Cleanup Cmake: remove some double compilation
Harmonize some cmake code to avoid double compilation, notably around
polar and smallblock. In develop, we just add their sources to other
targets, whereas now we define STATIC libraries (further changed to
shared library in !3856) to avoid double compilation.
With this command line:
cmake .. -GNinja -DENABLE_TESTS=ON && ninja
shows that before we compile 12631 files, where after it is 12583
there is additional supporting cleanup (move code, remove headers,
types, ...).
there is more harmonization to do, I limited myself to some easy wins.
For instance, we do the same with PDCP/SDAP, and this should be
refactored into STATIC libraries as well.
Fix SRS power computation
The SRS symbols have been remapped recently in
srs_estimated_channel_freq, and therefore the calculation of the SRS
power has to retrieve the symbols from different positions.
CI: Rename RAN-SA-2x2-Module-CN5G pipeline
RAN-SA-2x2-Module-CN5G performs tests not only with 2x2 but also with a
4x4 MIMO configuration. The pipeline name has been generalized to
RAN-SA-Multi-Antenna-CN5G to cover multiple antenna configurations.
RRC: Multi-cell handling architecture
This MR implements a foundational multi-cell handling architecture for
RRC by separating DU management from cell management and establishing a
hierarchical cell organization within each DU container. The changes
enable proper multi-cell support where each DU can serve multiple cells,
addressing the previous limitation where DU and cell management were
tightly coupled with the assumption of one cell per DU.
Key Changes:
- Data Structure Separation: Separated for DU containers (DU-specific
info) from cell containers (cell-specific data)
- Global DU and Cell Trees: Cells are now stored in global RB trees in
RRC, similarly to DUs
- Du-specific cell seq_arr: within each DU container (du->cells) is
stored a seq_arr of cells belonging to the DU
- UE Cell Association Framework: Introduced serving_cells array to track
PCell and SCells for each UE with servCellIndex indexing
- Cell Management Library: Extracted cell management functions into
rrc_cell_management.c/h for better testability and maintainability
Other relevant changes:
- F1AP Refactoring: cell list definitions, heap allocation to prevent
stack overflow
- 5G-S-TMSI Helpers: Common helper functions for 3GPP TS 23.003
compliant construction
- Integration Tests: Comprehensive test suite for DU lookup, cell
lookup, and UE cell association
- Cell Duplication Checks: Validation in F1 DU configuration update to
prevent duplicate cells
- Documentation: Updated RRC developer documentation with multi-cell
architecture details
Validated with RFsim in re-establishment and handover scenarios.
openair2/COMMON/rrc_messages_types.h has mostly 4G types. The only 5G
(gNB) RRC type is gNB_RrcConfigurationReq, which we can move to a header
in the corresponding directory (where it is used).
This allows to separate 5G gNB RRC module from the 4G types in
rrc_messages_types.h in the next commit.
reversing bits is not NR specific. Think of it like this: LTE code might
use reverse_bits*() as well, but in the old location, it would pull in a
bunch of NR dependencies that are superfluous.
Remove VCD signal dumper from NR code
We don't test VCD in 5G NR code (and haven't tested it in 4G for years).
Remove the VCD traces in 5G code to avoid any ambiguity. 4G code remains
in place, as well as the tools to analyze existing traces.
Fix for split 7.2 DU configurations including DU & RU ethernet addresses
Fix parsing of DU configurations that include both RU and DU ethernet
addresses in the fhi_72 section. The extraneous DU addresses are used in
MPlane to configure the RU.
RRC QoS refactor: PDU Session Modify support, SDAP fixes, and code improvements
The goal of this MR is to prepare the RRC/NGAP layer for the multi-QoS
support. The MR:
- enables PDU Session Resource Modify support in RRC/NGAP/E1AP
- fixes SDAP header mapping
- enables SDAP by default
- refactors QoS flow handling in RRC/NGAP
- improves error handling, and code maintainability in RRC/NGAP
Changes:
- NGAP PDU Session Modify:
* add NGAP PDU Session Resource Modify Request/Response handling with
proper error reporting for unrecognized sessions and AMF UE NGAP ID
validation
- E1AP Bearer Context Modification:
* add DRB To Remove List IE to support DRB release during modify
* rename numQosFlow2Setup to numQosFlowsMod in DRB To Modify List
- RRC QoS flow handling:
* enable multi-QoS flow support per DRB
* add utilities to map NGAP QoS parameters to E1AP
* filter QoS flows by DRB ID
- SDAP configuration:
* Fix SDAP header UL/DL mapping between internal representation and
ASN.1 enum (invert mapping)
* change SDAP header fields from long to bool for clarity
- F1 DRB setup refactoring:
* Extract shared helpers for F1 DRB setup list filling
* reduce duplication between E1 response and direct DRB setup paths
- AMBR management:
* Store AMBR in UE context
* validate AMBR is set before bearer setup
- Configuration:
* remove unused drbs configuration parameter
* enable SDAP by default (change default from false to true)
RAN-SA-2x2-Module-CN5G performs tests not only with 2x2 but also with a 4x4 MIMO
configuration. The pipeline name has been generalized to RAN-SA-Multi-Antenna-CN5G
to cover multiple antenna configurations.
