Add doc/git-guide.md, a single entry point for the practical Git
knowledge needed to contribute to OAI, consolidating the how-tos
that were scattered across the documentation:
- Setting up commit signing: moved from CONTRIBUTING.md, which keeps
the normative DCO/Verified requirements and links to the guide; led
by a compact SSH recipe, with the allowed_signers troubleshooting
and a note on repository-level configuration for shared servers.
- Managing your own branch: moved from code-style-contrib.md, which
keeps the workflow policy and links to the guide; mentions git
switch and covers fixup commits with git rebase --autosquash,
including the --fixup=amend:<commit> variant.
- Working with submodules: the update command and the unintended
submodule-pointer-update pitfall seen in past PRs.
- Recovering from mistakes: git restore --staged, git restore,
git reset --soft/--hard, and git reflog.
- Reusing conflict resolutions with git rerere: enabling, typical
flow, inspecting, seeding from existing history, sharing the cache,
and caveats, clarifying that contribution branches must keep a
linear history while forks may carry merge commits.
The guide is referenced from doc/README.md (Developer tools),
code-style-contrib.md, and CONTRIBUTING.md. Guidance coupled to its
own document is cross-linked instead of moved: clang-format.md
(pre-commit hook), GET_SOURCES.md (branch and tag model), and
doc_best_practices.md (docs: commit prefix).
Also fix a typo in the T tracer addconsoletrace documentation.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Lacava <thecave003@gmail.com>
Implementation of the E3 Agent for dApps and E3AP (no service models) (#204)
These changes introduce an E3 Agent for dApps in the OAI codebase. dApps
are real-time microservices designed to operate within the O-RAN
ecosystem, enabling sub-10 ms Artificial Intelligence (AI) routines in
the Radio Access Network (RAN).
The E3 Agent enables spectrum sensing, frequency-domain signal logging,
and dynamic PRB (Physical Resource Block) policies through IPC/ZMQ
communication with dApps or xApps.
The dApps are designed for co-location with the CU/DU, where it can
interact directly with user-plane data to enable different network
management scenarios such as optimizing network slicing, scheduling, and
resource management. A python library for the creation of the dApps is
available here [1].
Additional information about dApps:
- Paper on the dApp architecture [2]
- dApp framework presentation [3]
- Tutorial on dApp deployment on OAI [4]
As agreed in the original MR [5], this PR includes only the agent lifecycle,
configuration parsing, build plumbing, and the nr-softmodem init/destroy
hook.
It registers zero service models, so it builds and runs as an idle
agent. Concrete service models (e.g. spectrum sensing) and the PHY/MAC
hooks that drive them follow in later PRs.
Opt-in and dependencies
- Gated behind the E3_AGENT CMake option (OFF by default) / the
--build-e3 build flag. The default build is unaffected â e3ap is only
compiled and linked into nr-softmodem when E3_AGENT=ON.
- When enabled, requires the external libe3 library [6] (vendor-neutral
E3AP C++ lib), discovered via pkg_check_modules(CLIBE3 REQUIRED
libe3). It is not vendored.
Install libe3 (Debian/Ubuntu):
git clone https://github.com/wineslab/libe3 && cd libe3
./build_libe3 -I # installs deps: build-essential cmake pkg-config libzmq3-dev asn1c nlohmann-json3-dev libsctp-dev ...
./build_libe3 --install # release build + installation
Build & test
Tested in RFsim: the gNB initializes the E3 agent, opens its setup
socket (/tmp/dapps/setup), registers zero service models, and runs
without crashing. Configuration
The agent reads an optional E3Configuration section from the gNB config
file (parsed only when E3_AGENT=ON). If absent, it falls back to
built-in defaults (posix/ipc).
E3Configuration : {
link = "zmq"; # posix | zmq
transport = "ipc"; # tcp | sctp | ipc
};
The same parameters can be overridden on the command line (no
config-file edit required):
sudo ./nr-softmodem -O <gnb.conf> ... --E3Configuration.link zmq --E3Configuration.transport ipc
Validated link/transport combinations: (zmq,ipc) (zmq,tcp) (posix,tcp)
(posix,sctp) (posix,ipc).
Notes
- I have added a new log component E3AP specific for the ops performed
by the E3 Agent.
- This PR ships no gNB config file; the E3Configuration block / CLI
override above is the documented way to enable the agent. Example
configs follow in the next PRs.
