SCF FAPI 222.10.02 had a bug on the description of CoreSetType:
0: CORESET is configured by the PBCH or SIB1
(subcarrier 0 of CRB0 for DMRS mapping)
1: otherwise (subcarrier 0 of CORESET)
That was fixed in SCF 222.10.04:
0: CORESET is configured by the PBCH or SIB1
(subcarrier 0 of the CORESET)
1: otherwise (subcarrier 0 of CRB0 for DMRS mapping)
That wrong description created a misunderstanding, to overcome it we "wrongly" added a third value. This commit fixes that and aligns the CoreSetType with FAPI 222.10.04
remove several unused files
remove mem_block_t that is never used in a different way than a simple heap buffer
move up IP address type and remove duplications of the same struct declaration
Before this commit, the DMRS_UplinkConfig was stored in a separate
DMRS-related structure, although it is always referenced in the
PUSCHConfig of the current UL BWP.
Through certain code paths (e.g., retransmission), it could happen that
an old DMRS_UplinkConfig was accessed that was freed (through new
CellGroupConfig).
In this commit, we always look up the DMRS_UplinkConfig in the current
PUSCH config, which should always be up to date.
This time constant plays a major role in how long a UE has to wait
maximally before it might be scheduled. For instance, if a UE had a lot
of traffic, the average traffic will be high, pushing the PF coefficient
down. If another UE with no traffic in the past becomes active with
heavy traffic, the first UE might not be scheduled for an extended
period of time.
In the AW2S-Amarisoft UE CI test pipeline, we sometimes see that the
maximum number of RLC retransmissions was reached. While this might not
be the (only) cause, scheduling a UE more often might prevent such
situations, and we saw an improved stability.
The RA.crnti field is marked as being used by NSA mode, but it is not.
OTOH, it is used in the case of RA with Msg.3 with C-RNTI MAC CE. The
latter does not necessarily need it, though, as we can change the RNTI
of the RA process when we receive C-RNTI MAC CE.
This introduces a slight complication, though, as we cannot remove the
MAC UE Context (generated when receiving Msg.3) directly when parsing
the C-RNTI MAC CE. Previously, we had both rnti and crnti in the RA
struct, and when sending Msg.4 after Msg.3 with C-RNTI MAC CE, we would
remove the UE context (this is changed in the next commit). Therefore,
we employ nr_mac_trigger_release_timer() which releases the UE after
60ms, circumventing this complication.
Different threads (e.g., RRC, DU tasks) might access the scheduler at
the same time as the thread that drivers the scheduler itself
(ru_thread). To avoid data races, introduce this mutex.
Most functions of the scheduler are only used internally and have been
marked static in the previous commit. The remaining ones, in this
commit, either lock the scheduler mutex sched_lock, or a comment has
been added of the assumption of how such function is to be locked (e.g.,
if it might be called from different places, or if it is called by a
function that already locks the scheduler).
To know which functions are used from outside and which are
module-local, make many functions static. This will allow us to protect
only those functions with a mutex for which it is necessary.
This commit fixes a bug caused by global variables in the gNB_MAC_INST
structure used to transfer MAC scheduler's results to the PHY layer.
When using several threads in the PHY layer, it may happen that the
MAC scheduler is called a second time by the second PHY thread for the
next slot before the content of the global variables in the gNB_MAC_INST
structure used to store the result of the MAC scheduler for the current
slot have been consumed by the first thread, leading to unpredictable
results (all of them certainly wrong).
The solution is to introduce a small memory management module for the
interface between the PHY threads and the MAC scheduler. The MAC
scheduler now fills the data structures passed to it, and not a
global variable anymore. The PHY layer manages the structures and
ensures that no data is overwritten before being fully consumed by
the various threads of the PHY layer.
Some care has to be taken because several PHY threads will access the
same structures at the same time for a given slot (in read mode, so
it's okay). A mechanism of reference counting has thus been introduced.
Only one CC is supported. This restriction should not be too hard
to remove if/when needed. (The code before this commit does not seem
to work for more than one CC anyway.)
During the Initial UL RRC Message, the CellGroup is created. Since the
CellGroup specifies the SRB1, the SRB1 should also be created (because
the DL RRC Messages is sent via SRB1). However, before this commit, the
CellGroup is created while having the RLC lock, so we cannot create
SRB1, as it results in a deadlock.
Therefore, we now first create CellGroup, SRB0, and SRB1, before giving
the UE message to the RLC.
