diff --git a/bindings/python/ns3_module_common.py b/bindings/python/ns3_module_common.py
index 7877692dd..e5491e9a8 100644
--- a/bindings/python/ns3_module_common.py
+++ b/bindings/python/ns3_module_common.py
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ def register_types(module):
     module.add_class('Buffer')
     ## buffer.h: ns3::Buffer::Iterator [class]
     module.add_class('Iterator', outer_class=root_module['ns3::Buffer'])
+    ## packet.h: ns3::ByteTagIterator [class]
+    module.add_class('ByteTagIterator')
+    ## packet.h: ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item [class]
+    module.add_class('Item', outer_class=root_module['ns3::ByteTagIterator'])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList [class]
+    module.add_class('ByteTagList')
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator [class]
+    module.add_class('Iterator', outer_class=root_module['ns3::ByteTagList'])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item [struct]
+    module.add_class('Item', outer_class=root_module['ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator'])
     ## data-rate.h: ns3::DataRate [class]
     module.add_class('DataRate')
     ## packet.h: ns3::Packet [class]
@@ -21,20 +31,18 @@ def register_types(module):
     module.add_enum('', ['PAYLOAD', 'HEADER', 'TRAILER'], outer_class=root_module['ns3::PacketMetadata::Item'])
     ## packet-metadata.h: ns3::PacketMetadata::ItemIterator [class]
     module.add_class('ItemIterator', outer_class=root_module['ns3::PacketMetadata'])
+    ## packet.h: ns3::PacketTagIterator [class]
+    module.add_class('PacketTagIterator')
+    ## packet.h: ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item [class]
+    module.add_class('Item', outer_class=root_module['ns3::PacketTagIterator'])
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList [class]
+    module.add_class('PacketTagList')
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData [struct]
+    module.add_class('TagData', outer_class=root_module['ns3::PacketTagList'])
     ## tag.h: ns3::Tag [class]
     module.add_class('Tag', parent=root_module['ns3::ObjectBase'])
     ## tag-buffer.h: ns3::TagBuffer [class]
     module.add_class('TagBuffer')
-    ## packet.h: ns3::TagIterator [class]
-    module.add_class('TagIterator')
-    ## packet.h: ns3::TagIterator::Item [class]
-    module.add_class('Item', outer_class=root_module['ns3::TagIterator'])
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList [class]
-    module.add_class('TagList')
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator [class]
-    module.add_class('Iterator', outer_class=root_module['ns3::TagList'])
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item [struct]
-    module.add_class('Item', outer_class=root_module['ns3::TagList::Iterator'])
     ## chunk.h: ns3::Chunk [class]
     module.add_class('Chunk', parent=root_module['ns3::ObjectBase'])
     ## data-rate.h: ns3::DataRateChecker [class]
@@ -97,18 +105,22 @@ def register_types_ns3_olsr(module):
 def register_methods(root_module):
     register_Ns3Buffer_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::Buffer'])
     register_Ns3BufferIterator_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::Buffer::Iterator'])
+    register_Ns3ByteTagIterator_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::ByteTagIterator'])
+    register_Ns3ByteTagIteratorItem_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item'])
+    register_Ns3ByteTagList_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::ByteTagList'])
+    register_Ns3ByteTagListIterator_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator'])
+    register_Ns3ByteTagListIteratorItem_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item'])
     register_Ns3DataRate_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::DataRate'])
     register_Ns3Packet_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::Packet'])
     register_Ns3PacketMetadata_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::PacketMetadata'])
     register_Ns3PacketMetadataItem_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::PacketMetadata::Item'])
     register_Ns3PacketMetadataItemIterator_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::PacketMetadata::ItemIterator'])
+    register_Ns3PacketTagIterator_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::PacketTagIterator'])
+    register_Ns3PacketTagIteratorItem_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item'])
+    register_Ns3PacketTagList_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::PacketTagList'])
+    register_Ns3PacketTagListTagData_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::PacketTagList::TagData'])
     register_Ns3Tag_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::Tag'])
     register_Ns3TagBuffer_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::TagBuffer'])
-    register_Ns3TagIterator_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::TagIterator'])
-    register_Ns3TagIteratorItem_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::TagIterator::Item'])
-    register_Ns3TagList_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::TagList'])
-    register_Ns3TagListIterator_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::TagList::Iterator'])
-    register_Ns3TagListIteratorItem_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item'])
     register_Ns3Chunk_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::Chunk'])
     register_Ns3DataRateChecker_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::DataRateChecker'])
     register_Ns3DataRateValue_methods(root_module, root_module['ns3::DataRateValue'])
@@ -336,6 +348,113 @@ def register_Ns3BufferIterator_methods(root_module, cls):
                    is_const=True)
     return
 
+def register_Ns3ByteTagIterator_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## packet.h: ns3::ByteTagIterator::ByteTagIterator(ns3::ByteTagIterator const & arg0) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::ByteTagIterator const &', 'arg0')])
+    ## packet.h: bool ns3::ByteTagIterator::HasNext() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('HasNext', 
+                   'bool', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item ns3::ByteTagIterator::Next() [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Next', 
+                   'ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item', 
+                   [])
+    return
+
+def register_Ns3ByteTagIteratorItem_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## packet.h: ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item::Item(ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item const & arg0) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item const &', 'arg0')])
+    ## packet.h: ns3::TypeId ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item::GetTypeId() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetTypeId', 
+                   'ns3::TypeId', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item::GetStart() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetStart', 
+                   'uint32_t', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item::GetEnd() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetEnd', 
+                   'uint32_t', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::ByteTagIterator::Item::GetTag(ns3::Tag & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetTag', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    return
+
+def register_Ns3ByteTagList_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::ByteTagList() [constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::ByteTagList(ns3::ByteTagList const & o) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::ByteTagList const &', 'o')])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::TagBuffer ns3::ByteTagList::Add(ns3::TypeId tid, uint32_t bufferSize, int32_t start, int32_t end) [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Add', 
+                   'ns3::TagBuffer', 
+                   [param('ns3::TypeId', 'tid'), param('uint32_t', 'bufferSize'), param('int32_t', 'start'), param('int32_t', 'end')])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: void ns3::ByteTagList::Add(ns3::ByteTagList const & o) [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Add', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('ns3::ByteTagList const &', 'o')])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: void ns3::ByteTagList::RemoveAll() [member function]
+    cls.add_method('RemoveAll', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator ns3::ByteTagList::Begin(int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Begin', 
+                   'ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator', 
+                   [param('int32_t', 'offsetStart'), param('int32_t', 'offsetEnd')], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: void ns3::ByteTagList::AddAtEnd(int32_t adjustment, int32_t appendOffset) [member function]
+    cls.add_method('AddAtEnd', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('int32_t', 'adjustment'), param('int32_t', 'appendOffset')])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: void ns3::ByteTagList::AddAtStart(int32_t adjustment, int32_t prependOffset) [member function]
+    cls.add_method('AddAtStart', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('int32_t', 'adjustment'), param('int32_t', 'prependOffset')])
+    return
+
+def register_Ns3ByteTagListIterator_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Iterator(ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator const & arg0) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator const &', 'arg0')])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: bool ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::HasNext() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('HasNext', 
+                   'bool', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Next() [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Next', 
+                   'ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item', 
+                   [])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: uint32_t ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::GetOffsetStart() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetOffsetStart', 
+                   'uint32_t', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    return
+
+def register_Ns3ByteTagListIteratorItem_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::tid [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('tid', 'ns3::TypeId', is_const=False)
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::size [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('size', 'uint32_t', is_const=False)
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::start [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('start', 'int32_t', is_const=False)
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::end [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('end', 'int32_t', is_const=False)
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::buf [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('buf', 'ns3::TagBuffer', is_const=False)
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::Item(ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item const & arg0) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item const &', 'arg0')])
+    ## byte-tag-list.h: ns3::ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::Item(ns3::TagBuffer buf) [constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::TagBuffer', 'buf')])
+    return
+
 def register_Ns3DataRate_methods(root_module, cls):
     cls.add_output_stream_operator()
     cls.add_binary_comparison_operator('!=')
@@ -378,19 +497,24 @@ def register_Ns3Packet_methods(root_module, cls):
     cls.add_method('AddAtEnd', 
                    'void', 
                    [param('ns3::Ptr< ns3::Packet const >', 'packet')])
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::AddByteTag(ns3::Tag const & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('AddByteTag', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag const &', 'tag')], 
+                   is_const=True)
     ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::AddHeader(ns3::Header const & header) [member function]
     cls.add_method('AddHeader', 
                    'void', 
                    [param('ns3::Header const &', 'header')])
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::AddPacketTag(ns3::Tag const & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('AddPacketTag', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag const &', 'tag')], 
+                   is_const=True)
     ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::AddPaddingAtEnd(uint32_t size) [member function]
     cls.add_method('AddPaddingAtEnd', 
                    'void', 
                    [param('uint32_t', 'size')])
-    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::AddTag(ns3::Tag const & tag) const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('AddTag', 
-                   'void', 
-                   [param('ns3::Tag const &', 'tag')], 
-                   is_const=True)
     ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::AddTrailer(ns3::Trailer const & trailer) [member function]
     cls.add_method('AddTrailer', 
                    'void', 
@@ -434,21 +558,26 @@ def register_Ns3Packet_methods(root_module, cls):
                    'void', 
                    [], 
                    is_static=True)
-    ## packet.h: bool ns3::Packet::FindFirstMatchingTag(ns3::Tag & tag) const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('FindFirstMatchingTag', 
+    ## packet.h: bool ns3::Packet::FindFirstMatchingByteTag(ns3::Tag & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('FindFirstMatchingByteTag', 
                    'bool', 
                    [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')], 
                    is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: ns3::ByteTagIterator ns3::Packet::GetByteTagIterator() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetByteTagIterator', 
+                   'ns3::ByteTagIterator', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: ns3::PacketTagIterator ns3::Packet::GetPacketTagIterator() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetPacketTagIterator', 
+                   'ns3::PacketTagIterator', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
     ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::Packet::GetSize() const [member function]
     cls.add_method('GetSize', 
                    'uint32_t', 
                    [], 
                    is_const=True)
-    ## packet.h: ns3::TagIterator ns3::Packet::GetTagIterator() const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('GetTagIterator', 
-                   'ns3::TagIterator', 
-                   [], 
-                   is_const=True)
     ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::Packet::GetUid() const [member function]
     cls.add_method('GetUid', 
                    'uint32_t', 
@@ -464,6 +593,11 @@ def register_Ns3Packet_methods(root_module, cls):
                    'uint32_t', 
                    [param('ns3::Header &', 'header')], 
                    is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: bool ns3::Packet::PeekPacketTag(ns3::Tag & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('PeekPacketTag', 
+                   'bool', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')], 
+                   is_const=True)
     ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::Packet::PeekTrailer(ns3::Trailer & trailer) [member function]
     cls.add_method('PeekTrailer', 
                    'uint32_t', 
@@ -473,13 +607,22 @@ def register_Ns3Packet_methods(root_module, cls):
                    'void', 
                    [param('std::ostream &', 'os')], 
                    is_const=True)
-    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::PrintTags(std::ostream & os) const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('PrintTags', 
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::PrintByteTags(std::ostream & os) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('PrintByteTags', 
                    'void', 
                    [param('std::ostream &', 'os')], 
                    is_const=True)
-    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::RemoveAllTags() [member function]
-    cls.add_method('RemoveAllTags', 
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::PrintPacketTags(std::ostream & os) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('PrintPacketTags', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('std::ostream &', 'os')], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::RemoveAllByteTags() [member function]
+    cls.add_method('RemoveAllByteTags', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [])
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::RemoveAllPacketTags() [member function]
+    cls.add_method('RemoveAllPacketTags', 
                    'void', 
                    [])
     ## packet.h: void ns3::Packet::RemoveAtEnd(uint32_t size) [member function]
@@ -494,6 +637,10 @@ def register_Ns3Packet_methods(root_module, cls):
     cls.add_method('RemoveHeader', 
                    'uint32_t', 
                    [param('ns3::Header &', 'header')])
+    ## packet.h: bool ns3::Packet::RemovePacketTag(ns3::Tag & tag) [member function]
+    cls.add_method('RemovePacketTag', 
+                   'bool', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')])
     ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::Packet::RemoveTrailer(ns3::Trailer & trailer) [member function]
     cls.add_method('RemoveTrailer', 
                    'uint32_t', 
@@ -618,6 +765,80 @@ def register_Ns3PacketMetadataItemIterator_methods(root_module, cls):
                    [])
     return
 
