The problem of existing test cases is that they mix IUT (i.e. OsmoPCU)
with OsmoBTS (osmo-bts-virtual) and OsmocomBB (virt_phy). This approach
allows to avoid dealing with TDMA clock indications and RTS requests on
the PCU interface - this is done by OsmoBTS. On the other hand, our test
scenarios may be potentially affected by undiscovered bugs in OsmoBTS
and the virt_phy.
In order to solve that problem, this change introduces a set of new
components and the corresponding handler functions:
- RAW_PCUIF_CT / f_PCUIF_CT_handler() - PCU interface (UNIX domain socket)
handler. Creates a server listening for incoming connections on a given
'pcu_sock_path', handles connection establishment and message forwarding
between connected BTS components (see below) and OsmoPCU.
- RAW_PCU_BTS_CT / f_BTS_CT_handler() - represents a single BTS entity,
connected to OsmoPCU through the RAW_PCUIF_CT. Takes care about sending
System Information 13 to OsmoPCU, forwarding TDMA clock indications from
a dedicated ClckGen component (see below), and filtering the received
messages by the BTS number. Implements minimalistic scheduler for both
DATA.ind and RTS.req messages, so they are send in accordance with the
current TDMA frame number.
- RAW_PCU_ClckGen_CT / f_ClckGen_CT_handler() - TDMA frame clock counter
built on top of a timer. Sends clock indications to the BTS component.
All components communicate using TTCN-3 ports and explicitly defined sets
of messages (see RAW_PCU_MSG_PT). One noticeable kind of such messages is
events (see RAW_PCU_Event and RAW_PCU_EventType). That's how e.g. the PCUIF
component can notify the BTS component that OsmoPCU has just connected, or
the BTS component can notify the MTC that SI13 negotiation is completed.
Events may optionally have parameters (e.g. frame-number for TDMA_EV_*).
Furthermore, the proposed set of components allows to have more than one
BTS entity, so we can also test multi-BTS operation in the future.
+-----+ +----------+ +---------+
| MTC +---------------+ PCUIF_CT +------+ OsmoPCU |
+--+--+ +----+-----+ +---------+
| |
| |
| |
| +-----------+ | +---------------+
+----+ BTS_CT #1 +------+ | ClckGen_CT #1 |
| +-----+-----+ | +-------+-------+
| | | |
| +---------------------------+
| |
| +-----------+ | +---------------+
+----+ BTS_CT #2 +------+ | ClckGen_CT #2 |
| +-----+-----+ | +-------+-------+
| | | |
| +---------------------------+
| |
| +-----------+ | +---------------+
+----+ BTS_CT #N +------+ | ClckGen_CT #N |
+-----+-----+ +-------+-------+
| |
+---------------------------+
Change-Id: I63a23abebab88fd5318eb4d907d6028e7c38e9a3
Vadim Yanitskiy