It is possible to change the neighbor-list mode via the VTY from
automatic mode to manual neighbor-list configuration. In the manual
mode, the user can add ARFCN values manually. This command can be found
under the bts node. Lets add pendant of this command on the control
interface as well.
Change-Id: Id97bc0d31a358db6221c385761773fb48670c921
Related: SYS#5641
The VTY allows flexible control over the neighbor cell information via
the neighbor command, which can be found in the configure terminal under
the bts node. Lets add pendant of this command on the control interface
as well.
Change-Id: I343a40e18fa9b91e6c381912c0426a002841e079
Related: SYS#5641
The value ncc_permitted is preset in osmo_bsc_main.c from
bootstrap_bts(). It is a constant value that also cannot be changed via
the VTY. Therefore it should be set from bts_alloc(). This also fixes
the problem that when the BTS is added at runtime from the VTY. BTSs
added at runtime would have an all zero ncc_permitted until the next
restart of osmo_bsc.
Change-Id: I9f02277d7b4b4bcb383e749435416a0b22efd5e8
Related: SYS#5369
These are not needed anymore since we re-introduced libbsc, specially to
avoid all this churn.
Some specific methods are explicitly required to be overwritten by
tests, so we specificially mark those with __attribute__((weak)) in
order to be able to overwrite them.
This is the last step towards fixing interdependency mess of symbols and
stubs, and requires previous patches in order to have tests apssing
fine.
Change-Id: Ic7401b8a6eb903882e30fda1cf091ac99a254ef0
This allows having it initialized automatically, as we usually do with
this type of code. As a result, tests or other apps importing libbsc
don't need to take care of calling it.
NOTE: This fix is required by follow-up patches where some stubs are removed
and hence some tests start using FSMs internally. Since tests were not
using those FSMs before, there was no need to call ts_fsm_init().
This is one further step towards fixing interdependency mess of symbols
and stubs.
Change-Id: I0e4b95b5e73fbb3844d83ba33e66786831088e1f
This is used inside group of files forming libbsc (shared files used by
several apps). Let's instantie only once inside a file from libbsc
instead of doing so on each binary.
This is one further step towards fixing interdependency mess of symbols
and stubs.
Change-Id: I9b287aa492ca6aae5fc56133e1510aff3146fe25
Increase the reaction time at the expense of more stable loop with less
temporary oscillations.
See updated user manual documentation in this commit for a larger
description.
Related: SYS#5371
Change-Id: I46be244a5e01a74086e3a977ec3ea139742a0074
* Adds vty option dyn-bsc for ms-power-control -> mode
* Imports power_control.c from osmo-bts project
[at commit 2f3cd4b697972d8484f9a9d3b7ef634086f65fa5]
* Removes unused C/I code from osmo-bts's power_control.c
This patch then calls the power loop on receipt of measurement
reports and updates the MS Power Level accordingly.
Change-Id: Ibc307e758697eb5ca3fb86622f35709d6077db9e
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
Setting LOWER_CMP_N and UPPER_CMP_N for all channel types can be quite
cumbersome and end up in lengthy config files. Let's instead add a
placeholder command to apply it to all channel types of a BTS at once.
This is useful specially since a user disabling C/I capabilities
probably does so because it may require a fair amount of fine-tuning
parameters to have it working perfectly. Hence, a user not willing to
spend time configuring those parameters correctly (and for which default
ones doesn't work properly) will require quick way to get rid of C/I
based MS Power Control Loop. By disabling C/I comparison, osmo-bts will
rely on RxLev only when applying the MS Power Control Loop, which is
fine for non noisy environments.
Related: SYS#4917
Change-Id: I0e1a1a9228a15e9ec9c41b7952b03e1d25309706
TS 45.008 section 4.7.1:
"""
Upon receipt of a command from an SACCH to change its power level on the corresponding uplink channel, the MS
shall change to the new level at a rate of one nominal 2 dB power control step every 60 ms (13 TDMA frames), i.e. a
range change of 15 steps should take about 900 ms. The change shall commence at the first TDMA frame belonging to
the next reporting period (as specified in subclause 8.4). The MS shall change the power one nominal 2 dB step at a
time, at a rate of one step every 60 ms following the initial change, irrespective of whether actual transmission takes
place or not.
