Repair nFAPI in 5G
Add 5G nFAPI in OAI/Make it it work.
Many commits in this branch are basically bug fixes of things that don't work
properly, such as
- check for correct conditions (e.g. instance numbers in the RAN context)
- remove artificial limitation (e.g. only one PUCCH per TDD period in the PNF)
- improve performance (reduce big mallocs, make some static buffers such as a
global ring buffer for nFAPI messages in the PNF)
- fix bugs in nFAPI (e.g., increase maximum message size to ~64kB instead of
1500 bytes, because the latter is way too small for many TX_data.requests in
5G, and it will delay message arrival unduly)
- fix bugs in message enc/dec (e.g., handle FDD in config.request)
- adjust the L1 such that the condition "we run monolithic" is not necessery
(e.g., some message numbers in nFAPI struct where reset in MAC, instead of
L1, and this breaks when running the PNF)
There are instructions that explain how to set it up. Two CI tests have been
added, one with COTS UE and MIMO in DL+UL in TDD numerology 1 (30kHz), and a
second test with FDD mu=0 (15kHZ) in RFsimulator.
These were some old to-dos that have been addressed.
- test with COTS UE - 4x4 pipeline works good in DL, UL now also work
- test in RFsim
- make PNF status message
- make FDD in u0 work
Due to HW version differences between the CI RHEL build machine and
the FHI 7.2 test machine (cacofonix), FHI 7.2 test using RHEL image
failed, reporting an 'Illegal Instruction' error.
fhi_72: allow to provide dpdk_iova_mode to xran
- Introduce a gNB configuration option that enables users to select the
desired IOVA mode for DPDK ("PA" or "VA") with dpdk_iova_mode
parameters in fhi_72 configuration section. If not set, the default
remains PA mode to ensure backward compatibility with existing
configurations. Detailed information about IOVA modes, including their
advantages and disadvantages, can be found in the DPDK documentation:
Memory in DPDK Part 2: Deep Dive into IOVA
- Using IOVA VA mode allows DPDK to run without requiring SYS_ADMIN
capability for the docker container.
- Switch to IOVA VA mode in the FHI7.2 pipeline and reduce the required
capabilities for the docker container.
Fix yaml example config file
amf_ip_address is decoded as a paramlist_def_t and not as a paramdef_t,
so in the config file it should be a list of ip addresses
In current develop just by trying to run this config file with:
sudo ./nr-softmodem -O ../../../targets/PROJECTS/GENERIC-NR-5GC/CONF/gnb.sa.band78.fr1.106PRB.usrpb210.yaml
results in a segfault.
Config files improvements for PRACH
Some PRACH parameters in configuration files are not properly set.
- number of SSB per RACH occasion should be 1 when we have only 1 SSB
(it would still work with 1/2 but it makes little sense and might
limit UE selection of ROs).
- some PRACH configuration indices would generate PRACH conflicting with
PUCCH and therefore reducing scheduling capabilities
Further cleanup of some config files still using deprecated fields
Switching to IOVA VA mode in the FHI7.2 pipeline reduces the required
capabilities for the Docker container. This change allows the removal
of the SYS_ADMIN capability.
CI: change frequency for timing and B200-SABOX pipelines
Change center frequency of
- RAN-SA-B200-Module-SABOX-Container - 20 MHz TDD SA scenario from
3309.48 MHz to 3609.12 MHz
- RAN-gNB-N300-Timing-Phytest-LDPC - Timing phytest 40 MHz scenario from
3619.08 MHz to 3319.68 Mhz
to avoid interference between the SABOX and timing pipeline.
Added ./run_locally.sh script. The script takes one argument being the testcase
that one wants to run. The testcase is run locally. This means that some testcases that
utilize hardware resources will not run. However most if not all rfsimulator testcases
should run as in CI.
To this end, the CI python scripting framework was updated, adding --local flag which changes
the script behavior as follows:
- overrides <node> and <srv_node> XML elements to 'localhost' so all commands are executed locally
- Avoid running image pull, image cleanup and workspace creation steps of the scripts:
user is responsible for that
New LDPC coding library interface for decoding and encoding complete slots in one call to the library
Previous attempts to integrate LDPC decoding relying on offloading show
the limitation of the original code segment coding interface for the
library implementing LDPC coding. In order to perform the offload and
therefore the decoding in an optimal fashion, it is relevant to provide
the implementation with the broader amount of data possible per call,
which is a slot. A previous MR related to T2 offload managed to offer
an interface for decoding transport blocks by modifying only
nr_ulsch_decoding.c. But this may not be sufficient for performing an
efficient decoding in any situation. Slots could be shared between
multiple transport blocks in case multiple UEs are connected to the RAN,
which makes the transport block size shrink and therefore degrades the
efficiency of the offloading.