Integrate GPU-Accelerated Channel Simulation + CI Test Pipeline
This MR builds on top of MR !3588 (feat: GPU Accelerated Channel
Simulation Pipeline).
The main portion of the changes is directly taken from MR !3588, and
focuses on integrating the GPU-accelerated channel simulation. On top of
that, this MR adds CI-related configurations to introduce a new channel
simulation testing pipeline into the CI --> RAN-Channel-Simulation
This MR introduces a CUDA-based pipeline to offload the
multipath_channel and add_noise channel simulation functions to the GPU.
This enables large-scale, real-time physical layer simulations not
possible on the CPU.
For full documentation, please see the file at openair1/SIMULATION/TOOLS/DOC/gpu_acceleration.md.
System & Compiler Requirements: An NVIDIA GPU with a compatible driver
and the CUDA Toolkit installed.
This feature was developed and tested on the GH200 server using the GCC
12 toolchain. To ensure reproducibility, building with GCC 12 is highly
recommended. Build Instructions
The primary flag to enable this feature is -DCUDA_ENABLE=ON. The
following command shows a sample configuration used during development
on the GH200 server:
./build_oai --phy_simulators --cmake-opt "\
-DCUDA_ENABLE=ON \
-DUSE_UNIFIED_MEMORY=ON \
-DUSE_ATS_MEMORY=OFF \
-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc-12 \
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++-12 \
-DENABLE_TESTS=ON"
Memory Model Configuration
The pipeline supports multiple CUDA memory management modes, which can
be configured at compile time. ATS Memory (-DUSE_ATS_MEMORY=ON) is
enabled by default. To use another memory model, you must first disable
ATS.
For a detailed explanation of these models, please refer to Section 3 of
the gpu_acceleration.md report.
vrtsim: add CIR DB playback with CLI flags
VRTSIM: CIR DB playback via CLI
This change adds an optional in-process CIR DB path to VRTSIM. When
enabled with --vrtsim.cirdb and optional --vrtsim.cirdb-path, VRTSIM
reads precomputed taps from cir_db.bin. Default behavior is unchanged
when the flag is not set.
Build
cmake ../../ -GNinja -DOAI_VRTSIM_CIRDB=ON -DOAI_VRTSIM_TAPS_CLIENT=OFF
cmake --build . --target vrtsim
How to run
gNB
sudo ./nr-softmodem \
-O ./targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/gnb.sa.band78.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.conf \
--device.name vrtsim \
--vrtsim.role server \
--gNBs.[0].min_rxtxtime 3 \
--vrtsim.cirdb 1 \
--vrtsim.cirdb-path /home/merkeb/oai-cir-emitter/cir_db.bin
UE
sudo ./nr-uesoftmodem \
-C 3619200000 -r 106 --numerology 1 --ssb 516 --band 78 \
--device.name vrtsim
Expected logs
- VRTSIM prints that channel modelling is active and uses DB backed taps
- CIRDB ready: model=..., shape=Tx x Rx, L=..., S=..., fs=..., dt=...,
speed=...
CLI behavior and fallbacks
- TAPS client and chanmod paths are unchanged
- If --vrtsim.cirdb is not set or equals 0, VRTSIM uses the existing
channel model path
Add fallbacks for ARMv8a to make it compile
The current code, on ARM, uses ARMv8.1-A RDM instructions. Add a
fallback for processors that do not have this instruction set.
Add some specific compile options for this platform.
Add debian 12 to the list of architectures.
- Change gNB RRC enable_sdap default to true
- Update RRC and RUNMODEM docs to reflect new default behavior
- Clean up CI gNB configs by removing redundant enable_sdap=1
- Keep explicit SDAP disable config for NFAPI gNB VNF
According to TS 38.413:
* AMBR is conditional to PDU Session Resource to setup in the Initial UE
Context Setup procedure
* The UE Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate IE should be sent to the NG-RAN node
if the AMF has not sent it previously. If it is included in the PDU
SESSION RESOURCE SETUP REQUEST message, the NG-RAN node shall store
it in the UE context
* Range is INTEGER [0..4,000,000,000,000]
To this purpose, changes in the commit:
* Init AMBR to out of range value when creating UE context
* Store AMBR in UE context whenever is received
* Assert if not set at the time of Bearer Setup (should be known at that stage)
Fix parsing of DU configurations that include both RU and DU ethernet
addresses in the fhi_72 section. The extraneous DU addresses are used
in MPlane to configure the RU.
For now, test in the following configuration:
- 16 parallel channels
- channel length of 32 and 128
- with 61440 and 122880 samples
- 12 trials per each test (due to CUDA kernel loading delay in first iterations)
- multiple MIMO configurations: 2TX - 2/4/8/32 RX, 2/4/8/32 TX - 2RX
Add undocumented Aerial ERROR.indication vendor specific error codes
This MR adds the remaining vendor-specific ERROR.indication error codes
that are undocumented in the Aerial online documentation, but are
present in the cuPHY-CP/scfl2adapter/lib/scf_5g_fapi/scf_5g_fapi.h
header file.
This change stems from the appearance of an undocumented error code
during testing (SCF_ERROR_CODE_L1_MISSING_UL_IQ = 0x44) It aims to ease
the comprehension of the errors thrown by Aerial L1.
Robert Schmidt