Jaroslava Fiedlerova
888d4a91a6
add multi-ue support to vrtsim
Summary
Extending vrtsim to support multiple UEs with per-UE channel emulation using
CIRDB. Each UE can have different antenna configurations and independent
channel conditions (TDL models, delay spreads, and mobility speeds). This
includes:
- Add num_ues and ue_id parameters for server and client configuration
- Implement antenna offset multiplexing for UL combining and DL distribution
- Support heterogeneous antenna configurations across UEs (e.g., UE0: 1x2,
UE1: 2x2)
- Integrate CIRDB for per-UE channel modeling with independent TDL models,
delay spreads, and speeds
- Replace comma-separated per-UE params with structured ue_config blocks for
cleaner configuration
Usage:
* Start 5G core network
cd openairinterface5g/doc/tutorial_resources/oai-cn5g
docker-compose up -d
* Create network namespaces
sudo ip netns add ue0
sudo ip netns add ue1
* Start gNB (2x2 with multi-UE CIRDB)
sudo ./nr-softmodem -O ../../ci-scripts/conf_files/gnb.sa.band78.106prb.vrtsim.2x2.yaml --device.name vrtsim --vrtsim.role server --vrtsim.num_ues 2 --vrtsim.cirdb 1 --vrtsim.cirdb_file ~/raytracing-channel-emulator/server/external_taps/cir_db.bin --vrtsim.cirdb_yaml ~/raytracing-channel-emulator/server/external_taps/cir_db.yaml --vrtsim.ue_config.[0].antennas "1x2" --vrtsim.ue_config.[0].model_id 0 --vrtsim.ue_config.[0].ds_ns 10.0 --vrtsim.ue_config.[0].speed_mps 1.5 --vrtsim.ue_config.[1].antennas "2x2" --vrtsim.ue_config.[1].model_id 1 --vrtsim.ue_config.[1].ds_ns 30.0 --vrtsim.ue_config.[1].speed_mps 30.0
* Start UE 0 (1x2 antennas, TDL-A, 10ns DS, 1.5 m/s)
sudo ip netns exec ue0 ./nr-uesoftmodem -O ../../ci-scripts/conf_files/nrue.vrtsim.chanmod.yaml -C 3319680000 -r 106 --numerology 1 --ssb 516 --device.name vrtsim --vrtsim.role client --vrtsim.ue_id 0 --band 78 --ue-nb-ant-tx 1 --ue-nb-ant-rx 2 --uicc0.imsi 001010000000001
* Start UE 1 (2x2 antennas, TDL-B, 30ns DS, 30 m/s)
sudo ip netns exec ue1 ./nr-uesoftmodem -O ../../ci-scripts/conf_files/nrue.vrtsim.chanmod.yaml -C 3319680000 -r 106 --numerology 1 --ssb 516 --device.name vrtsim --vrtsim.role client --vrtsim.ue_id 1 --band 78 --ue-nb-ant-tx 2 --ue-nb-ant-rx 2 --uicc0.imsi 001010000000002
OpenAirInterface License
It is distributed under OAI Public License V1.1.
The license information is distributed under LICENSE file in the same directory.
Please see NOTICE file for third party software that is included in the sources.
Where to Start
- General overview of documentation
- The implemented features
- System Requirements for Using OAI Stack
- How to build
- How to run the modems
Not all information is available in a central place, and information for specific sub-systems might be available in the corresponding sub-directories. To find all READMEs, this command might be handy:
find . -iname "readme*"
RAN repository structure
The OpenAirInterface (OAI) software is composed of the following parts:
openairinterface5g
├── charts
├── ci-scripts : Meta-scripts used by the OSA CI process. Contains also configuration files used day-to-day by CI.
├── CMakeLists.txt : Top-level CMakeLists.txt for building
├── cmake_targets : Build utilities to compile (simulation, emulation and real-time platforms), and generated build files.
├── common : Some common OAI utilities, some other tools can be found at openair2/UTILS.
├── doc : Documentation
├── docker : Dockerfiles to build for Ubuntu and RHEL
├── executables : Top-level executable source files (gNB, eNB, ...)
├── maketags : Script to generate emacs tags.
├── nfapi : (n)FAPI code for MAC-PHY interface
├── openair1 : Layer 1 (3GPP LTE Rel-10/12 PHY, NR Rel-15 PHY)
├── openair2 : Layer 2 (3GPP LTE Rel-10 MAC/RLC/PDCP/RRC/X2AP, LTE Rel-14 M2AP, NR Rel-15+ MAC/RLC/PDCP/SDAP/RRC/X2AP/F1AP/E1AP), E2AP
├── openair3 : Layer 3 (3GPP LTE Rel-10 S1AP/GTP, NR Rel-15 NGAP/GTP)
├── openshift : OpenShift helm charts for some deployment options of OAI
├── radio : Drivers for various radios such as USRP, AW2S, RFsim, 7.2 FHI, ...
├── targets : Some configuration files; only historical relevance, and might be deleted in the future
└── tools : Tools for use by the developers/ci machines: code analysis and formatting
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