whatsnew.txt

it is very important

* all the known bugs concerning loading trace files with time interval fixed
* jitter of sent packets at current node bug fixed
* problems with reading files in Trace graph format fixed
* start time cannot be smaller than zero when reading a file from the command line
* other node bug fixed (when checking the option without a loaded file)
* zoom and legend options bugs fixed (when checking the options without a loaded file)

1.29b (03/06/2002)
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* bandwidth calculations bugs fixed

1.28b (02/27/2002)
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* new 2D graphs added:
  - Jitter of sent packets at current node
  - Jitter of generated packets at current node
  - Jitter of forwarded packets at current node
  - Jitter of dropped packets at current node
  - Jitter of all the generated packets
  - Jitter of all the sent packets
  - Jitter of all the received packets
  - Jitter of all the forwarded packets
  - Jitter of all the dropped packets
* bandwidth graphs names have been changed
* some jitter bugs fixed

1.27b (02/25/2002)
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* new 2D graphs added:
  - IDs of all the generated packets
  - IDs of all the sent packets
  - IDs of all the received packets
  - IDs of all the forwarded packets
  - IDs of all the dropped packets
  - IDs of generated packets at current node
  - IDs of sent packets at current node
  - IDs of received packets at current node
  - IDs of dropped packets at current node
  - IDs of forwarded packets at current node
  - Sequence numbers of generated packets at current node
  - Sequence numbers of sent packets at current node
  - Sequence numbers of received packets at current node
  - Sequence numbers of forwarded packets at current node
  - Sequence numbers of dropped packets at current node
  - Sequence numbers of all the generated packets
  - Sequence numbers of all the sent packets
  - Sequence numbers of all the received packets
  - Sequence numbers of all the forwarded packets
  - Sequence numbers of all the dropped packets
  - Bandwidth at current node (dropped packets)
  - Bandwidth (dropped packets)
  - Bandwidth at current node (dropped bits)
  - Bandwidth (dropped bits)
* menu has been reorganized (some names have been changed, see help)
* DC bug in graphs legend fixed
* Number of forwarded packets and bytes (when CN=ON) in Current node statistics fixed
* Zoom bug fixed

1.24b (02/20/2002)
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* Automatically change information (new option, see help 3.9)
* Count packets IDs only once (new option, see help 3.10)
* new 2D graphs added (see help 4):
  - Cumulated sum of generated packets sizes at current node
  - Cumulated sum of dropped packets sizes at current node
  - Cumulated sum of generated packets sizes (all)
  - Cumulated sum of sent packets sizes (all)
  - Cumulated sum of received packets sizes (all)
  - Cumulated sum of dropped packets sizes (all)
  - Cumulated sum of forwarded packets sizes (all)
  - Bandwidth at current node (generated bits)
  - Bandwidth (generated bits)
  - Bandwidth at current node (generated packets)
  - Bandwidth at current node (sent packets)
  - Bandwidth at current node (received packets)
  - Bandwidth at current node (forwarded packets)
  - Bandwidth (generated packets)
  - Bandwidth (sent packets)
  - Bandwidth (received packets)
  - Bandwidth (forwarded packets)
* new 3D graphs added (see help 5):
  - Numbers of sent bytes at all the nodes
  - Numbers of received bytes at all the nodes
  - Numbers of forwarded bytes at all the nodes
  - Numbers of dropped bytes at all the nodes
  - Numbers of generated bytes at all the nodes
  - Numbers of lost bytes at all the nodes
* numbers of generated packets in wireless simulations fixed

1.22b (02/13/2002)
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* 3 times faster delays calculations

1.21b (02/11/2002)
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* mat file format has been changed
* all the known bugs concerning loading files with time interval fixed
* all the known bugs concerning loading files in wired format fixed
* a packet type bug fixed
* numbers of generated, sent, forwarded, dropped and lost packets in wired simulations fixed
* Simulation length is calculated when Time interval option is on

1.20b (01/20/2002)
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* saving all the information to text files added (see help.txt, 3.8)
* text files are saved to a trace file or a mat file directory
* spaces after packet type removed in descriptions
* saved text files names have been changed a little (no more ',' instead of '.')

