CHANGELOG.md

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 24.1 (September 2024)

• [M+] The file output generator is now able to print fields of the V2X message related to a V2xMessageReception interaction.
• [M+] Geomath now provides a new class representing point clouds.
• [A+] V2X messages can be duplicated for re-transmissions.

• [A-] Searching for road positions is now more accurate for overlapping edges.

• [S+] Scenario-Convert is now able to export the database to GeoJSON files (removed shapefile export).
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.20.0
• [X-] Major clean-up of extended bundle and dependencies (Extended).
• [X-] Improved synchronization of timing between PHABMACS and MOSAIC (Extended).
• [X+] PHABMACS and MOSAIC 3D Visualizer now use an own 3D model format based on protobuf (Extended).

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 24.0 (March 2024)

• [A-] Renamed API method getPayLoad() to getPayload(). Needs migration of all V2xMessage extensions.
• [A+] Upgraded the integrated routing engine GraphHopper, enabling improved calculation of alternative routes.
• [A+] Route calculation and handling is much more robust now.
• [C+] Cellular simulator now models headers on top of payloads based on underlying protocols.
• [M-] Upgraded several dependencies to most recent versions.
• [T+] Lane change mode OFF now completely disables lane-changing. New mode FOLLOW_ROUTE disables lane changing except for route following purposes.
• [T-] Vehicle ids from existing SUMO scenarios can now be named using UTF-8 characters, such as Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, and other.
• [T+] Now support SUMO 1.19.0
• [X+] New parking ambassador allows to put standing vehicles into the world which are synchronized with other simulators, such as SUMO (Extended).
• [X+] Major upgrade of visualization in Phabmacs and MOSAIC 3D visualizer by using new graphics engine KOOL (Extended).

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 23.1 (October 2023)

• [M+] MOSAIC now requires at least Java 11 Runtime Environment to be executed.
• [M+] Improved MOSAIC Tutorials on eclipse.dev/mosaic and related applications.
• [A+] Perception Module leaves experimental phase and is now available per default.
• [A+] New perception modifiers model occlusion based on bounding boxes, and errors on heading and dimension of perceived objects.
• [A+] The application API was extended to get access to the unit's logging directory (e.g. for data export).
• [M+] Mapping of vehicle applications now follows a stochastic distribution per default instead of a repeating pattern (configurable).
• [M-] Fixed that vehicle deceleration values were omitted in specific configuration setups.
• [S+] Import of SUMO net files in Scenario-Convert supports almost any projection now (only UTM was supported).
• [S-] Fixed database type affinities to make scenario-database more robust.
• [T+] Vehicles defined in integrated SUMO scenarios can now be mapped with complex application distributions.
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.18.0
• [X+] Path handling in Simulation-Runner is more robust now.

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 23.0 (April 2023)

• [A+] Perceived objects provide dimension information (length, width, height).
• [A+] The perception module can now detect traffic lights and their current states.
• [A+] Vehicles and other units are finally able to send V2X messages during their shutdown procedure.
• [A-] Resolved issues in perception module, e.g., when multiple apps used perception modifiers simultaneously.
• [M+] The RTI now detects the OS type of the local host by itself.
• [M-] Fixed minor bugs in RTI, Logging, and JSON-Scheme files.
• [S+] Scenario-Convert is now able to import building information to an existing scenario database.
• [T+] Improved handling of vehicles which are teleported by SUMO.
• [T+] Several data related to trains can now be read from SUMO.
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.16.0
• [X+] Introduced OpenDRIVE support for PHABMACS (Extended).

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 22.1 (October 2022)

• [A+] Perception module is now working with viewing angles larger than 180 degrees.
• [A+] Introducing perception modifiers, such as occlusion or simple error models.
• [A+] Improved API of vehicle operating system; action methods (e.g., change speed) now accept nanoseconds instead of milliseconds.
• [M+] Improved handling of priorities when processing time advance requests.
• [M+] Allow parallel execution of federates based on same Docker image (e.g., when running simulations in parallel).
• [M+] Added configuration option to configure decimal separator in file output generator.
• [C+] Upgraded ns-3 federate to support ns3-36.1.
• [C+] Improved default logging of OMNeT++ and ns-3 simulations to be less verbose.
• [C-] Fixed a bug in OMneT++ federate using the wrong omnetpp.ini.
• [S+] Added import of building information from OSM, e.g., for wall occlusion in perception module.
• [T+] Improved coupling of traffic simulator SUMO with vehicle simulators (e.g., PHABMACS or Carla).
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.14.1
• [T+] Released Berlin SUMO Traffic (BeST) scenario at https://github.com/mosaic-addons/best-scenario

