OAI is riddled with boolean_t, FALSE, TRUE, etc. This makes no sense, as
there is a standard bool type, and could lead to nasty bugs if a
definition of a bool is non-standard (0 == false, true == !false). This
commit removes all non-standard bools in the whole project.
* do not check rlc_ind()
* Simplify retransmission part and remove nb_rb_available var
* Simplify new transmission code
* Simplify fill_DLSCH_dci(), avoid unnecessary copies
* fix: first check No. RBs, then check CCE alloc
UE_list_t is now used as a separate list. It can be e.g. used in the
scheduler to mark groups of users. The original UE_list_t is renamed to
UE_info_t to reflect that it is a container for information about UEs.
* Remove MIMO_mode_indicator: it is simply not used ATM
* Remove min_rb_unit as parameter: function auto-detects
* Remove commented code
* Remove slice sharing/multiplexing: it is broken
* Remove UE sorting, add UE with add_new_ue() in MAC
- UE sorting is useless overhead on every iteration, instead it should
be governed by a scheduling algorithm (e.g., RR or PF)
- The MAC keeps a UE list and automatically adds a UE
- UE_list empty, set head to -1
* Remove slice_positioning: the slicing functionality is broken
* Remove unused/untested code
M3AP ASN1 source spec updated
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
1. This commit was developed at Vicomtech (https://www.vicomtech.org) under UE project CDN-X-ALL: "CDN edge-cloud computing for efficient cache and reliable streaming aCROSS Aggregated unicast-multicast LinkS"
2. Project funded by Fed4FIRE+ OC5 (https://www.fed4fire.eu)
Signed-off-by: Javier Morgade <javier.morgade@ieee.org>
In TDD mode, CQI requests are not possible in special subframes (at
least for some TDD configurations, see 36.213 7.2.3 that says "a
DL subframe is valid if it does not contain a DwPTS field if the
length is less than 7680 Ts").
In the code, we simply disable CQI requests in special subframes,
no matter what the length of DwPTS.
A problem can arise if the DCI0 for a given UE are sent only in
those special subframes. In this case the UE will never report
CQI and the eNB will use low MCS for this UE, impacting performances.
Another, related, problem is when there are several UEs. There again
one UE might always get its DCI0 in special subframes and thus never
report CQI. There again, performance issues.
This commit is an attempt to improve the situation.
It does two things.
1 - tag the UE as schedulable in the function UE_is_to_be_scheduled
if the cqi_req_timer is expired
2 - use cqi_req_timer as a criterium when ordering UEs for UL scheduling
The value chosen for the expiration of the cqi_req_timer in
UE_is_to_be_scheduled is quite high (300) because as the code is
today we may overschedule the UE for short bursts until we receive
a CQI from the UE. [TODO: fix the code properly to avoid this behavior.]
Note: the fairRR scheduler has not been analyzed and this commit may
not fix anything in case the fairRR scheduler is used.
This commit is workaround. This issue realy occures with the following log.
lte-softmodem: ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:81: _pthread_mutex_lock: Assertion `mutex->_data.__owner == 0' failed.
Laurent THOMAS