Phase 1 (rfsim): per-UE deterministic channel injection.
Each UE container sets OAI_UE_CHANNEL_CLASS=k (k in {0..3}). The rfsim
no-chanmod sample-mixing path applies a 4x4 channel:
H^(k)[r,a] = H_orig[r,a] * w_k[a]
where w_k is the k-th codeword of the Type I 4-port rank-1 codebook
(N1=2, N2=1). Multiplying by w_k rotates the channel's optimal PMI
direction to k while preserving the original symmetric kernel's
full-rank reception (so SSB sync still works on all UE classes).
10 UEs cycle through 4 classes (UE_index mod 4), giving 4 mutually
orthogonal PMI populations.
Phase 3 (scheduler): pf_dl partner search now scans connected_ue_list
(not just UE_sched). After leader UE A is allocated, iterate over all
connected UEs, run update_dlsch_buffer/dlsch_to_schedule per candidate,
and pair the first orthogonal-PMI partner that has data + free CCE/PUCCH.
This bypasses PF time-multiplexing — multiple UEs needn't be in
UE_sched simultaneously for MU-MIMO to fire.
Per-slot pairing tag (mumimo_paired_slot in NR_UE_sched_ctrl_t) prevents
double-allocation: incremented per pf_dl call, leader and partner both
tagged on success; subsequent leader iterations skip already-tagged UEs.
Results on rfsim with 10 UEs cycling 4 classes (10-min run):
17000+ pairings observed
Distribution by (leader_class, partner_class):
0->2: 6261 (XOR=2)
3->1: 4382 (XOR=2)
2->0: 2765 (XOR=2)
1->3: 1920 (XOR=2)
All pairs strictly orthogonal per Type I codebook rank-1 rule
(same x1, x2 differ by 2). 2-way MU-MIMO working end-to-end.
Also includes:
- ri_bitlen=0 fix in evaluate_cqi_report (uninitialized r_index)
- OAI_MU_MIMO=1 env to enable, OAI_MU_MIMO_RELAXED=1 for relaxed test
- Diagnostic logs every 200th call: ENTER + per-skip-reason
ZMQ radio
This is a zmq radio implementation that attempts to integrate NR UE with
the ocudu project.
OAI integration status:
This can currently be used to connect OAI gnb and OAI UE.
Compilation:
cmake --build . --target nr-softmodem nr-uesoftmodem ldpc params_libconfig zmq_radio
Running
- gNB command:
sudo ./nr-softmodem -O ../targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/gnb.sa.band78.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf --gNBs.[0].min_rxtxtime 6 --device.name zmq_radio --zmq.[0].tx_channels tcp://127.0.0.1:4556 --zmq.[0].rx_channels tcp://127.0.0.1:4557
- UE command:
sudo ./nr-uesoftmodem -r 106 --numerology 1 --band 78 -C 3619200000 --ssb 516 --device.name zmq_radio --zmq.[0].tx_channels tcp://127.0.0.1:4557 --zmq.[0].rx_channels tcp://127.0.0.1:4556
A new CI testcase for 2x2 configuration was added.
OCUDU integration status:
The OAI NR UE enters RRC Connected state.
For more details, please refer to the description of MR !3975.
This commit was tested with MicroAmp FR2 with 2x2 MIMO,
where PRACH Rx antennas used is 1.
OAI L1 sets the number of PRACH antennas to be the same as for PUSCH.
Ideally, this should be properly fixed. In the meantime, I modified the
logging to debug to reduce noise.
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
First process PUSCH and then PRACH because the PUSCH callback
is called before PRACH callback.
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
* rename read_prach_data() to xran_rx_prach_read_slot()
* in F release, there is no PRACH queue so `frame` and `slot` are
passed as input; in K release, `frame` and `slot` are taken from the PRACH
queue
Note: since the PUSCH callback is the called before PRACH callback, this
commit is correct but the timing for PRACH processing is just a little
bit late. In previous state, PRACH processing was done inside the
function of PUSCH processing.
=> next commit will just reverse the order.
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
* Move PRACH callback in the oaioran.h/c since now used in K release.
* Reset the number of PRACH packets.
* Handle PRACH queue in the same manner as for PUSCH (95c8fa46).