+def register_Ns3PacketTagIterator_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## packet.h: ns3::PacketTagIterator::PacketTagIterator(ns3::PacketTagIterator const & arg0) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::PacketTagIterator const &', 'arg0')])
+    ## packet.h: bool ns3::PacketTagIterator::HasNext() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('HasNext', 
+                   'bool', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item ns3::PacketTagIterator::Next() [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Next', 
+                   'ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item', 
+                   [])
+    return
+
+def register_Ns3PacketTagIteratorItem_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## packet.h: ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item::Item(ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item const & arg0) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item const &', 'arg0')])
+    ## packet.h: ns3::TypeId ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item::GetTypeId() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetTypeId', 
+                   'ns3::TypeId', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet.h: void ns3::PacketTagIterator::Item::GetTag(ns3::Tag & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('GetTag', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    return
+
+def register_Ns3PacketTagList_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::PacketTagList() [constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([])
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::PacketTagList(ns3::PacketTagList const & o) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::PacketTagList const &', 'o')])
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: void ns3::PacketTagList::Add(ns3::Tag const & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Add', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag const &', 'tag')], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: bool ns3::PacketTagList::Remove(ns3::Tag & tag) [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Remove', 
+                   'bool', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')])
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: bool ns3::PacketTagList::Peek(ns3::Tag & tag) const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Peek', 
+                   'bool', 
+                   [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: void ns3::PacketTagList::RemoveAll() [member function]
+    cls.add_method('RemoveAll', 
+                   'void', 
+                   [])
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData const * ns3::PacketTagList::Head() const [member function]
+    cls.add_method('Head', 
+                   'ns3::PacketTagList::TagData const *', 
+                   [], 
+                   is_const=True)
+    return
+
+def register_Ns3PacketTagListTagData_methods(root_module, cls):
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData::data [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('data', 'uint8_t [ 20 ]', is_const=False)
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData::next [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('next', 'ns3::PacketTagList::TagData *', is_const=False)
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData::tid [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('tid', 'ns3::TypeId', is_const=False)
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData::count [variable]
+    cls.add_instance_attribute('count', 'uint32_t', is_const=False)
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData::TagData(ns3::PacketTagList::TagData const & arg0) [copy constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::PacketTagList::TagData const &', 'arg0')])
+    ## packet-tag-list.h: ns3::PacketTagList::TagData::TagData() [constructor]
+    cls.add_constructor([])
+    return
+
 def register_Ns3Tag_methods(root_module, cls):
     ## tag.h: ns3::Tag::Tag(ns3::Tag const & arg0) [copy constructor]
     cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::Tag const &', 'arg0')])
@@ -713,113 +934,6 @@ def register_Ns3TagBuffer_methods(root_module, cls):
                    [param('uint8_t *', 'buffer'), param('uint32_t', 'size')])
     return
 
-def register_Ns3TagIterator_methods(root_module, cls):
-    ## packet.h: ns3::TagIterator::TagIterator(ns3::TagIterator const & arg0) [copy constructor]
-    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::TagIterator const &', 'arg0')])
-    ## packet.h: bool ns3::TagIterator::HasNext() const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('HasNext', 
-                   'bool', 
-                   [], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    ## packet.h: ns3::TagIterator::Item ns3::TagIterator::Next() [member function]
-    cls.add_method('Next', 
-                   'ns3::TagIterator::Item', 
-                   [])
-    return
-
-def register_Ns3TagIteratorItem_methods(root_module, cls):
-    ## packet.h: ns3::TagIterator::Item::Item(ns3::TagIterator::Item const & arg0) [copy constructor]
-    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::TagIterator::Item const &', 'arg0')])
-    ## packet.h: ns3::TypeId ns3::TagIterator::Item::GetTypeId() const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('GetTypeId', 
-                   'ns3::TypeId', 
-                   [], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::TagIterator::Item::GetStart() const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('GetStart', 
-                   'uint32_t', 
-                   [], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    ## packet.h: uint32_t ns3::TagIterator::Item::GetEnd() const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('GetEnd', 
-                   'uint32_t', 
-                   [], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    ## packet.h: void ns3::TagIterator::Item::GetTag(ns3::Tag & tag) const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('GetTag', 
-                   'void', 
-                   [param('ns3::Tag &', 'tag')], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    return
-
-def register_Ns3TagList_methods(root_module, cls):
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::TagList() [constructor]
-    cls.add_constructor([])
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::TagList(ns3::TagList const & o) [copy constructor]
-    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::TagList const &', 'o')])
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagBuffer ns3::TagList::Add(ns3::TypeId tid, uint32_t bufferSize, int32_t start, int32_t end) [member function]
-    cls.add_method('Add', 
-                   'ns3::TagBuffer', 
-                   [param('ns3::TypeId', 'tid'), param('uint32_t', 'bufferSize'), param('int32_t', 'start'), param('int32_t', 'end')])
-    ## tag-list.h: void ns3::TagList::Add(ns3::TagList const & o) [member function]
-    cls.add_method('Add', 
-                   'void', 
-                   [param('ns3::TagList const &', 'o')])
-    ## tag-list.h: void ns3::TagList::RemoveAll() [member function]
-    cls.add_method('RemoveAll', 
-                   'void', 
-                   [])
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator ns3::TagList::Begin(int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd) const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('Begin', 
-                   'ns3::TagList::Iterator', 
-                   [param('int32_t', 'offsetStart'), param('int32_t', 'offsetEnd')], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    ## tag-list.h: void ns3::TagList::AddAtEnd(int32_t adjustment, int32_t appendOffset) [member function]
-    cls.add_method('AddAtEnd', 
-                   'void', 
-                   [param('int32_t', 'adjustment'), param('int32_t', 'appendOffset')])
-    ## tag-list.h: void ns3::TagList::AddAtStart(int32_t adjustment, int32_t prependOffset) [member function]
-    cls.add_method('AddAtStart', 
-                   'void', 
-                   [param('int32_t', 'adjustment'), param('int32_t', 'prependOffset')])
-    return
-
-def register_Ns3TagListIterator_methods(root_module, cls):
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Iterator(ns3::TagList::Iterator const & arg0) [copy constructor]
-    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::TagList::Iterator const &', 'arg0')])
-    ## tag-list.h: bool ns3::TagList::Iterator::HasNext() const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('HasNext', 
-                   'bool', 
-                   [], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item ns3::TagList::Iterator::Next() [member function]
-    cls.add_method('Next', 
-                   'ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item', 
-                   [])
-    ## tag-list.h: uint32_t ns3::TagList::Iterator::GetOffsetStart() const [member function]
-    cls.add_method('GetOffsetStart', 
-                   'uint32_t', 
-                   [], 
-                   is_const=True)
-    return
-
-def register_Ns3TagListIteratorItem_methods(root_module, cls):
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item::tid [variable]
-    cls.add_instance_attribute('tid', 'ns3::TypeId', is_const=False)
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item::size [variable]
-    cls.add_instance_attribute('size', 'uint32_t', is_const=False)
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item::start [variable]
-    cls.add_instance_attribute('start', 'int32_t', is_const=False)
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item::end [variable]
-    cls.add_instance_attribute('end', 'int32_t', is_const=False)
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item::buf [variable]
-    cls.add_instance_attribute('buf', 'ns3::TagBuffer', is_const=False)
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item::Item(ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item const & arg0) [copy constructor]
-    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item const &', 'arg0')])
-    ## tag-list.h: ns3::TagList::Iterator::Item::Item(ns3::TagBuffer buf) [constructor]
-    cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::TagBuffer', 'buf')])
-    return
-
 def register_Ns3Chunk_methods(root_module, cls):
     ## chunk.h: ns3::Chunk::Chunk(ns3::Chunk const & arg0) [copy constructor]
     cls.add_constructor([param('ns3::Chunk const &', 'arg0')])
diff --git a/examples/stats/wifi-example-apps.cc b/examples/stats/wifi-example-apps.cc
index d7eb63767..00f5447a9 100644
--- a/examples/stats/wifi-example-apps.cc
+++ b/examples/stats/wifi-example-apps.cc
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void Sender::SendPacket()
 
   TimestampTag timestamp;
   timestamp.SetTimestamp(Simulator::Now());
-  packet->AddTag(timestamp);
+  packet->AddByteTag (timestamp);
 
   // Could connect the socket since the address never changes; using SendTo
   // here simply because all of the standard apps do not.
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Receiver::Receive(Ptr<Socket> socket)
     }
 
     TimestampTag timestamp;
-    packet->FindFirstMatchingTag(timestamp);
+    packet->FindFirstMatchingByteTag(timestamp);
     Time tx = timestamp.GetTimestamp();
 
     if (m_delay != 0) {
diff --git a/samples/main-packet-tag.cc b/samples/main-packet-tag.cc
index e66c04559..1210a2b66 100644
--- a/samples/main-packet-tag.cc
+++ b/samples/main-packet-tag.cc
@@ -101,19 +101,19 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   // store the tag in a packet.
   Ptr<Packet> p = Create<Packet> (100);
-  p->AddTag (tag);
+  p->AddPacketTag (tag);
 
   // create a copy of the packet
   Ptr<Packet> aCopy = p->Copy ();
 
   // read the tag from the packet copy
   MyTag tagCopy;
-  p->FindFirstMatchingTag (tagCopy);
+  p->PeekPacketTag (tagCopy);
 
   // the copy and the original are the same !
   NS_ASSERT (tagCopy.GetSimpleValue () == tag.GetSimpleValue ());
 
-  aCopy->PrintTags (std::cout);
+  aCopy->PrintPacketTags (std::cout);
   std::cout << std::endl;
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc b/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc
index af7747c0a..cc7a24a57 100644
--- a/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc
+++ b/src/applications/udp-echo/udp-echo-server.cc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ UdpEchoServer::HandleRead (Ptr<Socket> socket)
           NS_LOG_INFO ("Received " << packet->GetSize() << " bytes from " << 
             address.GetIpv4());
 
-          packet->RemoveAllTags ();
+          packet->RemoveAllPacketTags ();
 
           NS_LOG_LOGIC ("Echoing packet");
           socket->SendTo (packet, 0, from);
diff --git a/src/common/tag-list.cc b/src/common/byte-tag-list.cc
similarity index 73%
rename from src/common/tag-list.cc
rename to src/common/byte-tag-list.cc
index fac9ef020..005e0a085 100644
--- a/src/common/tag-list.cc
+++ b/src/common/byte-tag-list.cc
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
  *
  * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
  */
-#include "tag-list.h"
+#include "byte-tag-list.h"
 #include "ns3/log.h"
 #include <vector>
 #include <string.h>
 
-NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("TagList");
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("ByteTagList");
 
 #define USE_FREE_LIST 1
 #define FREE_LIST_SIZE 1000
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("TagList");
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
-struct TagListData {
+struct ByteTagListData {
   uint32_t size;
   uint32_t count;
   uint32_t dirty;
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ struct TagListData {
 };
 
 #ifdef USE_FREE_LIST
-static class TagListDataFreeList : public std::vector<struct TagListData *>
+static class ByteTagListDataFreeList : public std::vector<struct ByteTagListData *>
 {
 public:
-  ~TagListDataFreeList ();
+  ~ByteTagListDataFreeList ();
 } g_freeList;
 static uint32_t g_maxSize = 0;
 
-TagListDataFreeList::~TagListDataFreeList ()
+ByteTagListDataFreeList::~ByteTagListDataFreeList ()
 {
-  for (TagListDataFreeList::iterator i = begin ();
+  for (ByteTagListDataFreeList::iterator i = begin ();
        i != end (); i++)
     {
       uint8_t *buffer = (uint8_t *)(*i);
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ TagListDataFreeList::~TagListDataFreeList ()
 }
 #endif /* USE_FREE_LIST */
 
-TagList::Iterator::Item::Item (TagBuffer buf_)
+ByteTagList::Iterator::Item::Item (TagBuffer buf_)
     : buf (buf_)
 {}
 
 bool 
-TagList::Iterator::HasNext (void) const
+ByteTagList::Iterator::HasNext (void) const
 {
   return m_current < m_end;
 }
-struct TagList::Iterator::Item 
-TagList::Iterator::Next (void)
+struct ByteTagList::Iterator::Item 
+ByteTagList::Iterator::Next (void)
 {
   NS_ASSERT (HasNext ());
   struct Item item = Item (TagBuffer (m_current+16, m_end));
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ TagList::Iterator::Next (void)
   return item;
 }
 void
-TagList::Iterator::PrepareForNext (void)
+ByteTagList::Iterator::PrepareForNext (void)
 {
   while (m_current < m_end)
     {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ TagList::Iterator::PrepareForNext (void)
 	}
     }
 }
-TagList::Iterator::Iterator (uint8_t *start, uint8_t *end, int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd)
+ByteTagList::Iterator::Iterator (uint8_t *start, uint8_t *end, int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd)
   : m_current (start),
     m_end (end),
     m_offsetStart (offsetStart),
@@ -109,19 +109,19 @@ TagList::Iterator::Iterator (uint8_t *start, uint8_t *end, int32_t offsetStart,
 }
 
 uint32_t 
-TagList::Iterator::GetOffsetStart (void) const
+ByteTagList::Iterator::GetOffsetStart (void) const
 {
   return m_offsetStart;
 }
 