"""
Since the reported MS_PWR in L1 SACCH Header is, according to specs, the
one used for the last block of the previous SACCH period, it becomes
clear the first SACCH block after a requested MS Power Level change by
the network may contain mismatches between the announced MS_PWR by the
MS and the measured Rxlev/RxQual. Hence, let's better use a
P_CON_INTERVAL of 1 which retriggers the MS Power Control Loop every second
SACCH block.
Related: SYS#5371
Change-Id: Iade5b597e0e56b07c6d78995fcec7c641e4e643f
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
Since the libosmo-mgcp-client now supports MGW pooling, lets use this
feature in osmo-bsc. Large RAN installations may benefit from
distributing the RTP voice stream load on multiple media gateways.
Depends: osmo-mgw Icaaba0e470e916eefddfee750b83f5f65291a6b0
Change-Id: I8f33ab2cea04b545c403a6fe479aa963a0fc0d0d
Related: SYS#5091
Allow resetting the BSSMAP link from VTY, for BSC_Tests.ttcn.
In the field, detecting that an MSC is lost is done by getting three
connection failures in a row. For the BSC_Tests, it is easier to just
provide a VTY command to reset an MSC's link status.
I want to add tests that verify the stat items reflecting the MSC
connection status. To be able to run a test expecting fewer connected
MSC after a test that launched more MSCs requires the links to be reset.
Related: SYS#5542
Related: Ice3056dc46c94f9399f8379db7aeb7193782f2f2 (osmo-ttcn3-hacks)
Change-Id: I1975941b790d2b30d0904d41e456220cba26ecff
Add experimental 'pre-ts-ack' to the 'immediate-assignment' options:
send the IMM ASS even before a dynamic timeslot is switched. This
possibly saves an Abis roundtrip, but may be racy.
When pre-ts-ack is chosen, already do the IMM ASS before the dyn TS
pchan switch is ACKed.
In Immediate Assignment, in case the dyn TS is not ready yet, get the
pchan kind from lchan->type, which already reflects the target type, and
not from ts->pchan_is, which still reflects the previous pchan type.
Related test is in I2ae28cd92910d4bc341a88571599347a64a18fe5
Related: SYS#5559
Change-Id: I19e6a3d614aa5ae24d64eed96caf53e6f0e8bb74
This patch adds only the VTY config option without any effect, to ease
patch review.
The implementation follows in I56c25cde152040fb66bdba44399bd37671ae3df2
The new config option is written so that further variants of Immediate
Assignment sequencing may be added easily.
See also I19e6a3d614aa5ae24d64eed96caf53e6f0e8bb74.
Related: SYS#5559
Change-Id: I710343d1728153faf3db9758ff5a1ef26bb8d3d4
In the command
bts <0-255> trx <0-255> timeslot <0-7> sub-slot <0-7> deactivate fr
the final argument indicating the channel type does not make sense and
is not actually used. Define a separate vty command for 'deactivate', so
that it doesn't require arguments only used for 'activate'.
Change-Id: Ibdeca3b1d75b9f6092f566544e9d5f4da67fffce
Usual allocation mechansim, when some signalling channel is needed,
first tries to reserve an SDCCH, and if all of them are exhausted, then
attempts to reserve a TCH as a last resort.
This, however, may cause TCH starvation under certain situations, for
instance if there high load on other services (LU, SMS, etc.).
Hence, it may be desirable for the operator to forbid reservation
of TCH slots once SDCCH become exhausted. This commit is thus adding a
VTY command which allows forbidding it. The default behavior (allow using
TCH timeslots when SDCCHs are exhausted) is kept as before.
The above mentioned prohibition is applied only to non-voicecall related
signalling services. That's because voicecall services will end up
requiring a TCH anyway, and forbidding reservation of TCH straighaway
when SDCCHs are exhausted would mean no voice calls could be initiated
while still TCHs would be available.
Related: SYS#5548
Change-Id: Ib08027125145df26602069bfb51847063b0ccc0c
Every time a new file is added in osmo-bsc, it ends up being a pain
because its .o file has to be included to other tests/util binaries, or
stubs need to be added.
Let's instead bundle all .o files together in an .la file and pass that
around.
Change-Id: If91dc589ea1e476da105b58846d1c3e720a439e1
The VTY handover_vtc.c offers a large number of handover specific
settings. Those settings are (with one exception) auto generated using
macros. Lets add an equivalent for the control interface that uses the
same auto generation mechanisms.
