Implementation of STOP exchange
This implements the STOP.request/indication for all 3 transport mechanisms, the
VNF will send the STOP.request to the PNF, indicating it will disconnect, and
await a STOP.indication from the PNF
The WLS VNF is reworked to be able to start before the PNF, by calling call
rte_eal_init and rte_dev_probe to determine if dpdk has been initialized
properly, before calling rte_eal_init in the intended process when it is
appropriate to do so
- The DU was using encode_MIB_NR() while constructing the GNB-DU System Information for the F1SetupRequest.
- encode_MIB_NR() encodes a full NR_BCCH_BCH_Message_t, causing the MIB to be wrapped in a BCH container.
- This results in incorrect MIB values in the F1SetupRequest PCAP (e.g., wrong systemFrameNumber, SCS, DMRS position, cellBarred).
- According to 3GPP TS 38.473, the MIB carried in F1AP must be encoded as a raw NR_MIB_t.
- The correct function encode_MIB_NR_setup() encodes MIB in the required format but was not used.
- This patch replaces encode_MIB_NR() with encode_MIB_NR_setup() to ensure correct and standards-compliant MIB encoding in the F1SetupRequest.
Closes issue #1034.
By default, 'L1_rx_thread_core', 'L1_tx_thread_core', 'ru_thread_core' are set to '-1' but the values were decoded from config file as unsigned instead of signed types, thus, it was not allowing to set them with '-1' from config file
Refactor DLSCH scheduler
Refactor the DLSCH post processor similarly to what has been done in
!3521 with the goal of saving an additional iteration through all UEs,
hopefully making the DLSCH scheduler faster.
It further includes changes to make working with and debugging multi-UE
operation easier:
- add some measurements in L1 (for total TX/RX time)
- a new option MACRLCs.[0].stats_max_ue to limit the number of UEs in
the periodic output (default: 8, 0=disable)
- avoid stack overflow in the MAC
- fix the writing of stats to nrMAC_stats.log and nrL1_stats.log when
the written output reduces by truncating the files
- avoid to schedule retransmission with 0 RBs.
The gNB will stop the periodical logging of UEs in MAC Info level after
a configurable number of UEs have been printed, by default 8.
Set it to 17 in some CI tests to ensure we still get all UEs for the
time being, as the CI might depend on this.
This implements the STOP.request/indication for all 3 transport mechanisms, the VNF will send the STOP.request to the PNF, indicating it will disconnect, and await a STOP.indication from the PNF
The WLS VNF is reworked to be able to start before the PNF, by calling call rte_eal_init and rte_dev_probe to determine if dpdk has been initialized properly, before calling rte_eal_init in the intended process when it is appropriate to do so
Improvements to RRC PDU session and DRB handling logic
This merge request introduces a major simplification and cleanup of the gNB RRC
PDU Sessions and DRBs handling logic. The core goals of this work are to:
- Replace fixed-size PDU Session, DRBs and QoS arrays with dynamic containers
- Simplify and modularize helper functions for session/DRB management
- Prepare for further refactoring of the PDU Session state machine
- Improve code safety and maintainability through better bounds checking
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).
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.
Add the possibility to use UL slots in TDD pattern 2. For simplicity, we
require the mixed slot to be of the same symbols in pattern 1 & 2. For
UL slots, simply use the right amount of UL TDAs, depending on which
number of UL slots among pattern 1 & 2 is bigger.
One complication is the TDA for the mixed slot. The current code assumes
that k2 has to be equal or larger than (number of DL slots +1) (because
the spec says min k2=2, but we might want to schedule DSUUU). Then,
there could be for instance the following cases:
- only pattern 1: DSUUU DSUUU ...: the mixed slot has to be reached an
entire period in advance
- pattern 1 & 2: DSUUU DDDDD: normal mixed slot k2, e.g., like for 7DS2U
- pattern 1 & 2: DSUUU DDDSU: the mixed slot has to be reached
N_ul2+N_dl1+1 slots in advance
I can't think of more cases right now. To avoid unscheduled slots, I put
an assertion (which could also trivially be taken out).
Since the parent commit, the TDA for UL scheduling is dynamically
selected, instead of being hardcoded to specific indices. We can thus
also omit the SRS TDA if no SRS is configured.
Also add SRS-specific TDAs if we schedule further into the future.
numelt in place of config_isparamset
config_isparamset doesn't seem to work for array types, a temporary solution is
using numelt to verify if the parameter is set in config file
If the config file does not specify ra_ResponseWindow, select it to be
10 slots in mu=0, or 20 slots for all others.
This should give us enough flexibility to allocate Msg2 without running
out of the response window. The next commit will remove most
ra_ResponseWindow options in configs.
Remove the --usim-test option: to my knowledge, it's not used by users,
and is misleadingly placed in various places where there should not be a
difference w.r.t. USIM configuration.