[1] https://pypi.org/project/dapps/
[2] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.16502
[3] https://openrangym.com/o-ran-frameworks/dapps
[4] https://openrangym.com/tutorials/dapps-oai
[5] https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g/-/merge_requests/3361
[6] https://github.com/wineslab/libe3
Reviewed-by: Teodora VladiÄ <teodora.vladic@openairinterface.org>
Reviewed-by: Sagar Arora <sagar.arora@openairinterface.org>
Reviewed-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Introduce the E3_AGENT CMake option (default OFF) and the matching
--build-e3 flag in build_oai so the E3 agent for O-RAN dApps can be
compiled opt-in. Gate the E3AP subdirectory and the nr-softmodem
linkage behind the option, and register an E3AP log component
together with its legacy T-tracer message IDs.
The E3 interface (nGRG) lets the gNB exchange real-time reports and
controls with external dApps. Keeping it behind a build flag leaves
the default CI build unchanged and avoids pulling in the external
libe3 dependency unless the agent is explicitly requested.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Lacava <thecave003@gmail.com>
After having removed eth_params_t from all L2/L3 files, we can reduce
the scope of common_lib.h, and remove the include from many files.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Improvements in UCI on PUSCH implementation at UE (#139)
This MR improves the implementation of UCI on PUSCH at UE side and fixes
some issues found while testing and fixing the revised version.
Tested in ULSIM with MATLAB vectors provided by @sakthivelvelumani in
the following scenarios (bits)
- 2 ACK no CSI
- 7 CSI part1 no ACK no CSI part2
- 1 ACK 7 CSI part1 7 CSI part2
- 3 ACK 4 CSI part1 4 CSI part2
using the command line
./nr_ulsim -m 27 -u 1 -R 51 -r 51 -s 30 -o(path to the file containing the vector)
Closes: #181
Reviewed-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Reviewed-by: Sakthivel Velumani <s.velumani@northeastern.edu>
Complete NR L2/L3 Paging path from F1AP to NAS (gNB and UE) (#151)
This MR wires a 5GâNR paging flow across the stack, from F1AP Paging on
the DU down to PCCH scheduling in MAC/RLC, RRC/ASN encode/decode, and
UEâside NAS Service Request triggering, including the NR UE changes in
L1/L2.
It centralises paging PF/PO computation and PCCH scheduling in MAC,
using shared SSB/Type0âPDCCH and common PDSCH helpers that are also
reused by SIB1. On the UE, it enables decoding of NR PCCH messages,
matching ngâ5GâSâTMSI/fullIâRNTI, and conditionally initiating a
networkâtriggered Service Request when 5GMM state allows it. The change
set includes focused refactors and ASN.1 tests to validate the new
paging encode/decode path.
Changes:
- MAC gNB common helpers: Move SSB/Type0âPDCCH utilities from the
BCH scheduler into shared MAC primitives and introduce a reusableÂ
Type0âoccasion helper and common PDSCH RB/MCS/TBS sizing
- MAC paging PF/PO responsibility: Add a dedicated PCCH scheduler module
that implements TS 38.304 §7 PF/PO computation (defaultPagingCycle,
nAndPagingFrameOffset, Ns, SFNâbased PF formula and PO slot mapping)
and owns the âis this (frame,slot) a paging occasion for UE_ID?â
decision.
- F1AP -> MAC -> RLC PCCH path (gNB/DU): Have the DU decode F1AP Paging
with CN UE identity, build an NR RRC Paging message (PCCH) in MAC, and
hand it to RLC as a dedicated PCCH SDU together with UE_ID (5GâSâTMSI
mod 1024), using perâmodule PCCH storage. RAN UE paging identity
is explicitly rejected.
- Direct CU to DU paging path: Implement direct F1 Paging handling
in the NR RRC DL direct interface for RLC PCCH storage for laterÂ
scheduling.
- PCCH scheduling and NFAPIÂ integration (gNBÂ MAC): IntegrateÂ
schedule_nr_pcch() into the DL scheduler so that when a stored PCCH
SDU exists and the current (frame,slot) is a paging occasion, MACÂ
resolves the paging search space and CORESET, selects a beam (from SSB),
allocates CCEs and PDSCH resources, builds NFAPI DL_TTI PDUsÂ
(PDCCH + PDSCH with PâRNTI, DCI 1_0), and populates the matching
TX_DATA PDU, then clears the cached PCCH.
- DCI handling for PâRNTI paging: Adjust DCI payload preparation
to treat PâRNTI specially, returning after setting DMRS and antennaÂ
ports and skipping HARQ and UE scheduling state that do not exist for
paging, so paging DCIs no longer touch UE HARQ data structures.
- PHY UE RX Chain: DCI handling for PâRNTI on UE, monitor DCI on Paging
Occasions, process DCI 1_0 with CRC scrambled by PâRNTI on the pagingÂ
search space, trigger PDSCH decoding for PCCH based on that DCI, deliver
decoded PCCH to upper layers from the PHY/MAC side
- RRC/ASN paging encode API: Replace the legacy bufferâbased do_NR_PagingÂ
with a nr_paging_params_tâbased API returning a byte_array_t,
supporting both ngâ5GâSâTMSI and fullIâRNTI identities, and optional IEs
(e.g. accessType nonâ3GPP and pagingCause v17), and encoding viaÂ
uper_encode_to_new_buffer, with ownership and failure semantics clearlyÂ
defined for callers.
