The structure in which was snr will be a "SRS job" in a follow-up
commit, so the snr parameter cannot be stored in there (and it is also
not necessary to do so, as it can be local to the function handling
nr_srs_rx_procedures()).
Correctly read SRS SNR through FAPI message in nr_ulsim. Switch to SRS
BEAMMANAGEMENT as only this message returns the actual SNR (unlike
CODEBOOK). Add asserts to check what is returned is valid data in the
sense of the test.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Remove useless logging defines. Move srs_estimated_channel_time to where
it is used. Prepare for the next commit by moving UL_INFO to earlier
inside phy_procedures_gNB_uespec_RX().
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
This means that as of this commit, the signal has to be permanently
regenerated. In fact, with the SRS queue to be introduced in a follow-up
commit, we don't have an easy way to cache the sequence generation, as
there is no "index" to which we could refer to (hence, caching would be
tricky).
Instead, the next commits further refactor this to reduce the time for
SRS sequence generation as well as the memory footprint.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Set the FAPI message in nr_ulschsim correctly in line with what
nr_ulsch_procedures() expected. Add an AssertFatal() to verify that the
assumed length of DMRS in the simulator and what is actually set in the
FAPI message matches. Finally, the internal nr_get_G() code (looping
over all PUSCH) does not double the DMRS because Nl == 3 || Nl == 4, so
harmonize in the simulator.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
It is pointless to iterate ulsch_to_decode to find the number of jobs if
we can simply pass it to the function.
Use an additional {} block to limit the amount of indentation.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Pass pointer to data. This necessitates to move delay from
NR_gNB_ULSCH_t (ULSCH data, including transport channels etc) to
NR_gNB_PUSCH (lower-PHY PUSCH data):
1. This allows to pass a single pointer to nr_pusch_channel_estimation()
2. To me, delay estimation seems to be a lower-PHY calculation, so it
fits better anyway.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c calls pack_srs() functions to pack individual
SRS "subPDUs". Correspondingly, the library depends on NFAPI_LIB. In
nr_ulsim, in a later commit, we will need to unpack the SRS.indication,
so remove dummy functions and implement correctly.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Thread-pool support for TX symbol processing.
This MR adds thread-pool support for TX symbol processing. It allows modulation
/mapping/layer-precoding to run in parallel and offers a speedup of around 3
compared to single-thread execution. This is particularly important for large
bandwidths and 4 or more TX antenna ports where the precoding operation is quite
computationally-intensive.
Please see the description of !3489 for the performance comparison results and
the nr_dlsim timing measurements.
* Add option `--L1s.L1_num_tx_sym_per_thread` for the softmodems and `-Y` for `nr_dlsim`
to provide the number of symbols processed per thread.
It defaults to 0 which makes that every symbols are processed in one thread.
* The last symbol processing task is processed in the L1 TX thread.
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
- remove test_multipath and test_noise from ChanelSim tests of
RAN-Channel-Simulation pipeline - will be executed together with the
other CUDA-enabled unit tests
This change removes the cudaDevAttrIntegrated check and only requires
pageable memory access. This change allows to run GPU accelerated
channel convolution on GH machines.
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
This allows to compile physical simulators by compiling only tests with
"ninja tests". It fixes a regression.
Fixes: ec8efe1b7e ("Unify physim test definition")
Added two versions of channel convolution and noise generation:
- accelerated via threadpool
- accelerated using CUDA
The main difference between this and previous versions of channel
convolution implementations is that these functions take a real-world
approach to input/output where both could be split unevenly over a set of
buffers, e.g. ring buffers used in vrtsim.
The CUDA-accelerated version only works on systems with unified memory, e.g. NVidia
DGX Spark or GH
- 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
Fix Delta MCS mode, reimplement UL power control
This change set fixes the "delta-MCS" mode, and reimplements the UL power
control loops at gNB, i.e., for PUSCH and PUCCH. It further adds new T traces
to log PUSCH/PUCCH power infrmation, and cleans up code.
The "delta-MCS" mode in OAI refers to configuring a UE with deltaMCS in the
PUSCH-PowerControl IE (see TS 38.331). In this mode, the UE adjusts the PUSCH
power for transmissions to take into account for MCS (see TS 38.213 Sec. 7.1).
In other words, the target SNR can be set to a somewhat low value, and the UE
will still use the right power for UL transmissions. Note that the spec only
foresees this adjustment of UL power when using one layer. In contrast, in the
"normal" mode, the gNB sends TPC commands to keep a UE at a fixed target SNR
(default: 20dB), regardless of the MCS or number of layers. Future work is
planned to completely remove this fixed target SNR, which is not done in this
MR yet.