 
-TagList::TagList ()
+ByteTagList::ByteTagList ()
   : m_used (0),
     m_data (0)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
 }
-TagList::TagList (const TagList &o)
+ByteTagList::ByteTagList (const ByteTagList &o)
   : m_used (o.m_used),
     m_data (o.m_data)
 {
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ TagList::TagList (const TagList &o)
       m_data->count++;
     }
 }
-TagList &
-TagList::operator = (const TagList &o)
+ByteTagList &
+ByteTagList::operator = (const ByteTagList &o)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << &o);
   if (this == &o)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ TagList::operator = (const TagList &o)
     }
   return *this;
 }
-TagList::~TagList ()
+ByteTagList::~ByteTagList ()
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   Deallocate (m_data);
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ TagList::~TagList ()
 }
 
 TagBuffer
-TagList::Add (TypeId tid, uint32_t bufferSize, int32_t start, int32_t end)
+ByteTagList::Add (TypeId tid, uint32_t bufferSize, int32_t start, int32_t end)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tid << bufferSize << start << end);
   uint32_t spaceNeeded = m_used + bufferSize + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4;
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ TagList::Add (TypeId tid, uint32_t bufferSize, int32_t start, int32_t end)
   else if (m_data->size < spaceNeeded ||
 	   (m_data->count != 1 && m_data->dirty != m_used))
     {
-      struct TagListData *newData = Allocate (spaceNeeded);
+      struct ByteTagListData *newData = Allocate (spaceNeeded);
       memcpy (&newData->data, &m_data->data, m_used);
       Deallocate (m_data);
       m_data = newData;
@@ -188,20 +188,20 @@ TagList::Add (TypeId tid, uint32_t bufferSize, int32_t start, int32_t end)
 }
 
 void 
-TagList::Add (const TagList &o)
+ByteTagList::Add (const ByteTagList &o)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << &o);
-  TagList::Iterator i = o.BeginAll ();
+  ByteTagList::Iterator i = o.BeginAll ();
   while (i.HasNext ())
     {
-      TagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       TagBuffer buf = Add (item.tid, item.size, item.start, item.end);
       buf.CopyFrom (item.buf);
     }
 }
 
 void 
-TagList::RemoveAll (void)
+ByteTagList::RemoveAll (void)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   Deallocate (m_data);
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ TagList::RemoveAll (void)
   m_used = 0;
 }
 
-TagList::Iterator 
-TagList::BeginAll (void) const
+ByteTagList::Iterator 
+ByteTagList::BeginAll (void) const
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   // I am not totally sure but I might need to use 
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ TagList::BeginAll (void) const
   return Begin (0, OFFSET_MAX);
 }
 
-TagList::Iterator 
-TagList::Begin (int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd) const
+ByteTagList::Iterator 
+ByteTagList::Begin (int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd) const
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << offsetStart << offsetEnd);
   if (m_data == 0)
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ TagList::Begin (int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd) const
 }
 
 bool 
-TagList::IsDirtyAtEnd (int32_t appendOffset)
+ByteTagList::IsDirtyAtEnd (int32_t appendOffset)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << appendOffset);
-  TagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
+  ByteTagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
   while (i.HasNext ())
     {
-      TagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       if (item.end > appendOffset)
 	{
 	  return true;
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ TagList::IsDirtyAtEnd (int32_t appendOffset)
 }
 
 bool 
-TagList::IsDirtyAtStart (int32_t prependOffset)
+ByteTagList::IsDirtyAtStart (int32_t prependOffset)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << prependOffset);
-  TagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
+  ByteTagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
   while (i.HasNext ())
     {
-      TagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       if (item.start < prependOffset)
 	{
 	  return true;
@@ -265,18 +265,18 @@ TagList::IsDirtyAtStart (int32_t prependOffset)
 }
 
 void 
-TagList::AddAtEnd (int32_t adjustment, int32_t appendOffset)
+ByteTagList::AddAtEnd (int32_t adjustment, int32_t appendOffset)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << adjustment << appendOffset);
   if (adjustment == 0 && !IsDirtyAtEnd (appendOffset))
     {
       return;
     }
-  TagList list;
-  TagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
+  ByteTagList list;
+  ByteTagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
   while (i.HasNext ())
     {
-      TagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       item.start += adjustment;
       item.end += adjustment;
 
@@ -299,18 +299,18 @@ TagList::AddAtEnd (int32_t adjustment, int32_t appendOffset)
 }
 
 void 
-TagList::AddAtStart (int32_t adjustment, int32_t prependOffset)
+ByteTagList::AddAtStart (int32_t adjustment, int32_t prependOffset)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << adjustment << prependOffset);
   if (adjustment == 0 && !IsDirtyAtStart (prependOffset))
     {
       return;
     }
-  TagList list;
-  TagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
+  ByteTagList list;
+  ByteTagList::Iterator i = BeginAll ();
   while (i.HasNext ())
     {
-      TagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagList::Iterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       item.start += adjustment;
       item.end += adjustment;
 
@@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ TagList::AddAtStart (int32_t adjustment, int32_t prependOffset)
 
 #ifdef USE_FREE_LIST
 
-struct TagListData *
-TagList::Allocate (uint32_t size)
+struct ByteTagListData *
+ByteTagList::Allocate (uint32_t size)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << size);
   while (!g_freeList.empty ())
     {
-      struct TagListData *data = g_freeList.back ();
+      struct ByteTagListData *data = g_freeList.back ();
       g_freeList.pop_back ();
       NS_ASSERT (data != 0);
       if (data->size >= size)
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ TagList::Allocate (uint32_t size)
       uint8_t *buffer = (uint8_t *)data;
       delete [] buffer;
     }
-  uint8_t *buffer = new uint8_t [std::max (size, g_maxSize) + sizeof (struct TagListData) - 4];
-  struct TagListData *data = (struct TagListData *)buffer;
+  uint8_t *buffer = new uint8_t [std::max (size, g_maxSize) + sizeof (struct ByteTagListData) - 4];
+  struct ByteTagListData *data = (struct ByteTagListData *)buffer;
   data->count = 1;
   data->size = size;
   data->dirty = 0;
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ TagList::Allocate (uint32_t size)
 }
 
 void 
-TagList::Deallocate (struct TagListData *data)
+ByteTagList::Deallocate (struct ByteTagListData *data)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << data);
   if (data == 0)
@@ -387,12 +387,12 @@ TagList::Deallocate (struct TagListData *data)
 
 #else /* USE_FREE_LIST */
 
-struct TagListData *
-TagList::Allocate (uint32_t size)
+struct ByteTagListData *
+ByteTagList::Allocate (uint32_t size)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << size);
-  uint8_t *buffer = new uint8_t [size + sizeof (struct TagListData) - 4];
-  struct TagListData *data = (struct TagListData *)buffer;
+  uint8_t *buffer = new uint8_t [size + sizeof (struct ByteTagListData) - 4];
+  struct ByteTagListData *data = (struct ByteTagListData *)buffer;
   data->count = 1;
   data->size = size;
   data->dirty = 0;
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ TagList::Allocate (uint32_t size)
 }
 
 void 
-TagList::Deallocate (struct TagListData *data)
+ByteTagList::Deallocate (struct ByteTagListData *data)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << data);
   if (data == 0)
diff --git a/src/common/tag-list.h b/src/common/byte-tag-list.h
similarity index 80%
rename from src/common/tag-list.h
rename to src/common/byte-tag-list.h
index c21e515c6..2665de124 100644
--- a/src/common/tag-list.h
+++ b/src/common/byte-tag-list.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  *
  * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
  */
-#ifndef TAG_LIST_H
-#define TAG_LIST_H
+#ifndef BYTE_TAG_LIST_H
+#define BYTE_TAG_LIST_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "ns3/type-id.h"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
-struct TagListData;
+struct ByteTagListData;
 
 /**
  * \ingroup packet
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct TagListData;
  *     as 4 32bit integers (TypeId, tag data size, start, end) followed 
  *     by the tag data as generated by Tag::Serialize.
  *
- *   - the struct TagListData structure which contains the tag byte buffer
+ *   - the struct ByteTagListData structure which contains the tag byte buffer
  *     is shared and, thus, reference-counted. This data structure is unshared
  *     as-needed to emulate COW semantics.
  *
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ struct TagListData;
  *     and Buffer::GetCurrentEndOffset which means that they are relative to 
  *     the start of the 'virtual byte buffer' as explained in the documentation
  *     for the ns3::Buffer class. Whenever the origin of the offset of the Buffer
- *     instance associated to this TagList instance changes, the Buffer class
+ *     instance associated to this ByteTagList instance changes, the Buffer class
  *     reports this to its container Packet class as a bool return value
  *     in Buffer::AddAtStart and Buffer::AddAtEnd. In both cases, when this happens
- *     the Packet class calls TagList::AddAtEnd and TagList::AddAtStart to update
- *     the byte offsets of each tag in the TagList.
+ *     the Packet class calls ByteTagList::AddAtEnd and ByteTagList::AddAtStart to update
+ *     the byte offsets of each tag in the ByteTagList.
  *
- *   - whenever bytes are removed from the packet byte buffer, the TagList offsets 
+ *   - whenever bytes are removed from the packet byte buffer, the ByteTagList offsets 
  *     are never updated because we rely on the fact that they will be updated in
  *     either the next call to Packet::AddHeader or Packet::AddTrailer or when
  *     the user iterates the tag list with Packet::GetTagIterator and 
  *     TagIterator::Next.
  */
-class TagList
+class ByteTagList
 {
 public:
 
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ public:
       TagBuffer buf;
       Item (TagBuffer buf);
     private:
-      friend class TagList;
-      friend class TagList::Iterator;
+      friend class ByteTagList;
+      friend class ByteTagList::Iterator;
     };
     bool HasNext (void) const;
-    struct TagList::Iterator::Item Next (void);
+    struct ByteTagList::Iterator::Item Next (void);
     uint32_t GetOffsetStart (void) const;
   private:
-    friend class TagList;
+    friend class ByteTagList;
     Iterator (uint8_t *start, uint8_t *end, int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd);
     void PrepareForNext (void);
     uint8_t *m_current;
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ public:
     int32_t m_nextEnd;
   };
 
-  TagList ();
-  TagList (const TagList &o);
-  TagList &operator = (const TagList &o);
-  ~TagList ();
+  ByteTagList ();
+  ByteTagList (const ByteTagList &o);
+  ByteTagList &operator = (const ByteTagList &o);
+  ~ByteTagList ();
 
   /**
    * \param tid the typeid of the tag added
@@ -123,22 +123,22 @@ public:
    *
    * Aggregate the two lists of tags.
    */
-  void Add (const TagList &o);
+  void Add (const ByteTagList &o);
 
   void RemoveAll (void);
 
   /**
    * \param offsetStart the offset which uniquely identifies the first data byte 
-   *        present in the byte buffer associated to this TagList.
+   *        present in the byte buffer associated to this ByteTagList.
    * \param offsetEnd the offset which uniquely identifies the last data byte 
-   *        present in the byte buffer associated to this TagList.
+   *        present in the byte buffer associated to this ByteTagList.
    * \returns an iterator
    *
    * The returned iterator will allow you to loop through the set of tags present
    * in this list: the boundaries of each tag as reported by their start and
    * end offsets will be included within the input offsetStart and offsetEnd.
    */
-  TagList::Iterator Begin (int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd) const;
+  ByteTagList::Iterator Begin (int32_t offsetStart, int32_t offsetEnd) const;
 
   /**
    * Adjust the offsets stored internally by the adjustment delta and
@@ -156,15 +156,15 @@ public:
 private:
   bool IsDirtyAtEnd (int32_t appendOffset);
   bool IsDirtyAtStart (int32_t prependOffset);
-  TagList::Iterator BeginAll (void) const;
+  ByteTagList::Iterator BeginAll (void) const;
 
-  struct TagListData *Allocate (uint32_t size);
-  void Deallocate (struct TagListData *data);
+  struct ByteTagListData *Allocate (uint32_t size);
+  void Deallocate (struct ByteTagListData *data);
 
   uint16_t m_used;
-  struct TagListData *m_data;
+  struct ByteTagListData *m_data;
 };
 
