... so if we want to have 1 BWP configured at any given time we need to
reconfigure BWP 1 every time. This means that since the gNB has more
than 1 BWPs (for use for different UEs), that there is a "gNB BWP ID"
(as used by the gNB), which can be any BWP ID X, and one "UE BWP ID",
which is always 1. This commit implements this distinction.
[MAC] Add UL total/used aggregated MAC stats; [E2 agent] Properly calculate
used UE PRBs in KPM; [CI] Simplify and improve the Undeploy_Object() and
implement Stop_Object()
- Create common dlul_mac_stats_t struct for both DL and UL total/used aggregated
PRBs
- Use correct unit [%] for RRU.PrbTotDl and RRU.PrbTotUl , instead of [PRBs]
- Use correct unit [Mb] for DRB.PdcpSduVolumeDL and DRB.PdcpSduVolumeUL [kb]
- Implement Stop_Object() (docker compose stop = SIGTERM)
- Simplify the Undeploy_Object() function
- Improve the logging for Deploy/Undeploy_Object() functions
- OAI-FlexRIC CI: properly stop all the containers (one by one or a subgroup of
running containers), and rename oai-flexric to nearRT-RIC container
DL stats (aggregated total and used PRBs) previosuly used only for O1 interface,
now finds the purpose for E2 interface as well.
New UL stats (aggregated total and used PRBs) serve for E2 interface only.
Co-authored-by: Teodora Vladić <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
In the current implementation, if UE transmission is interrupted via nr_mac_interrupt_ue_transmission(),
UE_sched_ctrl.ta_frame is modified to be the previous frame avoiding TA scheduling in the measurement gap.
So the next scheduled TA is shifted to be in 99 frames. As there are other measurement gaps before that,
the scheduled TA is always shifted, but actually never reached, effectively disabling the MAC TA commands.
To fix this, UE_sched_ctrl.ta_frame is changed to not indicate the last TA command transmission, but the
next one. This allows to check in nr_mac_interrupt_ue_transmission() if the next TA command transmission
is within the measurement gap and if so shift it to just after that gap.
This slightly speeds up the scheduler (it e.g., does not need to check
for UEs that have retransmissions), and harmonizes with pf_ul(), which
evaluates (UL) BSR at a similar place within the scheduler.
Check and return, if necessary, that we have enough resources to make
retransmissions. Without, we can asserts in L1, such as
Assertion (NPRB>0 && (NPRB + RBstart <= BWPsize)) failed!
In PRBalloc_to_locationandbandwidth0() openairinterface5g/common/utils/nr/nr_common.c:506
Illegal NPRB/RBstart Configuration (0,51) for BWPsize 51
which indicates that the scheduler requested a transmission with 0 PRBs,
which does not make sense.
Call the post-processor when the allocation is "fixed" (i.e., nothing
changes anymore), instead of having a final loop across all UEs that
might potentially be costly.
In order to calculate the PF metric, note that the statistics "reset" is
moved into pf_dl() instead of the post-processing loop, as it has to be
done on each slot.
See also: dd98030202 ("Refactor to call post-processor in place")
Assign NR_sched_pdsch to sched_ctrl->sched_pdsch in one place, where the
post-processing functionality will be called in a follow-up commit. This
should result in no functional change.
It seems to be assumed that curInfo actually has the currently active
number of layers/PMI. However, I am not sure this would always be true
(e.g., UE might not have been scheduled for some slots, but number of
layers decreased as reported by CSI). Instead, recalculate the info
from scratch when necessary.
PF uses MCS and average throughput to decide which UE to schedule. Thus,
the first loop decides on MCS, whereas the second does the "main UE
allocation" after sorting by the PF metric.
A follow-up commit will remove sched_pusch from NR_UE_sched_ctrl_t.
Thus, we cannot rely on sched_ctrl to store the MCS in the first loop,
and look it up from there in the second. Instead, store it as part of
the UE iterator data, and take it from there.
See also: f3068caa37 ("Store selected MCS in UE iterator", for UL)
Introduce a struct with information on FAPI structures to save resource
and data allocation into. It's in nr_mac_gNB.h because the next commits
will reuse this for all preprocessors.
Refactor measConfig
- Refactor and minor improvements in get_MeasConfig function;
- Add support for band in neighbourConfiguration (It is currently
possible to handover cells with different frequencies, as long as they
are in the same band, but this MR allows the handover to also be done
between cells in different bands).
Update the comparator() to properly sort UEs based on their coefficient
by appliey a consistent logic of -1/0/1 (see man qsort) for
smaller/equal/larger. The previous logic was only sorting based on 0/1
(equal/larger), which would result in some UEs with a high coefficient
not necessarily advancing to the start of the list, which could reduce
the likelihood of them being scheduled when they actually should (in
other words, this should improve fairness).
See also: 62e4025bc8 ("Integrate inactivity scheduling into main
allocation loop")
Refactor ULSCH scheduler towards more TDD pattern flexibility
Refactors ULSCH scheduler, notably to support "UL-heavy" TDD patterns,
e.g., DSUUU. Also allows to run TDD pattern2 with UL slots, which was a
limitation in the previous code.
Update/refine gNB MAC stats, update L1
Only applicable with -q option.
Print a number of statistics, e.g., rx_ulsch_sdu to track UL MAC stats
timing. Remove unused time_meas_t definitions, and fix the name for the
total gNB scheduler time.
Print the RU stats in nrL1_stats.log, as some are already there, and do
not "pollute" the periodic logs when -q is enabled.
I used this to see why there are sometimes late slots with Aerial. I
used the above stats to get a general overview. This additional patch
shows that at least in RFsim, the RLC indication in rx ulsch sdu can
take up to 20us on my machine. Given that we can have multiple PDUs in
UL (10?), this can amount to a sizeable amount of time. While this is
for another MR, I thought the cleanup would be nice to have.
Print a number of statistics, e.g., rx_ulsch_sdu to track UL MAC stats
timing. Remove unused time_meas_t definitions, and fix the name for the
total gNB scheduler time.
Add a flag for each RB that tracks suspension state. Mark all RBs
(except SRB1) as suspended on reestablishment, and de-suspend on
reconfiguration. Only check RLC status for non-suspended RBs. For UL
data traffic, check that DRB/SRB2 exist (SRB1 should be there as soon as
the UE context exists).
- rewrite add_UE_to_list() and rewrite remove_UE_from_list() to simplify
list handling
- return pointer from get_new_nr_ue_inst(); it's completely freed by
delete_nr_ue_data()
- have add_new_UE_RA() add UE context to access list; remove with
nr_release_ra_UE()
- have add_connected_nr_ue() only add UE to connected list; to move from
access to connected use transition_ra_connected_nr_ue(); remove with
mac_remove_nr_ue() as previously
- free memory on problems during RA
- add some documentation
- in NSA/HO: check for pre-configured RA process
- there are asserts in all functions to clarify when a UE has RA
francescomani