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 22.0 (May 2022)

• [A+] A perception module has been added. Vehicles can now perceive other vehicles in their field of view.
• [A+] Adjusted tutorial application WeatherServerApp to use server entity.
• [A+] Improved map matching of start and end points for routing.
• [A-] Fixed a bug in payload deserialization.
• [M+] Added Quad-tree and Grid index for fast search of surrounding entities.
• [M+] Allow configuration of a connection id as departure position of a vehicle.
• [M-] Refactored and unified matrix implementations in mosaic-utils.
• [T+] Improved LibSumo coupling interface.
• [T+] Enhanced interface to SUMO to use context subscriptions in certain situations.
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.13.0
• [T-] Fixed wrong position problem of parked vehicles.
• [X+] Introduced new physics engine in PHABMACS based on PhysX (Extended).

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 21.1 (October 2021)

• [A+] Server units are now able to access the central navigation component for routing purposes.
• [A+] The stop mode has been revised, allowing vehicles to park in parking areas (SUMO).
• [M-] WebVisualizer now removes vehicles correctly and shows V2X indicators longer.
• [M-] Fixed a bug in matrix mappers configuration in mapping.
• [C+] Upgraded ns-3 federate to support ns3-34.
• [C+] Major improvement of logging for SNS, OMNeT++, and ns-3.
• [C-] Fixed a bug in polygon intersection test used by reachability check in mosaic-cell.
• [S+] Improved scenario-convert for faster and more reliable import of SUMO net files.
• [T+] You can now use LibSumo as an alternative to TraCI (experimental).
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.10.0
• [X+] Major overhaul of battery and charging station simulation (Extended).
• [X+] Added new consumption model for Li-Ion based batteries (Extended).

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 21.0 (March 2021)

• [T+] It is now possible to map applications on vehicles which are defined in SUMO configurations.
• [T+] Simplified the internal road network model for a better integration of existing SUMO scenarios.
• [C+] Implemented much faster reachability check in SNS.
• [A+] Added the possibility to map an application on all existing traffic lights at once.
• [A+] New simulation entity for Server applications.
• [M-] Fixes a minor bug in the contains check of polygons
• [M+] Added complete documentation for most configuration files to the website.
• [M+] Added a new tutorial showcasing the integration of existing SUMO configurations.
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.8.0

Changelog Eclipse MOSAIC 20.0 (October 2020)

• [M+] Moved main code to new public repository github-com/eclipse-mosaic
• [M+] Changed license to EPL 2.0
• [M+] Revised and refactored all public code.
• [M+] Significantly improved and extended the documentation, including new tutorials
• [M-] Replaced dependencies which are incompatible with EPL.
• [M+] Major overhaul of configuration files, e.g.
  • vsimrti/vsimrti_config.xml -> scenario_config.json
  • etc/defaults.xml -> etc/runtime.json
• [A+] Mapping configuration has been extended with new features (e.g. typeDistributions, parameter variations).
• [A+] New API for traffic light applications
• [C+] SNS supports most important Geo-Routing features for ad-hoc multihop communication
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 1.7.0

Changelog VSimRTI 19.1 (October 2019)

• [C+] The OMNeT++ federate has been migrated to OMNeT++ 5.5 and INET 4. The federate needs to be rebuild completely.
• [S+] The option "--db2vsimrti" has been extended and creates now further default configuration files.
• [A+] The collection of example applications has been extended.
• [A+] The navigation API for VSimRTI applications has been improved with new methods.
• [M+] Configuration of vehicle types now supports the emergencyDecel parameter.
• [V+] The visualizers can now be configured to visualize messages within a specific time period only.
• [V+] The websocket visualizer now centers the viewport in the browser automatically to the first simulated vehicle.
• [S-] The intersection detection in scenario-convert has been fixed.
• [V-] Several bugfixes and changes int the command line interface of VSimRTI and scenario-convert.
• [V-] The bundled LuST tutorial has been fixed to work again with VSimRTI.
• [V-] The performance GUI has been removed.
• [V+] Now supports SUMO 1.3.0

Changelog VSimRTI 19.0 (April 2019)

• [V+] Added support for Java 11 and OpenJDK on all operating systems.
• [V+] A new statistics visualizer collects and aggregates values from vehicles during the simulation. Find more details in the user manual.
• [V+] The web socket visualizer now uses the OpenLayers API instead of Google API.
• [V+] The configuration of vehicle spawners in the mapping configuration has been improved (e.g. depart speed, lane selection, scaling traffic).
• [A+] A model for Infrastructure to Vehicle Information (IVI) messages has been introduced.
• [A-] A bug has been fixed which led to false configuration of ad-hoc modules in application.
• [S+] The import of SUMO net and route files into scenario database has been improved.
• [S+] The new option "--db2vsimrti" has been added, which generates a simple simulation scenario from a database file.
• [V-] The Barnim tutorial scenario has been updated.
• [V-] Various performance improvements have been made.
• [V+] Now supports SUMO 1.1.0 and 1.2.0