 } // namespace ns3
 
-#endif /* TAG_LIST_H */
+#endif /* BYTE_TAG_LIST_H */
diff --git a/src/common/packet-tag-list.cc b/src/common/packet-tag-list.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85f0974f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/packet-tag-list.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 INRIA
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
+ */
+#include "packet-tag-list.h"
+#include "tag-buffer.h"
+#include "tag.h"
+#include "ns3/fatal-error.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+#include <string.h>
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("PacketTagList");
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+#ifdef USE_FREE_LIST
+
+struct PacketTagList::TagData *PacketTagList::g_free = 0;
+uint32_t PacketTagList::g_nfree = 0;
+
+struct PacketTagList::TagData *
+PacketTagList::AllocData (void) const
+{
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (g_nfree);
+  struct PacketTagList::TagData *retval;
+  if (g_free != 0) 
+    {
+      retval = g_free;
+      g_free = g_free->m_next;
+      g_nfree--;
+    } 
+  else 
+    {
+      retval = new struct PacketTagList::TagData ();
+    }
+  return retval;
+}
+
+void
+PacketTagList::FreeData (struct TagData *data) const
+{
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (g_nfree << data);
+  if (g_nfree > 1000) 
+    {
+      delete data;
+      return;
+    }
+  g_nfree++;
+  data->next = g_free;
+  data->tid = TypeId ();
+  g_free = data;
+}
+#else
+struct PacketTagList::TagData *
+PacketTagList::AllocData (void) const
+{
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  struct PacketTagList::TagData *retval;
+  retval = new struct PacketTagList::TagData ();
+  return retval;
+}
+
+void
+PacketTagList::FreeData (struct TagData *data) const
+{
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (data);
+  delete data;
+}
+#endif
+
+bool
+PacketTagList::Remove (Tag &tag)
+{
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tag.GetInstanceTypeId ());
+  TypeId tid = tag.GetInstanceTypeId ();
+  bool found = false;
+  for (struct TagData *cur = m_next; cur != 0; cur = cur->next) 
+    {
+      if (cur->tid == tid) 
+        {
+          found = true;
+          tag.Deserialize (TagBuffer (cur->data, cur->data+PACKET_TAG_MAX_SIZE));
+        }
+    }
+  if (!found) 
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+  struct TagData *start = 0;
+  struct TagData **prevNext = &start;
+  for (struct TagData *cur = m_next; cur != 0; cur = cur->next) 
+    {
+      if (cur->tid == tid) 
+        {
+          /**
+           * XXX
+           * Note: I believe that we could optimize this to
+           * avoid copying each TagData located after the target id
+           * and just link the already-copied list to the next tag.
+           */
+          continue;
+        }
+      struct TagData *copy = AllocData ();
+      copy->tid = cur->tid;
+      copy->count = 1;
+      copy->next = 0;
+      memcpy (copy->data, cur->data, PACKET_TAG_MAX_SIZE);
+      *prevNext = copy;
+      prevNext = &copy->next;
+    }
+  *prevNext = 0;
+  RemoveAll ();
+  m_next = start;
+  return true;
+}
+
+void 
+PacketTagList::Add (const Tag &tag) const
+{
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tag.GetInstanceTypeId ());
+  // ensure this id was not yet added
+  for (struct TagData *cur = m_next; cur != 0; cur = cur->next) 
+    {
+      NS_ASSERT (cur->tid != tag.GetInstanceTypeId ());
+    }
+  struct TagData *head = AllocData ();
+  head->count = 1;
+  head->next = 0;
+  head->tid = tag.GetInstanceTypeId ();
+  head->next = m_next;
+  NS_ASSERT (tag.GetSerializedSize () < PACKET_TAG_MAX_SIZE);
+  tag.Serialize (TagBuffer (head->data, head->data+tag.GetSerializedSize ()));
+
+  const_cast<PacketTagList *> (this)->m_next = head;
+}
+
+bool
+PacketTagList::Peek (Tag &tag) const
+{
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << tag.GetInstanceTypeId ());
+  TypeId tid = tag.GetInstanceTypeId ();
+  for (struct TagData *cur = m_next; cur != 0; cur = cur->next) 
+    {
+      if (cur->tid == tid) 
+        {
+          /* found tag */
+          tag.Deserialize (TagBuffer (cur->data, cur->data+PACKET_TAG_MAX_SIZE));
+          return true;
+        }
+    }
+  /* no tag found */
+  return false;
+}
+
+const struct PacketTagList::TagData *
+PacketTagList::Head (void) const
+{
+  return m_next;
+}
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
diff --git a/src/common/packet-tag-list.h b/src/common/packet-tag-list.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bb562bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/packet-tag-list.h
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 INRIA
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
+ */
+#ifndef PACKET_TAG_LIST_H
+#define PACKET_TAG_LIST_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <ostream>
+#include "ns3/type-id.h"
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+class Tag;
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup constants
+ * \brief Tag maximum size
+ * The maximum size (in bytes) of a Tag is stored
+ * in this constant.
+ */
+#define PACKET_TAG_MAX_SIZE 20
+
+class PacketTagList 
+{
+public:
+  struct TagData {
+    uint8_t data[PACKET_TAG_MAX_SIZE];
+    struct TagData *next;
+    TypeId tid;
+    uint32_t count;
+  };
+
+  inline PacketTagList ();
+  inline PacketTagList (PacketTagList const &o);
+  inline PacketTagList &operator = (PacketTagList const &o);
+  inline ~PacketTagList ();
+
+  void Add (Tag const&tag) const;
+  bool Remove (Tag &tag);
+  bool Peek (Tag &tag) const;
+  inline void RemoveAll (void);
+
+  const struct PacketTagList::TagData *Head (void) const;
+
+private:
+
+  bool Remove (TypeId tid);
+  struct PacketTagList::TagData *AllocData (void) const;
+  void FreeData (struct TagData *data) const;
+
+  static struct PacketTagList::TagData *g_free;
+  static uint32_t g_nfree;
+
+  struct TagData *m_next;
+};
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
+/****************************************************
+ *  Implementation of inline methods for performance
+ ****************************************************/
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+PacketTagList::PacketTagList ()
+  : m_next ()
+{}
+
+PacketTagList::PacketTagList (PacketTagList const &o)
+  : m_next (o.m_next)
+{
+  if (m_next != 0) 
+    {
+      m_next->count++;
+    }
+}
+
+PacketTagList &
+PacketTagList::operator = (PacketTagList const &o)
+{
+  // self assignment
+  if (m_next == o.m_next) 
+    {
+      return *this;
+    }
+  RemoveAll ();
+  m_next = o.m_next;
+  if (m_next != 0) 
+    {
+      m_next->count++;
+    }
+  return *this;
+}
+
+PacketTagList::~PacketTagList ()
+{
+  RemoveAll ();
+}
+
+void
+PacketTagList::RemoveAll (void)
+{
+  struct TagData *prev = 0;
+  for (struct TagData *cur = m_next; cur != 0; cur = cur->next) 
+    {
+      cur->count--;
+      if (cur->count > 0) 
+        {
+          break;
+        }
+      if (prev != 0) 
+        {
+          FreeData (prev);
+        }
+      prev = cur;
+    }
+  if (prev != 0) 
+    {
+      FreeData (prev);
+    }
+  m_next = 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
+#endif /* PACKET_TAG_LIST_H */
diff --git a/src/common/packet.cc b/src/common/packet.cc
index a5f5e3993..076f1d735 100644
--- a/src/common/packet.cc
+++ b/src/common/packet.cc
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ namespace ns3 {
 uint32_t Packet::m_globalUid = 0;
 
 TypeId 
-TagIterator::Item::GetTypeId (void) const
+ByteTagIterator::Item::GetTypeId (void) const
 {
   return m_tid;
 }
 uint32_t 
-TagIterator::Item::GetStart (void) const
+ByteTagIterator::Item::GetStart (void) const
 {
   return m_start;
 }
 uint32_t 
-TagIterator::Item::GetEnd (void) const
+ByteTagIterator::Item::GetEnd (void) const
 {
   return m_end;
 }
 void 
-TagIterator::Item::GetTag (Tag &tag) const
+ByteTagIterator::Item::GetTag (Tag &tag) const
 {
   if (tag.GetInstanceTypeId () != GetTypeId ())
     {
@@ -51,31 +51,64 @@ TagIterator::Item::GetTag (Tag &tag) const
     }
   tag.Deserialize (m_buffer);
 }
-TagIterator::Item::Item (TypeId tid, uint32_t start, uint32_t end, TagBuffer buffer)
+ByteTagIterator::Item::Item (TypeId tid, uint32_t start, uint32_t end, TagBuffer buffer)
   : m_tid (tid),
     m_start (start),
     m_end (end),
     m_buffer (buffer)
 {}
 bool 
-TagIterator::HasNext (void) const
+ByteTagIterator::HasNext (void) const
 {
   return m_current.HasNext ();
 }
-TagIterator::Item 
-TagIterator::Next (void)
+ByteTagIterator::Item 
+ByteTagIterator::Next (void)
 {
-  TagList::Iterator::Item i = m_current.Next ();
-  return TagIterator::Item (i.tid, 
-                            i.start-m_current.GetOffsetStart (), 
-                            i.end-m_current.GetOffsetStart (), 
-                            i.buf);
+  ByteTagList::Iterator::Item i = m_current.Next ();
+  return ByteTagIterator::Item (i.tid, 
+                                i.start-m_current.GetOffsetStart (), 
+                                i.end-m_current.GetOffsetStart (), 
+                                i.buf);
 }
-TagIterator::TagIterator (TagList::Iterator i)
+ByteTagIterator::ByteTagIterator (ByteTagList::Iterator i)
   : m_current (i)
 {}
 
 
+PacketTagIterator::PacketTagIterator (const struct PacketTagList::TagData *head)
+  : m_current (head)
+{}
+bool 
+PacketTagIterator::HasNext (void) const
+{
+  return m_current != 0;
+}
+PacketTagIterator::Item 
+PacketTagIterator::Next (void)
+{
+  NS_ASSERT (HasNext ());
+  const struct PacketTagList::TagData *prev = m_current;
+  m_current = m_current->next;
+  return PacketTagIterator::Item (prev);
+}
+
+PacketTagIterator::Item::Item (const struct PacketTagList::TagData *data)
+  : m_data (data)
+{}
+TypeId 
+PacketTagIterator::Item::GetTypeId (void) const
+{
+  return m_data->tid;
+}
+void 
+PacketTagIterator::Item::GetTag (Tag &tag) const
+{
+  NS_ASSERT (tag.GetInstanceTypeId () == m_data->tid);
+  tag.Deserialize (TagBuffer ((uint8_t*)m_data->data, (uint8_t*)m_data->data+PACKET_TAG_MAX_SIZE));
+}
+
+
 void 
 Packet::Ref (void) const
 {
@@ -102,7 +135,8 @@ Packet::Copy (void) const
 
 Packet::Packet ()
   : m_buffer (),
-    m_tagList (),
+    m_byteTagList (),
+    m_packetTagList (),
     m_metadata (m_globalUid, 0),
     m_refCount (1)
 {
@@ -111,7 +145,8 @@ Packet::Packet ()
 
 Packet::Packet (const Packet &o)
   : m_buffer (o.m_buffer),
-    m_tagList (o.m_tagList),
+    m_byteTagList (o.m_byteTagList),
+    m_packetTagList (o.m_packetTagList),
     m_metadata (o.m_metadata),
     m_refCount (1)
 {}
@@ -124,14 +159,16 @@ Packet::operator = (const Packet &o)
       return *this;
     }
   m_buffer = o.m_buffer;
-  m_tagList = o.m_tagList;
+  m_byteTagList = o.m_byteTagList;
+  m_packetTagList = o.m_packetTagList;
   m_metadata = o.m_metadata;
   return *this;
 }
 
 Packet::Packet (uint32_t size)
   : m_buffer (size),
-    m_tagList (),
+    m_byteTagList (),
+    m_packetTagList (),
     m_metadata (m_globalUid, size),
     m_refCount (1)
 {
@@ -139,7 +176,8 @@ Packet::Packet (uint32_t size)
 }
 Packet::Packet (uint8_t const*buffer, uint32_t size)
   : m_buffer (),
-    m_tagList (),
+    m_byteTagList (),
+    m_packetTagList (),
     m_metadata (m_globalUid, size),
     m_refCount (1)
 {
@@ -149,9 +187,11 @@ Packet::Packet (uint8_t const*buffer, uint32_t size)
   i.Write (buffer, size);
 }
 