Co-authored-by: Romain Beurdouche <romain.beurdouche@eurecom.fr>
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
K releases added RX error counters
This commits adds a printing of these counters with LOG_I
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
* Initialize leak detector
* Fill IO config field holding the number of mbufs to be allocated
* Allocate and fill `activeMUs` in the FH config
* Start timing source, worker thread and activate CCs upon starting the FH
* Fill `mu_number[0]` in FH config
* Invert trx_oran end and stop
* Set `neAxcUl`
* Delete duplicated oran_eth_state_t struct definition
* gxran_handle is an array which length is equal to the number of RUs
* Fill BBDev VF token in fh_init
Co-authored-by: Romain Beurdouche <romain.beurdouche@eurecom.fr>
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
Adapt the oran_fhlib_5g code to compile with xran K release.
Like previously E and F, uses preprocessor directives to separate codes for different xran releases.
Notes:
1. Release K of the FHI library supports many numerologies on one instance.
As of now the integration supports only one numerology.
2. Several arrays in the xran interface are indexed by the numerology.
It was ambiguous whether they were indexed by the actual numerology number or by the index of the relevant numerology within the numerology array.
They are actually indexed by the numerology number so that when one is using only numerlogy 1 for example, he should only use perMu[1], fftSize[1], ...
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
* create the xran forked repo as a cmake external project - easier to maintain and track the changes
we applied to the original repo
* add xran_DOWNLOAD option - clones and builds latest supported K release
* update the FHI README for K release
Signed-off-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
This commit introduces ZMQ-based radio library. Each pair of RX/TX antennas is
represented by a ZMQ REQ/REP socket pair which streams continuous IQ samples
from radio start until stop.
Usage:
Simplest configuration is to connect OAI NR UE to OAI GNB with the same number
of antennas - by inverting the RX and TX channels in ZMQ radio configuration the
gNBs TX is mapped to UEs RX antennas and vice versa.
L1 RX: use queues instead of arrays and linear search for PUCCH, PUSCH, SRS, PRACH
This MR is an attempt to reduce the time L1 RX searches in array for the
next job to process, and instead use a queue. This queue is a FIFO,
because the various jobs (FAPI messages) to process come in order, and
need to be processed in order. The MR (hopefully, to be measured)
reduces the amount of time spent searching for the next UE (because the
next job is always at the beginning of the queue), and should scale
better for many UEs.
It does the following:
- introduce two helper libraries for (1) Frame.Slot calculation (sfn_t),
already introduced in !3521 (merged) commit 3102068e, and (2) a ring
buffer with fixed size
- use sfn_t and ring buffer (gNB->pucch_queue) to remove the linear
array for PUCCH (gNB->pucch)
- use sfn_t and ring buffer (gNB->pusch_queue) for some PUSCH lookups.
Because we need to still store PUSCH contexts, gNB->pusch is still
there
- use sfn_t and ring buffer (gNB->srs_queue) to remove the linear array
for SRS (gNB->srs)
- use sfn_t and ring buffers (gNB->prach_ru_queue and
gNB->prach_l1rx_queue) to remove the linear array for PRACH
(gNB->prach_list)
- some minor cleanups, e.g., additional loops over the PUSCH array,
using const, using pointers instead of indices, etc
Use two queues for PRACH processing:
- prach_ru_queue: pass jobs from TX thread (scheduler) to RU thread. For
split 8, the RU thread itself handles PRACH processing; for split 7.2,
it is the library that is responsible for handling PRACH messages (see
oran_fh_if4p5_south_in())
- prach_l1rx_queue: after jobs have been handled in RU thread, use this
queue to pass jobs to the RX thread. There, preamble detection is
performed, and RACH.indication FAPI messages are filled if a preamble
has been detected.
Together, these queues replace a linear search in a global array that
has been modified by three threads at the same time. The design ensures
that access now is thread-safe, and with less overhead.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Further unused arguments cleanup
More fixes for unused function arguments (see #1057),
add_compile_options(-Wunused-parameter) added in folders:
- nfapi
- openair2
- openair3
- USRP
- rfsimulator
Cleanup common_lib.h
This change reduces the number of dependecies of common_lib.h and simplifies
the task of implementing an external OAI radio library.
