= The P2P Simulation Framework =

!OverSim is an open-source overlay network simulation framework for the [http://www.omnetpp.org/ OMNeT++/OMNEST] simulation environment. The peer-to-peer simulator contains several models for structured (e.g. Chord, Kademlia, Pastry) and unstructured (e.g. GIA) P2P protocols.

!OverSim is developed at the [http://www.tm.uka.de/itm/index.php?lang=en Institute of Telematics (research group Prof. Zitterbart)], Universität Karlsruhe (TH) within the scope of the [http://www.scalenet.de ScaleNet] project funded by the [http://www.bmbf.de/en/index.php German Federal Ministry of Education and Research]. The simulator is actively developed and open to contributions. If you have any questions regarding !OverSim, please send an email to the MailingList.

= News =

September 19, 2008
  * Released [OverSimDownload OverSim-20080919].
    * New overlay gaming protocol PubSubMMOG
    * New overlay protocol Bamboo
    * Additional routing types:
      * Exhaustive-iterative, full-recursive, source-routing-recursive
    * Enhanced !IterativeLookup module
      * Supports parallel RPCs and lookup over disjoint paths
    * Enhanced !SimpleUnderlay model:
      * Added packet loss support to SimpleUDP
      * Jitter in SimpleUDP
    * !NoChurn churn generator
    * Several API and INI FILE CHANGES - check your files!
    * Many other bugfixes and enhancements (take a look at [/chrome/site/Documentation/ChangeLog doc/ChangeLog])

April 16, 2008
  * Released [OverSimDownload OverSim-20080416].
    * Overlay protocol Kademlia
    * Overlay application i3 (Internet Indirection Infrastructure)
    * ALM protocol Scribe
    * !TraceChurnGenerator / !GlobalTraceManager modules
    * More realistic synthetic coordinates in !SimpleUnderlay
    * Overlay application P2PNS (Peer-To-Peer Name Service)
    * !PingCache class to reduce probe traffic
    * !SimpleGameClient
    * Network partitioning/merging support
    * !RecursiveLookup class
    * CommonALM-API (Application Layer Multicast)
    * Several other bugfixes and enhancements (take a look at [/chrome/site/Documentation/ChangeLog doc/ChangeLog])

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== Good Starting Points ==

 * OverSimGuide -- Starting point for '''!OverSim documentation'''.
 * OverSimFeatures -- Already available and planned !OverSim features.
 * OverSimDownload -- Download !OverSim on this page.
 * MailingList -- Join the mailinglist for user and developer discussions.
 * OverSimPublications -- Publications related to !OverSim
 * OverSimTeam -- The core developers of !OverSim.
 * [wiki:P2PNS] -- A distributed name service for P2PSIP

For a complete list of available wiki pages, see TitleIndex.