This patch imposes no logical change in the code on itself, but makes
sure people compiling osmo-bsc uses an old enough libosmocore
implementing Cell Identifier SAI. This is important since adding the SAI
ID (CELL_IDENT_SAI) displaced CELL_IDENT_WHOLE_GLOBAL_PS to a new
number outside of the 3GPP range for cell IDS (4 bits, this way we
garantee we won't have the same problem again).
This means there was an ABI breakage (see Depends below).
As a result, using an osmo-bsc compiled against an older libosmocore
, and then using at runtime against a newer version of libosmocore, will
most probably provoke some RIM features to not work properly, since
libosmocore will handle CGI-PS cell ids sent by osmo-bsc as SAI ones,
and most probably do wrong comparisons when matching (they only match up
to LAI included).
ABI break analysis:
osmo-bsc uses CELL_IDENT_WHOLE_GLOBAL_PS in:
* gsm0808_dec_cell_id_list2() -> this is called on stuff received from the
network, so it's actually fine handling it
correctly as CELL_IDENT_UTRAN_SAI instead
of CGI_PS.
* gsm0808_cell_id_list_add
same_cell_id_list_entries
gsm0808_enc_cell_id_list2
cell_id_to_cgi-> On old osmo-bsc, When
CELL_IDENT_WHOLE_GLOBAL_PS is passed
to be encoded as CGI, RAC byte is
taken for encoding instead of 2nd CI byte.
* gsm0808_cell_ids_match
gsm0808_cell_id_u_match
cell_id_to_cgi -> If CELL_IDENT_WHOLE_GLOBAL_PS as 0x11
(CELL_IDENT_UTRAN_SAI), 1 byte offset when
comparing (1 byte of RAC is taken converting to
CGI instead of the 2nd byte of CI). That means
match would be wrong if 2nd byte of CI differs.
Related: SYS#5838
Depends: libosmocore.git Change-Id Id25e563febdb7640174540136225f399515a0089
Change-Id: I70972efffefd57fd36332fab539683696c32f4a5
The checks that make sure that an ARFCN falls in the correct range do
not return with -EINVAL as they should, instead nothing happens. (Only
the check for GSM1800 is corrct)
Change-Id: Iddadafe3fbc47e2f980d8e4ab4f320998cb454ff
Related: SYS#5369
At the moment the BTS configuration is checked, but the check does not
have much consequence other than that some initialization that is not
executed. The BTS will go into the OML bootstrap phase anyway and most
likely fail at some later point due to the invalid configuration. To
reduce noise and unexpected behaviour of the BTS lets make sure that the
OML boostrap phase can only proceed when the BSC conciders the
configuration as valid.
Change-Id: I42c1c26a9b800600787b1266a871f95f2114c26e
Related: SYS#5369
Let's have a short and consistent naming for both ACCH repetition
and temporary ACCH overpower structures, like it's done in osmo-bts.
Change-Id: I39b98dcd14219402959646524315d5afea7c08cf
Related: Ib1d51f91139b4c2fe794e37fc8543b2d7a9b9c07
Let's have a short and consistent naming for both ACCH repetition
and temporary ACCH overpower structures, like it's done in osmo-bts.
Change-Id: Ia12c83ad1af4744ce28ba655ac806784f746e88a
Related: Ib1d51f91139b4c2fe794e37fc8543b2d7a9b9c07
Same as all_allocated:{sdcch,tch}, but already trigger when all
non-dynamic timeslots are allocated.
Related: SYS#4878
Related: Ib3997a827c9cc43d1361bb0cf3bfab9f6d91bf82 (osmo-ttcn3-hacks)
Change-Id: I2fa14531f16d3f07085620f1c50eb839c420da6a
Add chan_counts_for_trx() and chan_counts_for_bts(). Drop
bts_count_free_ts() and trx_count_free_ts().
Rationale:
The bts_count_free_ts() and trx_count_free_ts() always returned the
number of free lchans, not timeslots. Hence, passing the pchan type as
argument never really matched the semantics.
