RLC has timers. We need to keep track of time. We chose to not use
realtime but 'processing time'. That is we send a tick to RLC for every
subframe when it is processed by the softmodem. Before this commit we
used to increase time in the function mac_rlc_status_ind which may not be
called every subframe (especially in TDD mode). So we need another way
to keep track of time.
We introduce rlc_tick() and call it in eNB_dlsch_ulsch_scheduler, which
is called every subframe, both in FDD and TDD.
We also call rlc_tick() in the function ru_thread_synch() because
pdcp_run() and rrc_rx_tx() are called there too.
It may not be the best solution. To be revised if needed.
Note: the UE has not been touched. Some modification is needed for the UE
too, most probably.
Cedric Roux
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