- UEâside PCCH reception and matching: Add UE MAC to RRC logic
to deliver PCCH SDUs to RRC, decode NR PCCH via a new nr_pcch_decode()Â
helper into an array of nr_paging_params_t, iterate PagingRecordList onÂ
the UE, compare MâTMSI/fullIâRNTI against local identity, and log whetherÂ
a paging match was found.
- NAS integration for networkâtriggered Service Request: On a UE paging
match, send a NAS_PAGING_IND from RRC to NAS and, when the UE has a
GUTI, is 5GMMâREGISTERED and in 5GMMâIDLE, generate and send a Service
Request uplink NAS message
- Tests and validation helpers: Extend nr_asn1 paging tests
to encode Paging via do_NR_Paging, decode it via nr_pcch_decode,
and verify roundâtrips for multiple ngâ5GâSâTMSI values, accessType,
and fullIâRNTI bit patterns, using a shared encode/decode helper thatÂ
exercises the same decoder path used by the UE.
Notes:
Paging handling currently supports CN UE paging
identity (5GâSâTMSI) only. RAN UE paging identity is logged and ignored.
A paging match triggers a Service Request only when the UE has a GUTI,
is 5GMMâREGISTERED, and in 5GMMâIDLE. T3346 and suspendâindication
handling are documented as future work and not implemented here.
Testing:
Tested with Open5gs. How to trigger Paging in Open5GS lab setup:
- Use gNB telnet to request NGAP UE Context Release: `rrc ctx_rel_req
<RRC_UE_ID>`
- Wait until AMF reports CM-IDLE (for example gNB-UEs is now 0).
- Generate downlink data from the Linux host to the UE IP: `ping
<UE_IP>`
- Host-originated downlink data will trigger paging.
Closes#74
Reviewed-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Reviewed-by: Francesco Mani <email@francescomani.it>
Add an RRC telnet command that sends a RAN-initiated NGAP UE Context Release
Request with a user-inactivity cause.
Register ctx_rel_req in the RRC telnet command table.
Signed-off-by: Guido Casati <guido.casati@openairinterface.org>
UE paging can recreate the AS-side SDAP entity while NAS still keeps the
PDU session established. Per TS 38.304 clause 7.1 and TS 24.501 clauses
5.6.2.2.1,5.6.1.2 paging/service request restores user-plane resources
for an established PDU session, it does not imply deleting the UE IP/TUN
interface.
Deleting the UE TUN with SDAP entity teardown breaks user-plane continuity
after re-attach. We need SDAP entity lifetime and UE TUN lifetime to be
decoupled. This commit keeps a UE/PDU-session TUN registry outside the
SDAP entity lifetime. When a UE SDAP entity is recreated, reattach it
to the preserved TUN socket and restart the reader thread. On first PDU
session setup, NAS registers the TUN before attaching the reader.
The sequence is the following: (1) NAS register the iface
(2) sdap entity attaches to the iface (3) UE goes IDLE, SDAP
entity is destroyed, iface is deatched and brought down (4)
UE Service Request, SDAP entity is created (5) iface reattaches
to the SDAP entity and is brought up
UE reattach assumes the PDU session TUN interface was registered
before the SDAP entity is recreated.
DL/UL data is intentionally dropped when SDAP is not yet attached
or QFI is unavailable, rather than queued in this layer.
Changes:
- `nr_sdap.c`: keep a UE/PDU-session TUN registry, duplicate the stored
socket into each SDAP entity, and add attach/detach/destroy helpers.
- `nr_sdap_entity.c`: detach SDAP entities from their TUN reader on
deletion, preserve UE TUN interfaces across idle cleanup, and destroy
gNB TUN interfaces when the gNB entity is removed. Drop downlink SDUs
if the UE SDAP entity is not attached to a TUN socket yet.
- `openair3/NAS/NR_UE/nr_nas_msg.c`: set QFI before UE TUN creation so
first attach can pick up cached QFI.
- `common/utils/tuntap_if.c`: add `tuntap_set_up`/`tuntap_set_down` helpers
for UE interface state reflection and initialize `flags` in `tuntap_destroy`
to avoid maybe-uninitialized build failures.
