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.
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.
Integration `2026.w06`
* !3690 [FHI72] Support large DU delay profiles in the xran F, and include ProtO-RU emulator designed to run 7.2 with an USRP
* !3887 Update RHEL UBI image source to `registry.redhat.io`
* !3882 Change Aerial to pack directly in nvIPC message buffer
* !3895 CI: Ensure OAI-FLEXRIC-RAN-Integration-Test pipeline always uses latest commit for non-MR builds
* !3873 Ensure noise power is non-zero
* !3889 Enable imscope for split7.2
* !3801 Resolve "7.2 split ru_thread slot miss
* !3898 Fix config_libconfig_get for string
* !3876 Removing the duplicate loop in ULSCH power computation
Closes#972
See merge request oai/openairinterface5g!3888
Removing the duplicate loop in ULSCH power computation
- Removing the duplicate loop in ULSCH power computation.
- The logs obtained are as follows:
[NR_MAC] UE dc65: 134.11 Generating RA-Msg2 DCI, RA RNTI 0x113, state 1, preamble_index(RAPID) 42, timing_offset = 5 (estimated distance 195.3 [m])
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 134.17 (307,302,50)
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 134.17 (311,309,50)
[NR_MAC] 135 4: RA RNTI 41c5 CC_id 0 Scheduling retransmission of Msg3 in (135,8)
[NR_MAC] 135 4: RA RNTI a3cc CC_id 0 Scheduling retransmission of Msg3 in (135,8)
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 134.18 (310,312,50)
[NR_MAC] 135 5: RA RNTI dc65 CC_id 0 Scheduling retransmission of Msg3 in (135,9)
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 135.8 (309,309,50)
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 135.8 (313,308,50)
[NR_MAC] 13515: RA RNTI 41c5 CC_id 0 Scheduling retransmission of Msg3 in (135,19)
[NR_MAC] 13515: RA RNTI a3cc CC_id 0 Scheduling retransmission of Msg3 in (135,19)
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 135.9 (308,300,50)
[NR_MAC] 136 4: RA RNTI dc65 CC_id 0 Scheduling retransmission of Msg3 in (136,8)
[NR_PHY] [RAPROC] 135.19 Initiating RA procedure with preamble 6, energy 19.1 dB (I0 63, thres 120), delay 4 start symbol 0 freq index 0
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 135.19 (310,310,50)
[PHY] PUSCH not detected in 135.19 (312,310,50)
[NR_MAC] 135.19 UE RA-RNTI 010b TC-RNTI 0888: initiating RA procedure
[NR_MAC] UE 0888: Sync beam index 0
[NR_MAC] UE 0888: Msg3 scheduled at 136.17 (136.10 TDA 2) start 0 RBs 8
[NR_MAC] UE 0888: 136.10 Generating RA-Msg2 DCI, RA RNTI 0x10b, state 1, preamble_index(RAPID) 6, timing_offset = 4 (estimated distance 156.3 [m])
- For the same scenario, develop branch gives exactly the same result. When
there is no PUSCH, the power measured for ULSCH and noise are practically
the same. Furthermore, the value in develop branch is also approximately
310 for the same noise level.
Add xran_queue_length atomic variable to count the number of messages in
oran_sync_fifo (as notifiedFIFO_t does not do this). Use this to
tolerate some double messages (e.g. excessive processing delay), but
start to skip if messages accumulate.
Prior to this change, "Detected double sync message" was printed each
time there was more than one message, which reflected the previous
behavior when using polling, but the gNB might catch up if it is only
once. The new logic ensure that we don't skip individual slots but do so
once messages start to accumulate.
Ensure noise power is non-zero
Prior to this commit, noise power estimation could be zero because of a
call to clearArray() in gNB_I0_measurements(). This is problematic, as
this can lead to a noise power of 0 if all symbols in a RB are used,
which in turn leads to a spike in SNR.
To avoid this, use an intermediate array to store noise power, and only
update n0_subband_power if not all RBs are used (i.e., we can detect
noise power). Further, use an exponential moving average to smoothen
noise estimation.
Fixes: fb4235fd ("changes in PUCCH0 SNR measurement, testing for
PUCCH power control")
Prior to this commit, noise power estimation could be zero because of a
call to clearArray() in gNB_I0_measurements(). This is problematic, as
this can lead to a noise power of 0 if all symbols in a RB are used,
which in turn leads to a spike in SNR.
To avoid this, use an intermediate array to store noise power, and only
update n0_subband_power if not all RBs are used (i.e., we can detect
noise power). Further, use an exponential moving average to smoothen
noise estimation.
Fixes: fb4235fd50 ("changes in PUCCH0 SNR measurement, testing for
PUCCH power control")
CI: Ensure OAI-FLEXRIC-RAN-Integration-Test pipeline always uses latest commit for non-MR builds
Related MR -> mosaic5g/flexric!77
For push events, we have:
sh "git fetch"
sh "git checkout -f ${commitID}"
We need to do a reset hard so that the run is executed on synchronized
develop branch.
In the pipeline, we see:
17:38:34 + git checkout -f develop
17:38:34 Previous HEAD position was 9cb79027e4 Merge branch 'integration_2026_w05' into 'develop'
17:38:34 Switched to branch 'develop'
17:38:34 Your branch is behind 'origin/develop' by 526 commits, and can be fast-forwarded.