Changelog VSimRTI 18.1 (October 2018)

• [A+] A new simulation entity has been added to simulate Traffic Management Center applications.
• [A+] It's now possible to parametrize applications directly in the mapping configuration.
• [C+] The Simple Network Simulator (SNS) now supports simple multi hopping.
• [C+] Cell2 now models handovers when vehicles move to another region.
• [C+] The OMNeT++ federate has been updated to support OMNeT++ 5.3 and INET 3.6
• [C+] The NS-3 federate has been updated to support ns-3 3.28
• [V+] Improved printing of exceptions to the console output.
• [V+] A new 3D visualization tool is now available in the commercial license of VSimRTI.
• [S-] The export of roundabouts for SUMO net files has been fixed.
• [T+] A vehicle class configured in the mapping configuration is now translated to a suitable SUMO vClass.
• [T+] Now supports and requires SUMO 1.0.x

Changelog VSimRTI 18.0 (April 2018)

• [T+] The integration of pre-existing SUMO scenarios has been improved. However, minor limitations exist.

• [S+] It is now possible to create a scenario database from any given SUMO network file.

• [S-] The scenario database scheme has been changed slightly over the previous releases. Old databases are now unsupported. See conversion guide for details.

• [V+] The Luxembourg SUMO Traffic (LuST) scenario * [1] has been integrated into VSimRTI . See user manual for details.

• [S-] Roundabouts from OSM data is now imported resulting in correct right of way behavior at roundabouts.

• [C+] Various improvements regarding Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) in the Cell2 simulator.

• [V+] The GeoTools library has been upgraded to its latest version.

• [V+] VSimRTI supports Java 9 and 10 on Linux based systems. On Windows, Java 8 is still required.

• [V-] Various performance improvements in the core of VSimRTI have been made.

• [T+] Now supports SUMO 0.32.0

• [1] https://github.com/lcodeca/LuSTScenario

Changelog VSimRTI 17.1 (October 2017)

• [V-] Fixed a bug which would not preserve the order of events in rare cases.
• [A+] Ids for messages are now unique per unit, not globally.
• [A+] Introduced a simplified API for sending V2X messages from applications.
• [C+] It's now possible to define regions as polygons for the Cell2 simulator.
• [C+] The Cell2 simulator respects the maxmimum bandwidth of each vehicle.
• [C+] The OMneT++ and NS-3 federates now require protobuf3.
• [C+] The NS-3 federate experienced a major code cleanup.
• [B-] Fixed a bug in the calculation of air drag in the battery simulator.
• [T-] The SUMO TraCI Client code has been reimplemented and is now more robust.
• [T+] Now supports SUMO 0.31.0

Changelog VSimRTI 17.0 (April 2017)

• [V+] VSimRTI supports and requires Java Runtime Environment (or JDK) Version 8.
• [V+] Now supports elevation data for nodes.
• [V+] The file visualizer optionally compresses its output file.
• [A+] Applications are provided with more information about the road the vehicle is driving on. See conversion guide for details.
• [C+] The OMNeT++ and ns-3 federate can now be executed inside a Docker container. See user manual for more details.
• [C-] The configuration of the Cell2 simulator has been revised. See conversion guide for details.
• [S+] Added the option --srtm2db for importing elevation data provided by ASC files (experimental feature).
• [T+] The slope of a vehicle is read out from SUMO via TraCI (requires SUMO > 0.27.0)
• [T-] Fixed a bug in SUMO ambassador where the vehicle signals have been read out incorrectly.
• [V-] Support of JiST/SWANS has been removed due to technical reasons.
• [A-] Fixed a bug in the application simulator where applications received events before they had been set up.
• [A-] Removed unused parameter BehaviorDataStruct from application API. See conversion guide for details.
• [T+] Now support SUMO 0.29.0

Changelog VSimRTI 0.16.2 (October 2016)

• [V+] Added a new tutorial to the User Documentation regarding mapping of traffic lights.
• [V+] VSimRTI now provides a global random number generator whose seed can be set in vsimrti_config.xml
• [A+] Reworked the Application API for configuring the AdHoc and Cell modules. Please read the Conversion Guide.
• [T+] Improved performance of SUMO coupling.
• [T+] Configure SUMO specific parameters for the vehicle type, such as emissionClass or carFollowModel
• [T+] Fuel consumption is now read out from vehicles.
• [T-] Bugfix in SUMO ambassador regarding Change Speed.
• [A-] Fixed a bug in the application simulator which did not properly simulate traffic light applications.
• [V-] Fixed a bug which occurred when the distance sensor was activated and the web visualizer was used at the same time.
• [S+] Added the option --db2shp to scenario-convert which provides a conversion of the database to shapefile format.
• [T+] Now support SUMO 0.27.1