Signed-off-by: Guido Casati <guido.casati@openairinterface.org>
- Fix vrtsim uneven antenna configurations
- Fix shm_td_iq_channel client-server SHM race
- Set shm size to 2G in unit test docker run to prevent out-of-memory errors
Closes: #130
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Podrygajlo <bartosz.podrygajlo@openairinterface.org>
- make internal links relative where applicable
- delete link to the wiki, as the documentation is in the main repo, not
the wiki
- remove some "example in oai code" as the examples either don't exist,
or are not in that place, and we can reasonably expect people to grep
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Fix imscope and tracy build
Make headers required in imscope includable in C++ sources by removing
direct and indirect inclusions of VLAs.
Closes: #1076
Reviewed-By: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
wrong usage of extern declaration in C files, and header cleanup
wrong usage of extern declaration in C files, instead of headers, and
fix hidden bugs by this wrong extern declaration duplication.
this fixes pure bugs because we cast variables to the wrong types, even
if the bug has no consequence
it also separates 4G/5G include files, as the error is also in the
headers mixup. Clean up header includes in F1AP.
Further remove some "CU/DUuniqinstances".
Reviewed-by: Bartosz Podrygajlo <bartosz.podrygajlo@openairinterface.org>
fix a few issues with unit tests
1. fix unused argument warnings - running ninja tests fails on my system
due to too many warnings.
2. fix google benchmark build - sometimes, when building from scratch
the build will fail due to compiler warnings. I don't know why it
only happens sometimes but I've instead added a warning suppression
as this is not an issue in our code.
3. fix memory leak I've found here: !3827 (comment 224369)
4. fix running two testcases with ninja test or ctest -R. Due to them
being dependent on dlopen they would automatically fail if the user
environemnt was not modified manually outside cmake. I've modified
LD_LIBRARY_PATH for those test cases, meaning you no longer need to
run it with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. or similar prefix.
Reviewed-By: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Replace malloc with static memory to reduce possible memory leaks in
test_tpool_vs_actors.
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Podrygajlo <bartosz.podrygajlo@openairinterface.org>
vrtsim: Refactor peer antenna configuration and taps_client
Refactor peer antenna configuration and taps_client
This commit addresses several architectural issues in vrtsim,
specifically regarding how peer antenna counts are managed. Some
additional changes were made to allow unit tests and several fixes were
delivered.
Key changes:
1. Refactored peer antenna management:
* Removed the redundant 'peer_info_t' structure which overlapped with
ue_config and client_info.
* Added explicit 'peer_tx_ant' and 'peer_rx_ant' fields to
vrtsim_state_t.
* Server now pulls peer info from the UE config, while Client pulls it
from the GNB info published by the server.
2. Refactor taps_client to be thread safe
3. Fixed a bug where only the first antenna IQ was read from underlying
SHM mechanism
4. Test / usability related changes:
* Added support for configurable SHM channel names via
'--vrtsim.shm_channel_name' to prevent IPC conflicts between tests.
* Reduced the sleep() calls inside the code to reduce test runtime and
speedup vrtsim connection initialization and cleanup
* Added a unit tests for:
- transpartent channel mode
- taps_client mode
- cirdb mode
Reviewed-By: Merkebu Girmay <merkebu.girmay@openairinterface.org>
This commit addresses several architectural issues in vrtsim, specifically
regarding how peer antenna counts are managed. Some additional changes
were made to allow unit tests and several fixes were delivered.
Key changes:
1. Refactored peer antenna management:
- Removed the redundant 'peer_info_t' structure which overlapped with
ue_config and client_info.
- Added explicit 'peer_tx_ant' and 'peer_rx_ant' fields to vrtsim_state_t.
- Server now pulls peer info from the UE config, while Client pulls it from
the GNB info published by the server.
2. Refactor taps_client to be thread safe
3. Fixed a bug where only the first antenna IQ was read from underlying SHM
mechanism
4. Test / usability related changes:
- Added support for configurable SHM channel names via
'--vrtsim.shm_channel_name' to prevent IPC conflicts between tests.
- Reduced the sleep() calls inside the code to reduce test runtime and
speedup vrtsim connection initialization and cleanup
- Added a unit tests for:
+ transparent channel mode
+ taps_client mode
+ cirdb mode
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Podrygajlo <bartosz.podrygajlo@openairinterface.org> and assisted by Gemini
Add SRS LS and RSRP measurement logging for indoor positioning research
This MR adds measurement logging support for indoor positioning research
based on OAI gNB radio measurements.
The goal is to collect timestamped SRS LS channel estimates and averaged
RSRP values during experiments. These measurements are used offline for
Add T traces to store raw RSRP reports and SRS LS estimates
Reviewed-By: Francesco Mani <email@francescomani.it>
Reviewed-By: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
Reviewed-By: Rakesh Mundlamuri <rakesh.mundlamuri@openairinterface.org
Add T trace events for SRS least-squares channel estimate samples and individual MAC RSRP reports. These traces support indoor positioning research and offline dataset generation through the existing OAI tracing workflow instead of custom CSV logging.
