Rationale: in order to add full SDP to the MNCC protocol (upcoming patch
I8c3b2de53ffae4ec3a66b9dabf308c290a2c999f), we need to parse and compose SDP
messages. Obviously, libosmo-mgcp-client already contains similar code, but
that is unfortunately heavily glued to the actual MGCP implementation. The
simplest solution is to create this separate implementation, copy-pasting from
the existing libosmo-mgcp-client code as is convenient.
This API is added here to probe whether it works well. When it does, the
intention is to "move it up" to osmo-mgw and overhaul the SDP parsing in our
MGCP client and MGCP server APIs using this same API.
Change-Id: If3ce23cd5bab15e2ab4c52ef3e4c75979dffe931
3GPP TS 49.008 '4.3 Roles of MSC-A, MSC-I and MSC-T' defines distinct roles:
- MSC-A is responsible for managing subscribers,
- MSC-I is the gateway to the RAN.
- MSC-T is a second transitory gateway to another RAN during Handover.
After inter-MSC Handover, the MSC-I is handled by a remote MSC instance, while
the original MSC-A retains the responsibility of subscriber management.
MSC-T exists in this patch but is not yet used, since Handover is only prepared
for, not yet implemented.
Facilitate Inter-MSC and inter-BSC Handover by the same internal split of MSC
roles.
Compared to inter-MSC Handover, mere inter-BSC has the obvious simplifications:
- all of MSC-A, MSC-I and MSC-T roles will be served by the same osmo-msc
instance,
- messages between MSC-A and MSC-{I,T} don't need to be routed via E-interface
(GSUP),
- no call routing between MSC-A and -I via MNCC necessary.
This is the largest code bomb I have submitted, ever. Out of principle, I
apologize to everyone trying to read this as a whole. Unfortunately, I see no
sense in trying to split this patch into smaller bits. It would be a huge
amount of work to introduce these changes in separate chunks, especially if
each should in turn be useful and pass all test suites. So, unfortunately, we
are stuck with this code bomb.
The following are some details and rationale for this rather huge refactoring:
* separate MSC subscriber management from ran_conn
struct ran_conn is reduced from the pivotal subscriber management entity it has
been so far to a mere storage for an SCCP connection ID and an MSC subscriber
reference.
The new pivotal subscriber management entity is struct msc_a -- struct msub
lists the msc_a, msc_i, msc_t roles, the vast majority of code paths however
use msc_a, since MSC-A is where all the interesting stuff happens.
Before handover, msc_i is an FSM implementation that encodes to the local
ran_conn. After inter-MSC Handover, msc_i is a compatible but different FSM
implementation that instead forwards via/from GSUP. Same goes for the msc_a
struct: if osmo-msc is the MSC-I "RAN proxy" for a remote MSC-A role, the
msc_a->fi is an FSM implementation that merely forwards via/from GSUP.
* New SCCP implementation for RAN access
To be able to forward BSSAP and RANAP messages via the GSUP interface, the
individual message layers need to be cleanly separated. The IuCS implementation
used until now (iu_client from libosmo-ranap) did not provide this level of
separation, and needed a complete rewrite. It was trivial to implement this in
such a way that both BSSAP and RANAP can be handled by the same SCCP code,
hence the new SCCP-RAN layer also replaces BSSAP handling.
sccp_ran.h: struct sccp_ran_inst provides an abstract handler for incoming RAN
connections. A set of callback functions provides implementation specific
details.
* RAN Abstraction (BSSAP vs. RANAP)
The common SCCP implementation did set the theme for the remaining refactoring:
make all other MSC code paths entirely RAN-implementation-agnostic.
ran_infra.c provides data structures that list RAN implementation specifics,
from logging to RAN de-/encoding to SCCP callbacks and timers. A ran_infra
pointer hence allows complete abstraction of RAN implementations:
- managing connected RAN peers (BSC, RNC) in ran_peer.c,
- classifying and de-/encoding RAN PDUs,
- recording connected LACs and cell IDs and sending out Paging requests to
matching RAN peers.