17:38:34 (use "git pull" to update your local branch)
After implementing the fix:
Below are the runs for pipeline triggered by a merge request event:
https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/OAI-FLEXRIC/229/https://jenkins-oai.eurecom.fr/job/OAI-FLEXRIC-RAN-Integration-Test/3788/
In the OAI-FLEXRIC-RAN-Integration-Test pipeline, which is executed by
Build with Parameters from OAI-FLEXRIC
We see the pipeline took the latest develop:
11:26:02 + git reset --hard origin/develop
11:26:02 HEAD is now at 9cb79027e4 Merge branch 'integration_2026_w05' into 'develop'
Change Aerial to pack directly in nvIPC message buffer
This MR changes the Aerial pack/send procedures to pack the messages
directly into the nvIPC message buffers.
This saves the use of some memcopy calls, as well as clean up the code.
The P7 message packing/send is now only handled in the file
`fapi_nv_p7.c`
Add 3 functions in fapi_nvIPC.c to allow message allocation, release and
send from fapi_vnf_p7.c
Add 2 functions to access the memory pool sizes allocated from nvIPC, as
we can't use sizeof to report the buffer size to the packing functions
Remove now unused aerial_send_P5_msg , aerial_send_P7_msg and
aerial_send_P7_msg_with_data functions
Now Aerial only has one function to handle sending P5 and another to
send P7 messages
Remove fapi_phy_api_msg from fapi_nvIPC.h as it is duplicated in
nr_fapi.h
Update RHEL UBI image source to registry.redhat.io
This merge request updates the RHEL UBI base image source to registry.redhat.io,
aligning with Red Hat’s supported container registry and avoiding potential
access or availability issues with registry.access.redhat.com.
[FHI72] Support large DU delay profiles in the xran F, and include ProtO-RU
emulator designed to run 7.2 with an USRP
This MR does the following:
- we patch xRAN to support large DU delay profiles (i.e., T1a/Ta4 values larger
than a TTI)
- we update the FHI72 docs to introduce ProtO-RU, a software implementation of a
Split-7.2 O-RU with large delay profile
- we provide an example configuration for ProtO-RU
Details on the xRAN patch:
In xRAN, it appears that T1a/Ta4 values are assumed to be within a TTI. When
T1a/Ta4 values larger than a TTI are used, this causes two issues:
(1) C-plane packets to be generated later than expected, and
(2) oai_xran_fh_rx_callback() receives the wrong timing information, resulting
in potentially empty/stale PUSCH/PRACH data to be read.
In the xRAN patch, we modify xRAN to make it handle large T1a/Ta4 values properly.
The changes include:
(1) three additional variables in offset_num_slots_* (xran_dev.h),
(2) modify "xran_timing_create_cbs" and "xran_timer_arm_for_deadline"
(xran_cb_proc.c), and
(3) revise "tx_cp_dl_cb" and "tx_cp_ul_cb" (xran_main.c).
Additionally, we add additional guard conditions to prevent xran_tx_proc.c from
sending U-plane packets when it is not a downlink slot.
In xRAN, it appears that T1a/Ta4 values are assumed to be within a TTI.
When T1a/Ta4 values with larger than a TTI are used, this causes two issues: (1) C-plane packets to be generated later than expected and (2) oai_xran_fh_rx_callback() receives the wrong timing information resulting in potentially empty/stale PUSCH/PRACH data to be read.
In this patch, we modify xRAN to make it handle large T1a/Ta4 values properly.
The changes include: (1) three additional variables in offset_num_slots_* (xran_dev.h), (2) modify "xran_timing_create_cbs" and "xran_timer_arm_for_deadline" (xran_cb_proc.c), and (3) revise "tx_cp_dl_cb" and "tx_cp_ul_cb" (xran_main.c).
Additionally, we add additional guard conditions to prevent xran_tx_proc.c from sending U-plane packets when it is not a downlink slot.
Integration `2026.w05`
* !3850 Update vrtsim timing job thread
* !3853 Clear memory in shm_td_iq_channel after RX
* !3823 Fix RSRP overflow
* !3766 UE support to send CSI report on PUSCH
* !3848 Initial implementation of O-RU for 7.2 emulator
* !3860 NGAP: improve error handling in RRCReconfiguration from Handover Command decoding
* !3507 Create Debian and Redhat packages with CPack
* !3875 Fix FFT size for xran_fh_tx_send_slot_BySymbol() and xran_fh_rx_read_slot_BySymbol()
* !3593 NR UE: add support for multiple RF frontends
* !3769 Add Ethernet PDU session support and make PDU session request configurable
* !3831 semi-manual remove of not used #define commands
* Update RFsim4G UE configs for RFsim changes after !3593
* !3821 [FHI72] [xran F] Handle fragmented (un)compressed packets
* !3732 Implement TS 38.473 transparency for CellGroupConfig forwarding and handle re-establishment on a different DU
* !3880 Prevent the PNF from sending P7 messages after sending a STOP.indication
* !3868 CI: Upgrade Aerial pipeline to 25-3
* Revert one CI XML change after !3732Closes#1045, #837, and #1043
See merge request oai/openairinterface5g!3877
The CI test proved not as stable as expected (because the UE triggers A3
events which we don't want), so revert this functionality while we work
on a new pipeline.
This reverts commit bc62e8abca.
Robert Schmidt