When making the changes, I assumed that --usim-test would be 0 (the
default), which is the case in all executables when not specified in
options except for the nr_dlsim, nr_pbchsmi, nr_ulsim simulators.
The only exception is the initialization of PDCP from the MAC, which is
not correct (the PDCP is in the CU, so it does not make sense to call it
from the MAC which is in the DU). Instead, always initialize from main,
even in the NSA case (NSA was covered by the incorrect initialization
from MAC).
This in turn let to some more cleanup around function du_rlc_data_req().
After receiving GTP packets at the DU, they were given to the PDCP to
enqueue the packet at RLC. This does not work anymore, since the PDCP is
not initialized; it also does not seem necessary, as this enqueue
functionality is necessary to decouple PDCP and RLC to avoid deadlocks
in monolithic, but in split-mode, this cannot happen. Instead, call
directly into the RLC when receiving GTP packets.
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.
Enabling usage of ulsyncvalidityDuration timer in SIB19
ntn-UlSyncValidityDuration in SIB19 from Spec 38.331 v17.12 A validity
duration configured by the network for assistance information which
indicates the maximum time duration (from epochTime) during which the UE
can apply assistance information without having acquired new assistance
information. The unit of ntn-UlSyncValidityDuration is second. Value s5
corresponds to 5 s, value s10 indicate 10 s and so on.
ntn-UlSyncValidityDuration-r17 ENUMERATED{ s5, s10, s15, s20, s25, s30, s35,s40, s45, s50, s55, s60, s120, s180, s240, s900}
Implementation of epochtime is under discussion.
It can be configured in configuration file according to the above
enumeration. For GEO - 240s, MEO - 20s, LEO-5s can be used.
Add configurable values of NR RLC and NR PDCP to the configuration file
This is for the gNB (the UE gets the values from the gNB).
The physical simulators were also adapted (we put the previously
hardcoded values that were everywhere in the code into the simulators
themselves). I don't think we need to have those values configurable for
the simulators, but I can study the possibility to add this if someone
tells me it's important (if not important I prefer not to do it, I am
not sure if it is trivial to do or not).
dynamically allocated memory is pushed to the seq_arr that
is doing a memcpy, so it can be either or better allocated
in the stack instead
> Direct leak of 16 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
> #0 0x7efd8f6b4a57 in __interceptor_calloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:154
> #1 0x577888f3457e in fill_neighbour_cell_configuration /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c:1914
> #2 0x577888f3457e in RCconfig_NRRRC /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c:2108
> #3 0x57788869a0d2 in create_gNB_tasks /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/executables/nr-softmodem.c:253
> #4 0x57788869a0d2 in main /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/executables/nr-softmodem.c:619
> #5 0x7efd8e029d8f in __libc_start_call_main ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
the dynamically allocated memory is pushed to the seq_arr that
is doing a memcpy, so it can be either or better allocated in the
stack instead
> Direct leak of 48 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
> #0 0x7d4c934b4a57 in __interceptor_calloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:154
> #1 0x577622a40137 in fill_neighbour_cell_configuration /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c:1933
> #2 0x577622a40137 in RCconfig_NRRRC /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c:2109
> #3 0x5776221a30f2 in create_gNB_tasks /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/executables/nr-softmodem.c:253
> #4 0x5776221a30f2 in main /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/executables/nr-softmodem.c:619
> #5 0x7d4c91e29d8f in __libc_start_call_main ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
seq_arr_push_back is doing a memcpy so locally allocated memory can be freed after.
Allocate in stack.
> Direct leak of 64 byte(s) in 2 object(s) allocated from:
> #0 0x7ec4bb8b4a57 in __interceptor_calloc ../../../../src/libsanitizer/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cpp:154
> #1 0x55895aae1b1f in fill_measurement_configuration /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c:2015
> #2 0x55895aae1b1f in RCconfig_NRRRC /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/openair2/GNB_APP/gnb_config.c:2112
> #3 0x55895a246112 in create_gNB_tasks /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/executables/nr-softmodem.c:253
> #4 0x55895a246112 in main /openairinterface5g/n2-handover-preparation/executables/nr-softmodem.c:619
> #5 0x7ec4ba229d8f in __libc_start_call_main ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
- remove hardcoded values
- adapt gNB RRC code
- adapt gNB MAC code
- adapt physical simulators, where we put the hardcoded values
that were everywhere else before; if there is a need for those
simulators to get configurable values, more work is needed
(but it's doubtful that it is needed)
To be used in a later commit to retrieve NR PDCP configuration
parameters.
To use, add the following to the configuration file (outside of other
configurations). Adapt the values to your setup. The names ("len18bits",
"ms100", etc.) come from 3GPP TS 38.331.
pdcp = {
drb = {
sn_size = "len18bits"
t_reordering = "ms100"
discard_timer = "infinity"
}
}
Default values are applied if the configuration is absent.
The default values are the ones given above.
francescomani