Add a simple RF emulator library with no real RF.
It only synchronizes the gNB with the real time clock.
It is to be used for stress test or benchmarking in phy-test mode.
LDPC BBDEV/AAL rework
This branch aims to generalize the existing LDPC T2 implementation to support
other DPDK BBDEV accelerators, e.g., Intel ACC100/200.
Differences from the current T2 implementation include:
1. relax CMakeLists.txt checking for custom dpdk-t2 implementation,
technically, any DPDK BBDEV should work
2. BBDEV capability checks during init
3. llr_scaling to scale the input llr accordingly for better decoding
performance on the Intel ACC100/200
4. self-managed harq buffers for the ACC200, as internal harq memory is not
available
Tested BBDEV devices:
1. Intel ACC100
2. Intel ACC200/VRB1
Rename the library to reflect that it's more a generic AAL driver than
specifically for AAL. To this end, rename some documentation.
As of this commit, the options are still called nrLDPC_coding_t2. The
next commit will correct this.
Co-authored-by: Xin Zhe Khooi <khooixz@comp.nus.edu.sg>
Add a CU-UP load tester and improve GTP performance
This adds a simple tester program for the CU-UP. It sets up a number of
UEs/bearers in the CU-UP via the E1 interface, then streams data in
downlink/uplink (as seen by the CU-UP). More information is available in
tests/nr-cuup/README.md.
Includes some fixes to properly verify that SCTP is installed, and use
"the right cmake way" to use it in cmake code (see commit for details).
- Provide some documentation
- Make cmake keywards and sctp lib name lowercase
- Use standard form of find_package_handle_standard_args()
- Make an imported target sctp::sctp that will fail if being used in
cmake unless defined, which will avoid that "sctp" appears in the
cmake code but is silently discarded
See also:
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-developer.7.html#a-sample-find-module
Add WLS as a transport option for VNF/PNF, refactor existing options
This MR adds a new transport mechanism for the VNF and PNF split, using
the Intel WLS library, which makes use of DPDK and shared memory to
transport messages. This transport mechanism is what is used to
interface with Radisys ODU, while also working with OAI VNF/PNF.
The VNF and PNF have been refactored so that the transport-specific
functions are isolated from the rest of the logic, and as such,
interchangeable by means of function pointers.
The same change is done for the packing/unpacking procedures, allowing
to switch between FAPI and nFAPI encoding.
This MR also reduces the amount of duplicated code, by refactoring the
VNF with Aerial, which now only has the transport-relevant functions, as
well as the ones that are unique to it ( for example, the unpacking
procedures where a secondary data buffer is used for the message
payloads )
Additionally a new callback is added to the VNF to process
ERROR.indication messages, which currently only indicates which message
originated the error, and which error occurred.
Add a section in nfapi.md related to the different transport mechanisms available for VNF/PNF communication
Edit NR_NFAPI_archi.md to describe the VNF and PNF processing logic, as well as adding a flowchart for each of the components execution
Add the necessary patch to install the WLS library in the system
The common library exposes functions for the PNF to return the received blocks to the VNF for it to call WLS_Enqueue on them.
This is done in order to ensure the Blocks are returned after processing, also preventing the Dequeueing of blocks that are still being used, i.e. the internal value is not -1
All saved blocks are to be enqueued at the reception of a SLOT.indication by the VNF
Additionally, the definition of NFAPI_MAX_PACKED_MESSAGE_SIZE was moved to nfapi_interface.h and removed from the other headers, this is done to allow to set the maximum message size when using WLS by only changing the value in one place
Fixup fapi_nr_message_header_unpack call in nfapi_hex_parser
E release had the same issue of not using pkgconfig properly as F release.
This issue was fixed in F release when enabling its compatibility with DPDK 21+.
This commit brings this fix to E release.
In order to be usable in parallel of FHI 7.2, BBDEV devices should be included in the EAL initialization that is prformed by xran.
This commit adds a way of adding the BBDEV device from OAI.
Also fixes an issue with pkgconfig in xran.
Add physim tests into ctest framework
Convert physim testcases listed in
cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml into ctest. Note: Tests for
dlsim_tm4 are excluded, due to compilation issues.
CTest evaluates success based on return code: '0' = pass, non-zero =
fail. For some simulators, the return code is non-zero even when the
test is successful (as indicated by success messages in the test logs).
For some simulators, the return code is always '0'. This inconsistency
has been address in the first two commits of this MR.
To build and execute these tests:
- using cmake
cd openairinterface5g
mkdir build && cd build # you can also do that in cmake_targets/ran_build/build
cmake .. -GNinja -DENABLE_PHYSIM_TESTS=ON && ninja tests
ctest
- using build_oai: physim-related ctests are activated when PHY
simulators are built (use build_oai with '-P' or '--phy_simulators'
option)
cd openairinterface5g/cmake_targets
./build_oai --ninja --phy_simulators
cd ran_build/build
ctest
Link to newly created 4g and 5g RAN-Physim-Cluster pipelines:
- RAN-Physim-Cluster-4G: https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/RAN-Physim-Cluster-4G/
- RAN-Physim-Cluster-5G: https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/RAN-Physim-Cluster-5G/
Convert physim testcases defined in cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
into CTest based tests. These test are activated when '-DENABLE_PHYSIM_TESTS=ON'
CMake flag is set.