* RAN RESET now also for RANAP
ran_peer.c absorbs the reset_fsm from a_reset.c; in consequence, RANAP also
supports proper RESET semantics now. Hence osmo-hnbgw now also needs to provide
proper RESET handling, which it so far duly ignores. (TODO)
* RAN de-/encoding abstraction
The RAN abstraction mentioned above serves not only to separate RANAP and BSSAP
implementations transparently, but also to be able to optionally handle RAN on
distinct levels. Before Handover, all RAN messages are handled by the MSC-A
role. However, after an inter-MSC Handover, a standalone MSC-I will need to
decode RAN PDUs, at least in order to manage Assignment of RTP streams between
BSS/RNC and MNCC call forwarding.
ran_msg.h provides a common API with abstraction for:
- receiving events from RAN, i.e. passing RAN decode from the BSC/RNC and
MS/UE: struct ran_dec_msg represents RAN messages decoded from either BSSMAP
or RANAP;
- sending RAN events: ran_enc_msg is the counterpart to compose RAN messages
that should be encoded to either BSSMAP or RANAP and passed down to the
BSC/RNC and MS/UE.
The RAN-specific implementations are completely contained by ran_msg_a.c and
ran_msg_iu.c.
In particular, Assignment and Ciphering have so far been distinct code paths
for BSSAP and RANAP, with switch(via_ran){...} statements all over the place.
Using RAN_DEC_* and RAN_ENC_* abstractions, these are now completely unified.
Note that SGs does not qualify for RAN abstraction: the SGs interface always
remains with the MSC-A role, and SGs messages follow quite distinct semantics
from the fairly similar GERAN and UTRAN.
* MGW and RTP stream management
So far, managing MGW endpoints via MGCP was tightly glued in-between
GSM-04.08-CC on the one and MNCC on the other side. Prepare for switching RTP
streams between different RAN peers by moving to object-oriented
implementations: implement struct call_leg and struct rtp_stream with distinct
FSMs each. For MGW communication, use the osmo_mgcpc_ep API that has originated
from osmo-bsc and recently moved to libosmo-mgcp-client for this purpose.
Instead of implementing a sequence of events with code duplication for the RAN
and CN sides, the idea is to manage each RTP stream separately by firing and
receiving events as soon as codecs and RTP ports are negotiated, and letting
the individual FSMs take care of the MGW management "asynchronously". The
caller provides event IDs and an FSM instance that should be notified of RTP
stream setup progress. Hence it becomes possible to reconnect RTP streams from
one GSM-04.08-CC to another (inter-BSC Handover) or between CC and MNCC RTP
peers (inter-MSC Handover) without duplicating the MGCP code for each
transition.
The number of FSM implementations used for MGCP handling may seem a bit of an
overkill. But in fact, the number of perspectives on RTP forwarding are far
from trivial:
- an MGW endpoint is an entity with N connections, and MGCP "sessions" for
configuring them by talking to the MGW;
- an RTP stream is a remote peer connected to one of the endpoint's
connections, which is asynchronously notified of codec and RTP port choices;
- a call leg is the higher level view on either an MT or MO side of a voice
call, a combination of two RTP streams to forward between two remote peers.
BSC MGW PBX
CI CI
[MGW-endpoint]
[--rtp_stream--] [--rtp_stream--]
[----------------call_leg----------------]
* Use counts
Introduce using the new osmo_use_count API added to libosmocore for this
purpose. Each use token has a distinct name in the logging, which can be a
globally constant name or ad-hoc, like the local __func__ string constant. Use
in the new struct msc_a, as well as change vlr_subscr to the new osmo_use_count
API.
* FSM Timeouts
Introduce using the new osmo_tdef API, which provides a common VTY
implementation for all timer numbers, and FSM state transitions with the
correct timeout. Originated in osmo-bsc, recently moved to libosmocore.
