RRC QoS refactor: PDU Session Modify support, SDAP fixes, and code improvements
The goal of this MR is to prepare the RRC/NGAP layer for the multi-QoS
support. The MR:
- enables PDU Session Resource Modify support in RRC/NGAP/E1AP
- fixes SDAP header mapping
- enables SDAP by default
- refactors QoS flow handling in RRC/NGAP
- improves error handling, and code maintainability in RRC/NGAP
Changes:
- NGAP PDU Session Modify:
* add NGAP PDU Session Resource Modify Request/Response handling with
proper error reporting for unrecognized sessions and AMF UE NGAP ID
validation
- E1AP Bearer Context Modification:
* add DRB To Remove List IE to support DRB release during modify
* rename numQosFlow2Setup to numQosFlowsMod in DRB To Modify List
- RRC QoS flow handling:
* enable multi-QoS flow support per DRB
* add utilities to map NGAP QoS parameters to E1AP
* filter QoS flows by DRB ID
- SDAP configuration:
* Fix SDAP header UL/DL mapping between internal representation and
ASN.1 enum (invert mapping)
* change SDAP header fields from long to bool for clarity
- F1 DRB setup refactoring:
* Extract shared helpers for F1 DRB setup list filling
* reduce duplication between E1 response and direct DRB setup paths
- AMBR management:
* Store AMBR in UE context
* validate AMBR is set before bearer setup
- Configuration:
* remove unused drbs configuration parameter
* enable SDAP by default (change default from false to true)
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.