Further, there is a new power control loop implementation. Prior to this MR, on
each UL transmissions, the gNB uses the SNR to decide about TPC sent to a UE in
the next transmissions. The new implementation relies on averaging the SNR, and
a "TPC in flight" average to account for the slow reaction of the average SNR.
The sum of both quantities is the current SNR that is used by the UE. See the
commit messages or documentation for more information.
Further cleanup to group data (e.g., power control configuration, refactoring of
code to save space, ...) is done. Two new T traces GNB_MAC_PUSCH_POWER_CONTROL
and GNB_MAC_PUCCH_POWER_CONTROL are added; documentation exists to explain how
to graphically plot corresponding graphs.
PUCCH Format 1 decoder implementation and validation with nr_pucchsim
This is the implementation of the PUCCH Format 1 decoder, validated with
pucchsim in the current branch.
Build:
./build_oai --nrUE --gNB --ninja --phy_simulators
Run tests:
ctest -L nr_pucchsim -j 8
This commit completes the PUCCH Format 1 decoder implementation using
maximum-likelihood detection with RE averaging across symbols/RB (and
hop-wise averaging for intra-slot hopping). It also updates the PUCCH
simulation/test flow to align with the decoder changes, including
payload and logging consistency fixes needed for correct validation.
Use flat buffer for txdataF in gNB L1
This MR changes txdataF buffer format to hold freq domain data starting from
PRB0 instead of circular buffer that starts from PRB N/2. The motive is to
simplify RE mapping function in L1 and copying data to xran lib.
Added NTN-FR2 FDD bands defined in release 18 in Ka-band range
* NTN-FR2 bands 510, 511, 512 added. TS 38.101-5 v 18.9 defines these 3 FR2-FDD
bands for NTN operation.
* These bands are defined in Ka band range (17.3Ghz - 31Ghz).
* Tested using the added conf files using RFSIM and GEO configuration.
* There were some inconsistencies observed when testing with RFSimulator before UE
Syncs to the gNB in terms of samples being written for FR2 configurations. Once
the UE syncs, the inconsistencies disappear.
* this is the problem - UE writes incorrect number of samples and gNB complains
about getting samples in past
* The above inconsistencies were also fixed in this merge request.
* These commits solving above inconsistencies were removed from this MR and a
different MR was raised. MR with those commits: !3928.
So far txdataF buffer has DC RE as the first element. This was prefered
most likely to avoid memcpy before iFFT but comes with a small
complexity in RE mapping functions.
Instead, we use a flat buffer that holds freq domain data starting from
first negative SC. After resource mapping is done on all channels, each
OFDM symbol is shifted before iFFT so that the buffer start with DC RE.
This reduces complexity in mapping functions and later on when passing
beam IDs to 7.2 split RU especially when a beam is associated to
interleaved RB and/or REs.
There is already a memcpy in place to copy txdataF from gNB stuct to RU
struct. So this change does not introduce new memcpy.
Remove unused function arguments
Some of them, because there are hundreds if not thousands. Warnings at compilation time can be enabled using -Wunused-parameter.
Configure CSI-RS according to beam_id used by UE
This MR is to configure CSI-RS according to beam_id used by UE and
reconfigure upon beam change.
It has been tested with RFSIM, Liteon and Microamp under multiple beams.
GPU Channel Simulation: nr_dlsim/nr_ulsim Integration + CI Test
This MR is a follow-up to !3886 (merged) and extends CUDA-based channel
simulation support to nr_dlsim and nr_ulsim, together with the
corresponding CI tests.
The MR incorporates:
- Cherry-picked commits e0c204f7 and 5f344876 from !3588
- Integration of new CI physim tests using GPU-accelerated channel
simulation in nr_dlsim and nr_ulsim tests, see commit c727b3bb
New CI job: RAN-Channel-Simulation
https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/RAN-Channel-Simulation/
Fix compilation error:
/oai-ran/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlsim.c:932:42: error: variable 'h_channel_coeffs' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
932 | float *h_channel_coeffs = NULL;
| ^
- Introduce usage of the -f option in ulsim to allow enabling specific
feature flags at runtime.
- Add support for the "cuda" flag to enable CUDA channel simulation when
compiled with CUDA support. If an unsupported flag is provided, nr_ulsim
reports an error.
This commit integrates the GPU-based channel simulation pipeline into
the ulsim.
A `--cuda` command-line flag is added to enable the GPU path at
runtime. When activated, the simulator will:
- Allocate all necessary GPU and pinned host memory via the
`init_cuda_chsim_buffers` helper function.
- In the main simulation loop, call the `run_channel_pipeline_cuda`
function to perform the channel simulation on the GPU, bypassing the
CPU-based functions.
- Clean up all CUDA resources on exit using the
`free_cuda_chsim_buffers` helper.
The cpu path is also updated to use multipath_channel_float and add_noise_float.