- Phy configuration will be prepared by MAC
- Sidelink preconfiguration parameters passed from RRC->MAC
- Only 1 SSB TA allocation used
- psbch payload prepared by MAC after receiving the tx slss req
This commit introduces a separate thread (l1_tx_thread) that processes
gNB DL/TX slots. It receives a message from the ru_thread when a new
slot started, and starts processing.
The DL part of the scheduler is run in the l1_tx_thread. Therefore,
only call UL indication (for scheduler) in UL slots. The UL indication
previously triggered the DL scheduler -- hence, it had to be called in
every slot. Now, since the DL scheduler is moved into the DL thread, we
don't have to call the scheduler in every slot anymore.
The reorder thread is removed, as reordering with this scheme is not
necessary anymore.
The main advantage of this version is that the TX can be scheduled
earlier (sl_ahead). Further, there can no longer be race conditions in
the TX path, since the scheduler/L2, TX L1 processing and the RU tx
function are all execute in the same thread (L1_tX_thread).
Also, the scheduler prepares PRACH/PUSCH/PUCCH FAPI PDUs. As of this
commit, the scheduler runs in the TX processing chain, whereas these
PDUs are destined for RX processing. Thus, too avoid data races,
instead of triggering the RX processing at the same time as TX
processing in the RU thread, this commit changes the code to trigger RX
processing after the scheduler has been run in TX processing to avoid
data races.
Finally, we synchronize RU and L1 threads. This is important for
rfsimulator, since unlike most radios, rfsimulator can run slower or
faster, depending on I/O and CPU (it does not have a stable "tick").
Co-authored-by: kiran <saikiran@iitj.ac.in>
Introduce a --no-itti-threads command line option to disable threading
in ITTI, and call message handlers in the current thread. This is being
introduced in order to increase repeatability when testing the nrUE with
the IQPlayer. Without this feature, runs with the IQPlayer will end up
differently, depending on the timing of ITTI threads, mostly when
sending messages to RRC and NAS.
Implement the #define variables required for synchronization: These
variables include offset and payload size values that vary from the Uu
interface, in relation to the PSS, SSS and PBCH elements. We also
introduce the new sl_mode command line flag, which is used to switch
between the Uu interface and SL interface. This will allow us to modify
exisitng PSS and SSS functions, without copying complete 5G functions
and only changing a few lines to support sidelink mode.
Fixing formatting for softmodem-common.h
1. Adding a "SL" frequency for Sidelink mode. The
importance of this variable is to ensure that
when we are in mode 1 (UE+UE+gNB), that the slot
configuration and frequencies do not overlap. This
SL frequency is important for rotation and allows
us to utilize the OFDM modulation and demodulation
functions that already exist in OAI.
2. Adding sl_mode to the command line for proper UE
deployment when in SL mode. sl_mode can be set to 0,
1, or 2. sl_mode 0 indicates no-Sidelink at all,
mode 1 is gNB, UE, and UE (3GPP defines mode numbers).
sl_mode 2 indicated UE to UE communications with no
gNB at all.
3. New functions for calculating the carrier frequency
for SL mode.
Authors: Bo Zhao, Marwan Hammouda, Thomas Schlichter (Fraunhofer IIS)
- CMakeLists modification: add QtWidgets library, add new source files, MOC (Meta-Object Compiler) on the given source file
- build_oai modification
- Activate new GUI with Qt on the UE side
- 2 x 3 widget with I/Q sample for PDSCH
- Drop-down list implementation
- previously, used magic numbers to designate nFAPI mode
- now, use string values (MONOLITHIC, PNF, VNF, ...)
- Remove printing of the nfapi mode to the console, as it's value is clear from the command-line argument
- Update usages of the --nfapi command-line parameter in scripts and documentation to reflect the change to string values
UHD documentation: "A tune request instructs the implementation how to
tune the RF chain."
This commit makes this configurable, from nr-softmodem, nr-uesoftmodem,
lte-softmodem, and lte-uesoftmodem.
Laurent THOMAS