Robert Schmidt
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This extends the functionality provided by record in that it allows collection of data into a Clickhouse database, allowing aggregation of data from gNB and UE for functions like channel estimation for PUSCH transmissions that did not decode successfully at the gNB. It is intended to be used in conjunction with Aerial Data Lake but is not limited to it. Data access is simpler than in !3462, but could be improved using the metadata approach from !3462. The integration uses logfmt for fast logging, and a clickhouse DB client, both integrated using CPM. This change set also adds a docker-compose file for a UE on 100MHz, to be used with Aerial configurations, and builds the tracer for Aerial and nrUE docker files.
This document outlines how to use the OAI CI framework and gives a quickstart.
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Quickstart
There is a script main.py that
- reads scenario files from XML
- executes the steps (e.g., deployment of CN/gNB/UE, attach, ping, ...)
To simplify, a script run_locally.sh can be used to run a single scenario
locally. First, download images for gNB&UE (we assume you already downloaded
the CN) and tag them "latest", which is expected by run_locally.sh:
docker pull oaisoftwarealliance/oai-gnb:develop
docker tag oaisoftwarealliance/oai-gnb:develop oai-gnb
docker pull oaisoftwarealliance/oai-nr-ue:develop
docker tag oaisoftwarealliance/oai-nr-ue:develop oai-nr-ue
Now, run the scenario:
cd ~/openairinterface5g/ci-scripts/
./run_locally.sh xml_files/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml
Output should look like
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,631] INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,631] INFO: Creating HTML header
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,631] INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,766] INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,767] INFO: Starting Scenario: xml_files/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,767] INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,767] INFO: placing all artifacts for this run in /home/richie/oai/cmake_targets/log/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml.d/
[...]
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771] INFO: ----------------------------------------
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771] INFO: Test ID: 1 (#1)
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771] INFO: Deploy OAI 5G CoreNetwork
[2025-08-07 18:07:49,771] INFO: ----------------------------------------
it will run an end-to-end test, connecting one UE to the gNB, and ping, before
undeploying. As shown, logs will be under
/home/richie/oai/cmake_targets/log/container_5g_rfsim_simple.xml.d/. The
python code also produces an HTML report in ci-scripts/test_results.html.
Running with local changes
In order to run the tests as above, with local changes, please build images locally.
It is not yet possible to override an existing image with changes made locally to a source file and run it directly through the CI framework. However, it is possible to override an existing image with local changes, and run the scenario manually following the console logs steps provided above. This is described in the 5G RFsimulator README.