- Add XML pipeline for N2 handover testing
- Add Docker compose for two monolithic gNBs
- Features:
* Two monolithic gNBs (gNB1, gNB2) with proper CU+DU parameters
* Gradual attenuation control using RC4DAT attenuator (5s duration)
* N2 handover sequence: gNB1 → gNB2 → gNB1
* Proper channel mapping: ch1-2 for gNB1, ch3-4 for gNB2
* Telnet server configuration for CI commands
* Handover-specific neighbor configuration
* Clean test state management with attenuator reset
CI: Upgrade Aerial setup to 25-2.1
The purpose of this MR is to upgrade the cuBB image in the Aerial setup to
release 25-2.1 and update the doc/Aerial_FAPI_Split_Tutorial.md accordingly.
Update cuBB image to cubb-build:25-2.1_srs-ul-heavy (release 25-2.1 with
changes in the L1 config to test heavy ul)
Co-authored-by: Reem Bahsoun <reem.bahsoun@openairinterface.org>
N2 handover
This MR introduces full support for N2 handover, covering handover
decision, preparation, execution, and notification between source and
target NG-RAN nodes.
Key features:
1. Handover Decision & Preparation:
- Implement N2 handover decision based on UE measurement reports.
- Generate the Handover Preparation Information message, including
RRCReconfiguration.
- Send Handover Required message from the source NG-RAN to the AMF.
2. Handover Execution:
- Decode and handle the Handover Request on the target NG-RAN.
- Process the Handover Command on the source gNB, triggering
RRCReconfiguration.
- Initiate Handover Notify after successful completion.
3 NGAP & RRC Enhancements:
- Implement NGAP encoding/decoding functions for Handover Required,
Handover Request, Handover Command, Handover Failure, and Handover
Notify (3GPP TS 38.413).
- Adds NG-RAN Status Transfer support (UL/DL) for PDCP COUNT
preservation during mobility:
- support for NGAP Uplink and Downlink RAN Status Transfer messages
(TS 38.413 §9.2.3.13-14) to enable proper PDCP COUNT value
transfer during handover or recovery: NGAP encoding/decoding for
RAN Status Transfer, PDCP helpers to extract and apply COUNT (HFN
+ SN) per DRB. This aligns with TS 38.300 §9.2.3.2.1 and TS 23.502
§4.9.1.3.3, ensuring PDCP status preservation in AM.
4. Testing:
- Introduce a Telnet command to manually trigger N2 handover using UE
ID and neighbor PCI.
- Add configuration file for testing N2 handover with a target gNB.
The pipeline is using the already existing conf files
for the source/target gNB CUs/DUs.
For the sake of simplicity, neighbour-config.conf has
been rewritten and simplified in this commit, then
adopted in this pipeline. The file was not used before.
CI: Creation of F1 Handover pipeline
In this MR we are modifying/adding all the required files (.xml, .conf,
.yml) in order to create a pipeline on Jenkins that allows us to test
OTA F1 handover.
RFSim test for 10 UEs/process
This MR adds a testcase and changes required to run 10 UEs in a single
process with RFSim
- Added deregistration for all connected UEs
- Refactored MAC/RRC instance handling
- made map_current_symbol thread safe
- made opeanir0_cfg thread safe and local
- Added 10UE/process testcase
Add SYS_NICE capability to enable setting thread priority and affinity
in rfsim5g tests. This improves execution speed in test cases with
heavier processing workloads.
RF simulator: Fix concurrency issues during new client connections
- Fix concurrency issues happening when a new client connects, sometimes
leading to a total softmodem deadlock.
- trace in 4G RAR processing to debug ci result
Speed up docker deployment in CI
- Using docker compose up --wait instead of a custom healthcheck script:
from: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/compose/up/
--wait Wait for services to be running|healthy. Implies detached mode.
--wait-timeout Maximum duration in seconds to wait for the project to be running|healthy
- Speeding up the healthchecks by reducing the interval from 1-10s to
0.5s during start period
start_period creates a special period after the start of the container
where the healthcheck is executed every start_interval . During this
time the failures do not count towards the retries counter, but
successes change the status to healthy. This allows container to reach
healthy status much sooner.
- Using init: true to speed up docker compose down/stop
`init: true` initializes the docker container with tini or
alternative: tini is used to collect all the processes and correctly
pass the termination signal to them. This allows the docker container
to be stopped without waiting 10 seconds to kill the container
- Smallest example of this is:
services:
test-init:
image: ubuntu:jammy
command: sleep 10d
Fix concurrency issues happening when a new client connects, sometimes
leading to a total softmodem deadlock.