-Packet::Packet (const Buffer &buffer,  const TagList &tagList, const PacketMetadata &metadata)
+Packet::Packet (const Buffer &buffer,  const ByteTagList &byteTagList, 
+                const PacketTagList &packetTagList, const PacketMetadata &metadata)
   : m_buffer (buffer),
-    m_tagList (tagList),
+    m_byteTagList (byteTagList),
+    m_packetTagList (packetTagList),
     m_metadata (metadata),
     m_refCount (1)
 {}
@@ -166,7 +206,7 @@ Packet::CreateFragment (uint32_t start, uint32_t length) const
   PacketMetadata metadata = m_metadata.CreateFragment (start, end);
   // again, call the constructor directly rather than
   // through Create because it is private.
-  return Ptr<Packet> (new Packet (buffer, m_tagList, metadata), false);
+  return Ptr<Packet> (new Packet (buffer, m_byteTagList, m_packetTagList, metadata), false);
 }
 
 uint32_t 
@@ -184,8 +224,8 @@ Packet::AddHeader (const Header &header)
   bool resized = m_buffer.AddAtStart (size);
   if (resized)
     {
-      m_tagList.AddAtStart (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () + size - orgStart,
-                            m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () + size);
+      m_byteTagList.AddAtStart (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () + size - orgStart,
+                                m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () + size);
     }
   header.Serialize (m_buffer.Begin ());
   m_metadata.AddHeader (header, size);
@@ -215,8 +255,8 @@ Packet::AddTrailer (const Trailer &trailer)
   bool resized = m_buffer.AddAtEnd (size);
   if (resized)
     {
-      m_tagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () - orgStart,
-                          m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - size);
+      m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () - orgStart,
+                              m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - size);
     }
   Buffer::Iterator end = m_buffer.End ();
   trailer.Serialize (end);
@@ -247,12 +287,12 @@ Packet::AddAtEnd (Ptr<const Packet> packet)
   uint32_t bEnd = packet->m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ();
   m_buffer.AddAtEnd (packet->m_buffer);
   uint32_t appendPrependOffset = m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - packet->m_buffer.GetSize ();
-  m_tagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () - aStart, 
-                      appendPrependOffset);
-  TagList copy = packet->m_tagList;
+  m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset () - aStart, 
+                          appendPrependOffset);
+  ByteTagList copy = packet->m_byteTagList;
   copy.AddAtStart (m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - bEnd,
                    appendPrependOffset);
-  m_tagList.Add (copy);
+  m_byteTagList.Add (copy);
   m_metadata.AddAtEnd (packet->m_metadata);
 }
 void
@@ -263,8 +303,8 @@ Packet::AddPaddingAtEnd (uint32_t size)
   bool resized = m_buffer.AddAtEnd (size);
   if (resized)
     {
-      m_tagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - orgEnd,
-                          m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - size);
+      m_byteTagList.AddAtEnd (m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - orgEnd,
+                              m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset () - size);
     }
   m_metadata.AddPaddingAtEnd (size);
 }
@@ -284,10 +324,10 @@ Packet::RemoveAtStart (uint32_t size)
 }
 
 void 
-Packet::RemoveAllTags (void)
+Packet::RemoveAllByteTags (void)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
-  m_tagList.RemoveAll ();
+  m_byteTagList.RemoveAll ();
 }
 
 uint8_t const *
@@ -316,12 +356,12 @@ Packet::GetUid (void) const
 }
 
 void 
-Packet::PrintTags (std::ostream &os) const
+Packet::PrintByteTags (std::ostream &os) const
 {
-  TagIterator i = GetTagIterator ();
+  ByteTagIterator i = GetByteTagIterator ();
   while (i.HasNext ())
     {
-      TagIterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagIterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       os << item.GetTypeId ().GetName () << " [" << item.GetStart () << "-" << item.GetEnd () << "]";
       Callback<ObjectBase *> constructor = item.GetTypeId ().GetConstructor ();
       if (constructor.IsNull ())
@@ -544,29 +584,29 @@ Packet::Deserialize (Buffer buffer)
 }
 
 void 
-Packet::AddTag (const Tag &tag) const
+Packet::AddByteTag (const Tag &tag) const
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << &tag);
-  TagList *list = const_cast<TagList *> (&m_tagList);
+  ByteTagList *list = const_cast<ByteTagList *> (&m_byteTagList);
   TagBuffer buffer = list->Add (tag.GetInstanceTypeId (), tag.GetSerializedSize (), 
-                                 m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset (),
-                                 m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ());
+                                m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset (),
+                                m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ());
   tag.Serialize (buffer);
 }
-TagIterator 
-Packet::GetTagIterator (void) const
+ByteTagIterator 
+Packet::GetByteTagIterator (void) const
 {
-  return TagIterator (m_tagList.Begin (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset (), m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ()));
+  return ByteTagIterator (m_byteTagList.Begin (m_buffer.GetCurrentStartOffset (), m_buffer.GetCurrentEndOffset ()));
 }
 
 bool 
-Packet::FindFirstMatchingTag (Tag &tag) const
+Packet::FindFirstMatchingByteTag (Tag &tag) const
 {
   TypeId tid = tag.GetInstanceTypeId ();
-  TagIterator i = GetTagIterator ();
+  ByteTagIterator i = GetByteTagIterator ();
   while (i.HasNext ())
     {
-      TagIterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagIterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       if (tid == item.GetTypeId ())
         {
           item.GetTag (tag);
@@ -576,6 +616,59 @@ Packet::FindFirstMatchingTag (Tag &tag) const
   return false;
 }
 
+void 
+Packet::AddPacketTag (const Tag &tag) const
+{
+  m_packetTagList.Add (tag);
+}
+bool 
+Packet::RemovePacketTag (Tag &tag)
+{
+  bool found = m_packetTagList.Remove (tag);
+  return found;
+}
+bool 
+Packet::PeekPacketTag (Tag &tag) const
+{
+  bool found = m_packetTagList.Peek (tag);
+  return found;
+}
+void 
+Packet::RemoveAllPacketTags (void)
+{
+  m_packetTagList.RemoveAll ();
+}
+
+void 
+Packet::PrintPacketTags (std::ostream &os) const
+{
+  PacketTagIterator i = GetPacketTagIterator ();
+  while (i.HasNext ())
+    {
+      PacketTagIterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      NS_ASSERT (item.GetTypeId ().HasConstructor ());
+      Callback<ObjectBase *> constructor = item.GetTypeId ().GetConstructor ();
+      NS_ASSERT (!constructor.IsNull ());
+      ObjectBase *instance = constructor ();
+      Tag *tag = dynamic_cast<Tag *> (instance);
+      NS_ASSERT (tag != 0);
+      item.GetTag (*tag);
+      tag->Print (os);
+      delete tag;
+      if (i.HasNext ())
+        {
+          os << " ";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+PacketTagIterator 
+Packet::GetPacketTagIterator (void) const
+{
+  return PacketTagIterator (m_packetTagList.Head ());
+}
+
+
 std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const Packet &packet)
 {
   packet.Print (os);
@@ -585,8 +678,6 @@ std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const Packet &packet)
 
 } // namespace ns3
 
-
-
 #ifdef RUN_SELF_TESTS
 
 #include "ns3/test.h"
@@ -773,14 +864,14 @@ struct Expected
 namespace ns3 {
 
 
-class PacketTest: public Test 
+static class PacketTest: public Test 
 {
 public:
   PacketTest ();
   virtual bool RunTests (void);
 private:
   bool DoCheck (Ptr<const Packet> p, const char *file, int line, uint32_t n, ...);
-};
+} g_packetTest;
 
 
 PacketTest::PacketTest ()
@@ -802,11 +893,11 @@ PacketTest::DoCheck (Ptr<const Packet> p, const char *file, int line, uint32_t n
     }
   va_end (ap);
 
-  TagIterator i = p->GetTagIterator ();
+  ByteTagIterator i = p->GetByteTagIterator ();
   uint32_t j = 0;
   while (i.HasNext () && j < expected.size ())
     {
-      TagIterator::Item item = i.Next ();
+      ByteTagIterator::Item item = i.Next ();
       struct Expected e = expected[j];
       std::ostringstream oss;
       oss << "anon::ATestTag<" << e.n << ">";
@@ -845,12 +936,12 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
 
   Ptr<const Packet> p = Create<Packet> (1000);
 
-  p->AddTag (ATestTag<1> ());
+  p->AddByteTag (ATestTag<1> ());
   CHECK (p, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
   Ptr<const Packet> copy = p->Copy ();
   CHECK (copy, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
 
-  p->AddTag (ATestTag<2> ());
+  p->AddByteTag (ATestTag<2> ());
   CHECK (p, 2, E (1, 0, 1000), E(2, 0, 1000));
   CHECK (copy, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
 
@@ -861,7 +952,7 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
     CHECK (&c0, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
     CHECK (&c1, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
     CHECK (copy, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
-    c0.AddTag (ATestTag<10> ());
+    c0.AddByteTag (ATestTag<10> ());
     CHECK (&c0, 2, E (1, 0, 1000), E (10, 0, 1000));
     CHECK (&c1, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
     CHECK (copy, 1, E (1, 0, 1000));
@@ -870,11 +961,11 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
   Ptr<Packet> frag0 = p->CreateFragment (0, 10);
   Ptr<Packet> frag1 = p->CreateFragment (10, 90);
   Ptr<const Packet> frag2 = p->CreateFragment (100, 900);
-  frag0->AddTag (ATestTag<3> ());
+  frag0->AddByteTag (ATestTag<3> ());
   CHECK (frag0, 3, E (1, 0, 10), E(2, 0, 10), E (3, 0, 10));
-  frag1->AddTag (ATestTag<4> ());
+  frag1->AddByteTag (ATestTag<4> ());
   CHECK (frag1, 3, E (1, 0, 90), E(2, 0, 90), E (4, 0, 90));
-  frag2->AddTag (ATestTag<5> ());
+  frag2->AddByteTag (ATestTag<5> ());
   CHECK (frag2, 3, E (1, 0, 900), E(2, 0, 900), E (5, 0, 900));
 
   frag1->AddAtEnd (frag2);
@@ -894,7 +985,7 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
   frag0 = 0;
 
   p = Create<Packet> (1000);
-  p->AddTag (ATestTag<20> ());
+  p->AddByteTag (ATestTag<20> ());
   CHECK (p, 1, E (20, 0, 1000));
   frag0 = p->CreateFragment (10, 90);
   CHECK (p, 1, E (20, 0, 1000));
@@ -905,7 +996,7 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
 
   {
     Ptr<Packet> tmp = Create<Packet> (100);
-    tmp->AddTag (ATestTag<20> ());
+    tmp->AddByteTag (ATestTag<20> ());
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 0, 100));
     tmp->AddHeader (ATestHeader<10> ());
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 10, 110));
@@ -916,7 +1007,7 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 10, 110));
 
     tmp = Create<Packet> (100);
-    tmp->AddTag (ATestTag<20> ());
+    tmp->AddByteTag (ATestTag<20> ());
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 0, 100));
     tmp->AddTrailer (ATestTrailer<10> ());
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 0, 100));
@@ -931,7 +1022,7 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
   {
     Ptr<Packet> tmp = Create<Packet> (0);
     tmp->AddHeader (ATestHeader<156> ());
-    tmp->AddTag (ATestTag<20> ());
+    tmp->AddByteTag (ATestTag<20> ());
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 0, 156));
     tmp->RemoveAtStart (120);
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 0, 36));
@@ -942,29 +1033,56 @@ PacketTest::RunTests (void)
 
   {
     Ptr<Packet> tmp = Create<Packet> (0);
-    tmp->AddTag (ATestTag<20> ());
+    tmp->AddByteTag (ATestTag<20> ());
     CHECK (tmp, 0, E (20, 0, 0));
   }
   {
     Ptr<Packet> tmp = Create<Packet> (1000);
-    tmp->AddTag (ATestTag<20> ());
+    tmp->AddByteTag (ATestTag<20> ());
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (20, 0, 1000));
     tmp->RemoveAtStart (1000);
     CHECK (tmp, 0,  E (0,0,0));
     Ptr<Packet> a = Create<Packet> (10);
-    a->AddTag (ATestTag<10> ());
+    a->AddByteTag (ATestTag<10> ());
     CHECK (a, 1, E (10, 0, 10));
     tmp->AddAtEnd (a);
     CHECK (tmp, 1, E (10, 0, 10));
   }
-  
+
+  {
+    Packet p;
+    ATestTag<10> a;
+    p.AddPacketTag (a);
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (p.PeekPacketTag (a));
+    ATestTag<11> b;
+    p.AddPacketTag (b);
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (p.PeekPacketTag (b));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (p.PeekPacketTag (a));
+    Packet copy = p;
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (copy.PeekPacketTag (b));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (copy.PeekPacketTag (a));
+    ATestTag<12> c;
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (!copy.PeekPacketTag (c));
+    copy.AddPacketTag (c);
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (copy.PeekPacketTag (c));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (copy.PeekPacketTag (b));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (copy.PeekPacketTag (a));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (!p.PeekPacketTag (c));
+    copy.RemovePacketTag (b);
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (!copy.PeekPacketTag (b));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (p.PeekPacketTag (b));
+    p.RemovePacketTag (a);
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (!p.PeekPacketTag (a));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (copy.PeekPacketTag (a));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (!p.PeekPacketTag (c));
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (copy.PeekPacketTag (c));
+    p.RemoveAllPacketTags ();
+    NS_TEST_ASSERT (!p.PeekPacketTag (b));
+  }
 
   return result;
 }
 
-
-static PacketTest g_packetTest;
-
-}; // namespace ns3
+} // namespace ns3
 
 #endif /* RUN_SELF_TESTS */
diff --git a/src/common/packet.h b/src/common/packet.h
index 9b0aba9e9..0a6c87279 100644
--- a/src/common/packet.h
+++ b/src/common/packet.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 #include "trailer.h"
 #include "packet-metadata.h"
 #include "tag.h"
-#include "tag-list.h"
+#include "byte-tag-list.h"
+#include "packet-tag-list.h"
 #include "ns3/callback.h"
 #include "ns3/assert.h"
 #include "ns3/ptr.h"
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ namespace ns3 {
  *
  * This is a java-style iterator.
  */
-class TagIterator
+class ByteTagIterator
 {
 public:
   /**
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public:
      */
     void GetTag (Tag &tag) const;
   private:
-    friend class TagIterator;
+    friend class ByteTagIterator;
     Item (TypeId tid, uint32_t start, uint32_t end, TagBuffer buffer);
     TypeId m_tid;
     uint32_t m_start;
@@ -98,16 +99,63 @@ public:
   Item Next (void);
 private:
   friend class Packet;
-  TagIterator (TagList::Iterator i);
-  TagList::Iterator m_current;
+  ByteTagIterator (ByteTagList::Iterator i);
+  ByteTagList::Iterator m_current;
+};
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup packet
+ * \brief Iterator over the set of 'packet' tags in a packet
+ *
+ * This is a java-style iterator.
+ */
+class PacketTagIterator
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * Identifies a tag within a packet.
+   */
+  class Item 
+  {
+  public:
+    /**
+     * \returns the ns3::TypeId associated to this tag.
+     */
+    TypeId GetTypeId (void) const;
+    /**
+     * \param tag the user tag to which the data should be copied.
+     *
+     * Read the requested tag and store it in the user-provided
+     * tag instance. This method will crash if the type of the
+     * tag provided by the user does not match the type of
+     * the underlying tag.
+     */
+    void GetTag (Tag &tag) const;
+  private:
+    friend class PacketTagIterator;
+    Item (const struct PacketTagList::TagData *data);
+    const struct PacketTagList::TagData *m_data;
+  };
+  /**
+   * \returns true if calling Next is safe, false otherwise.
+   */
+  bool HasNext (void) const;
+  /**
+   * \returns the next item found and prepare for the next one.
+   */
+  Item Next (void);
+private:
+  friend class Packet;
+  PacketTagIterator (const struct PacketTagList::TagData *head);
+  const struct PacketTagList::TagData *m_current;
 };
 
