2. Simulator

This chapter explains some of the core ns-3 simulator concepts.

• 2.1. Events and Simulator
  • 2.1.1. Event
  • 2.1.2. Simulator
  • 2.1.3. Time
  • 2.1.4. Scheduler
• 2.2. Callbacks
  • 2.2.1. Callbacks Motivation
  • 2.2.2. Callbacks Background
  • 2.2.3. Using the Callback API
  • 2.2.4. Bound Callbacks
  • 2.2.5. Traced Callbacks
  • 2.2.6. Callback locations in ns-3
  • 2.2.7. Implementation details
• 2.3. Object model
  • 2.3.1. Object-oriented behavior
  • 2.3.2. Object base classes
  • 2.3.3. Memory management and class Ptr
  • 2.3.4. CreateObject and Create
  • 2.3.5. Aggregation
  • 2.3.6. Examples
  • 2.3.7. Object factories
  • 2.3.8. Downcasting
• 2.4. Configuration and Attributes
  • 2.4.1. Object Overview
  • 2.4.2. Attributes
  • 2.4.3. Implementation Details
  • 2.4.4. ConfigStore
• 2.5. Object names
• 2.6. RealTime
  • 2.6.1. Behavior
  • 2.6.2. Usage
  • 2.6.3. Implementation