Depends: Ife31e6798b4e728a23913179e346552a7dd338c0 (libosmocore)
Ib9af67b100c4583342a2103669732dab2e577b04 (libosmocore)
Id617265337f09dfb6ddfe111ef5e578cd3dc9f63 (libosmocore)
Ie9e2add7bbfae651c04e230d62e37cebeb91b0f5 (libosmo-sccp)
I26be5c4b06a680f25f19797407ab56a5a4880ddc (osmo-mgw)
Ida0e59f9a1f2dd18efea0a51680a67b69f141efa (osmo-mgw)
I9a3effd38e72841529df6c135c077116981dea36 (osmo-mgw)
Change-Id: I27e4988e0371808b512c757d2b52ada1615067bd
Add an SGs interface (3GPP TS 29.118) to osmo-msc in order to support
SMS tunneling and Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB)
Change-Id: I73359925fc1ca72b33a1466e6ac41307f2f0b11d
Related: OS#3615
osmo-hlr has recently (as of Change-Id
Iad227bb477d64da30dd6bfbbe1bd0c0a55be9474) a working shared library
implementation of libosmo-gsup-client.
We can remove the local implementation in osmo-msc and use the
system-installed shared library instead.
Change-Id: I6f542945403cf2e3ddac419186b09ec0e2d43b69
The CC sub-layer is fairly self-contained, so let's move it to
a separate C source file. The old gsm_04_08.c file now only
contains the 04.07 / DTAP core and MM sub-layer handling.
I did this initially as an experiment to see how self-contained
our CC implementation really is. Given this rather straight-forward
patch builds fine, CC really is self-contained (yay!).
Change-Id: Idb8dd7a8d9d8b4a28c492f12da3cc3305b695cca
During a long time, we had both file and symbol names, actually
related to Supplementary Services, with the 'ussd' abbreviation.
This is not absolutely wrong, but isn't correct at the same time.
USSD is a kind of Supplementary Services, this is only a part
of them. There are also 'structured' Supplementary Services,
which can be call related or call independent.
The "Signalling interworking for supplementary services" is
defined by GSM TS 09.11, and this is exactly what MSC should
implement. Let's use the specification number for naming, as
we do e.g. in the GSM 04.11 (SMS) implementation.
Change-Id: Ic1eaceddb58132318e4e941be542da34b8ebefe1
From openbsc.git, we still have osmo-msc's VTY definitions spread across
various places. Combine:
- Move the go_parent_cb() and is_config_node() to msc_main.c, drop
common_vty.c.
- Move all of vty_interface_layer3.c into msc_vty.c.
- Move all of common_cs_vty.c into msc_vty.c.
- Move bsc_vty_init_extra() into msc_vty_init().
- Drop some unused definitions
No functional nor cosmetic changes have been made in the moved code, plain
copy-paste moving (even though the unidiff might look like edits in some
places). I might have adjusted some blank lines though.
Change-Id: Ia818c00ab613a19a34080b160d763b55c19f76b1
in the current implementation we still use osmo-bsc_mgcp, which
has many problems and is also obsoleted by osmo-mgw.
integrate osmo-mgw and re-implement the current switching using
an osmo fsm.
Depends: osmo-mgw Iab6a6038e7610c62f34e642cd49c93d11151252c
Depends: osmo-iuh I3c1a0455c5f25cae41ee19229d6daf299e023062
Closes: OS#2605
Change-Id: Ieea9630358b3963261fa1993cf1f3b563ff23538
Measurement reporting (and the relate feed) are functions of the BSC,
not the MSC. This code should never have been inherited from OsmoNITB
to OsmoMSC in the first place, let's remove it.
Change-Id: I0d57ac214e574e267fa9752daf76566197b9aa64
This avoids potential licensing incompatibility and makes integration of
Debian packaging patches easier.
Related: OS#1694
Change-Id: I71cd631704a4dc155c6c752fee2a42cd6e2fa336
libmsc/a_iface.c and libmsc/a_iface_bssap.c still include
osmocom/sccp/sccp_types.h to get access to enums defining SCCP
cause values. Until that is resolved, we have to keep the build
dependency to libosmo-sccp-dev
Change-Id: I957dcb2bcce216d0fd81a58bfe869aca0e4624a8
Related: OS#2601
Remove libiu here, use the functions from libosmo-ranap instead, by applying
the ranap_ / RANAP_ prefix.