This MR offers a broader interface with a gNB decoding entry point in
phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c. The file nr_ulsch_decoding.c now lets the
decoding library implement deinterleaving, rate-unmatching and decoding
for the slot. In gNB encoding and UE decoding and encoding as well,
tasks are partitioned in a similar fashion.
As it allows to feed the implementation with the broadest amount of data
possible, it allows to fit any coding solution in a library. This will
avoid further modification to OAI source code and addition of options to
select an implementation when integrating new decoding solutions. An
implementation of this interface will therefore be offered for every
existing decoding solution in OAI and solutions added in the future will
be provided as independent module code without any modification to the
core of OAI code. The way to choose the decoding solution and to
configure it was also unified using configmodule. The library can be
chosen through the option --loader.ldpc.shlibversion. The slot coding
solutions shipped with this MR can be configured through configmodule
(e.g., T2 address and isolated cores).
This MR includes three coding implementations:
- A wrapper around segment decoding libraries for test purpose: libldpc.so
- A one shot slot coding and encoding with the T2 board: libldpc_t2.so
- A decoder on FPGA using the XDMA driver: libldpc_xdma.so
Improvements brought by this MR:
- Easy integration of a wider variety of LDPC coding solution at gNB and UE
- Easy selection of the LDPC coding solution (option --ldpc-offload-enable is kept for now but it can be ultimately removed)
- T2:
* More efficient when many UEs are connected
* Decoding and encoding in nr-uesoftmodem
SIB19 utilization on UE
Following SIB19 initialization and scheduling on gNB (!2899 - merged)
and Receive SIB19 on nrUE (!2920 - merged), this merge request aims to
introduce the actual use of the SIB19 provided parameters by gNB in UE.
Changes needed for utilization include: initialization of position
coordinates parameters for UE (which are needed to calculate propagation
delay between UE and SAT), propagation delay calculations and timing
advance adjusts. Moreover, this change removes the now unused arguments
for ntn_koffset, ntn_ta_common and ntn_ta_commondrift
Upon restoration to ploss, set to 20; when setting to 0, the UE is not
able to sync to the cell anymore.
Co-authored-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Fronthaul xran library update to F release (2. and final step towards M-plane integration)
- xran library support -> both E and F releases
- RU delay profile removed -> not used in neither of the releases
- DU delay profile updated
- one-way delay measurements support is improved/fixed in the F release.
However, not implemented here as it depends on the RU capabilities
The "mgmt_addr" parameter is not required for USRP N310 initialization. The
critical parameter for successful operation is the "addr", which specifies
the IP address of the SFP port used for data transfer.
Including both "mgmt_addr" and "addr" can lead to initialization failures if
one of the specified addresses is unavailable. Since the "mgmt_addr" is
unnecessary for this context, it has been removed to avoid potential conflicts
and simplify the configuration.
In CI we sometimes encouter fail of the gNB/UE deployment (and fail of
the pipeline) caused by unsuccsessful initialization of the USRP N310.
Restart the container if the health check fails during initialization.
Introduce a configurable parameter (from XML) to set max number of
attempts for the container deployment.
Store logs from failed deployment attempts.
Rework GetContainerHealth() to work with docker compose and services,
instead of using docker and containers. Return health and message about
deployment status (used for console and HTML logging) for a given service.
chore(ci): adding Flexric-RAN integration test
- Triggering a standalone FLEXRIC + 5G-RAN pipeline: OAI-FLEXRIC-RAN-Integration-Test
- will be triggered by the RAN-Container-Parent
- but also by the OAI-FLEXRIC pipeline (to be done once integrated)
- Added an new python option: --FlexRicTag= than if not used, won't have any effect
- Nice addition:
- if --FlexRicTag=develop or --ranCommitID=develop --> will use the latest commit
on either dev or develop branch.
- Scenario-wise
- Using the cn5g deployment file from Luis in documentation, at least we will use
it to make sure it is working at all time
- We can add more test and especially checkers on the flexric calls
Linked to !3085 (merged)
Occasionally, the CN deployment takes longer than 60 seconds to complete
successfully. As a result, the CI reports failure, even when all other test
stages pass (e.g., gNB attaches to the CN, UE connects, and iperf tests succeed).
Replace current docker deployment of OAI CN by deployment on OC. With change
of the CN, we also need to change the routing for UE module - change the
mbim script for controling the UE.
Reduce double-usage of CI XML files
Some pipelines use the same XML files. For instance,
RAN-NSA-B200-Module-LTEBOX-Container and RAN-LTE-{TDD,FDD}-LTEBOX-Container
use both fr1_epc_{closure,start}.xml, but use the core network on different
hosts, by means of different pipeline configuration (EPCtype, etc).
A future MR will remove these additional pipeline configuration, and store
all the CN config in the repository. To simplify the transition, duplicate
some XMLs (i.e., remove duplicate usage of them).
After this MR, the only "double usage" of XML files for core (un-)deployment
should be through pipelines RAN-LTE-{TDD,FDD}-LTEBOX-Container.
Guido Casati