Note: Tests for dlsim_tm4 are excluded, due to compilation issues.
CTest evaluates success based on return code: '0' = pass, non-zero = fail.
The following table outlines the physim executables, their success expressions
(`expr_true`), and the return codes for success (`ret_success`) and failure
(`ret_fail`). The `expr_true` is used in test_case_list.xml to check for test
results.
| test_exec | expr_true | ret_succ | ret_fail |
| ------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ----------------- |
| dlsim | passed | 0 | -1 |
| ulsim | passed | 0 (ret) | 1 (ret) |
| ldpctest | BLER 0.000000 | 0 | 1 |
| polartest | BLER= 0.000000 | 0 | 1 |
| nr_pbchsim | PBCH test OK | 0 | 1 |
| nr_dlsim | PDSCH test OK | 0 | 1 |
| smallblocktest| BLER= 0.000000 | 0 | 1 |
| nr_ulschsim | PUSCH test OK | 0 (n_errors) | n_errors |
| nr_pucchsim | PUCCH test OK | 0 | 1 |
| nr_ulsim | PUSCH test OK | 0 (ret) | -1 (ret) |
| nr_prachsim | PRACH test OK | 0 (prach_errors)| > 0 (prach_errors)|
| nr_psbchsim | PSBCH test OK | 0 (errors) | > 0 (errors) |
Add CMake flag "ENABLE_PHYSIM_TESTS=ON" when building OAI with "-P"
or "--phy_simulators" option. This allows physim-related ctest to
be executed from build directory.
Add dependency on coding lib for all 4G physims
Fix Liteon with MTU 1500 and update the FHI docs
- Closes#884 - needed to update the max fragments needed for
transmission of one symbol; technically, 5 are enough but due to wrong
equation in the xran F release we had to increase to 6
- Clarify packet length for VFs
- Update Foxconn doc and config file with MTU set for jumbo frames
- Update Benetel docs with new version v1.2.2
1. Closes#884 - increase the XRAN_MAX_FRAGMENT from 4 to 6 (sufficient for MTU 1500 with compression 8b)
2. Add new firmware version that supports jumbo frames
3. Update the config file to align with the new Liteon unit in our lab - center frequency, jumbo frames, compression and RU MAC address,
as well as the max DL MIMO layers.
Encapsulate the asn1c call from cmake in a cmake function run_asn1c().
As a notable change to the previous manual add_custom_command()
invocation, in suppresses the output of asn1c by default [1] and stores
it in a log file. In case of asn1c4 error, the output will output on
stdout.
Use the new run_asn1c() in all occasions for code generation.
[1] it is quite verbose, with many warnings that we cannot influence nor
suppress, and lists all generated files which is verified by the build
system automatically, anyway.
The fronthaul library ships with BFP compression for AVX512 enabled targets.
This commit adds BFP compression for Arm targets by using the ArmRAL library.
Update the xran E release patch to work for Arm targets in addition to x86 targets.
Co-authored-by: Yi-Hung Chang <Yi-Hung.Chang@eurecom.fr>
Co-authored-by: brobert <brobert@valiha.com>
FHI72: Management plane support
At the moment, tested with Benetel 550 and 650 RUs FW v1.2.2
- support for multiple RUs
- RPCs implemented: <connect>, <subscribe>, <get>, <supervision-watchdog-reset>,
<edit-config>, <validate>, <commit>, <disconnect>
- read PTP sync status from operational datastore xml
- get vendor name, and for xran store RU MAC, MTU and IQ bitwidth and PRACH
offset, and transfer this info
- store interface name, low-level-tx/rx-endpoint names, tx/rx-carrier names,...,
from operational datastore xml
- add reference gNB/DU config files with M-plane support
- update FHI readme
- cmake version 3.12 defines libxml2 module; the default path is
/usr/share/cmake-3.<sub-version>/Modules/FindLibXml2.cmake
- OAI requires minimum cmake version 3.16
fix(nrLDPC_coding): timers in DL encoding, fix(ldpctest): Confusion in sizes
Main improvements:
1. fix(ldpctest): Confusion in sizes
IMPORTANT: This fix makes that ldpctest now works with BG2 and K' != K!
(Worth double checking with more cases than I did check with though)
The variable block_length had an ambiguous role and was used as both K and
Kprime. This was leading to arrays with wrong sizes and functions with wrong
arguments. Now there is not anymore block_length but K and Kprime.
Kprime can be set with the command line argument -l.