Corresponding change-id in osmo-iuh.git is I6a3f7ad15be03fb94689b4af6ccfa828c25f45c0
To be able to run the msc_vlr tests for RAN_UTRAN_IU without Iu client headers
available, add iu_dummy.h, containing mere function signatures that match
iu_dummy.c and a mostly empty struct ranap_ue_conn_ctx.
Make sure we can build with and without --enable-iu: include osmo-iuh headers
only with --enable-iu.
Change-Id: Ib8c4fcdb4766c5e575618b95ce16dce51063206b
This was originally a long series of commits converging to the final result
seen in this patch. It does not make much sense to review the smaller steps'
trial and error, we need to review this entire change as a whole.
Implement AoIP in osmo-msc and osmo-bsc.
Change over to the new libosmo-sigtran API with support for proper
SCCP/M3UA/SCTP stacking, as mandated by 3GPP specifications for the IuCS and
IuPS interfaces.
From here on, a separate osmo-stp process is required for SCCP routing between
OsmoBSC / OsmoHNBGW <-> OsmoMSC / OsmoSGSN
jenkins.sh: build from libosmo-sccp and osmo-iuh master branches now for new
M3UA SIGTRAN.
Patch-by: pmaier, nhofmeyr, laforge
Change-Id: I5ae4e05ee7c57cad341ea5e86af37c1f6b0ffa77
osmo-nitb becomes osmo-msc
add DIUCS debug log constant
add iucs.[hc]
add msc vty, remove nitb vty
add libiudummy, to avoid linking Iu deps in tests
Use new msc_tx_dtap() instead of gsm0808_submit_dtap()
libmgcp: add mgcpgw client API
bridge calls via mgcpgw
Enable MSC specific CTRL commands, bsc_base_ctrl_cmds_install() still needs to
be split up.
Change-Id: I5b5b6a9678b458affa86800afb1ec726e66eed88
Disable large parts of the code that depend on BSC presence. The code sections
disabled by #if BEFORE_MSCSPLIT shall be modified or dropped in the course of
adding the A-interface.
Don't set msg->lchan nor msg->dst.
Don't use lchan in libmsc.
Decouple lac from bts.
Prepare entry/exit point for MSC -> BSC and MSC -> RNC communication:
Add msc_ifaces.[hc], a_iface.c, with a general msc_tx_dtap() to redirect to
different interfaces depending on the actual subscriber connection.
While iu_tx() is going to be functional fairly soon, the a_tx() is going to be
just a dummy for some time (see comment).
Add Iu specific fields in gsm_subscriber_connection: the UE connection pointer
and an indicator for the Integrity Protection status on Iu (to be fully
implemented in later commits).
Add lac member to gsm_subscriber_connection, to allow decoupling from
bts->location_area_code. The conn->lac will actually be set in iu.c in an
upcoming commit ("add iucs.[hc]").
move to libcommon-cs: gsm48_extract_mi(), gsm48_paging_extract_mi().
libmsc: duplicate gsm0808 / gsm48 functions (towards BSC).
In osmo-nitb, libmsc would directly call the functions on the BSC level, not
always via the bsc_api. When separating libmsc from libbsc, some functions are
missing from the linkage.
Hence duplicate these functions to libmsc, add an msc_ prefix for clarity, also
add a _tx to gsm0808_cipher_mode():
* add msc_gsm0808_tx_cipher_mode() (dummy/stub)
* add msc_gsm48_tx_mm_serv_ack()
* add msc_gsm48_tx_mm_serv_rej()
Call these from libmsc instead of
* gsm0808_cipher_mode()
* gsm48_tx_mm_serv_ack()
* gsm48_tx_mm_serv_rej()
Also add a comment related to msc_gsm0808_tx_cipher_mode() in two places.
Remove internal RTP streaming code; OsmoNITB supported that, but for OsmoMSC,
this will be done with an external MGCP gateway.