Signed-off-by: Bingyu Zhou <s240331012@stu.cqupt.edu.cn>
This commit moves certain functions and structs around to prevent including
functions taking VLA arguments in imscope C++ source files.
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Podrygajlo <bartosz.podrygajlo@openairinterface.org>
Fix Wt (orthogonal code) multiplication for PUSCH DMRS length 2 and
noise power estimation
This MR:
- Introduce PUSCH DMRS length as a configurable parameter in nr_ulsim.
- Fix bugs related to the use of PUSCH DMRS length 2.
- Fix the noise power estimation.
Note:
- Still cannot validate PUSCH DMRS length 4, since we need more than 5
layers (DMRS type 1) / 6 layers (DMRS type 2) to test the orthogonal
spreading over time.
- Yet to implement time domain averaging for PUSCH DMRS length 2 to
separate orthogonally over time.
- The main bug here is the noise power estimation (removes the duplicate
division with the number of antennas).
Reviewed-by: Roberto Louro Magueta <rmagueta@allbesmart.pt>
1. The field was named N_RB_UL and used fp->N_RB_UL in both LTE and NR
demodulation code, but it should use N_RB_DL for PDSCH
2. The tracer ue.c referenced the wrong buffer field name "pusch_comp"
instead of "pdsch_comp", causing a crash on startup
Signed-off-by: Alex Jiao <alex.jiao@keysight.com>
Multi-QoS Handling and PDU Session Modify
This MR implements comprehensive QoS flows handling and PDU Session
Modify procedures in the RRC layer, enabling full support for multiple
QoS flows per DRB and dynamic QoS management per 3GPP specs. Key
changes:
1. Multi-QoS Flows Support
- Multiple QoS flows per DRB: Support for multiple QoS flows mapped to a
single DRB
- Intelligent QoS-to-DRB mapping: Implements resource-type-aware
multiplexing based on 3GPP TS 23.501 Table 5.7.4-1
- DC-GBR flows (5QI 82-90): Dedicated DRB, max 1 flow per DRB
- GBR flows (5QI 1-4, 65-67, 71-76): Max 2 flows per DRB
- Non-GBR flows (5QI 5-11, 69-70, 79-80): Max 5 flows per DRB
- Aggregate cap: Maximum 5 flows per DRB
- 5QI validation: Early validation of standardized 5QI values (1-9,
65-90) during QoS flow setup/modify
2. PDU Session Modify Procedures
- Complete E1AP/RRC integration: Full Bearer Context Modification
support with DRB lifecycle management
- DRB To Setup/Modify/Remove lists: Complete support for all DRB
operations in Bearer Context Modification
- QoS flow operations: Support for QoS flow add, modify, and release
operations
- QoS flow mapping: Proper handling of QoS flow modifications in
DRB To Modify List
- Automatic DRB management: DRB setup, modification, and removal
based on QoS flow changes. Reuse existing DRBs if the incoming QoS
flow is compatible.
- Delayed transactions: PDU Session Modify added to delayed
transactions list for proper sequencing
3. GTP-U Tunnel Refactoring
- Architecture alignment:
- N3 tunnels: 1 per PDU session with QFI marking, container for
multiple bearers, supporting multiple QoS flows
- F1-U tunnels: 1 per DRB without QFI marking
- SDAP ownership of QoS: move QoS management to be fully owned by
SDAP
4. QoS Enhancements
- Dynamic5QI support: Full support for Dynamic5QI with packet delay
budget and packet error rate
- GBR QoS flows: Support for Guaranteed Bit Rate QoS flows with
GFBR/MFBR parameters
- DRB QoS aggregation: DRB-level QoS computed from all mapped QoS
flows using ARP priority (not 5QI priority)
- QoS priority level refactoring: Proper type definitions per 3GPP
TS 23.501 (QoS Priority Level: 1-127, ARP Priority Level: 1-15)
Technical Changes
RRC Layer
- Refactored `nr_rrc_add_bearers()` to support intelligent QoS-to-DRB
mapping
- Added `nr_rrc_update_qos()` for QoS flow add/modify with automatic DRB
assignment
- Implemented `nr_rrc_update_pdusession()` for QoS flow release and DRB
cleanup
- Consolidated F1 UE Context Modification Request handling
- Simplified PDU status tracking by removing intermediate states
- Added QoS flow and DRB removal utilities
- Updated RRC bearers tests with comprehensive multi-QoS testing
- Adapted `nr-cuup-load-test.c` to new GTP design
NGAP Layer
- Extended PDU Session Resource Modify Request Transfer with QoS
add/modify/release lists
- Added proper type definitions (`pdusession_mod_req_transfer_t`,
`qos_flow_to_release_t`)
- Fixed NGAP PDU Session Modify transfer encoding
GTP-U Layer
- Refactored tunnel creation API: scalar fields instead of arrays
- Split tunnel creation into `n3_gtpu_create()` and
`f1_drb_gtpu_create()`
- Added bearer-to-QFI mapping structure (`gtpv1u_rb_t`)
- Implemented QFI de-duplication and one-to-one QFI-to-bearer mapping
- Reduced inter-dependencies between LTE and NR
SDAP Layer
- Fixed default DRB tracking: Only one default DRB per SDAP entity per
PDU session (TS 37.324)
- Set default DRB to first DRB added when creating bearers
F1AP Layer
- Added GBR QoS Flow Information IE handling in CU
- Implemented DRB QoS aggregation from multiple QoS flows
- Extended F1AP test cases to support multiple QoS flows
Code Quality Improvements
- Improved error handling throughout the stack
- Enhanced logging and debugging capabilities
- Added comprehensive unit tests for multi-QoS scenarios
- Improved type safety and validation
Testing
The code was validated with Open5gs v2.7.6, OAI CN5G and COTS UE.