There was also some problems with array allocation for segments with length
not divisible by 8. A proper sizing with ((size_in_bits + 7) & ~7) / 8 was
used.
A proper masking of the last byte containing payload bits was also added to
keep filler bits to 0 after random initialization.
2. fix(nrLDPC_coding): timers in DL encoding
While timers were available for rate matching and interleaving in the new
interface, these timers were not merged to rate matching and interleaving
timers in nr_dlsch_coding.
New LDPC coding library interface for decoding and encoding complete slots in one call to the library
Previous attempts to integrate LDPC decoding relying on offloading show
the limitation of the original code segment coding interface for the
library implementing LDPC coding. In order to perform the offload and
therefore the decoding in an optimal fashion, it is relevant to provide
the implementation with the broader amount of data possible per call,
which is a slot. A previous MR related to T2 offload managed to offer
an interface for decoding transport blocks by modifying only
nr_ulsch_decoding.c. But this may not be sufficient for performing an
efficient decoding in any situation. Slots could be shared between
multiple transport blocks in case multiple UEs are connected to the RAN,
which makes the transport block size shrink and therefore degrades the
efficiency of the offloading.
This MR offers a broader interface with a gNB decoding entry point in
phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c. The file nr_ulsch_decoding.c now lets the
decoding library implement deinterleaving, rate-unmatching and decoding
for the slot. In gNB encoding and UE decoding and encoding as well,
tasks are partitioned in a similar fashion.
As it allows to feed the implementation with the broadest amount of data
possible, it allows to fit any coding solution in a library. This will
avoid further modification to OAI source code and addition of options to
select an implementation when integrating new decoding solutions. An
implementation of this interface will therefore be offered for every
existing decoding solution in OAI and solutions added in the future will
be provided as independent module code without any modification to the
core of OAI code. The way to choose the decoding solution and to
configure it was also unified using configmodule. The library can be
chosen through the option --loader.ldpc.shlibversion. The slot coding
solutions shipped with this MR can be configured through configmodule
(e.g., T2 address and isolated cores).
This MR includes three coding implementations:
- A wrapper around segment decoding libraries for test purpose: libldpc.so
- A one shot slot coding and encoding with the T2 board: libldpc_t2.so
- A decoder on FPGA using the XDMA driver: libldpc_xdma.so
Improvements brought by this MR:
- Easy integration of a wider variety of LDPC coding solution at gNB and UE
- Easy selection of the LDPC coding solution (option --ldpc-offload-enable is kept for now but it can be ultimately removed)
- T2:
* More efficient when many UEs are connected
* Decoding and encoding in nr-uesoftmodem
Some users copy libxran.so to a system directory (e.g., /usr/local/lib).
At the same time, we require xran_LOCATION to be set to find the build
directory. Use HINTS to prefer the location passed through
xran_LOCATION.
Also, use NO_DEFAULT_PATH to outright disallow global scope, to prevent
"accidentally" finding libxran.so in global scope (this is for
multi-user systems that are used in development, and where people have
different version of libxran for testing purposes). To still use
packages in e.g., /usr/local/, it would be possible to set xran_LOCATION
to this directory. (there is a problem that the version information will
likely not be read correctly, so this might not be enough)
Fronthaul xran library update to F release (2. and final step towards M-plane integration)
- xran library support -> both E and F releases
- RU delay profile removed -> not used in neither of the releases
- DU delay profile updated
- one-way delay measurements support is improved/fixed in the F release.
However, not implemented here as it depends on the RU capabilities
Major improvements:
1) bbu_offload - enable packet handling on BBU cores
2) dlCpProcBurst - DL CP processing on one or more symbols
3) SRS CP processing - depends on the RU capabilities that can be
retreived via M-plane (if RU is CAT B)
4) nSecDesc - the number of section descriptors per symbol; it was hardcoded to 0 in E release;
depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
5) RunSlotPrbMapBySymbolEnable - enable PRB mapping by symbol with multisection;
depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
6) DSS (Dynamic Spectrum Sharing) support - depends on the RU capabilities that can be retreived via M-plane
Minor fixes in F that exist in E:
1) prach_config->nPrachFilterIdx - explained in commit ID f3045396
2) T1a_min_cp_dl - explained in the commit under title "Clarification on DU delay profile"
3) fh_config->nULRBs - explained in commit under title "Further clarification on xran E release parameters"
Removed const for prb_conf argument in oran_allocate_cplane_buffers()
function, as F release requires the not const struct for
xran_init_PrbMap_by_symbol_from_cfg() and xran_init_PrbMap_from_cfg()
even though the struct is not modified inside of these functions.
There are command line options that one might pass to ninja/make, but
for which cmake does not provide an interface. For instance, make/ninja
support -k/-kN to "keep going" after errors. Cmake does not provide an
option, but it is still possible to pass this. Make a build_oai option
to allow this, used in the next commit.
Romain Beurdouche