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Currently the BTS object (and gprs_rlcmac_bts struct) are used to hold both PCU global fields and BTS specific fields, all mangled together. The BTS is even accessed in lots of places by means of a singleton. This patch introduces a new struct gprs_pcu object aimed at holding all global state, and several fields are already moved from BTS to it. The new object can be accessed as global variable "the_pcu", reusing and including an already exisitng "the_pcu" global variable only used for bssgp related purposes so far. This is only a first step towards having a complete split global pcu and BTS, some fields are still kept in BTS and will be moved over follow-up smaller patches in the future (since this patch is already quite big). So far, the code still only supports one BTS, which can be accessed using the_pcu->bts. In the future that field will be replaced with a list, and the BTS singletons will be removed. The cur_fn output changes in TbfTest are actually a side effect fix, since the singleton main_bts() now points internally to the_pcu->bts, hence the same we allocate and assign in the test. Beforehand, "the_bts" was allocated in the stack while main_bts() still returned an unrelated singleton BTS object instance. Related: OS#4935 Change-Id: I88e3c6471b80245ce3798223f1a61190f14aa840 |
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README.md
osmo-pcu - Osmocom Packet Control Unit
This repository contains a C/C++-language implementation of a GPRS Packet Control Unit, as specified by ETSI/3GPP. It is part of the Osmocom Open Source Mobile Communications project.
The Packet Control Unit is terminating the Layer 2 (RLC/MAC) of the GPRS radio interface and adapting it to the Gb Interface (BSSGP+NS Protocol) towards the SGSN.
The PCU interfaces with the physical layer of the radio interface. OsmoPCU is typically used co-located with the BTS, specifically OsmoBTS. For legacy BTSs that run proprietary sotware without an interface to OsmoPCU, you may also co-locate it with the BSC, specifically OsmoBSC
Homepage
The official homepage of the project is https://osmocom.org/projects/osmopcu/wiki/OsmoPCU
GIT Repository
You can clone from the official osmo-pcu.git repository using
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-pcu.git
There is a cgit interface at http://git.osmocom.org/osmo-pcu/
Documentation
We provide a user manual as well as a vty reference manual
Please note that a lot of the PCU configuration actually happens inside the BSC, which passes this configuration via A-bis OML to the BTS, which then in turn passes it via the PCU socket into OsmoPCU.
Mailing List
Discussions related to osmo-pcu are happening on the osmocom-net-gprs@lists.osmocom.org mailing list, please see https://lists.osmocom.org/mailman/listinfo/osmocom-net-gprs for subscription options and the list archive.
Please observe the Osmocom Mailing List Rules when posting.
Contributing
Our coding standards are described at https://osmocom.org/projects/cellular-infrastructure/wiki/Coding_standards
We us a gerrit based patch submission/review process for managing contributions. Please see https://osmocom.org/projects/cellular-infrastructure/wiki/Gerrit for more details
The current patch queue for osmo-pcu can be seen at https://gerrit.osmocom.org/#/q/project:osmo-pcu+status:open
Current limitations
- No PFC support
- No fixed allocation support (was removed from 3GPP Rel >= 5 anyway)
- No extended dynamic allocation support
- No unacknowledged mode operation
- Only single slot assignment on uplink direction
- No half-duplex class support (only semi-duplex)
- No TA loop
- No power loop