Changelog VSimRTI 0.16.1 (June 2016)

• [A+] Application API allows to change vehicle parameters, such as minimum gap or maximum speed, during the simulation
• [C+] Revised installer scripts for network simulators OMNeT++ and ns-3
• [C-] Bugfix in coupling of network simulators OMNet++ and ns-3
• [T+] SUMO coupling now provides distance sensor information for vehicles (opt-in) and the longitudal acceleration
• [T+] Now support SUMO 0.26.0

Changelog VSimRTI 0.16.0 (April 2016)

• [V+] Improved User Documentation with new detailed Tutorials of Tiergarten and Barnim, and extended API-Config-Doxygen
• [A-] Application API Refactoring to allow more flexible selection of implemented functionalities (CommunicationApplication, ElectricVehicleApplication, ...)
• [A+] Introduction of new Central Navigation Component to Application to provide advanced navigation functionalities for the applications (e.g. calculate new routes with own cost functions)
• [A+] New interactions with traffic simulator (mainly SUMO) for ChangeSpeed
• [C-] Improved stability of coupling of network simulators OMNeT++ and ns-3 (based on and needs Google Protocol Buffers)
• [C+] Now support latest ns-3.25
• [C+] Introduced new built-in Simple Network Simulator (SNS), supporting various ad hoc communication modes, for quick and easy usage without further installations
• [S-] Bugfix in scenario-convert regarding SUMO rou-file import in mode --sumo2db
• [T-] Revised SUMO interfaces for compatibility with SUMO 0.25.0 (regarding headings)
• [T+] Support visualization and control of simulations directly from SUMO-GUI

Please note, this version only delivers correct results (regarding headings) with SUMO 0.25.0 or higher

Changelog VSimRTI 0.15.1 (December 2015)

• [V+] A new CLI argument (--scenario) is available for vsimrti.bat/sh which lets the user pass the name of scenario instead of the full path to vsimrti_config.xml
• [A+] Support new addressing handling of tcp-like message Acknowledgment (for cellular communication)
• [A+] Enable/disable WLANmodule for ad hoc communication from applications
• [A+] Support configurable IP Address Resolver
• [B+] New configuration for the Battery Ambassador
• [C+] OMNeT++: support OMNeT++ 4.6 and INET 3.0 now
• [C-] Improved minor bugs in Cellular Simulator
• [C+] Support new schemes for geographic addressing over cellular (include MBMS/eMBMS feature)
• [N+] Major improvements in navigation simulator, which now uses GraphHopper for route calculation (e.g. routing now considers turn costs and turn restrictions).
• [S+] Several improvements in scenario-convert (now supports start with json-config).
• [T-] Fixed a bug which let SUMO crash when the navigation simulator calculated an invalid route.
• [T+] Now support SUMO 0.25.0

Changelog VSimRTI 0.15.0 (September 2015)

• [INTERNAL] new versioning system: every module of the aggregate has now the same version

• [V-] Several minor bugfixes for the general framework

• [A+] Slight improvements of interfaces of VSimRTI_App

• [B+] Extended modeling in the Battery simulator (improved handling and switching of discharging/charging)

• [C+] New generation of the VSimRTI_Cell cellular simulator with additional features (separated up/downlink, improved region definition with kml-visualization)

• [C-] Stability improvements for ns-3 and OMNeT++ (now support OMNeT++ 4.4.1)

• [T+] Enhanced SUMO integration regarding navigation interactions (ChangeRoute, ChangeTarget), now support SUMO 0.24.0 Please note, this version only works with sumo v0.21.0 or higher

Changelog VSimRTI 0.14.0

• [V+] General performance improvements
• [V+] Improved SimRunner configuration
• [A+] Completely Revised Application simulator with new features and improved performance
• [C+] Additional Features for cellular simulator VSimRTI_Cell
• [C-] Stability Improvements for ns-3 and OMNeT++ Please note, this version only works with sumo v0.21.0 or higher

Changelog (Features and Bugfixes) Legend: [M] MOSAIC [V] VSimRTI [A] Application simulator [C] Communication simulator [E] Environment simulator [N] Navigation component [S] Scenario-convert [T] Traffic simulator [X] MOSAIC Extended [+/-] new Feature/Bugfix