- cmake version 3.12 defines libxml2 module; the default path is
/usr/share/cmake-3.<sub-version>/Modules/FindLibXml2.cmake
- OAI requires minimum cmake version 3.16
fix(nrLDPC_coding): timers in DL encoding, fix(ldpctest): Confusion in sizes
Main improvements:
1. fix(ldpctest): Confusion in sizes
IMPORTANT: This fix makes that ldpctest now works with BG2 and K' != K!
(Worth double checking with more cases than I did check with though)
The variable block_length had an ambiguous role and was used as both K and
Kprime. This was leading to arrays with wrong sizes and functions with wrong
arguments. Now there is not anymore block_length but K and Kprime.
Kprime can be set with the command line argument -l.
There was also some problems with array allocation for segments with length
not divisible by 8. A proper sizing with ((size_in_bits + 7) & ~7) / 8 was
used.
A proper masking of the last byte containing payload bits was also added to
keep filler bits to 0 after random initialization.
2. fix(nrLDPC_coding): timers in DL encoding
While timers were available for rate matching and interleaving in the new
interface, these timers were not merged to rate matching and interleaving
timers in nr_dlsch_coding.
New LDPC coding library interface for decoding and encoding complete slots in one call to the library
Previous attempts to integrate LDPC decoding relying on offloading show
the limitation of the original code segment coding interface for the
library implementing LDPC coding. In order to perform the offload and
therefore the decoding in an optimal fashion, it is relevant to provide
the implementation with the broader amount of data possible per call,
which is a slot. A previous MR related to T2 offload managed to offer
an interface for decoding transport blocks by modifying only
nr_ulsch_decoding.c. But this may not be sufficient for performing an
efficient decoding in any situation. Slots could be shared between
multiple transport blocks in case multiple UEs are connected to the RAN,
which makes the transport block size shrink and therefore degrades the
efficiency of the offloading.
This MR offers a broader interface with a gNB decoding entry point in
phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c. The file nr_ulsch_decoding.c now lets the
decoding library implement deinterleaving, rate-unmatching and decoding
for the slot. In gNB encoding and UE decoding and encoding as well,
tasks are partitioned in a similar fashion.
As it allows to feed the implementation with the broadest amount of data
possible, it allows to fit any coding solution in a library. This will
avoid further modification to OAI source code and addition of options to
select an implementation when integrating new decoding solutions. An
implementation of this interface will therefore be offered for every
existing decoding solution in OAI and solutions added in the future will
be provided as independent module code without any modification to the
core of OAI code. The way to choose the decoding solution and to
configure it was also unified using configmodule. The library can be
chosen through the option --loader.ldpc.shlibversion. The slot coding
solutions shipped with this MR can be configured through configmodule
(e.g., T2 address and isolated cores).
This MR includes three coding implementations:
- A wrapper around segment decoding libraries for test purpose: libldpc.so
- A one shot slot coding and encoding with the T2 board: libldpc_t2.so
- A decoder on FPGA using the XDMA driver: libldpc_xdma.so
Improvements brought by this MR:
- Easy integration of a wider variety of LDPC coding solution at gNB and UE
- Easy selection of the LDPC coding solution (option --ldpc-offload-enable is kept for now but it can be ultimately removed)
- T2:
* More efficient when many UEs are connected
* Decoding and encoding in nr-uesoftmodem
Some users copy libxran.so to a system directory (e.g., /usr/local/lib).
At the same time, we require xran_LOCATION to be set to find the build
directory. Use HINTS to prefer the location passed through
xran_LOCATION.
Also, use NO_DEFAULT_PATH to outright disallow global scope, to prevent
"accidentally" finding libxran.so in global scope (this is for
multi-user systems that are used in development, and where people have
different version of libxran for testing purposes). To still use
packages in e.g., /usr/local/, it would be possible to set xran_LOCATION
to this directory. (there is a problem that the version information will
likely not be read correctly, so this might not be enough)
Fronthaul xran library update to F release (2. and final step towards M-plane integration)
- xran library support -> both E and F releases
- RU delay profile removed -> not used in neither of the releases
- DU delay profile updated
- one-way delay measurements support is improved/fixed in the F release.
However, not implemented here as it depends on the RU capabilities
Major improvements:
1) bbu_offload - enable packet handling on BBU cores
2) dlCpProcBurst - DL CP processing on one or more symbols
3) SRS CP processing - depends on the RU capabilities that can be
retreived via M-plane (if RU is CAT B)
4) nSecDesc - the number of section descriptors per symbol; it was hardcoded to 0 in E release;
depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
5) RunSlotPrbMapBySymbolEnable - enable PRB mapping by symbol with multisection;
depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
6) DSS (Dynamic Spectrum Sharing) support - depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
Minor fixes in F that exist in E:
1) prach_config->nPrachFilterIdx - explained in commit ID f3045396
2) T1a_min_cp_dl - explained in the commit under title "Clarification on DU delay profile"
3) fh_config->nULRBs - explained in commit under title "Further clarification on xran E release parameters"
Removed const for prb_conf argument in oran_allocate_cplane_buffers()
function, as F release requires the not const struct for
xran_init_PrbMap_by_symbol_from_cfg() and xran_init_PrbMap_from_cfg()
even though the struct is not modified inside of these functions.