How to reproduce with Open5gs:
1. Start Open5gs
2. From the Open5gs web UI: add multiple QFIs to the same DNN.
3. Restart Open5gs
4. Run gNB and UE
The user will see the following:
1. QoS flows arrive via NGAP PDU Session Setup/Modify requests, each
with a QFI and 5QI.
2. The gNB assigns each flow to a DRB, creating a new DRB or reusing an
existing one based on 5QI compatibility (compatible flows, i.e. same
5QI characteristics, share a DRB)
3. At the SDAP layer, packets are tagged with QFI headers; at the GTP-U
layer, uplink packets include QFI in the PDU Session Container for
core network mapping.
Documentation
- Added comprehensive QoS flows handling documentation with 3GPP
standards references
- Updated PDU Session Modify sequence diagrams
Note
* This implementation aligns with:
- 3GPP TS 23.501 (QoS framework)
- 3GPP TS 38.413 (NGAP)
- 3GPP TS 37.324 (SDAP)
- 3GPP TS 38.463 (F1AP)
- 3GPP TS 29.281 (GTP-U)
- 3GPP TS 38.331 (RRC)
* Multi-QoS and PDU Session Modify are both added to this MR since QoS
flows update is triggered by PDU Session Modify in some scenarios
(e.g. with Open5gs, used for validation).
* Core functional changes introduced by commits with prefix "QoS
Handling" or "PDU Session Modify"
* This MR replaces the old !2703.
* This MR adopts relevant CU changes from !2836, namely:
* Adds new shared QoS types
* Add standardized 5QI table and helper
* Dynamic5QI support + validation
* Computation of DRB QoS (aggregate QoS) and priority/GBR
* F1AP DRB-level QoS
* Closes#541 (5QI validation)
* Closes#1075 (Optional NAS-PDU in PDU Session Setup Request)
Signed-off-by: Jaroslava Fiedlerova <jaroslava.fiedlerova@openairinterface.org>
Reviewed-by: Rakesh Mundlamuri <rakesh.mundlamuri@openairinterface.org>
Replace NGAP_MAX_PDU_SESSION and E1AP_MAX_NUM_PDU_SESSIONS with
shared NR_MAX_NB_PDU_SESSIONS constant. The value (256) is consistent
with both TS 38.331, TS 38.413 and TS 38.463
All protocol layers (NGAP, E1AP, RRC, SDAP) now use a single
shared constant for maximum PDU sessions per UE, ensuring
consistency across the codebase
E1AP_MAX_NUM_PDU_SESSIONS (was 4) is removed from e1ap_messages_types.h
Signed-off-by: Guido Casati <guido.casati@openairinterface.org>
While compiling the spsc_q unit tests on some compilers, some
complain with
/openairinterface5g/common/utils/ds/tests/test_spsc_q.cpp:11:44: error: use of deleted function âspsc_q::spsc_q(spsc_q&&)â
spsc_q_t rb = spsc_q_alloc(2, sizeof(int));
/openairinterface5g/common/utils/ds/spsc_q.h:19:16: error: use of deleted function âstd::atomic<long unsigned int>::atomic(const std::atomic<long unsigned int>&)â
These compiles cannot copy the atomic. Change the API to avoid this
copy.
"Older" compiler here means g++-11/12.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
T-Tracer & Data Recording v1.1: UL PHY trace modularization and recording
enhancements
Based on the plan with @schmidtr and @roux-cedric, we agreed to enhance
the data recording in two phases:
- Phase 1: Update Data Recording framework to get All internal Massive
Updates and enhancements through the whole framework public
- Phase2: Restructure T-Tracer Apps and remove all Mems in gNB and UE
Softmodems to Get data on T-tarcer Apps for all activated Messages
symbol-by-symbol, and related Meta-data, then do the aggregation on
the T-tracer App. So, there is No Memory Creation at all on the 5G NR
Stack.
