Enhance UE identity management in Initial UE Message and other NGAP improvements
This MR improves the Initial UE Message procedures by supporting simultaneous
presence of both 5G-S-TMSI and GUAMI. Previously, only one identity could be
used, leading to potential AMF selection failures. Now the presenceMask allows
both identities. The AMF selection is prioritizing GUAMI first, then falling
back to 5G-S-TMSI, and finally using PLMN or highest capacity.
Also, fix handling of selected PLMN identity in NGAP.
Refactoring:
- Select the AMF based on (1) absence of UE Identity (2) Presence of GUAMI
(3) Presence of 5G-S-TMSI
- Also refactored the AMF selection logic for better readability and reliability.
- Refactor and cleanup rrc_gNB_send_NGAP_NAS_FIRST_REQ
- Replace ngap_pdu_t with byte_array_t
- Add guami_t to ngran_types.h: refactor NGAP and RRC code to use one common
GUAMI type instead of two identical ones
Also:
- Bugfix in ngap_gNB_handle_ng_setup_response: use correct count for PLMNSupportList
Closes issue #801
When data is generated by "normal" T tracers, it should be fine.
But it might come from unknown sources and then content might be
"strange". So let's validate input data a bit more.
The way allocation is done (granularity of 64KiB) makes a crash more
difficult to achieve, but if a trace is exactly 64KiB, we miss 4 bytes
in the realloc and then anything may happen.
Integration: `2025.w22`
Closes#832
See merge request oai/openairinterface5g!3452
* !3415 several fixes and cleanup for nrLDPC_coding_t2
* !3448 T: macpdu2wireshark: dump to file instead of sending UDP packets
* !3449 bugfix: pass correct buffer
* !3453 CI: revert modification of SSB per RACH occasion in SC-FDMA test
* !3440 Update NAS documentation
* !3451 fix the number of preambles per SSB at UE in case PRACH is configured with groupB
* !3441 Replace hashtable with epoll_event_t in rfsimulator
* !3277 Add CI test to force RRC IDLE and new connection setup with 5G-S-TMSI
* !3454 Keep old MAC stats after re-establishment
* !3450 Make number of UL/DL actors in NR UE fully configurable
* !3458 (doc): update README with build icons for dedicated arch and os
Make number of UL/DL actors in NR UE fully configurable
Due to different processing requirements on different CPUs it might be
beneficial to enable the users to set the number of UL/DL actors.
Allow disabling UL/DL actor frameworks and processing inline or setting
the number of DL/UL threads with --num-ul-actors/num-dl-actors
This was tested to work with 0 UL/DL actors with rfsim.
GUAMI fields (Set ID, Pointer and Region ID) were decoded as Octet String,
however they are encoded as BIT STRING. Therefore, the GUAMI value was wrongly decoded.
In the AMF logs the AMF IDs are 1,1,1, however in gNB logs we had 1,64,4
Quick local test confirmed that:
---- TESTING AMF IDs = 1 ----
Region ID (OCTET STRING): 1
Region ID (BIT STRING): 1
Set ID (OCTET STRING): 64
Set ID (BIT STRING): 1
Pointer (OCTET STRING): 4
Pointer (BIT STRING): 1
The difference arises because:
- OCTET STRING treats the buffer as raw bytes, with all bits used.
- BIT STRING includes a `bits_unused` field, which tells how many padding bits
are present in the least significant end. This is especially important in
3GPP ASN.1 definitions like AMF Set ID (10 bits), AMF Region ID (8 bits),
AMF Pointer (6 bits), where the full byte(s) may contain unused bits that
must be masked out.
selectedPLMN-Identity IE in RRCSetupComplete is an Index (long) of the PLMN selected
by the UE from the plmn-IdentityInfoList (SIB1) (see 3GPP TS 38.331)
while
Selected PLMN Identity in NGAP INITIAL UE MESSAGE Indicates the selected PLMN
id for the non-3GPP access (PLMN Identity ID carrying MNC, MCC and MNC size,
9.2.5.1 3GPP TS 38.413)
The legacy code was setting Selected PLMN Identity in the latter to an ID
value as the former, however in NGAP the IE to be encoded is PLMN Identity 9.3.3.5
therefore:
* set plmn type plmn_id_t in ngap_nas_first_req_t
* check whether received selectedPLMN-Identity is within bounds
* select PLMN from gNB_RrcConfigurationReq by selectedPLMN-Identity ID
note: this commit is assuming that the plmn-IdentityInfoList in SIB1
is matching the PLMN list in gNB_RrcConfigurationReq
* in NGAP: store the PLMN in the NGAP UE context, no need to fetch the PLMN
in the NGAP instance since the UE context already tells what PLMN
was selected
Closes#801
* use bitmask to select presence of either 5G-S-TMSI or GUAMI
* select the AMF based on
(1) absence of UE Identity (2) Presence of GUAMI (3) Presence of 5G-S-TMSI
Related to #801
* add function to process AMF Identifier
* add function to select AMF
* set const parameters in utility nnsf functions
* adopt utilities for memory allocation
* improve readability and maintainability
* improve logging
ngap_pdu_t has the same definition as byte_array_t, so it is
replaced by the latter. This simplify the stack and reduces
duplicated code.
Also, add function create_byte_array to copy from an
existing buffer to a new byte_array_t and replaced
allocCopy with create_byte_array, and adopted
OCTET_STRING_fromBuf whenever possible.
Due to different processing requirements on different CPUs it might
be beneficial to enable the users to set the number of UL/DL actors.
Allow disabling UL/DL actor frameworks and processing inline or
setting the number of DL/UL threads with --num-ul-actors/num-dl-actors
This was tested to work with 0 UL/DL actors with rfsim.
