Jaroslava Fiedlerova e6105b9d6a Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/recordDb' into integration_2026_w10 (!3800)
Add tracer to record configured events to database

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 (merged), but
could be improved using the metadata approach from !3462 (merged).

Usage is similar to the exsting record tracer:

        docker exec -it oai-nr-ue bash -c "record_db -on UE -off VCD -ch-droptables -off UE_PHY_UL_TICK -off UE_PHY_DL_TICK -off UE_PHY_PDSCH_IQ"

Which outputs recorded data every 5 seconds:

        17:35:40.945037 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:21   name:UE_PHY_INITIATE_RA_PROCEDURE    has_frame_slot:false columns:5
        17:35:40.945924 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:26   name:NRUE_PHY_MIB                    has_frame_slot:true columns:6
        17:35:40.946717 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:53   name:NRUE_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA       has_frame_slot:true columns:7
        17:35:40.947467 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:54   name:NRUE_MAC_UL_PDU_WITH_DATA       has_frame_slot:true columns:7
        17:35:40.948208 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:55   name:NRUE_MAC_DL_RAR_PDU_WITH_DATA   has_frame_slot:true columns:6
        17:35:40.948912 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:318  name:UE_MASTER_TICK                  has_frame_slot:true columns:5
        17:35:40.949679 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:321  name:UE_PHY_DLSCH_UE_DCI             has_frame_slot:true columns:10
        17:35:40.950397 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:322  name:UE_PHY_DLSCH_UE_ACK             has_frame_slot:true columns:7
        17:35:40.951125 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:323  name:UE_PHY_DLSCH_UE_NACK            has_frame_slot:true columns:7
        17:35:40.951903 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:324  name:UE_PHY_ULSCH_UE_DCI             has_frame_slot:true columns:12
        17:35:40.952604 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:325  name:UE_PHY_ULSCH_UE_ACK             has_frame_slot:true columns:7
        17:35:40.953305 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:326  name:UE_PHY_ULSCH_UE_NACK            has_frame_slot:true columns:7
        17:35:40.954035 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:327  name:UE_PHY_INPUT_SIGNAL             has_frame_slot:true columns:7
        17:35:40.954778 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:328  name:UE_PHY_DL_CHANNEL_ESTIMATE      has_frame_slot:true columns:8
        17:35:40.955533 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:329  name:UE_PHY_DL_CHANNEL_ESTIMATE_FREQ has_frame_slot:true columns:8
        17:35:40.956250 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:330  name:UE_PHY_PDCCH_IQ                 has_frame_slot:false columns:5
        17:35:40.957010 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:331  name:UE_PHY_PDCCH_ENERGY             has_frame_slot:true columns:9
        17:35:40.957781 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:333  name:UE_PHY_PDSCH_ENERGY             has_frame_slot:true columns:9
        17:35:40.958599 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:334  name:UE_PHY_PUSCH_TX_POWER           has_frame_slot:true columns:10
        17:35:40.959364 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:335  name:UE_PHY_PUCCH_TX_POWER           has_frame_slot:true columns:9
        17:35:40.960154 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:336  name:UE_PHY_MEAS                     has_frame_slot:true columns:12
        17:35:40.961126 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:337  name:UE_PHY_UL_PAYLOAD_TX_BITS       has_frame_slot:true columns:30
        17:35:40.962126 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:338  name:UE_PHY_UL_SCRAMBLED_TX_BITS     has_frame_slot:true columns:30
        17:35:40.962455 record_db.cpp:1063 INF[main  ] Tables created, waiting for messages...

        17:36:00.842116 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_UL_SCRAMBLED_TX_BITS     rows:       52  total:        119
        17:36:00.842117 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_UL_PAYLOAD_TX_BITS       rows:       55  total:        119
        17:36:00.842117 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_MEAS                     rows:        5  total:         12
        17:36:00.842117 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_PDSCH_ENERGY             rows:        6  total:         29
        17:36:00.842117 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   NRUE_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA       rows:        6  total:         28
        17:36:00.842117 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   NRUE_MAC_UL_PDU_WITH_DATA       rows:       54  total:        118
        17:36:00.842118 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   NRUE_PHY_MIB                    rows:      260  total:        495
        17:36:00.842118 record_db.cpp:1100 INF[main  ]
        17:36:05.861012 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_UL_SCRAMBLED_TX_BITS     rows:       55  total:        174
        17:36:05.861013 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_UL_PAYLOAD_TX_BITS       rows:       55  total:        174
        17:36:05.861013 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_MEAS                     rows:        5  total:         17
        17:36:05.861013 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   UE_PHY_PDSCH_ENERGY             rows:       12  total:         41
        17:36:05.861013 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   NRUE_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA       rows:       12  total:         40
        17:36:05.861014 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   NRUE_MAC_UL_PDU_WITH_DATA       rows:       56  total:        174
        17:36:05.861014 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   NRUE_PHY_MIB                    rows:      260  total:        755

This can also be done for the L2 on the gNB side:

        $ docker exec -it oai-gnb-aerial bash -c "record_db -on GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA"
        turning ON GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA
        connecting to 127.0.0.1:2021
        16:31:01.742287 record_db.cpp:1000 INF[main  ] on: item: GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA, on_off_name: GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA, on_off_action: 1
        16:31:01.742340 record_db.cpp:1011 INF[main  ] No database file provided, using default: T_messages.txt
        16:31:01.751101 record_db.cpp:1020 INF[main  ] Number of events: 801
        16:31:01.752264 record_db.cpp:439 INF[main  ] ClickHouse connection initialized
        16:31:01.752997 record_db.cpp:570 INF[main  ] Initialized buffer for event_id:49   name:GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA        has_frame_slot:true columns:9
        16:31:01.753065 record_db.cpp:1063 INF[main  ] Tables created, waiting for messages...
        16:31:07.299147 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA        rows:        1  total:          1
        16:31:07.299148 record_db.cpp:1100 INF[main  ]
        16:31:12.299490 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA        rows:      234  total:        235
        16:31:12.299491 record_db.cpp:1100 INF[main  ]
        16:31:17.299594 record_db.cpp:1096 INF[main  ]   GNB_MAC_DL_PDU_WITH_DATA        rows:      260  total:        495
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OAI

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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

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

How to get support from the OAI Community

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