Especially, when looking for free SDCCH, there is no clear match on a
gsm_phys_chan_config enum value: SDCCH8_SACCH8C, CCCH_SDCCH4,
CCCH_SDCCH4_CBCH, SDCCH8_SACCH8C_CBCH? -- GSM_LCHAN_SDCCH is clear.
==> Rather count free lchans by enum gsm_chan_t.
Counting lchans of distinct types required separate iterations for each
lchan type.
==> Rather compose an array of counts for all types, in one go.
I need to count the amount of free SDCCH lchans in an upcoming patch to
implement the performance indicator allAvailableAllocatedSDCCH (cumulate
time for which no SDCCH are available).
To implement allAvailableAllocated{SDCCH,TCH}, I need a count of both
the used as well as the total lchans for a type: it does not make sense
to flag "all available allocated" if none are ever available.
To properly count dynamic ts, I need the maximum total that can be
possible at any time. And to count currently free lchans, I need the
current total. This may seem counter intuitive, but consider, e.g.:
- Obviously, if a cell has only static TCH/F timeslots, it does not make
sense to flag that all available TCH/H are occupied, because no TCH/H
are available ever. Just stating this as contrast to dyn TS.
- If a cell has OSMO_DYN timeslots, I *do* want to flag that all TCH/H
are occupied when all dyn timeslots are fully occupied.
- If those OSMO_DYN however are all used as TCH/F, the current total of
TCH/H becomes zero, and it seems like TCH/H should not be considered.
- To count the nr of currently free lchans, I need the currently
possible total of lchans and the nr of occupied lchans.
So return both a maximum total and a current total of lchans. In above
example, the maximum total shows that there would be TCH/H possible.
BTW, it would be nice to keep a chan_counts array on trx, bts and bsc
level and update as channels are allocated and released, instead of
counting them all over periodically. But it's less error prone this way.
Related: SYS#4878
Change-Id: I2fb48c549186db812b1e9d6b735a92e80f27b8d3
We have lots of counters for intra-BSC handover *away from* a given BTS,
but still missing are counters indicating how many handovers *targeted*
a given BTS. Also count incoming HO.
Related: SYS#4878
Related: Iba229313d73fa20266f6d4eac5820579fb14c604 (osmo-ttcn3-hacks)
Change-Id: Id9f2c6e2865ebe680879018fff08d283ce24c983
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
The acs value is currently set from bootstrap_bts() in osmo_bsc_main.c.
The value is set to 0. Since the BTS object is allocated using
talloc it is guaranteed to be 0 from the beginning. Lets set it from
bts_alloc anyway so that we have a place holder that is easy to find.
Change-Id: Idc4e08c471e15c36b4ea7eb3981254e179115765
The pwrc value is currently set from bootstrap_bts() in osmo_bsc_main.c.
The value is set to 0. Since the BTS object is allocated using
talloc it is guaranteed to be 0 from the beginning. Lets set it from
bts_alloc anyway so that we have a place holder that is easy to find.
Change-Id: Id76879a94cf8cf8c07e8fc7e8aa399cd50e04e9a
At the moment we set the R99 flag from bootstrap_bts() in
osmo_bsc_main.c. However this constant flag should be set together
with the many preinitalized chan_desc values in bts_alloc
Change-Id: I5b78c4e25616ab552c37ba8b7c9948cf7052bad4
Controversy: this duplicates bts.N.rsl_connected. I would like to add
this duplication for consistency, since we now have these counters:
bsc.0.num_trx:rsl_connected
bsc.0.num_trx:total
bts.N.num_trx:total
and the old
bts.N.rsl_connected
which does not fit well with above naming scheme. Any user will be
justified to expect a stat named bts.N.num_trx:rsl_connected as well.
Determine bts.N.num_trx:rsl_connected in the new function
bsc_update_connection_stats(), where the other num_trx:* are set.
Related: SYS#5542
Related: I5be1cb470930354c4561cbed301bc50a32484ed9 (osmo-ttcn3-hacks)
Depends: I137992a5479fc39bbceb6c6c2af9c227bd33b39b (libosmocore)
Change-Id: I55b55159fe13d937e441d8c2ed915734463e1154
This is similar to bsc.0.num_trx:total but per single BTS.