Add CI test to force RRC IDLE and new connection setup with 5G-S-TMSI
This MR is a follow up to !2725 (merged)..
The primary goal is to introduce a CI test that enforces the following behavior:
- Forces the UE to enter RRC_IDLE state.
- Validates the UE's re-connection procedure using the 5G-S-TMSI as the UE
identity.
fix the number of preambles per SSB at UE in case PRACH is configured with groupB
To fix an issue reported in the mailing list related to UE configured by a 3rd
party gNB with groupB PRACH
Replace hashtable with epoll_event_t in rfsimulator
Replace the FD <-> buffer_t hashtable with epoll_event_t mapping. This
simplifies the code, reduces the probability of memory leaks, and removes
a possible data race on the hashtable during rfsimulator shutdown.
Replace the FD <-> buffer_t hashtable with epoll_event_t mapping.
This simplifies the code, reduces the probability of memory leaks and removes a
possible data race on the hashtable during rfsimulator shutdown.
The UE shall use the currently stored UL NAS count to derive the
KgNB. Hardcoding the UL count to 0 is wrong, if there is a reset
to be done it should be explicitly done elsewhere.
Closes#832
The Security Mode Command is the only NAS message sending a security header
type "integrity protected with new 5G NAS security context". Such header
type is indicating that there is no valid security context and it is
indicating the current one configured by the AMF.
When receiving a Security Mode Command the "AMF shall reset the downlink NAS COUNT"
and use it to integrity protect the initial Security Mode Command. "The AMF shall
send the SECURITY MODE COMMAND message unciphered, but shall integrity protect [...]
The AMF shall set the security header type of the message to
"integrity protected with new 5G NAS security context".
See 5.4.2.2 3GPP TS 24.501.
This commit is ensuring the NAS DL count is reset when the relevant security header
is received. Also, the security container is deleted since no more valid and
NAS_SECURITY_NO_SECURITY_CONTEXT is returned. The setup of the new security context
is done by "handle_security_mode_command",
NAS 3GPP TS 24.501 clause 4.4.4.2 specify which NAS messages
are an exception to the integrity protection. All the other
scenarios are expected to be integrity protected. The
nas_security_rx_process function is returning:
1) NAS_SECURITY_NO_SECURITY_CONTEXT if no security context is established
2) NAS_SECURITY_UNPROTECTED for the messages listed in 4.4.4.2
3) NAS_SECURITY_INTEGRITY_PASSED if the integrity check is successful
These 3 results can be all considered successful. The other not.
Also, add a function to check whether a message is allowed to be
integrity unprotected, as per clause 4.2.2.2.
* trigger Identity Response callback from the handler
* process decoded message
According to 4.4.4.2 3GPP TS 24.501, Identity Request
with Identity Type SUCI is not expected to be
integrity protected.
The information about the payload carried by NAS DOWNLINK is helpful
in the logging and also for debugging purposes, therefore it was
added in this commit by enabling the already existing relevant function.
This commit restores the behaviour before the changes introduced in 611c0554. The NAS
Deregistration Accept message is unprotected, therefore the function will return
NAS_SECURITY_UNPROTECTED that would then be considered as NAS_SECURITY_INTEGRITY_PASSED
Unprotected message have a plain header of 3 octets, however security protected messages
have a 7 octets header.
* Close entity->pdusession_sock manually before pthread_join() to unblock sdap_tun_read_thread()
* Update tun_destroy() to open a fresh socket for interface management, independent from the data socket
* Fix check on success of change_interface_state() in tun_destroy(): is a boolean
* Handle ENODEV error when bringing interface down: treat as success if the interface is already gone.
* tun_destroy() is now handling INTERFACE_DOWN, so `INTERFACE_DOWN` in `tun_config()` is no longer needed
CI: revert modification of SSB per RACH occasion in SC-FDMA test
This MR reverts the parameter ssb_perRACH_OccasionAndCB_PreamblesPerSSB_PR back
to 4, undoing the change introduced in commit a4f9a7a6. The initial modification
was made as a potential fix for a reestablishment failure observed in the SC-FDMA
test case of the SABOX-B200 pipeline. However, further validation has shown that
this parameter was not the root cause of the issue.
T: macpdu2wireshark: dump to file instead of sending UDP packets
In NR with several layers, we may have MAC PDU of size bigger than 64KB,
which does not fit into a UDP buffer, destroying macpdu2wireshark.
Let's add an option to dump to a pcap file instead of using UDP packets.
The DLT 252 magic is used (check wireshark documentation to understand).
Run macpdu2wireshark with -h to see how to configure wireshark to read
the produced files.
several fixes and cleanup for nrLDPC_coding_t2
Newer DPDK driver versions may directly provide the internal HW mbuf in the
dequeued structure. So don't try to free the mbufs from that dequeued structure,
but the ones we allocated. Also, this mbuf has an offset to its output data, we
must consider this when accessing the output data.
Main contents of this MR:
- support newer DPDK versions
- make sure to free allocated mbufs
- fix q_bufs memory leak
- use rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset() to consider offset when accessing output data
- convert the correct number of LLRs from 16 Bit to 8 Bit
- remove unused variables and functions
- some more code cleanup
In NR with several layers, we may have MAC PDU of size bigger than 64KB,
which does not fit into a UDP buffer, destroying macpdu2wireshark.
Let's add an option to dump to a pcap file instead of using UDP packets.
The DLT 252 magic is used (check wireshark documentation to understand).
Run macpdu2wireshark with -h to see how to configure wireshark to read
the produced files.
Jaroslava Fiedlerova