Remove LCHAN_MODIFY from internal MNCC state machine.
Temporarily disable all paging to be able to link libmsc without libbsc.
Skip the paging part of channel_test because the paging is now disabled.
Employ fake paging shims in order for msc_vlr_tests to still work.
msc_compl_l3(): publish in .h, tweak return value. Use new libmsc enum values
for return val, to avoid dependency on libbsc headers. Make callable from
other scopes: publish in osmo_msc.h and remove 'static' in osmo_msc.c
add gsm_encr to subscr_conn
move subscr_request to gsm_subscriber.h
subscr_request_channel() -> subscr_request_conn()
move to libmsc: osmo_stats_vty_add_cmds()
gsm_04_08: remove apply_codec_restrictions()
gsm0408_test: use NULL for root ctx
move to libbsc: gsm_bts_neighbor()
move to libbsc: lchan_next_meas_rep()
move vty config for t3212 to network level (periodic lu)
remove unneccessary linking from some tests
remove handle_abisip_signal()
abis_rsl.c: don't use libvlr from libbsc
gsm_subscriber_connection: put the LAC here, so that it is available without
accessing conn->bts. In bsc_api.c, place this lac in conn for the sake of
transition: Iu and A will use this new field to pass the LAC around, but in a
completely separate OsmoBSC this is not actually needed. It can be removed
again from osmo-bsc.git when the time has come.
Siemens MRPCI: completely drop sending the MRPCI messages for now, they shall
be added in osmo-bsc once the A-Interface code has settled. See OS#2389.
Related: OS#1845 OS#2257 OS#2389
Change-Id: Id3705236350d5f69e447046b0a764bbabc3d493c
Original libvlr code is by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>,
polished and tweaked by Neels Hofmeyr <nhofmeyr@sysmocom.de>.
This is a long series of trial-and-error development collapsed in one patch.
This may be split in smaller commits if reviewers prefer that. If we can keep
it as one, we have saved ourselves the additional separation work.
SMS:
The SQL based lookup of SMS for attached subscribers no longer works since the
SQL database no longer has the subscriber data. Replace with a round-robin on
the SMS recipient MSISDNs paired with a VLR subscriber RAM lookup whether the
subscriber is currently attached.
If there are many SMS for not-attached subscribers in the SMS database, this
will become inefficient: a DB hit returns a pending SMS, the RAM lookup will
reveal that the subscriber is not attached, after which the DB is hit for the
next SMS. It would become more efficient e.g. by having an MSISDN based hash
list for the VLR subscribers and by marking non-attached SMS recipients in the
SMS database so that they can be excluded with the SQL query already.
There is a sanity limit to do at most 100 db hits per attempt to find a pending
SMS. So if there are more than 100 stored SMS waiting for their recipients to
actually attach to the MSC, it may take more than one SMS queue trigger to
deliver SMS for subscribers that are actually attached.
This is not very beautiful, but is merely intended to carry us over to a time
when we have a proper separate SMSC entity.
Introduce gsm_subscriber_connection ref-counting in libmsc.
Remove/Disable VTY and CTRL commands to create subscribers, which is now a task
of the OsmoHLR. Adjust the python tests accordingly.
Remove VTY cmd subscriber-keep-in-ram.
Use OSMO_GSUP_PORT = 4222 instead of 2222. See
I4222e21686c823985be8ff1f16b1182be8ad6175.
So far use the LAC from conn->bts, will be replaced by conn->lac in
Id3705236350d5f69e447046b0a764bbabc3d493c.
Related: OS#1592 OS#1974
Change-Id: I639544a6cdda77a3aafc4e3446a55393f60e4050
This is the first step in creating this repository from the legacy openbsc.git.
Like all other Osmocom repositories, keep the autoconf and automake files in
the repository root. openbsc.git has been the sole exception, which ends now.
Change-Id: I9c6f2a448d9cb1cc088cf1cf6918b69d7e69b4e7
Neels Hofmeyr
Harald Welte
Philipp Maier
Alexander Huemer
Neels Hofmeyr