 /**
  * \ingroup packet
  * \brief network packets
  *
- * Each network packet contains a byte buffer, a set of tags, and
- * metadata.
+ * Each network packet contains a byte buffer, a set of byte tags, a set of
+ * packet tags, and metadata.
  *
  * - The byte buffer stores the serialized content of the headers and trailers 
  * added to a packet. The serialized representation of these headers is expected
@@ -115,17 +163,23 @@ private:
  * forces you to do this) which means that the content of a packet buffer
  * is expected to be that of a real packet.
  *
- * - Each tag tags a subset of the bytes in the packet byte buffer with the 
- * information stored in the tag. A classic example of a tag is a FlowIdTag 
- * which contains a flow id: the set of bytes tagged by this tag implicitely 
- * belong to the attached flow id.
- *
  * - The metadata describes the type of the headers and trailers which
  * were serialized in the byte buffer. The maintenance of metadata is
  * optional and disabled by default. To enable it, you must call
  * Packet::EnableMetadata and this will allow you to get non-empty
  * output from Packet::Print and Packet::Print.
  *
+ * - The set of tags contain simulation-specific information which cannot
+ * be stored in the packet byte buffer because the protocol headers or trailers
+ * have no standard-conformant field for this information. So-called
+ * 'byte' tags are used to tag a subset of the bytes in the packet byte buffer
+ * while 'packet' tags are used to tag the packet itself. The main difference
+ * between these two kinds of tags is what happens when packets are copied,
+ * fragmented, and reassembled: 'byte' tags follow bytes while 'packet' tags
+ * follow packets. A classic example of a 'byte' tag is a FlowIdTag 
+ * which contains a flow id: the set of bytes tagged by this tag implicitely 
+ * belong to the attached flow id.
+ *
  * Implementing a new type of Header or Trailer for a new protocol is 
  * pretty easy and is a matter of creating a subclass of the ns3::Header 
  * or of the ns3::Trailer base class, and implementing the methods
@@ -236,13 +290,6 @@ public:
    * \returns the number of bytes read from the end of the packet.
    */
   uint32_t PeekTrailer (Trailer &trailer);
-  /**
-   * \param os output stream in which the data should be printed.
-   *
-   * Iterate over the tags present in this packet, and
-   * invoke the Print method of each tag stored in the packet.
-   */
-  void PrintTags (std::ostream &os) const;
 
   /**
    * Concatenate the input packet at the end of the current
@@ -390,11 +437,11 @@ public:
    * totally evil to allow a trace sink to modify the content of a
    * packet).
    */
-  void AddTag (const Tag &tag) const;
+  void AddByteTag (const Tag &tag) const;
   /**
-   * \returns an iterator over the set of tags included in this packet.
+   * \returns an iterator over the set of byte tags included in this packet.
    */
-  TagIterator GetTagIterator (void) const;
+  ByteTagIterator GetByteTagIterator (void) const;
   /**
    * \param tag the tag to search in this packet
    * \returns true if the requested tag type was found, false otherwise.
@@ -402,17 +449,78 @@ public:
    * If the requested tag type is found, it is copied in the user's 
    * provided tag instance.
    */
-  bool FindFirstMatchingTag (Tag &tag) const;
+  bool FindFirstMatchingByteTag (Tag &tag) const;
 
   /**
    * Remove all the tags stored in this packet.
    */
-  void RemoveAllTags (void);
+  void RemoveAllByteTags (void);
+
+  /**
+   * \param os output stream in which the data should be printed.
+   *
+   * Iterate over the tags present in this packet, and
+   * invoke the Print method of each tag stored in the packet.
+   */
+  void PrintByteTags (std::ostream &os) const;
+
+  /**
+   * \param tag the tag to store in this packet
+   *
+   * Add a tag to this packet. This method calls the
+   * Tag::GetSerializedSize and, then, Tag::Serialize.
+   *
+   * Note that this method is const, that is, it does not
+   * modify the state of this packet, which is fairly
+   * un-intuitive.
+   *
+   * \sa AddTag
+   */
+  void AddPacketTag (const Tag &tag) const;
+  /**
+   * \param tag the tag to remove from this packet
+   * \returns true if the requested tag is found, false
+   *          otherwise.
+   *
+   * Remove a tag from this packet. This method calls
+   * Tag::Deserialize if the tag is found.
+   */
+  bool RemovePacketTag (Tag &tag);
+  /**
+   * \param tag the tag to search in this packet
+   * \returns true if the requested tag is found, false
+   *          otherwise.
+   *
+   * Search a matching tag and call Tag::Deserialize if it is found.
+   */
+  bool PeekPacketTag (Tag &tag) const;
+  /**
+   * Remove all packet tags.
+   */
+  void RemoveAllPacketTags (void);
+
+  /**
+   * \param os the stream in which we want to print data.
+   *
+   * Print the list of 'packet' tags.
+   *
+   * \sa Packet::AddPacketTag, Packet::RemovePacketTag, Packet::PeekPacketTag,
+   *  Packet::RemoveAllPacketTags
+   */
+  void PrintPacketTags (std::ostream &os) const;
+
+  /**
+   * \returns an object which can be used to iterate over the list of
+   *  packet tags.
+   */
+  PacketTagIterator GetPacketTagIterator (void) const;
 
 private:
-  Packet (const Buffer &buffer, const TagList &tagList, const PacketMetadata &metadata);
+  Packet (const Buffer &buffer, const ByteTagList &byteTagList, 
+          const PacketTagList &packetTagList, const PacketMetadata &metadata);
   Buffer m_buffer;
-  TagList m_tagList;
+  ByteTagList m_byteTagList;
+  PacketTagList m_packetTagList;
   PacketMetadata m_metadata;
   mutable uint32_t m_refCount;
   static uint32_t m_globalUid;
@@ -437,11 +545,14 @@ std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const Packet &packet);
  *   - ns3::Packet::AddHeader
  *   - ns3::Packet::AddTrailer
  *   - both versions of ns3::Packet::AddAtEnd
+ *   - ns3::Packet::RemovePacketTag
  *
  * Non-dirty operations:
  *   - ns3::Packet::AddTag
  *   - ns3::Packet::RemoveAllTags
  *   - ns3::Packet::PeekTag
+ *   - ns3::Packet::RemoveAllPacketTags
+ *   - ns3::Packet::PeekPacketTag
  *   - ns3::Packet::RemoveHeader
  *   - ns3::Packet::RemoveTrailer
  *   - ns3::Packet::CreateFragment
diff --git a/src/common/tag.h b/src/common/tag.h
index 28948d0ac..f25cecf4f 100644
--- a/src/common/tag.h
+++ b/src/common/tag.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public:
   /**
    * \returns the number of bytes required to serialize the data of the tag.
    *
-   * This method is typically invoked by Packet::AddTag just prior to calling
-   * Tag::Serialize.
+   * This method is typically invoked by Packet::AddPacketTag or Packet::AddByteTag
+   * just prior to calling Tag::Serialize.
    */
   virtual uint32_t GetSerializedSize (void) const = 0;
   /**
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public:
   /**
    * \param os the stream to print to
    *
-   * This method is typically invoked from the Packet::PrintTags method
+   * This method is typically invoked from the Packet::PrintByteTags
+   * or Packet::PrintPacketTags methods.
    */
   virtual void Print (std::ostream &os) const = 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/common/wscript b/src/common/wscript
index 3614fef06..e8e028511 100644
--- a/src/common/wscript
+++ b/src/common/wscript
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ def build(bld):
         'data-rate.cc',
         'error-model.cc',
         'tag.cc',
-        'tag-list.cc',
+        'byte-tag-list.cc',
         'tag-buffer.cc',
+        'packet-tag-list.cc',
         ]
 