Related: SYS#5542
Related: I5be1cb470930354c4561cbed301bc50a32484ed9 (osmo-ttcn3-hacks)
Depends: I137992a5479fc39bbceb6c6c2af9c227bd33b39b (libosmocore)
Change-Id: I283d38e7a8c032e274a5bd2fa150ec2c9a7157b4
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
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
Adds gsm_bts_stats_reset() to clear the stats and calls it from the
different models.
Change-Id: Ic42687cd73e3546edaa99fb1268a5960ffa43b12
Related: SYS#5541
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
They will gain support to be activated as SDCCH/8 soon too.
Related: OS#5309
Depends: libosmocore.git I56dcfe4d17899630b17f80145c3ced72f1e91e68
Change-Id: Id5b89fe589a52ff88486435ac43809edb4b80f98
BS Power Control is not allowed on the BCCH/CCCH carrier, unless
the BTS is operating in the BCCH carrier power reduction mode.
Allow constrained BS power reduction (up to 6 dB) on active logical
channels iff BCCH carrier power reduction mode is enabled.
Take into account that the maximum power difference between a timeslot
used for BCCH/CCCH and the timeslot preceding it shall not exceed 3 dB.
Change-Id: I2cc6a86731984f586ef35b43a8d3de631f7d8a2f
Related: SYS#4919, SYS#4918
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
According to 3GPP TS 45.008, the BSS shall monitor the levels of
interference on its IDLE traffic channels. The actual measurements
are performed in the BTS and then reported to the BSC over the
A-bis/RSL link(s) in RF RESource INDication messages.
3GPP TS 45.008 defines the following measurement parameters:
* Intave: Interference Averaging period (see table A.1),
* Interference level Boundaries (see table A.1).
Both parameters are sent to the BTS over the A-bis/OML, and can
now be configured via the VTY interface. Only those BTS models
which 'speak' the OML protocol defined in 3GPP TS 52.021 will
actually get the configured parameters, others will keep using
the hard-coded parameters.
Change-Id: I99ebf57aac1f3ca7e0497c3b4f6b0738c6ed7e47
Related: SYS#5313, OS#1866
This message periodically appears in the logs with subsys=DNM and
level=INFO for every disconnected BTS. I find this message useless
and even annoying, so I propose to remove it in this patch.
Change-Id: I7e2498cc61d311ca08585b2f1c49de021b17a5a1
This patch caused major breakage in my setup, with BSC printing at
startup: "(bts=0,trx=0) Failed to generate System Information".
And bts-trx printing all the time:
"sysinfo.c:162 PH-RTS-IND: Unable to determine actual BS_AG_BLKS_RES
value as SI3 is not available yet, fallback to 1"
This reverts commit c1a5310a3e.
Change-Id: I5da365c93aedc6668a77b82ee9b68cbec64967e3
The effects of the neighbor configuration depend on the LAC, Cell
Identity, ARFCN, BSIC configuration of neighbor cells. Make sure that
the neighbor ARFCN list in the System Information is updated.
This may seem rather aggressive: updating the SI of all BTS if only one
config item changed. But indeed even modifying one config item of one
BTS may cause a change in the neighbor relations that many other BTS may
have to the changed BTS. For example, if many BTS configure a
'neighbor lac-ci 42 23', and this cell's config changes to LAC 43, all
of those other BTS need to update their neighbor ARFCNs.
Also update the system information even before the BTS are connected and
started up. The main benefit here is that the VTY 'show bts N' command
then already lists the correct neighbor ARFCNs.
In gsm_bts_trx_set_system_infos(), make sure that the updated SI is only
sent to TRXes that are actually usable, otherwise abis_rsl_sendmsg()
spams the log with complaints that a message's dst == NULL. Still return
an error rc in case a TRX is not connected, so that the CTRL command
bts.N.send-new-system-informations accurately returns whether SI were
actually sent to all TRXes.
The desire to have the ARFCNs listed in the VTY before starting up BTSes
came during analysis for Ifb54d9a91e9bca032c721f12c873c6216733e7b1,
which fixes a bug that is now much easier to verify being fixed.