Update doc: split RUNMODEM.md, clarify USRP-specific workarounds
This reworks the documentation:
- split up RUNMODEM.md into separate documents for gNB, UE, NTN
- explains USRP workaround and patches
- makes a standalone UE doc file that explains UE-specific configuration
& modes
- better explains physical simulators
- adds a document on tracy
- cleanup
Integrate channel pipeline library with vrtsim with two acceleration
options chosen at compile time:
- threadpool if CUDA support is disabled
- CUDA otherwise
- all RAN code, CI code, configuration files, dockerfiles, in CSSL v1.0
- all deployment code (openshift, charts, ancillary files like shell
scripts), in MIT
- documentation in CC-BY-4.0
- exceptions might apply and are listed in NOTICE
- there is a new LICENSES folder with all licenses
- CONTRIBUTIONS.md has been updated accordingly
For automated changes based on OAI PL v1.1:
perl -i~ -0pe 's/\/\*.*Licensed to the OpenAirInterface.*openairinterface.org\n#?/\/*\n * SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-CSSL-1.0\n/s' **/*.{c,h,cpp}
perl -i~ -0pe 's/\/\*.*Licensed to the OpenAirInterface.*openairinterface.org\n#?/\/*\n * SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-CSSL-1.0\n/s' **/*.ts
perl -i~ -0pe 's/<!--.*Licensed to the OpenAirInterface.*openairinterface.org\n.*-->/<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-CSSL-1.0 -->/s' **/*.xml
The rest (cmake, files with missing license, cmake) manually.
Remove the \file directive, as it is always superfluous because the
current file is implicit [1]:
> If the file name is omitted (i.e. the line after \file is left blank)
> then the documentation block that contains the \file command will belong
> to the file it is located in.
Author names and e-mails are not relevant for us: it can always be
inferred from git blame, and is often outdated.
Eurecom code has been contributed and was under OAI PL v1.0/v1.1.
For the cpack package contact: put generic email address that is
independent of an individual and that will remain reachable.
[1] https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/commands.html#cmdfile
replace static allocation of max antennas in a dynamic structure for gnb rach
NB_ANTENNAS_RX was used in 5G by mistake
there was also a error in O-RU implementation, with no consequences
(index not in right order)
handle start symbol on non-zeroth downlink symbol for SIB1 for multiplexing
pattern 3 configuration.
This MR adds support for handling a non-zero start symbol for SIB1 when using
multiplexing pattern 3 with the per-slot CP format.
Previously, the implementation assumed that the first downlink symbol used by
a PDU always starts at symbol 0. However, this assumption does not hold for
SIB1 under multiplexing pattern 3, where the start symbol can be non-zero.
This issue does not apply to the per-symbol CP format.
Testing:
a. Microamp using the branch microamp_1048: UE registration ok. end-to-end ok.
b. Benetel: UE registration ok. end-to-end ok.
xran needs to be informed about the cores to use for packet processing.
Prior to this change, we only filled the first 64bits, but it can go up
to 128 in xran. Change the helper accordingly to support all.
Set rxgain to 0 in vrtsim
Set rxgain to 0 in vrtsim to match rfsimulator behavior
This addresses the issue where RSRP is different between rfsim and vrtsim. With
this RSRP values between rfsim and vrtsim should be similar.
[FHI72] Fix long PRACH format
The problem was that xran_is_prach_slot() compared if the current slot is the
scheduled one. However, this becomes irrelevant if long PRACH format used.
Successfully tested end-to-end the PRACH index 7 with TDD DDDDDDDSUU and Benetel
v2.0.5.
vrtsim doc: clarify container requirements
Describe how to set up vrtsim in containers, e.g., docker, and link to an
example. Add a minor clarification for the connection descriptor as well.
1. Remove modifications done in the following xran functions:
process_mbuf_batch();
xran_process_srs_sym().
=> not even used with OAI 7.2 interface.
2. Also, remove xran_fs_get_num_dl_sym_sp() and xran_fs_get_num_ul_sym_sp() introduced in the same MR.
3. Remove LiteOnIgnoreUPSectionIdEnable parameter. Instead, use RunSlotPrbMapBySymbolEnable in a simple way
for xran_process_rx_sym() function.
Explanation: The xran expects UL UP packets with the same section IDs as indicated per UL CP message.
However, the section IDs of received packets are 3 for mixed slot and 13 for UL slot.
If the PRACH offset is set explicitely via config file, then its value will be used.
Otherwise, eAxC_offset = max(Nrx,Ntx).
Co-authored-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
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