Ns3 based NDNSIM

Named Data Networking acquires a great deal of support from Ns3, a discrete event simulator that aids in research purposes and is available for free. The development of network is not an overnight process it is a complicated intricate work that requires any support it gets. Ns3 makes the creation of network easy by bringing in a wide community of users and developers to work for it. NdnSim is a simulator that is set to revolutionize the field of internet and it will achieve its goal by making internet a distribution network rather than a communication network. In this digital age dominated by smart phone applications and social networking internet is used more for distribution purpose than communication.

The Ns3 simulator helps NdnSim to bring in this change through its user friendly nature. Ns3 provides a great, piercing yet a universal simulation platform for NdnSim that manifests the important components of NdnSim in a modular way. Some of the important characteristics of Ns3 based NdnSim is that it contains components that send out logging interface which results in tracing various internal details while debugging.

. It has NDN packet specifications that permit simulation of various real applications, which are written against ndn-cxx library. Implementation of primitive NDN is done with help of NdnSim through NDN C++ library with experimental extensions. The source code of Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon abbreviated as NFD aids in the process of implementing and managing NdnSim. Named Data Networking Simulator is the IP replacement that will take internet over in the immediate future and Ns3 is the tool that helps in the process of making NdnSim based internet a reality. The field of networking will also go through tremendous changes along with internet as NdnSim takes its digital form with help of Ns3. Named Data Networking brings in a location free internet along with the added benefits of aggregation and in-network cache. The world welcomes NDN with its open arm due to its abolishment of IP based end to end communication model and its destination based internet and which can be achieved by Ns3's aid.