Change-Id: I2222e029fc225152e124ed1e8887f1ffd4a107ef
It is observed that a CHANnel ReQuireD with access delay
greater than 63 can be received from the Ericsson RBS.
This results in osmo-bsc sending back a CHANnel ACTIVation with
a Timing Advance IE containing the access delay value.
The RBS NACKs this, leading to a BORKEN Channel.
This patch makes the maximum acceptable access delay vty-configurable
and Ignores CHANnel ReQuireD RSL Messages with Access Delay IE greater
than that configured. Default value is 63.
Related: OS#5096
Change-Id: Ie8987bcc0e43921bc753162b77a0efc68799b3ce
The neighbor configuration storage is fundamentally broken: it requires
all local cells to be configured before being able to list them as
neighbors of each other. Upon config write-back, the neighbor config
however is placed back inline with the other config, and hence a
written-out neighbor config no longer works on program restart.
The cause of this problem is that the config is stored as explicit
pointers between local cells (struct gsm_bts), which of course requires
the pointer to exist before being able to reference it.
Instead, store the actual configuration that the user entered as-is,
without pointers or references to objects that need to be ready. Resolve
the neighbors every time a neighbor is needed.
Hence the user may enter any config at any place in the config file,
even non-working config (like a BTS number that doesn't exist), and the
relation to actual local or remote neighbor cells is made at runtime.
Abort program startup if the initial neighbor configuration contains
errors.
Related: OS#5018
Change-Id: I9ed992f8bfff888b3933733c0576f92d50f2625b
So far the list of penalty timers was stored for an opaque target
pointer. That was either a gsm_bts pointer for a local BTS, or a cell
identifier list pointer for a remote-BSS cell.
Reasons to refactor penalty timers:
- The cell identifier list pointer came from the neighbor configuration
storage, but the way cell neighbor config is stored will change in a
subsequent patch. There will be no more cell identifier lists there.
- Storing object pointers is inherently unsafe -- if an object gets
removed and another gets allocated, the penalty timer could
theoretically remain in force for an unrelated object.
Rather store penalty timers for specific Cell IDs. Since remote-BSS
neighbors can be requested by a cell identifier *list*, use a
gsm0808_cell_id_list2 as key in the list of penalty timers.
Fix handover_test.c: have different CI for each local BTS. So far it was
the same LAC+CI for all BTSes, which now would make the test fail,
because any penalty timer would appear to apply to all local cells.
Related: OS#5018
Change-Id: I72dd6226a6d69c3f653a3174c6f55bf4eecc6885
Increase the number of values saved in the FIFO from 16 to 60, so there
is more time to read them out.
Related: SYS#4877
Change-Id: Ic5fd7c0fa030004fd88fee74f0028fb93c9f2d10
Changing the BTS type is not supported, so don't allow it.
For example, Changing from type sysmobts to type rbs2000
may hit an OSMO_ASSERT in om2k_bts_fsm_alloc()
The default BTS type if osmo-bsc is started with an empty
configuration and the operator issues config terminal->network->bts 0
will be "unknown". This type and only this type can be
changed from the vty config node.
Change-Id: I0df97ef128a1bbd84c787654d1d842dce4dad819
So far osmo-bsc would enable Uplink DPC (Dynamic Power Control) only
for osmo-bts, and the 'static' mode for all other BTS models. This
decision dates back to the time when ip.access specific encoding for
dynamic power control parameters was not implemented, and the MS
Power Parameters IE was sent empty in the RSL messages.
Let's make a step forward by enabling Uplink DPC by default for
all BTS models which declare the API for vendor-specific encoding
of the power control parameters. Currently this includes osmo-bts
and nanoBTS, both supporting ip.access specific format.
Change-Id: If86d27d4332af3d82f862737340d061e42e34eba
Related: SYS#4918
Vadim Yanitskiy
Pau Espin
Philipp Maier
Neels Hofmeyr
Daniel Willmann
Neels Hofmeyr
Keith Whyte
Oliver Smith