     headers = bld.new_task_gen('ns3header')
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ def build(bld):
         'data-rate.h',
         'error-model.h',
         'tag.h',
-        'tag-list.h',
+        'byte-tag-list.h',
         'tag-buffer.h',
+        'packet-tag-list.h',
         ]
diff --git a/src/contrib/delay-jitter-estimation.cc b/src/contrib/delay-jitter-estimation.cc
index e8dfc24cc..d115d79a5 100644
--- a/src/contrib/delay-jitter-estimation.cc
+++ b/src/contrib/delay-jitter-estimation.cc
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ void
 DelayJitterEstimation::PrepareTx (Ptr<const Packet> packet)
 {
   DelayJitterEstimationTimestampTag tag;
-  packet->AddTag (tag);
+  packet->AddByteTag (tag);
 }
 void 
 DelayJitterEstimation::RecordRx (Ptr<const Packet> packet)
 {
   DelayJitterEstimationTimestampTag tag;
   bool found;
-  found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+  found = packet->FindFirstMatchingByteTag (tag);
   if (!found)
     {
       return;
diff --git a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-mac-plugin.cc b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-mac-plugin.cc
index 0b58fc8bc..e4f718086 100644
--- a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-mac-plugin.cc
+++ b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-mac-plugin.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ HwmpMacPlugin::Receive (Ptr<Packet> packet, const WifiMacHeader & header)
   {
     WifiMeshHeader meshHdr;
     HwmpTag tag;
+    NS_ASSERT(!packet->RemovePacketTag (tag));
     packet->RemoveHeader(meshHdr);
     //TODO: address extension
     Mac48Address destination;
@@ -68,13 +69,13 @@ HwmpMacPlugin::Receive (Ptr<Packet> packet, const WifiMacHeader & header)
       default:
         NS_ASSERT(false);
     };
-    NS_LOG_UNCOND("Received Data frame to "<<destination);
+    NS_LOG_UNCOND("Received Data frame to "<<destination<<" uid = "<<packet->GetUid ());
     tag.SetSeqno (meshHdr.GetMeshSeqno ());
     if(meshHdr.GetMeshTtl () == 0)
       return false;
     tag.SetTtl (meshHdr.GetMeshTtl () - 1);
     tag.SetAddress (header.GetAddr2 ());
-    packet->AddTag(tag);
+    packet->AddPacketTag(tag);
     if (destination == Mac48Address::GetBroadcast ())
       if(m_protocol->DropDataFrame (meshHdr.GetMeshSeqno (), header.GetAddr4 ()) )
         return false;
@@ -134,14 +135,12 @@ HwmpMacPlugin::UpdateOutcomingFrame (Ptr<Packet> packet, WifiMacHeader & header,
   //TODO: add a mesh header and remove a TAG
   NS_ASSERT(header.IsData ());
   HwmpTag tag;
-  NS_LOG_UNCOND("sending packet to "<<to);
-  NS_ASSERT(packet->FindFirstMatchingTag(tag));
+  NS_ASSERT(packet->RemovePacketTag(tag));
   WifiMeshHeader meshHdr;
   meshHdr.SetMeshSeqno(tag.GetSeqno());
   meshHdr.SetMeshTtl(tag.GetTtl());
   packet->AddHeader(meshHdr);
   header.SetAddr1(tag.GetAddress());
-  packet->RemoveAllTags ();
   return true;
 }
 #if 0
diff --git a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.cc b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.cc
index df443be5c..d4d30653d 100644
--- a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.cc
+++ b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.cc
@@ -163,16 +163,26 @@ HwmpProtocol::RequestRoute (
   if (sourceIface == GetMeshPoint ()->GetIfIndex())
     // packet from level 3
   {
-    NS_ASSERT (!packet->FindFirstMatchingTag(tag));
+    NS_ASSERT (!packet->PeekPacketTag(tag));
     //Filling TAG:
-    tag.SetSeqno (m_dataSeqno++);
-    tag.SetAddress (Mac48Address::GetBroadcast());
-    tag.SetTtl (m_maxTtl);
-    if (m_dataSeqno == 0xffffffff)
-      m_dataSeqno = 0;
-    packet->AddTag(tag);
+    if(destination == Mac48Address::GetBroadcast ())
+    {
+      tag.SetSeqno (m_dataSeqno++);
+      tag.SetAddress (Mac48Address::GetBroadcast());
+      tag.SetTtl (m_maxTtl+1);
+      if (m_dataSeqno == 0xffffffff)
+        m_dataSeqno = 0;
+      NS_LOG_UNCOND("add a tag"<<packet->GetUid());
+      packet->AddPacketTag(tag);
+    }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    NS_ASSERT (packet->PeekPacketTag(tag));
+    if (tag.GetTtl () == 0)
+      return false;
+    tag.DecrementTtl ();
   }
-  NS_ASSERT (packet->FindFirstMatchingTag(tag));
   if (destination == Mac48Address::GetBroadcast ())
     routeReply (true, packet, source, destination, protocolType, HwmpRtable::INTERFACE_ANY);
   else
@@ -185,19 +195,18 @@ HwmpProtocol::ForwardUnicast(uint32_t  sourceIface, const Mac48Address source, c
 {
   NS_ASSERT(destination != Mac48Address::GetBroadcast ());
   HwmpRtable::LookupResult result = m_rtable->LookupReactive(destination);
-  NS_LOG_UNCOND("FORWARD UNICAST");
   if(result.retransmitter == Mac48Address::GetBroadcast ())
     result = m_rtable->LookupProactive ();
   if(result.retransmitter != Mac48Address::GetBroadcast ())
   {
-    NS_LOG_UNCOND("Reply now:");
     //reply immediately:
-    packet->RemoveAllTags ();
+    //packet->RemoveAllTags ();
     //Add a proper HWMP-tag:
     HwmpTag tag;
+    NS_ASSERT(!packet->RemovePacketTag(tag));
     tag.SetAddress (result.retransmitter);
     //seqno and metric is not used;
-    packet->AddTag(tag);
+    packet->AddPacketTag(tag);
     routeReply (true, packet, source, destination, protocolType, result.ifIndex);
     return true;
   }
@@ -226,9 +235,9 @@ HwmpProtocol::ForwardUnicast(uint32_t  sourceIface, const Mac48Address source, c
       i->second->RequestDestination(destination);
   QueuedPacket pkt;
   HwmpTag tag;
+  packet->RemovePacketTag (tag);
   tag.SetAddress(Mac48Address::GetBroadcast ());
-  packet->RemoveAllTags ();
-  packet->AddTag (tag);
+  packet->AddPacketTag (tag);
   pkt.pkt = packet;
   pkt.dst = destination;
   pkt.src = source;
@@ -238,6 +247,15 @@ HwmpProtocol::ForwardUnicast(uint32_t  sourceIface, const Mac48Address source, c
   QueuePacket (pkt);
   return true;
 }
+bool
+HwmpProtocol::HandleIncomingFrame (Ptr<Packet> packet, Mac48Address src, Mac48Address dst, uint16_t protocol)
+{
+  //Handle only incoming frames:
+  NS_ASSERT(dst == m_address);
+  HwmpTag tag;
+  NS_ASSERT(packet->RemovePacketTag(tag));
+  return true;
+}
 void
 HwmpProtocol::ReceivePreq (IePreq preq, Mac48Address from, uint32_t interface)
 {
@@ -639,10 +657,9 @@ HwmpProtocol::ReactivePathResolved (Mac48Address dst)
       return;
     //set RA tag for retransmitter:
     HwmpTag tag;
-    NS_ASSERT (packet.pkt->FindFirstMatchingTag(tag));
+    NS_ASSERT (packet.pkt->PeekPacketTag(tag));
     tag.SetAddress (result.retransmitter);
-    packet.pkt->RemoveAllTags ();
-    packet.pkt->AddTag (tag);
+    packet.pkt->AddPacketTag (tag);
     packet.reply (true, packet.pkt, packet.src, packet.dst, packet.protocol, result.ifIndex);
   }
 }
@@ -660,10 +677,9 @@ HwmpProtocol::ProactivePathResolved ()
       return;
     //set RA tag for retransmitter:
     HwmpTag tag;
-    NS_ASSERT (packet.pkt->FindFirstMatchingTag(tag));
+    NS_ASSERT (packet.pkt->PeekPacketTag(tag));
     tag.SetAddress (result.retransmitter);
-    packet.pkt->RemoveAllTags ();
-    packet.pkt->AddTag (tag);
+    packet.pkt->AddPacketTag (tag);
     packet.reply (true, packet.pkt, packet.src, packet.dst, packet.protocol, result.ifIndex);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.h b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.h
index da5519bfb..60888725d 100644
--- a/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.h
+++ b/src/devices/mesh/dot11s/hwmp-protocol.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
   /// Route request, inherited from MeshL2RoutingProtocol
   bool RequestRoute (uint32_t  sourceIface, const Mac48Address source, const Mac48Address destination,
       Ptr<Packet>  packet, uint16_t  protocolType, RouteReplyCallback  routeReply);
-  
+  bool HandleIncomingFrame (Ptr<Packet> packet, Mac48Address src, Mac48Address dst, uint16_t protocol);
   /** 
    * \brief Install HWMP on given mesh point. 
    * 
diff --git a/src/devices/mesh/mesh-l2-routing-protocol.h b/src/devices/mesh/mesh-l2-routing-protocol.h
index 7d2e4e59a..302167ae2 100644
--- a/src/devices/mesh/mesh-l2-routing-protocol.h
+++ b/src/devices/mesh/mesh-l2-routing-protocol.h
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ public:
    */
   virtual bool RequestRoute (uint32_t sourceIface, const Mac48Address source, const Mac48Address destination, 
       Ptr<Packet> packet, uint16_t  protocolType, RouteReplyCallback routeReply ) = 0;
+  ///\return false if packet should be dropeed
+  ///\details If incoming frame is our frame - we pass a packet
+  //through protocol, because protocol needs to remove all tags and
+  //check TTL
+  virtual bool HandleIncomingFrame (Ptr<Packet> packet, Mac48Address src, Mac48Address dst, uint16_t protocol) = 0;
   /// Set host mesh point, analog of SetNode (...) methods for upper layer protocols.
   void SetMeshPoint (Ptr<MeshPointDevice> mp);
   /// Each mesh protocol must be installed on the mesh point to work.
diff --git a/src/devices/wifi/mac-low.cc b/src/devices/wifi/mac-low.cc
index 1f84e38e2..ea9243d21 100644
--- a/src/devices/wifi/mac-low.cc
+++ b/src/devices/wifi/mac-low.cc
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ MacLow::ReceiveOk (Ptr<Packet> packet, double rxSnr, WifiMode txMode, WifiPreamb
     {
       NS_LOG_DEBUG ("receive cts from="<<m_currentHdr.GetAddr1 ());
       SnrTag tag;
-      packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+      packet->RemovePacketTag (tag);
       WifiRemoteStation *station = GetStation (m_currentHdr.GetAddr1 ());
       station->ReportRxOk (rxSnr, txMode);
       station->ReportRtsOk (rxSnr, txMode, tag.Get ());
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ MacLow::ReceiveOk (Ptr<Packet> packet, double rxSnr, WifiMode txMode, WifiPreamb
     {
       NS_LOG_DEBUG ("receive ack from="<<m_currentHdr.GetAddr1 ());
       SnrTag tag;
-      packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+      packet->RemovePacketTag (tag);
       WifiRemoteStation *station = GetStation (m_currentHdr.GetAddr1 ());
       station->ReportRxOk (rxSnr, txMode);
       station->ReportDataOk (rxSnr, txMode, tag.Get ());
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ MacLow::SendCtsAfterRts (Mac48Address source, Time duration, WifiMode rtsTxMode,
 
   struct SnrTag tag;
   tag.Set (rtsSnr);
-  packet->AddTag (tag);
+  packet->AddPacketTag (tag);
 
   ForwardDown (packet, &cts, ctsTxMode);
 }
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ MacLow::SendAckAfterData (Mac48Address source, Time duration, WifiMode dataTxMod
 
   struct SnrTag tag;
   tag.Set (dataSnr);
-  packet->AddTag (tag);
+  packet->AddPacketTag (tag);
 
   ForwardDown (packet, &ack, ackTxMode);
 }
diff --git a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-phy-test.cc b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-phy-test.cc
index d1ee08880..5b1397476 100644
--- a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-phy-test.cc
+++ b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-phy-test.cc
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void
 CollisionExperiment::SendA (void) const
 {
   Ptr<Packet> p = Create<Packet> (m_input.packetSizeA);
-  p->AddTag (FlowIdTag (m_flowIdA));
+  p->AddByteTag (FlowIdTag (m_flowIdA));
   m_txA->SendPacket (p, WifiMode (m_input.txModeA), 
 		     WIFI_PREAMBLE_SHORT, m_input.txPowerLevelA);
 }
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void
 CollisionExperiment::SendB (void) const
 {
   Ptr<Packet> p = Create<Packet> (m_input.packetSizeB);
-  p->AddTag (FlowIdTag (m_flowIdB));
+  p->AddByteTag (FlowIdTag (m_flowIdB));
   m_txB->SendPacket (p, WifiMode (m_input.txModeB), 
 		     WIFI_PREAMBLE_SHORT, m_input.txPowerLevelB);
 }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void
 CollisionExperiment::Receive (Ptr<Packet> p, double snr, WifiMode mode, enum WifiPreamble preamble)
 {
   FlowIdTag tag;
-  p->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+  p->FindFirstMatchingByteTag (tag);
   if (tag.GetFlowId () == m_flowIdA)
     {
       m_output.receivedA++;
diff --git a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc
index b06725248..006d17fe8 100644
--- a/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc
+++ b/src/devices/wifi/wifi-remote-station-manager.cc
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ WifiRemoteStation::PrepareForQueue (Ptr<const Packet> packet, uint32_t fullPacke
       return;
     }
   TxModeTag tag = TxModeTag (DoGetRtsMode (), DoGetDataMode (fullPacketSize));
-  packet->AddTag (tag);
+  packet->AddPacketTag (tag);
 }
 WifiMode 
 WifiRemoteStation::GetDataMode (Ptr<const Packet> packet, uint32_t fullPacketSize)
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ WifiRemoteStation::GetDataMode (Ptr<const Packet> packet, uint32_t fullPacketSiz
     }
   TxModeTag tag;
   bool found;
-  found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+  found = ConstCast<Packet> (packet)->RemovePacketTag (tag);
   NS_ASSERT (found);
   m_txStat->NotifyDataSent(fullPacketSize, tag.GetDataMode ().GetDataRate());
   return tag.GetDataMode ();
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ WifiRemoteStation::GetRtsMode (Ptr<const Packet> packet)
     }
   TxModeTag tag;
   bool found;
-  found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+  found = ConstCast<Packet> (packet)->RemovePacketTag (tag);
   NS_ASSERT (found);
   m_txStat->NotifyDataSent(packet->GetSize() +36, tag.GetRtsMode ().GetDataRate());
   return tag.GetRtsMode ();
diff --git a/src/internet-stack/ipv4-l3-protocol.cc b/src/internet-stack/ipv4-l3-protocol.cc
index 05adfab64..7db006e4d 100644
--- a/src/internet-stack/ipv4-l3-protocol.cc
+++ b/src/internet-stack/ipv4-l3-protocol.cc
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ Ipv4L3Protocol::Send (Ptr<Packet> packet,
   m_identification ++;
 
   SocketSetDontFragmentTag dfTag;
-  bool found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (dfTag);
+  bool found = packet->RemovePacketTag (dfTag);
   if (found)
     {
       if (dfTag.IsEnabled ())
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ Ipv4L3Protocol::Send (Ptr<Packet> packet,
   // Set TTL to 1 if it is a broadcast packet of any type.  Otherwise,
   // possibly override the default TTL if the packet is tagged
   SocketIpTtlTag tag;
-  found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+  found = packet->RemovePacketTag (tag);
 
   if (destination.IsBroadcast ()) 
     {
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ Ipv4L3Protocol::Send (Ptr<Packet> packet,
   else if (found)
     {
       ipHeader.SetTtl (tag.GetTtl ());
-      // XXX remove tag here?  
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/src/internet-stack/tcp-socket-impl.cc b/src/internet-stack/tcp-socket-impl.cc
index 9630a4596..b287abafe 100644
--- a/src/internet-stack/tcp-socket-impl.cc
+++ b/src/internet-stack/tcp-socket-impl.cc
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ TcpSocketImpl::Recv (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags)
       m_rxBufSize += i->second->GetSize()-avail;
     }
   }
+  SocketAddressTag tag;
+  tag.SetAddress (InetSocketAddress (m_remoteAddress, m_remotePort));
+  outPacket->AddPacketTag (tag);
   return outPacket;
 }
 