This Merge Request is for Phase 1. We address the comments given in: !3632
Summary: Refactor T-Tracer instrumentation for UL PHY data capture and
improve the data recording application (v1.0 â v1.1). This MR extracts
inline T() macro calls into modular wrapper functions, adds Unix timestamp
fields to trace messages, implements a 4-state shared memory protocol for
gNB/UE tracers, and delivers an improved synchronized recording architecture
in Python.
Changes:
- T-Tracer: Modular UL PHY trace wrappers
- Add T_messages_creator.c/.h with 7 wrapper functions (log_ul_fd_dmrs,
log_ul_fd_chan_est_dmrs_pos, log_ul_fd_pusch_iq,
log_ul_fd_chan_est_dmrs_interpl, log_ul_payload_rx_bits,
log_ul_payload_tx_bits, log_ul_scrambled_tx_bits) and a static
log_ul_common() helper
- Register T_messages_creator.c in the T library CMake build
- Update T_messages.txt definitions: Remove string timestamps and get
time stamp directly from sending_time of T-macro.
- PHY: Replace inline T() calls with wrappers
- gNB (nr_ulsch_demodulation.c, nr_ul_channel_estimation.c,
phy_procedures_nr_gNB.c): replace inline T() calls with
T_messages_creator wrappers
- UE (nr_ulsch_coding.c, nr_ulsch_ue.c): replace inline T() calls with
log_ul_payload_tx_bits and log_ul_scrambled_tx_bits wrappers
- Remove deprecated log_tools.c/.h and its CMake reference
- T-Tracer gNB & UE apps: Enhancements
- Implement 4-state shared memory protocol (WAIT â CONFIG â RECORD â STOP)
for coordination with the data recording app
- Add event_trace_msg_ul_data struct with 27 UL metadata fields
- Refactor event loop to poll()-based with proper signal handling
- Separate project IDs (gNB=2335, UE=2336) and ftok paths for independent
shared memory segments
- Update shared memory sizing: Limit number of records to
NUM_MESSAGES_PER_SLOT=5, 100 slots
- Data Recording App v1.1
- Improved architecture with thread pool and barrier synchronization
- Frame/slot-based message grouping with per-slot validation
- atexit/signal-based cleanup for graceful shared memory detach
- Delete legacy data_recording_app_v1.0.py
- Library improvements
- config_interface.py: remove legacy YAML config reader, streamline to
JSON-only
- shared_memory_interface.py: new module for shared memory
attach/read/protocol
- wireless_parameters_mapper.py: new module for NR parameter mapping
- data_recording_messages_def.py: updated message definitions for
27-field struct
- sigmf_interface.py, sync_service.py, common_utils.py: remove unused
imports and dead code
- Documentation
- Update data_recording.md for v1.1 architecture and usage
- refactor timestamp handling
- Replace string-based SENDING_TIME with integer SEC/NSEC fields.
- Designed the shared memory protocol with a 4-state machine (STATE_WAIT=0, STATE_CONFIG=1, STATE_RECORD=2, STATE_STOP=3) for command/control between the recording app and the T-Tracer service
- Implemented two shared memory segments: one for reading commands (addr_rd) and one for writing captured data (addr_wr)
- Created event_trace_msg_ul_data struct mapping all 27 UL metadata fields (frame, slot, datetime, MCS, DMRS parameters, etc.) by name from the T-Tracer database
- Implemented setup_trace_msg_ul_data() using the G() macro to map field names to indices at startup
- Wrote the main event loop using poll() to avoid busy-waiting, with get_event() to receive T-Tracer events from the softmodem socket
ctest: fix tests when compiling with sanitizers, ignore build directories,
fix spsc_q build
- Fix the directory to the current build directory to enable running with
sanitizers with ctest
- add build* to .gitignore to close#1074
- fix spsc_q compilation on non-C++23 compilers to close#1073
stdatomic.h is a C++23 feature [1]. Thus, "older" compilers such as
gcc-11 (default in Ubuntu 22) do not know this, and can therefore not
correctly compile spsc_q. Fix this by alternatively including atomic for
C++.
Fixes errors such as
stdatomic.h:40:9: error: â_Atomicâ does not name a type
[1] https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/header/stdatomic.h
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
L1 gNB type0 PDSCH
PDSCH type0 allows frequency allocation via PRB bitmap (type1 is via
start and number of PRBs) allowing for non contiguous allocation in
frequency domain
L1 RX: use queues instead of arrays and linear search for PUCCH, PUSCH, SRS, PRACH
This MR is an attempt to reduce the time L1 RX searches in array for the
next job to process, and instead use a queue. This queue is a FIFO,
because the various jobs (FAPI messages) to process come in order, and
need to be processed in order. The MR (hopefully, to be measured)
reduces the amount of time spent searching for the next UE (because the
next job is always at the beginning of the queue), and should scale
better for many UEs.