1.19b (01/18/2002)
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* trace files loading up to about 5 (NS-2 formats) or 50 (Trace graph's format)
  times faster (see help.txt, 1.2)
* Trace graph's trace file format has been changed a little (see help.txt, 9.4)
 
1.18b (01/16/2002)
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* not used lines are skipped during wired format loading (see help.txt, 9.1)
* a wireless format reading problem fixed

1.17b (01/15/2002)
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* saving graphs option bugs fixed (when saving 3D graphs data)
* a wireless format reading problem concerning TORA routing fixed
* a wired format reading problem fixed

1.16b (01/14/2002)
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* saving plotted data into text files added (see help.txt, 3.7)
* hexadecimal nodes numbers reading from wireless format added (see help.txt, chapter 9)
* 3D graphs names has been changed a little
* X axis description in jitter graph has been changed to sequence number
* an '... isempty ...' warning fixed

1.15b (01/11/2002)
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* saving graphs window to jpeg and tiff added (see help.txt, 1.3, 1.4)
* copying graphs window to clipboard added (see help.txt, 1.5)
* 2D graphs concerning all the network 'r' events use Direct connection option (see help.txt, chapter 4)
* some speed improvements
* 2D graphs concerning all the network bugs fixed (when Other node is ON)
* 3D graphs fixed
* legend bugs for 2D graphs concerning all the network fixed 
  (when Other node is CHECKED and/or Direct connection is ON)
* 'f' and 'd' events fixed in both wireless formats with MAC trace level
* wireless format with MAC trace level (see help.txt, 9.2) reading error fixed
* delays bugs fixed
* zoom on and legend on bugs fixed

1.13b (01/07/2002)
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* number of lost packets added in Simulation information menu 
  and Current node information menu (see help.txt, 2.1, 2.2)
* new 3D graph added:
  - Sum of lost packets at all the nodes (see help.txt, chapter 5)
* Bandwidth (receiving) and Cumulated sum of received packets (all) graphs fixed (wired format)
* 'r' events bugs in graphs and information fixed
* 's' events bugs in graphs fixed
* 'f' events bugs in graphs fixed
* 's' and 'f' events graphs plotting speed improved

1.12b (01/02/2002)
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* new delays 2D graphs added (see help.txt, chapter 4)
  - Cumulative distribution function for all delays
  - Cumulative distribution function for delays between 2 nodes
* delays between forward and receive events (see help.txt, 2.4)
* graphs zoom on/off option (see help.txt, 3.5)
* graphs legend on/off option (see help.txt, 3.6)
* delays information and histograms errors fixed
* number of received packets fixed in graphs and information (both wireless formats)
* number of sent packets partially fixed in graphs and information (both wireless formats)
* problems with reading some wireless trace files fixed (please read help.txt, chapter 9)

1.10b (12/28/2001)
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* new-trace file format support added (see http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/doc/node168.html for details)
* now you can convert your trace file format into Trace graph's file format (see help.txt, chapter 9.4)
  what means YOU CAN LOAD ANY TRACE FORMAT FILES after conversion not only NS trace format files !
* now you can set time interval in which data is analysed (see help.txt, 3.3)
* now you can check direct (or not) transmission between 2 nodes (see help.txt, 3.4)
* MAC trace level support added (not sure if properly)
* number of sending/receiving nodes in Simulation information menu fixed
* number of forwarded packets in Information menu and graphs fixed
* packets sizes in Current node information menu fixed
* program menu has been reorganized (see help.txt for details)
* more than one Trace graph program can be run at the same time
* End2End simulation delays (see help.txt, 2.3)
* End2End delays between current and other nodes (see help.txt, 2.4)
* new graphs added (see help.txt, chapters 4, 5, 6)
  - Sum of number of generated packets at all the nodes (3D)
  - Cumulated sum of number of generated packets at current node
  - Cumulated sum of number of generated packets for the whole network
  - Cumulated sum of number of sent packets for the whole network
  - Cumulated sum of number of forwarded packets for the whole network
  - Cumulated sum of number of received packets for the whole network
  - Cumulated sum of number of dropped packets for the whole network
  - Bandwidth (sending) for the whole network
  - Bandwidth (receiving) for the whole network
  - Bandwidth (forwarding) for the whole network
  - Numbers of simulation End2End delays (HISTOGRAM)
  - Number of End2End (Current node 2 Other node) delays (HISTOGRAM)
* several other bugs fixed

1.05b (12/19/2001)
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* new graphs added
  - bandwidth at Current node (sending) graph added
  - bandwidth at Current node (forwarding) graph added
* problems with reading some wired and wireless trace files fixed
* several bugs fixed

1.04b (12/18/2001)
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* all the graphs fixed
* new graphs added
  - Sum of number of sent packets at all the nodes (3D)
  - Sum of number of forwarded packets at all the nodes (3D)
  - Cumulated sum of forwarded packets size at current node
  - Cumulated sum of number of forwarded packets at current node
* send & drop events analysis fixed
* code optimization

1.03b (12/17/2001)
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* new information in Current node information menu:
  - number of generated packets
  - number of forwarded packets
  - number of forwarded bytes
* speed improvements
* bugs in Current node information menu fixed

1.02b (12/16/2001)
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* support for wireless format (see http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/doc/node166.html for details)
* very fast file loading and saving (see help.txt, chapter 1, for details)
* new information in Simulation information menu:
  - number of generated packets
  - number of forwarded packets
  - number of forwarded bytes
* all the known bugs in Simulation information menu fixed