Change-Id: I12f143906818fd6b16e8783157cbb1eb51e49ffc
Depends: libosmocore I53fc207677f52b1dc748b01d58424839cdba807c
Related: SYS#5369
Clarify that filling half-used TCH/H first only happens on dynamic
timeslots, not static ones.
Related: SYS#5313
Change-Id: I5213459fb7fb201361ce0d6198fc0c2c745deee1
In a discussion about the effect of interference levels, I noticed that
there is not sufficient clarity about how strongly the preference of
static timeslots is ranked. This test helps to show what we have.
Related: SYS#5313
Change-Id: I0911cd74613045d9fbe29d04eaef036d32049b92
The VTY defun already indicates BSC_VTY_ATTR_RESTART_ABIS_OML_LINK
correctly, but so far we would immediately start using the new values
internally, and wrongly interpret interference levels. Fix that.
Have bts->interf_meas_params twice: interf_meas_params_cfg for the VTY
configured values, and interf_meas_params_used for the values that the
BTS actually knows about, after they were sent via OML.
In a running BSC, when changing the interference level boundaries on the
telnet VTY, the BTS is not immediately told about the change. That would
require a BTS restart. Hence store the cfg values separately in
interf_meas_params_cfg. For comparing/printing interference levels in a
running BTS, only employ the values that were actually sent via OML and
placed in interf_meas_params_used.
Related: SYS#5313
Change-Id: Iad8cf4151ff7f86dc0549158ed5d91d788d40b1f
Hold off re-assignment after an intra-cell re-assignment due to low
rxqual.
Adjust test_amr_tch_h_to_f_rxqual.ho_vty to show the changed behaviour.
Related: SYS#5198
Change-Id: Id00a07313fe04eec509b336c0637b59c707760e0
First add a handover test script that shows the behavior without the
low-rxqual-assignment penalty timer implemented. When implemented, the
changes to this test script will show the change in behavior.
Related: SYS#5198
Change-Id: I799fce709c86401546ccfe41b9f57fd579bcd987
With recent addition of fake time in handover_test ('wait cmd'), show
how a penalty timeout in handover decision 2 passes and allows a
handover again after due time.
Related: SYS#5198
Change-Id: I65e59cc7309778cf9d71612669ce84d101c8135e
Use recently added fake-time 'wait' command to show how the lchan in
LCHAN_ST_WAIT_AFTER_ERROR recovers as soon as timer X3111 has passed.
This prepares for also waiting for the penalty timeout to pass.
Related: SYS#5198
Change-Id: I8f7668b6d08a0dac9e90d2358955f9d5099d39fa
Add a 'wait' cmd that lets (fake) time pass.
An ucoming patch will show the
first use of this: "test_penalty_timer.ho_vty: show lchan recovery"
I8f7668b6d08a0dac9e90d2358955f9d5099d39fa
My actual original reason to add this follows in patches
- "handover tests: test passing of penalty timeout"
I65e59cc7309778cf9d71612669ce84d101c8135e
- "hodec2: add low-rxqual-assignment penalty timer (2/2)"
Id00a07313fe04eec509b336c0637b59c707760e0
Related: SYS#5198
Change-Id: Ia6b5696adef7e7bf649473b4d79b96acf3aa59e3
In expect-ts-use, indicate a busy lchan with letter '!'.
The code is a bit complex because of the choice made earlier to show two
TCH/H subslots as "TCH/HH", "TCH/H-" or "TCH/-H" depending on the
subslot states:
- show "-" as a shorthand for "all subslots UNUSED"
- show a "TCH/" prefix only when there is any "H" or "F" following, i.e.
when any subslot is actually established
- if a subslot is busy (any other state besides ESTABLISHED and UNUSED),
indicate the subslot as '!'.
The spectrum of reported state strings for TCH/F is:
TCH/F ! -
For TCH/H:
TCH/HH TCH/H- TCH/-H TCH/H! TCH/!H !- -! -
The only current test affected is test_penalty_timer.ho_vty, where a
failed handover leaves an lchan in LCHAN_ST_WAIT_AFTER_ERROR. Adjust
that test.
Rationale: I will soon add tests to verify the accurate timeout of a
handover2 penalty timer. While implementing, I noticed that immediate
retry of the handover ends up in timeslot 2, because timeslot 1 is still
in WAIT_AFTER_ERROR. Instead of working around that, I would like to
explicitly show the error state in the test -- it is an important
aspect.
