manual: explain the PFCP port

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Neels Hofmeyr 2022-08-13 02:20:03 +02:00
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- The SCCP/M3UA links are established by OsmoHNBGW contacting an STP.
- The MGCP link is established by OsmoHNBGW contacting an MGW.
- The PFCP link is established by OsmoHNBGW contacting a UPF.
To run multiple OsmoHNBGW instances on the same SCCP routing, each HNBGW has to
configure a distinct point-code, see <<configure_iucs_iups>>.
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mgw remote-port 2427
mgw reset-endpoint rtpbridge/*
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==== Configure co-located User Plane Function
OsmoHNBGW optionally supports relaying the GTP user plane via a co-located UPF,
which is controlled by the PFCP protocol.
PFCP support is optional at compile time, as well as run time. To use a co-located UPF,
* osmo-hnbgw needs to be compiled with 'configure --enable-pfcp',
* and osmo-hnbgw.cfg needs to configure a 'pfcp' / 'remote-addr' and
'local-addr'.
The following example configures OsmoHNBGW to associate via PFCP with a UPF
listening on UDP 127.0.0.2:8805, ready to setup GTP tunnel relays.
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hnbgw
pfcp
remote-addr 127.0.0.2
local-addr 127.0.0.1
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3GPP TS 29.244 4.2.2 specifies that PFCP Request messages shall be sent to UDP
port 8805, i.e. the PFCP port is fixed as 8805 and currently not configurable in
osmo-hnbgw.
Setting a 'local-addr' is required: the PFCP protocol features a Node ID, which
uniquely identifies PFCP peers across different interfaces. According to the
PFCP specification, the Node ID can be a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) or
an IP address. Currently, osmo-hnbgw has no support for using an FQDN as Node
ID, and so far uses the 'local-addr' as local Node ID -- hence the 'local-addr'
must not be "0.0.0.0", which is an unfortunate consequence. This is likely to
improve in the future, see https://osmocom.org/issues/5647 .