Integration: `2025.w35`
* !3604 Consider PDSCH EPRE to DMRS EPRE in NR UE
* !3606 Fix SRS TLV unpack
* !3602 Update RFsim CN
* !3516 [FHI72 M-plane] CM improvements and PM implementation
* !3538 add a new graphical T tracer to see gNB MAC scheduling decisions
* !3425 RFSim test for 10 UEs/process
Closes#950
See merge request oai/openairinterface5g!3610
RFSim test for 10 UEs/process
This MR adds a testcase and changes required to run 10 UEs in a single
process with RFSim
- Added deregistration for all connected UEs
- Refactored MAC/RRC instance handling
- made map_current_symbol thread safe
- made opeanir0_cfg thread safe and local
- Added 10UE/process testcase
Some code in T tracers is used by both LTE and NR.
In LTE, we expect 10 subframes per frame, and the logging is done with
this assumption. We have one tick per subframe.
In NR, we deal with slots, not subframes. And we have n ticks per frame
(depending on mu). As of today, only n=20 is tested (corresponding to
mu=1).
A previous commit introduced 'subframes_per_frame' which had the correct
meaning for LTE but was truly 'slots per frame' for NR. This creates
confusion.
Let's replace 'subframe' by 'tick' to reduce confusion.
Update RFsim CN
- Update RFsim CNs to latest version
- update the MBIM stop script to remove IP addresses (we don't use this
script directly, so it does not have an impact)
[FHI72 M-plane] CM improvements and PM implementation
Configuration Management:
- addition of the RU username in the fhi_72 section of the config file;
previously hardcoded to oranbenetel
- modification of the frequency offset, frame structure, fft size,
cyclic prefix, and Tx gain;
- addition of the managed delay node;
for Tx/Rx endpoints.
Performance Management implementation where OAI gNB
activates/deactivates available RU performance measurements.
- Replaced ITTI message queues with notifiedFIFO for RRC to MAC communication in UE.
- Enables correct message delivery to multiple MAC instances running in parallel threads.
- Introduced `nr_mac_rrc_message_t` union for MAC-RRC messages.
- Updated all relevant message handling and initialization code to use notifiedFIFO.
Performance Management support explanation.
Example run modified according to:
- modification of the frequency offset, frame structure, fft size, cyclic prefix, and Tx gain;
- addition of the managed delay node;
for Tx/Rx endpoints.
Introduced a parameter start_up_timing which indicates if PM activation is supported during the start-up
procedure. We initialize this parameter, based on the vendor.
Notification interval is set to 10s.
Definition in o-ran-uplane-conf.yang model:
"Gain correction of RF path linked with array element or array layers.
Common part of overall gain_correction.
gain_correction = common array-carrier gain-correction + eAxC gain correction."
Fix SRS TLV unpack
This MR changes the type of a variable to get the last index in which we
unpack the full 32 bits in a SRS TLV to int16 instead of uint16, in
order to be -1 when the TLV length is 0, thus skipping unpacking. This
only affects the SRS.indications sent by Aerial L1, which don't have
padding in the TLV, in case of OAI L1, we unpack in "full" 32 bit blocks
until the end of the TLV, if the length is 0, the unpacking loop exits
immediately. Furthermore, it also adds a check for the Report Type
parameter value in handle_nr_srs_measurements. If this value is zero,
according to SCF 222.10.04 Table 3-129 means a null report, so we can
skip processing it.
- Use MAX_NUM_NR_UE_INST in NR UE MAC to control number of MAC instances.
- Modify the MAC interface slightly so that nr_l2_init_ue only initializes one instance
Use MAX_NUM_NR_UE_INST for number of NR UE RRC instances. Change the RRC
interface slightly so nr_rrc_init_ue initializes only one RRC instance pointed
to by the id given to the function
Integration: `2025.w34`
* !3555 Remove dead code and variables, simplify code
* !3591 separate computation of size and value for DCI precoding information
* !3550 some work for better interoperability with srsRAN DU
* !3562 cleaning syntax of nr-ru.c
* !3598 Align add_boolean_option as per CMake documentation use only ON/OFF for uniformity
* !3407 Taps client for vrtsim
* !3035 NR L1 common channel level functions
* !3589 RF emulator and improvements of the timers
* !3577 Fix for UECAP file handling in dora/phytest mode
* !3600 Fix for UE TCI state ID configuration
* !3599 DLSCH scheduler: fix bugs in UE sorting
See merge request oai/openairinterface5g!3597
The CI detects whether a UE connected (and has a PDU session) by trying
to read the IP address. It therefore assumes that as long as the UE is
not connected, no IP would be present.
With the existing stop_quectel_mbim.sh script, this was not the case; it
would simply leave the IP address. Modify this script to flush all IP
addresses on disconnect to remedy this.
DLSCH scheduler: fix bugs in UE sorting
Fix two issues/bugs when sorting UEs in the DLSCH scheduler following
the PF metric, which should improve fairness.
RF emulator and improvements of the timers
RF emulator:
Add an RF library emulating a real device without the need of a real
device. This is thought to enable using phy-test without requiring a
radio device or channel simulation. The library synchronizes on the
real time clock, drops TX and generate noise on RX. Noise generation
can be disabled and the noise level configured.
Timers improvements:
- Fix standard deviation for merged timers
- Add display of ULSCH decoding timers
- Add decoding timer in AAL
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