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