, Wireless Information Networking Group (WiNG), NITK Surathkal.

Steps to create a clone:

1. Download the python script: clone-manet-routing.py

2. Place it in ns-allinone-3.xx/ns-3.xx/src directory

3. Go to ns-allinone-3.xx/ns-3.xx/src via terminal and give the following command:

chmod 777 clone-manet-routing.py

4. Give the following command to create a clone of AODV:

./clone-manet-routing.py aodv myaodv

5. Go to ns-allinone-3.xx/ns-3.xx/ via terminal and give the following commands:

./waf configure --enable-examples

./waf

You are done with it!

Note: Replace aodv by dsdv, olsr or dsr in Step 4 to clone DSDV, OLSR or DSR respectively.

Verifying the working of a clone:

1. Copy myaodv.cc from ns-allinone-3.xx/ns-3.xx/src/myaodv/examples

2. Paste it in ns-allinone-3.xx/ns-3.xx/scratch

3. Give the following command from ns-3.xx directory to run it:

./waf --run scratch/myaodv

If the command succeeds, you have successfully cloned AODV to MYAODV.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Mohit P. Tahiliani

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If there are any problems encountered in downloading above files, please visit the link given below:

These scripts work for AODV, DSDV, DSR and OLSR. To use these scripts for other routing protocols, just add the name of that routing protocol in appropriate loop within this script.

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