There are command line options that one might pass to ninja/make, but
for which cmake does not provide an interface. For instance, make/ninja
support -k/-kN to "keep going" after errors. Cmake does not provide an
option, but it is still possible to pass this. Make a build_oai option
to allow this, used in the next commit.
Add Fedora 41, build_oai cleanup
- Add Fedora 41 to list of supported distributions
- Remove some dependencies in RHEL that are not necessary
- Cleanup some build_oai documentation of non-supported options
This adds DTX detection in PUCCH 2 receiver. This is detected by MAC
already which will drop PUCCH 2 indications that are detected as DTX.
For the moment this uses the same pucch0_dtx_threshold value indicated
in L1 section of the configuration file. The feature firstly reduces
unnecessary logging on stdout and the use of invalid CSI measurements in
the MAC scheduler.
Closes: #547
Prior to this commit, the include path for some libraries found through
pkg-config when cross compiling is not correct:
$ grep include CMakeCache.txt
blas_INCLUDEDIR:INTERNAL=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
...
This is because we did not tell pkg-config to search in the right path.
Since for cross-compilation, we install packages in parallel in the
system, override the primary directory where the .pc files located, in
the cross-compilation toolchain file for cmake.
Closes: #746
See e.g., egrep(1) [https://linux.die.net/man/1/egrep]:
> two variant programs egrep and fgrep are available. egrep is the same
> as grep -E. fgrep is the same as grep -F. Direct invocation as either
> egrep or fgrep is deprecated
See also the rationale of the POSIX description of grep
(https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/grep.html):
> This grep has been enhanced in an upwards-compatible way to provide
> the exact functionality of the historical egrep and fgrep commands as
> well. It was the clear intention of the standard developers to
> consolidate the three greps into a single command.
Closes: #839
The default values set by xran for DPDK socket memory/limit is 8192. It
is changed when the variable for the memory size, given down to xran, is
non-zero (cf also previous patch). Since the last patch, if nothing is
given in OAI configuration, OAI will pass down a size of 8192. However,
a configuration value of 0 is a valid choice (it is a pre-allocation,
DPDK will allocate dynamically), so modify the default in xran to be 0
so that all sizes, including 0, can be given to DPDK.
Note that the currently used implementation of xran will always try to
allocate this memory on NUMA node 0. If you want to use another one,
this field has to be set to 0 (no pre-allocation), and DPDK will
allocate it dynamically.
Co-authored-by: Sagar Arora <sagar.arora@openairinterface.org>
Build on ARM fails in the previous version, while the current master
(1a09d3bc) works. So let's update to a newer version to avoid problems
on ARM, and assuming x86 works.
This commit adds yaml-cpp library to required docker images and build commands. There is one workaround
in cross-compilation for apt behavior for installing libyaml-cpp-dev. Apt will uninistall previous
versions of the package whenever another one is installed. This means that installing the arm version
breaks amd version and vice versa. This makes it impossible to have both libs installed at the same
time which is required by the cross-compilation build command (it calls cmake twice, once with native
and once with target architecture)
This commit introduces a substitute module library for setting up softmodems using YAML instead of libconfig.
The softmodems should work the same with both types of files. Extra care was put to make sure the behavior
of both modules is the same.
Example yaml config files were added for the UE and gNB
A new phy scope based on ImGui and ImPlot. This scope uses a different concurrency model than previous
scopes.
The PHY thread writing the data first checks if the data is ready to be written. If its not, nothing is copied.
The GUI thread reads data if available and marks it ready to write. This makes sure that the PHY threads are not
busy copying data that would never be displayed.
Some of the scopes also have a freeze functionality that further limit the amount of data that needs to be copied
from PHY threads. If a scope is "frozen" it still allows the user to explore the data using plots zoom/pan functions
but doesn't cause PHY threads to perform extra writes on the displayed data.
A compile option was added to enable/disable the scope. Use cmake -DENABLE_IMSCOPE=ON to enable the scope.
Update CXX standard to 17; it is required by some libraries (e.g., dear imgui). The oldest gcc version in
use by a distribution supported is Ubuntu 20, which has gcc 9.4 with c++17 support.
At least in Eurecom, there are no RHEL 7/CentOS 7+8 servers. Existing
installations will work, but we don't want to encourage people to use
these old distributions, so remove it. Also, they reached EOL
Add CentOS stream as an alternative.
Teodora