Related: SYS#5198
Change-Id: I735ce7e2c3e0e450d3f76047d7e47691fe889cad
Fix for:
handover_test.c: In function 'res_ind':
handover_test.c:1094:30: error: 'ts_str' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
char subslot_val = ts_str[lchan->nr];
Fixes: f76424 ("RES IND: add test_resource_indication.ho_vty")
Change-Id: I398ba24b945bad96896eeb5ddbaff9c48bacf8ab
In lchan_select, do not return on the first available lchan, but iterate
through all available lchans. Among those that would match, pick the one
with the lowest interference level as indicated by earlier RES IND.
Lchans that have no interference ratings are picked last.
This feature is off by default, enable per BTS with
network
bts N
channel allocator avoid-interference 1
osmo-bsc still does the same ascending/descending lchan allocation as
before this patch with the default setting of:
channel allocator avoid-interference 0
Related: SYS#5313
Change-Id: I844494092193811dfd9fa4d52983cbaed0fc9248
Show that osmo-bsc does not yet take Resource Indication's reported
interference levels into account. (An upcoming patch will change that.)
This test is not actually doing any handover, but it is using the
handover/*.ho_vty scripting that was intended for handover testing.
(Like test_dyn_ts_favor_half_used_tch_h_as_target.ho_vty does.)
Related: SYS#5313
Change-Id: I56ec61196a1e103f0b4caf18d25d8222bb82cf87
Store the config option whether the channel allocator should try to
avoid lchans with higher interference levels reported in RES IND.
The actual implementation of avoiding interference follows in
I844494092193811dfd9fa4d52983cbaed0fc9248
Related: SYS#5313
Change-Id: I8b62d0b41ad9e908b27713db9219e3dbc1ebaab7
Add TDMA_MEAS_SET_AUTO to indicate automatic choice between FULL and
SUBSET measurements depending on DTX. So far use only in hodec2.
TDMA_MEAS_SET_AUTO looks at each individual measurement report's DTX
flag and for each report chooses FULL if DTX is not used, or SUB if DTX
is used.
The default setting for 'handover2 tdma-measurement' is still 'subset'.
To use the automatic choice, users need configure
handover2 tdma-measurement auto
Change-Id: I67dce55ccf892c8679272ee5dfedc25620f0f725
They will gain support to be activated as SDCCH/8 soon too.
Related: OS#5309
Depends: libosmocore.git I56dcfe4d17899630b17f80145c3ced72f1e91e68
Change-Id: Id5b89fe589a52ff88486435ac43809edb4b80f98
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
The constant is called OSMO_NRI_BITLEN_DEFAULT, NRI_BITLEN_DEFAULT does
not exist and got rendered as "NRI_BITLEN_DEFAULT" in the vty doc.
Add missing vty test for 'nri bitlen'.
Change-Id: I8af840a4589f47eaca6bf10e37e0859f9ae53dfa
The AFS bias actually should not apply to local cell lchans, because it
makes no sense for intra-cell considerations:
- same-cell lchans obviously have identical rxlev;
- any nonzero AFS bias thus always raises the TCH/F above the TCH/H;
- for intra-cell reassignment, the power budget hysteresis is,
naturally, not applied.
So, before this patch, setting AFS bias even to only 1 would
unconditionally move all (AMR) TCH/H lchans over to free TCH/F lchans in
the same cell.
Recent patch Id40d1cf8b58410c7d4eb87407fe8b8106e352438 implements
explicit upgrade from TCH/H to TCH/F *if* the TCH/H is experiencing low
rxqual or low rxlev, as a proper replacement for intra-cell AFS bias.
Related: SYS#5198 SYS#5365
Change-Id: I315f24123ae016887ab91666870ce252e096f90f
Pass flag into find_alternative_lchan() indicating that a TCH/H channel
has low ratings (rxqual or rxlev, doesn't matter).
Heed this flag in the last round, the requirement A check, and allow
candidates that have equal rxlev, if they result in an upgrade from
TCH/H to TCH/F. This allows intra-cell upgrades to TCH/F.
An important point is that this patch allows upgrade to TCH/F *without*
the AFS bias setting. See also I315f24123ae016887ab91666870ce252e096f90f.
Related: SYS#5198 SYS#5365
Change-Id: Id40d1cf8b58410c7d4eb87407fe8b8106e352438
Philipp Maier
Vadim Yanitskiy
Pau Espin
Keith Whyte
Neels Hofmeyr
Oliver Smith