ns-3 has been used in thousands of publications to date. To get a feel for the topics studied, search on the keywords ‘ns-3 simulator’ at the following:

• Google Scholar
• IEEE digital library
• ACM digital library

The project organizes an annual meeting, the International Conference on ns-3, where advances on ns-3 itself are reported. For 2025, we are meeting in-person in the Kansai region of Japan. Please check the 2025 conference page for program and schedule updates.

In August 2020, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a community research infrastructure (CRI) program to the University of Washington and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). The program, led by Prof. Sumit Roy at UW and Prof. Douglas Blough at Ga. Tech, is a multi-year effort to upgrade the scalability of ns-3 wireless models for next-generation Wi-Fi and 5G mmWave simulations. Another focus will be to perform additional community outreach and to improve ns-3 usability and educational support. Advances to ns-3 that result from this program will be posted at the below pages:

• University of Washington project
• Georgia Tech project
• award announcement