Key changes:
- Fix sample sending on new client connection: send the first
sample only to the newly connected client.
- Remove the --rfsimulator.hanging-workaround option
- Replace global nb_ue and Sockmutex with nb_cnx and Sockmutex
in rfsimulator_state_t for better concurrency and clarity.
This modification aims to improve health status detection by using PRACH IO as
an indicator of the gNB's status (container is marked as "healthy" when the
PRACH IO value in gNB nrL1_stats.log exceeds 0.0 dB.). The new condition accounts
for scenarios where the container may not exit or produce error codes (e.g.,
“sleep” logs or "error code overflow" messages).
- `init: true` initializes the docker container with tini or alternative - it is
used to collect all the processes and correctly pass the termination signal to
them, this allows the docker container to be stopped without waiting 10 seconds
to kill the container
- speeding up the healthchecks by reducing the interval from 1-10s to 0.5s during
start period
Co-authored-by: Bartosz Podrygajlo <bartosz.podrygajlo@openairinterface.org>
[E2 agent] E2AP README update and OAI-FlexRIC CI pipeline improvements
- E2AP README - add OSC nearRT-RIC section; update with proper FlexRIC
links, and explanations on prerequisites, as well as for xApps
- OAI-FlexRIC CI - use separate containers for xApps
- add reference files for CU-UP/CU-CP
- add logging for KPM NSSAI condition
Instead of running xApps from oai-flexric container,
create dedicated xApp containers.
In addition, modify the flexric.conf: DB_PATH doesn't exist;
DB_DIR is the correct name.
Following a power cycle of the CI machines in the NSA-B200 setup, the gNB
machine encountered a networking issue. Although packets were observed leaving
and returning to the host of gNB, they failed to reach the container.
Debugging steps taken:
- upgraded the gNB machine
- reinstalled Docker
- reviewed and verified IP rules and routing settings
Setting the container to use host network mode resolved the issue.
Update CN5G images tags to the latest release in all CI pipelines
This MR is updating the tags of the CN5G docker images to the latest
release v2.1.9, for all CI pipelines.
CI: Replacing Devkit server with a Grace Hopper in Aerial pipeline
Switch servers on the Aerial pipeline from Gigabyte (AMD) to Grace
Hopper (ARM), and make the necessary changes:
- Update XML, YAML, and gnb.conf
- Change the argument passed to the L1 in aerial_l1_entrypoint.sh to be
compatible with the GH
- Update the Aerial setup in TESTBench.md and Aerial_FAPI_Split_Tutorial.md docs
- Decrease the tested throughput due to an issue with the RU. Will open
another MR to increase it once the problem is fixed.
NR UE: add support for continuous frequency offset compensation (in particular NTN LEO Doppler)
- move function add_noise() to file
openair1/SIMULATION/TOOLS/phase_noise.c
- refactor (co)sinus calculation out of phase_noise() into get_sin_cos()
in nr_common.c
- NR UE: continuously estimate the frequency offset using PBCH DMRS
- NR UE: add command line parameter --initial-fo to specify known
initial frequency offset
- NR UE: add support for continuous DL frequency offset compensation
--cont-fo-comp
- NR UE: add support for continuous UL frequency offset
pre-compensation. Depending on the main source of frequency offset,
pre-compensate the UL frequency offset (FO) accordingly. Therefore
modify the flag --cont-fo-comp to accept an integer value, where
* 1 specifies, that the main FO contribution comes from the accuracy of the local oscillator (LO)
* 2 specifies, that the main FO contribution comes from Doppler shift
- NR UE: add PI controller to continuous frequency offset compensation
- rfsimulator: enable and correct NTN LEO doppler simulation
- use SIMD to speed up nr_fo_compensation()
- Extend NTN LEO example in RUNMODEM.md to include continuous Doppler
compensation
- NR UE: in nr_adjust_synch_ue() extend the peak search to +/- cyclic
prefix size, esp. for LEO NTN scenarios the timing drifts during
initial sync, which is mostly compensated with
--ntn-initial-time-drift. But there might be a residual time offset,
and by extending the peak search window we make this more tolerant.
- NR UE: remove unused nr_slot_tx_offset, it is unused since commit
f3e60a14
- NR UE: remove now unnecessary local variable
update_ntn_system_information, directly use
UE->ntn_config_message->update instead
Guido Casati