@@ -558,7 +561,7 @@ TcpSocketImpl::GetRxAvailable (void) const
 
 Ptr<Packet>
 TcpSocketImpl::RecvFrom (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags,
-  Address &fromAddress)
+                         Address &fromAddress)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << maxSize << flags);
   Ptr<Packet> packet = Recv (maxSize, flags);
@@ -567,7 +570,7 @@ TcpSocketImpl::RecvFrom (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags,
     {
       SocketAddressTag tag;
       bool found;
-      found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+      found = packet->PeekPacketTag (tag);
       NS_ASSERT (found);
       fromAddress = tag.GetAddress ();
     }
@@ -1166,9 +1169,6 @@ void TcpSocketImpl::NewRx (Ptr<Packet> p,
       p = p->CreateFragment (0,s);
       m_nextRxSequence += s;           // Advance next expected sequence
       NS_LOG_LOGIC("Case 1, advanced nrxs to " << m_nextRxSequence );
-      SocketAddressTag tag;
-      tag.SetAddress (fromAddress);
-      p->AddTag (tag);
       //buffer this, it'll be read by call to Recv
       UnAckData_t::iterator i = 
           m_bufferedData.find (tcpHeader.GetSequenceNumber () );
@@ -1236,9 +1236,6 @@ void TcpSocketImpl::NewRx (Ptr<Packet> p,
           }
         }
       // Save for later delivery
-      SocketAddressTag tag;
-      tag.SetAddress (fromAddress);
-      p->AddTag (tag);
       m_bufferedData[startSeq] = p;  
       i = m_bufferedData.find (startSeq);
       next = i;
@@ -1265,9 +1262,6 @@ void TcpSocketImpl::NewRx (Ptr<Packet> p,
       p = p->CreateFragment (m_nextRxSequence - tcpHeader.GetSequenceNumber (),s);
       SequenceNumber start = m_nextRxSequence;
       m_nextRxSequence += s;           // Advance next expected sequence
-      SocketAddressTag tag;
-      tag.SetAddress (fromAddress);
-      p->AddTag (tag);
       //buffer the new fragment, it'll be read by call to Recv
       UnAckData_t::iterator i = m_bufferedData.find (start);
       if (i != m_bufferedData.end () ) //we found it already in the buffer
diff --git a/src/internet-stack/udp-socket-impl.cc b/src/internet-stack/udp-socket-impl.cc
index f58d3c659..fc14fc248 100644
--- a/src/internet-stack/udp-socket-impl.cc
+++ b/src/internet-stack/udp-socket-impl.cc
@@ -324,17 +324,17 @@ UdpSocketImpl::DoSendTo (Ptr<Packet> p, Ipv4Address dest, uint16_t port)
     {
       SocketIpTtlTag tag;
       tag.SetTtl (m_ipMulticastTtl);
-      p->AddTag (tag);
+      p->AddPacketTag (tag);
     }
   else if (m_ipTtl != 0 && !dest.IsMulticast () && !dest.IsBroadcast ())
     {
       SocketIpTtlTag tag;
       tag.SetTtl (m_ipTtl);
-      p->AddTag (tag);
+      p->AddPacketTag (tag);
     }
   {
     SocketSetDontFragmentTag tag;
-    bool found = p->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+    bool found = p->RemovePacketTag (tag);
     if (!found)
       {
         if (m_mtuDiscover)
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ UdpSocketImpl::DoSendTo (Ptr<Packet> p, Ipv4Address dest, uint16_t port)
           {
             tag.Disable ();
           }
-        p->AddTag (tag);
+        p->AddPacketTag (tag);
       }
   }
   //
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ UdpSocketImpl::Recv (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags)
 
 Ptr<Packet>
 UdpSocketImpl::RecvFrom (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags, 
-  Address &fromAddress)
+                         Address &fromAddress)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << maxSize << flags);
   Ptr<Packet> packet = Recv (maxSize, flags);
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ UdpSocketImpl::RecvFrom (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags,
     {
       SocketAddressTag tag;
       bool found;
-      found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+      found = packet->PeekPacketTag (tag);
       NS_ASSERT (found);
       fromAddress = tag.GetAddress ();
     }
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ UdpSocketImpl::ForwardUp (Ptr<Packet> packet, Ipv4Address ipv4, uint16_t port)
       Address address = InetSocketAddress (ipv4, port);
       SocketAddressTag tag;
       tag.SetAddress (address);
-      packet->AddTag (tag);
+      packet->AddPacketTag (tag);
       m_deliveryQueue.push (packet);
       m_rxAvailable += packet->GetSize ();
       NotifyDataRecv ();
@@ -742,8 +742,8 @@ UdpSocketImplTest::RunTests (void)
   NS_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL (m_receivedPacket->GetSize (), 123);
   NS_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL (m_receivedPacket2->GetSize (), 0); // second interface should receive it
 
-  m_receivedPacket->RemoveAllTags ();
-  m_receivedPacket2->RemoveAllTags ();
+  m_receivedPacket->RemoveAllPacketTags ();
+  m_receivedPacket2->RemoveAllPacketTags ();
 
   // Simple broadcast test
 
@@ -756,8 +756,8 @@ UdpSocketImplTest::RunTests (void)
   // second socket should not receive it (it is bound specifically to the second interface's address
   NS_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL (m_receivedPacket2->GetSize (), 0);
 
-  m_receivedPacket->RemoveAllTags ();
-  m_receivedPacket2->RemoveAllTags ();
+  m_receivedPacket->RemoveAllPacketTags ();
+  m_receivedPacket2->RemoveAllPacketTags ();
 
   // Broadcast test with multiple receiving sockets
 
@@ -777,8 +777,8 @@ InetSocketAddress (Ipv4Address("255.255.255.255"), 1234)), 123);
   NS_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL (m_receivedPacket->GetSize (), 123);
   NS_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL (m_receivedPacket2->GetSize (), 123);
 
-  m_receivedPacket->RemoveAllTags ();
-  m_receivedPacket2->RemoveAllTags ();
+  m_receivedPacket->RemoveAllPacketTags ();
+  m_receivedPacket2->RemoveAllPacketTags ();
 
   Simulator::Destroy ();
 
diff --git a/src/node/address.h b/src/node/address.h
index 98b858796..c0d69b9fa 100644
--- a/src/node/address.h
+++ b/src/node/address.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public:
    * can be stored in an Address instance.
    */
   enum MaxSize_e {
-    MAX_SIZE = 30
+    MAX_SIZE = 20
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/node/packet-socket.cc b/src/node/packet-socket.cc
index 6aef802e6..2045a411c 100644
--- a/src/node/packet-socket.cc
+++ b/src/node/packet-socket.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ PacketSocket::GetTypeId (void)
 
 PacketSocket::PacketSocket () : m_rxAvailable (0)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   m_state = STATE_OPEN;
   m_shutdownSend = false;
   m_shutdownRecv = false;
@@ -64,40 +64,40 @@ PacketSocket::PacketSocket () : m_rxAvailable (0)
 void 
 PacketSocket::SetNode (Ptr<Node> node)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << node);
   m_node = node;
 }
 
 PacketSocket::~PacketSocket ()
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
 }
 
 void 
 PacketSocket::DoDispose (void)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   m_device = 0;
 }
 
 enum Socket::SocketErrno
 PacketSocket::GetErrno (void) const
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   return m_errno;
 }
 
 Ptr<Node>
 PacketSocket::GetNode (void) const
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   return m_node;
 }
 
 int
 PacketSocket::Bind (void)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   PacketSocketAddress address;
   address.SetProtocol (0);
   address.SetAllDevices ();
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ PacketSocket::Bind (void)
 int
 PacketSocket::Bind (const Address &address)
 { 
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << address);
   if (!PacketSocketAddress::IsMatchingType (address))
     {
       m_errno = ERROR_INVAL;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ PacketSocket::Bind (const Address &address)
 int
 PacketSocket::DoBind (const PacketSocketAddress &address)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << address);
   if (m_state == STATE_BOUND ||
       m_state == STATE_CONNECTED)
     {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ PacketSocket::DoBind (const PacketSocketAddress &address)
 int
 PacketSocket::ShutdownSend (void)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   if (m_state == STATE_CLOSED)
     {
       m_errno = ERROR_BADF;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ PacketSocket::ShutdownSend (void)
 int
 PacketSocket::ShutdownRecv (void)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   if (m_state == STATE_CLOSED)
     {
       m_errno = ERROR_BADF;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ PacketSocket::ShutdownRecv (void)
 int
 PacketSocket::Close(void)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   if (m_state == STATE_CLOSED)
     {
       m_errno = ERROR_BADF;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ PacketSocket::Close(void)
 int
 PacketSocket::Connect(const Address &ad)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << ad);
   PacketSocketAddress address;
   if (m_state == STATE_CLOSED)
     {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ PacketSocket::Listen(void)
 int
 PacketSocket::Send (Ptr<Packet> p, uint32_t flags)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << p << flags);
   if (m_state == STATE_OPEN ||
       m_state == STATE_BOUND)
     {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ PacketSocket::GetTxAvailable (void) const
 int
 PacketSocket::SendTo (Ptr<Packet> p, uint32_t flags, const Address &address)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << p << flags << address);
   PacketSocketAddress ad;
   if (m_state == STATE_CLOSED)
     {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ PacketSocket::ForwardUp (Ptr<NetDevice> device, Ptr<const Packet> packet,
                          uint16_t protocol, const Address &from,
                          const Address &to, NetDevice::PacketType packetType)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << device << packet << protocol << from << to << packetType);
   if (m_shutdownRecv)
     {
       return;
@@ -365,10 +365,11 @@ PacketSocket::ForwardUp (Ptr<NetDevice> device, Ptr<const Packet> packet,
 
   if ((m_rxAvailable + packet->GetSize ()) <= m_rcvBufSize)
     {
+      Ptr<Packet> copy = packet->Copy ();
       SocketAddressTag tag;
       tag.SetAddress (address);
-      packet->AddTag (tag);
-      m_deliveryQueue.push (packet->Copy ());
+      copy->AddPacketTag (tag);
+      m_deliveryQueue.push (copy);
       m_rxAvailable += packet->GetSize ();
       NS_LOG_LOGIC ("UID is " << packet->GetUid() << " PacketSocket " << this);
       NotifyDataRecv ();
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ PacketSocket::ForwardUp (Ptr<NetDevice> device, Ptr<const Packet> packet,
 uint32_t
 PacketSocket::GetRxAvailable (void) const
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   // We separately maintain this state to avoid walking the queue 
   // every time this might be called
   return m_rxAvailable;
@@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ PacketSocket::GetRxAvailable (void) const
 Ptr<Packet> 
 PacketSocket::Recv (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << maxSize << flags);
   if (m_deliveryQueue.empty() )
     {
       return 0;
@@ -418,13 +419,13 @@ PacketSocket::Recv (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags)
 Ptr<Packet>
 PacketSocket::RecvFrom (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags, Address &fromAddress)
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << maxSize << flags << fromAddress);
   Ptr<Packet> packet = Recv (maxSize, flags);
   if (packet != 0)
     {
       SocketAddressTag tag;
       bool found;
-      found = packet->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag);
+      found = packet->PeekPacketTag (tag);
       NS_ASSERT (found);
       fromAddress = tag.GetAddress ();
     }
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ PacketSocket::RecvFrom (uint32_t maxSize, uint32_t flags, Address &fromAddress)
 int
 PacketSocket::GetSockName (Address &address) const
 {
-  NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS ();
+  NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << address);
   PacketSocketAddress ad = PacketSocketAddress::ConvertFrom(address);
   
   ad.SetProtocol (m_protocol);
diff --git a/utils/bench-packets.cc b/utils/bench-packets.cc
index 387bd1907..ff9ef71ae 100644
--- a/utils/bench-packets.cc
+++ b/utils/bench-packets.cc
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ benchD (uint32_t n)
 
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
     Ptr<Packet> p = Create<Packet> (2000);
-    p->AddTag (tag1);
+    p->AddPacketTag (tag1);
     p->AddHeader (udp);
-    p->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag1);
-    p->AddTag (tag2);
+    p->RemovePacketTag (tag1);
+    p->AddPacketTag (tag2);
     p->AddHeader (ipv4);
     Ptr<Packet> o = p->Copy ();
     o->RemoveHeader (ipv4);
-    p->FindFirstMatchingTag (tag2);
+    p->RemovePacketTag (tag2);
     o->RemoveHeader (udp);
   }
 }