It does the following:
- introduce two helper libraries for (1) Frame.Slot calculation (sfn_t),
already introduced in !3521 (merged) commit 3102068e, and (2) a ring
buffer with fixed size
- use sfn_t and ring buffer (gNB->pucch_queue) to remove the linear
array for PUCCH (gNB->pucch)
- use sfn_t and ring buffer (gNB->pusch_queue) for some PUSCH lookups.
Because we need to still store PUSCH contexts, gNB->pusch is still
there
- use sfn_t and ring buffer (gNB->srs_queue) to remove the linear array
for SRS (gNB->srs)
- use sfn_t and ring buffers (gNB->prach_ru_queue and
gNB->prach_l1rx_queue) to remove the linear array for PRACH
(gNB->prach_list)
- some minor cleanups, e.g., additional loops over the PUSCH array,
using const, using pointers instead of indices, etc
Miscellaneous code improvements
- A fix in a yaml config file as reported by @Abdo-Gaber
- proper positioning of static functions in a couple of gNB scheduler
files
- some effort to split NR from LTE code in compilation
- harmonization of macros for unused variables
Add SIB 3,4 support, configurable SIB2 and refactor CU/DU SIB management
This MR makes neighbour and inter-frequency configuration drive how
SIB2/SIB3/SIB4 are built and sent from CU to DUs. It standardizes SIB
payloads as byte_array_t with typed SIB IDs across RRC, F1AP and MAC,
reducing adâhoc buffer handling. Neighbour parsing, validation and
lookup are tightened.
Changes
- Minor refactor to gNB neighbour parsing and storage (shared PLMN
extraction, safer allocation, etc).
- Represent SIB containers uniformly as byte_array_t plus nr_sib_type_t,
and adapt F1AP, MAC and RRC users to the new container API.
- Make SIB2 cell-reselection information fully config-driven with
explicit bounds checking and SIB2 ASN.1 building from that config.
- Generate SIB3 intra-frequency neighbours from the per-cell neighbour
list and propagate them from CU to DU over F1, with MAC
decoding/attaching them to SystemInformation.
- Generate SIB4 inter-frequency neighbours from a new frequency_list
plus neighbour SIB3/SIB4 offsets, and propagate them from CU to DU
over F1, with MAC decoding/attaching them.
- Add basic ASN.1 round-trip tests for SIB2/SIB3/SIB4 and SIB4 range
checks, and update RRC docs to describe the neighbour/inter-frequency
configuration model.
Testing:
1. in gNB conf file:
cu_sibs = (2, 3, 4);
2. Update neighbour config file with SIB3/SIB4 conf:
(see documentation)
3. run gNB and UE as usual
---
Logs & configs: see MR on Gitlab
Because it is SPSC, atomic variables are enough to synchronize the two
threads. Concretely put() is modified to ensure that read_idx is
"acquired" so that the read index has been written, including memory, by
the other thread. "Release" ensures that the write operation (including
the memory to the buffer) is written before it is visible to the other
thread in get() (which in turn "acquires" it). For more information, see
also [1].
The rest of the library has been simplified to work only with put() and
get(), reducing total code and the surface for possible bugs.
This (and the previous) version has been tested with the
threadSanitizer:
TSAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1 ./common/utils/ds/tests/test_spsc_q_perf
On my machine, using Google Benchmark, I measure a considerable 5x speed
improvement:
$ /tmp/benchmark/tools/compare.py benchmarks pthread.json atomic.json
Comparing pthread.json to atomic.json
Benchmark Time CPU Time Old Time New CPU Old CPU New
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BM_spsc_q/10 -0.8201 -0.0740 266779912 47989020 52387 48512
BM_spsc_q/16 -0.8301 -0.0520 249656592 42428540 51462 48784
BM_spsc_q/32 -0.8003 -0.0841 230248798 45972155 53841 49311
BM_spsc_q/64 -0.7995 -0.0506 210429791 42199674 50690 48124
BM_spsc_q/128 -0.7930 -0.1101 205212273 42483155 52745 46936
BM_spsc_q/160 -0.7880 -0.1663 216644738 45938247 53400 44518
OVERALL_GEOMEAN -0.8057 -0.0904 0 0 0 0
[1] https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/atomic/memory_order.html
Assisted-By: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
This data structure is designed to support the use cases of the L1,
i.e., provide a queue which can be quickly used to order L1 jobs in FIFO
order with simple iteration of jobs to treat. It is a Single-Consumer
Single-Producer queue library.
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
