The Manufacturer ID IE is normally used to indicate the [name of] the
manufacturer. In case of ip.access nanoBTS it is, for example, "com.ipaccess".
Osmocom decided to re-pupose this IE to indicate bts-specific feature
flags. Stop interpreting the string "com.ipaccess" as feature bitmap.
In fact, nanoBTS doesn't support runtime reporting of features (at
least not in this way), so let's mark features_get_reported = false,
resulting in the copy of bts_model->features to bts->features at the
time a BTS is initialized.
Change-Id: I76cee190dc1f074464df570cdfc3d38559f04846
Closes: OS#5959
If power saving is enabled for a BTS, it should remain enabled even
if the BTS is restarted for whatever reason. This persistence can be
achieved by re-sending the configured power reduction value whenever
the BTS NM FSM enters the ENABLED state again (i.e. reconnects).
Separate gsm_bts_send_c0_power_red() from gsm_bts_set_c0_power_red()
and call the former from st_op_enabled_on_enter(). All we need to do
is to send the value that was configured before, per-timeslot power
reduction limits remain and need not to be updated.
Take a chance to move logging from BTS specific to the generic code.
Change-Id: Ic3f8a2ab0ffd049a8ed84361a3a588c1e1b23ac6
Related: SYS#6435
* Don't copy features for osmo-bts and nanobts initially, wait until
BTS reported its features
* Checks for BTS features in VTY cmds: pass if features are not known
(not yet reported by the BTS), fail if the feature is missing
* Once BTS reports its features, check relevant VTY config parts again
Related: SYS#5922, OS#5538
Change-Id: I7fca42a39a4bc98a6ea8b9cfab28c4bad3a6a0aa
Order the features and add a comment that reminds of updating OsmoBTS
to actually report the new features that are assumed to be supported
here.
Related: SYS#5922, OS#5538
Change-Id: I6f041648990db4ae479538cf3970c826bc6703ed
Improve the current VTY support to allow enabling/disabling C/I logic
independent from value setting. This way C/I support can be quickly
disabled & enabled.
Reminder: changing power parameters still require VTY Command "bts NR
resend-power-control-defaults" to be excuted prior to new parameters
being applied on the BTS.
Related: SYS#4917
Change-Id: Id1224c2d9a52db2ed805c49e048d3086ed0167f5
This commit extends existing VTY and RSL infrastructure to configure and
manage MS Power Parameters used in MS Power Control loop, by adding
support to set up Carrier-to-Interference (CI) parameters.
Using C/I instead of existing RxQual is preferred due to extended
granularity of C/I (bigger range than RxQual's 0-7).
Furthermore, existing literature (such as "GSM/EDGE: Evolution and Performance"
Table 10.3) provides detailed information about expected target values,
even different values for different channel types. Hence, it was decided
to support setting different MS Power Parameters for different channel
types.
These MS Power Parameters are Osmocom specific, ie. supported only by
newish versions of osmo-bts. Older versions of osmo-bts should ignore
the new IEs added just fine. The new IEs containing the MS POwer
Parameters are not send for non osmo-bts BTSs, hence this commit is
secure with regards to running osmo-bsc against an ip.access BTS such
as nanoBTS.
Related: SYS#4917
Depends: libosmocore.git Change-Id Iffef0611430ad6c90606149c398d80158633bbca
Change-Id: I7e76ec47b323d469f777624b74b08752d1f5584f
The BCCH carrier (sometimes called C0) of a BTS shall maintain
discontinuous Downlink transmission at full power in order to
stay 'visible' to the mobile stations. Because of that, early
versions of 3GPP TS 45.008 prohibited BS power reduction on C0.
However, starting from version 13.0.0 (2015-11) there is a feature
called 'BCCH carrier power reduction operation'. This is a special
mode of operation, where the variation of RF level for some
timeslots is relaxed for the purpose of energy saving.
In BCCH carrier power reduction operation, for timeslots on the
C0 carrier, except timeslots carrying BCCH/CCCH, the output power
may be lower than the output power used for timeslots carrying
BCCH/CCCH. In this case the maximum allowed difference in output
power actually transmitted by the BTS is 6 dB.
Introduce a VTY command to turn on and off the BCCH carrier power
reduction operation. Also introduce a CTRL command. On the
A-bis/RSL, abuse the BS POWER CONTROL message by setting
the Channel Number IE to 0x80 (RSL_CHAN_BCCH).
Currently, only osmo-bts-trx is supported. A value greater than
zero makes it reduce the power on *inactive* timeslots of the
BCCH carrier. Sending zero disables the BCCH power reduction
mode completely.
For more details, see 3GPP TS 45.008, section 7.1, and 3GPP TR 45.926.
Change-Id: I047fce33d4d3e4c569dd006ba17858467a2f4783
Related: SYS#4919
sysmoBTS is a BTS model sold by Sysmocom, which runs osmo-bts.
The later may also work with some other back-ends, including
the genaral purpose SDR hardware. Therefore, it's more
logical to call it 'osmo-bts'.
Change-Id: I93ab4dbf483e0786c35685b75ee4ea83bd591f7b
Vadim Yanitskiy
Harald Welte
Oliver Smith
Pau Espin