Robert Schmidt
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Remove the --usim-test option: to my knowledge, it's not used by users, and is misleadingly placed in various places where there should not be a difference w.r.t. USIM configuration. When making the changes, I assumed that --usim-test would be 0 (the default), which is the case in all executables when not specified in options except for the nr_dlsim, nr_pbchsmi, nr_ulsim simulators. The only exception is the initialization of PDCP from the MAC, which is not correct (the PDCP is in the CU, so it does not make sense to call it from the MAC which is in the DU). Instead, always initialize from main, even in the NSA case (NSA was covered by the incorrect initialization from MAC). This in turn let to some more cleanup around function du_rlc_data_req(). After receiving GTP packets at the DU, they were given to the PDCP to enqueue the packet at RLC. This does not work anymore, since the PDCP is not initialized; it also does not seem necessary, as this enqueue functionality is necessary to decouple PDCP and RLC to avoid deadlocks in monolithic, but in split-mode, this cannot happen. Instead, call directly into the RLC when receiving GTP packets.
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OpenAirInterface documentation overview |
This is the general overview page of the OpenAirInterface documentation.
This page groups links to general information, tutorials, design documents, radio integration, and special-purpose libraries.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Before reading this documentation, we strongly advise you to keep your own repository rebased on develop
or at least to checkout the documentation on the version of the repository you are using.
Then the documentation will better reflect the features available in your repository so that you may avoid some errors.
Beware if you previously pulled the develop branch that your repository may be now behind develop.
[[TOC]]
General
- FEATURE_SET.md: lists supported features
- GET_SOURCES.md: how to download the sources
- BUILD.md: how to build the sources
- code-style-contrib.md: overall working practices, code style, and review process
- cross-compile.md: how to cross-compile OAI for ARM
- clang-format.md: how to format the code
- sanitizers.md: how to run with ASan/UBSan/MemSAN/TSan
- environment-variables.md: the environment variables used by OAI
- tuning_and_security.md: performance and security considerations
There is some general information in the OpenAirInterface Gitlab Wiki
Tutorials
- Step-by-step tutorials to set up 5G:
- RUNMODEM.md: Generic information on how to
- Run simulators
- Run with hardware
- Specific OAI modes (phy-test, do-ra, noS1)
- (5G) Using SDAP and custom DRBs
- IF setups and arbitrary frequencies
- MIMO
- How to run OAI with O-RAN 7.2 FHI
- How to run a 5G-NSA setup
- How to run a 4G setup using L1 simulator Note: we recommend the RFsimulator
- How to use the L2 simulator
- How to use the OAI channel simulator
- How to use multiple BWPs
- How to run OAI-VNF and OAI-PNF: how to run the FAPI/nFAPI split, including some general remarks on FAPI/nFAPI.
- How to use the positioning reference signal (PRS)
- How to use device-to-device communication (D2D, 4G)
- How to run with E2 agent
- How to run the physical simulators
- How to setup OAI with Nvidia Aerial and Foxconn
- How to setup OAI with AMD T2 Telco card
- How to do a handover
- How to setup gNB frequency
Legacy unmaintained files:
L2NFAPI_NOS1.md,L2NFAPI_S1.md: old L2simulator, not valid anymoreSystemX-tutorial-design.md: old, high-level documentationUL_MIMO.txt: UL-MIMO specific notes
Designs
- General software architecture notes: SW_archi.md
- Information on E1
- Information on F1
- Information on how NR nFAPI works
- Flow graph of the L1 in gNB
- L1 threads in NR-UE
- Information on gNB MAC
- Information on gNB RRC
- Information on analog beamforming implementation
- Information on the UE 5G NAS implementation
Building and running from images
- How to build images
- How to run 5G with the RFsimulator from images
- How to run 4G with the RFsimulator from images
- How to run physical simulators in OpenShift
Libraries
General
- The T tracer: a generic tracing tool (VCD, Wireshark, GUI, to save for later, ...)
- OPT: how to trace to wireshark
- The configuration module
- The logging module
- The shared object loader
- The threadpool used in L1
- The LDPC implementation is a shared library
- The time management module
Radios
Some directories under radio contain READMEs:
The other SDRs (AW2S, LimeSDR, ...) have no READMEs.
Special-purpose libraries
- OAI has two scopes: one based on Xforms and one based on imgui, described in this README
- OAI comes with an integrated telnet server to monitor and control
- OAI comes with an integrated web server
Testing
- UnitTests.md explains the unit testing setup
- TESTBenches.md lists the CI setup and links to pipelines
Developer tools
- formatting is a clang-format error detection tool
- iwyu is a tool to detect
#includeerrors - docker-dev-env is a ubuntu22 docker development environment