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Human Logic vs. AI Artifacts: The future impact of ns-3’s Closed Zulip Chat

The following article explores the evolving communication landscape of ns-3. It highlights the delicate balance between high-speed developer collaboration and the need to preserve public knowledge for both researchers […]
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The Silent Crisis in Network Research: Why We Are Losing the “Soul” of ns-3

For years, ns-3 has been the gold standard for network simulators. It is a complex, high-fidelity tool used by researchers to simulate everything from 5G towers to satellite constellations. But […]
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LLM-Ware: Be Aware of It

In the specialized world of ns-3 (Network Simulator 3), a new species of research error has emerged. It isn’t just a bug, and it isn’t just a hallucination—it is “LLM-Ware.” […]
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Understanding P2P Network Simulation in ns-3 Through the Tutorial Simulation (first.cc)

The file first.cc is the official introductory simulation provided in the official ns-3 tutorial. It is deliberately simple, yet it demonstrates all core concepts of ns-3: discrete-event simulation, nodes, links, protocol […]
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From 1G to 6G: What Really Changed, What Is Changing, and How Can These Networks Be Simulated in ns-3?

Why Is It Difficult to Understand 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and the Future 6G Networks? How Did They Evolve Historically, What Changed Technologically, and How Can They Be Simulated […]
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Introduction to ns-3 Simulations on Afarion iPlayground

Happy New Year 2026! I am happy to present Afarion iPlayground, a Moodle-based interactive learning platform designed specifically for hands-on ns-3 network simulations. Afarion iPlayground provides a fully sandboxed, browser-only […]
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Installing the Simulation Execution Manager for ns-3

Traditionally, in earlier days, a batch of ns-2 simulations were run using suitable scripting languages and the trace analysis was also done using scripts written in different scripting languages such […]
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Installing ‘lorawan’ extension module version v0.3.1 under ns-3.42

LoRaWAN The LoRa Alliance first defined the LoRaWAN standard with the objective of creating a medium access scheme and a set of network management policies that leverage the properties of […]
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Installing ns-3.42 and NetAnim Under Debian 11

ns-3.42 was released on May 29, 2024. The main feature addition in ns-3.42 was support for the 3GPP 38.311 Non-Terrestrial Networks channel model, including a new circular aperture antenna model […]
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Hidden Section! Contact Charles Run ns-3 Simulation in Web Browser @ Afarion iPlayground The key/passphrase will be given once you have been approved for getting paid research support/assistance from Charles. […]
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Hidden Section! Contact Charles Run ns-3 Simulation in Web Browser @ Afarion iPlayground The key/passphrase will be given once you have been approved for getting paid research support/assistance from Charles. […]
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Hidden Section! Contact Charles Run ns-3 Simulation in Web Browser @ Afarion iPlayground The key/passphrase will be given once you have been approved for getting paid research support/assistance from Charles. […]
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Hidden Section! Contact Charles Run ns-3 Simulation in Web Browser @ Afarion iPlayground The key/passphrase will be given once you have been approved for getting paid research support/assistance from Charles. […]
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Procedure for Installing the NetAnim on New Apple Mac M1/M2.

Problem with Qt 5 on Apple Silicon M1/M2. The reason why Qt 5 may not work out of the box on Apple Silicon M1, M2, and M3 is primarily due […]
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Procedure for Installing ns-3 (3.40) on New Apple Mac M1/M2.

Introduction. Always I love to build and run ns-3 simulations only on Intel-based Linux machines for ‘historical reasons’ of Intel’s multi-core performance; particularly in terms of compilation speed. So, most […]
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