Change in osmo-ttcn3-hacks[master]: BTS_Tests: add testcase TC_paging_imsi_200percent_with_ps

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Mon Jun 28 08:47:04 UTC 2021


laforge has submitted this change. ( https://gerrit.osmocom.org/c/osmo-ttcn3-hacks/+/24752 )

Change subject: BTS_Tests: add testcase TC_paging_imsi_200percent_with_ps
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BTS_Tests: add testcase TC_paging_imsi_200percent_with_ps

The current paging load tests only test what happens when the paging
load is introduced from the PS side. However there are no tests that
tests what happens when PS pagings are introduced from the PCU side
into an already overloaded system.

osmo-bts was equipped recently with a mechanism that detects congestive
situations. Once a congestion is detcted osmo-bts will drop pagings from
the BTS side. The rationale of the new testcase is that the behavior
must not change when the PS pagings start since osmo-bts is dropping
them.

Change-Id: Ie72e788d9ebff6ca4e50314746127a9689948062
Depends: osmo-bts I30f97672d7a0c369c4a656e878ab8cbbd83e31ea
Related: SYS#5306
---
M bts/BTS_Tests.ttcn
M library/PCUIF_CodecPort.ttcn
2 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Approvals:
  laforge: Looks good to me, approved
  pespin: Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
  Jenkins Builder: Verified



diff --git a/bts/BTS_Tests.ttcn b/bts/BTS_Tests.ttcn
index a08c3ff..64e3fc2 100644
--- a/bts/BTS_Tests.ttcn
+++ b/bts/BTS_Tests.ttcn
@@ -3551,6 +3551,18 @@
 	boolean combined_ccch,
 	integer bs_ag_blks_res,
 	float load_factor,
+	/* Mix in a paging request through the PCU socket for every Nth (ps_load_modulus)
+	 * paging command that is issued via RSL. */
+	integer ps_load_modulus,
+	/* Wait until the paging queue inside the BTS is congested before starting to add
+	 * pagings via the PCU socket (0 = disabled) */
+	boolean ps_wait_cong,
+	/* Maximum time to wait until the paging queue is drained at the end of the test.
+	 * This usually takes about 15s (size: 200, ~ 13 per s -> 15s), it is recommended
+	 * to set this value to 18s, however the draining process may take significantly
+	 * longer when the queue contains paging requests for PS as those are implemented
+	 * as immediate assignments and require an entire MAC block alone. */
+	float queue_drain_timeout,
 	boolean exp_load_ind,
 	boolean exp_overload,
 	boolean use_tmsi
@@ -3560,20 +3572,34 @@
 	integer num_paging_sent,
 	integer num_paging_rcv_msgs,
 	integer num_paging_rcv_ids,
-	integer num_overload
+	integer num_overload,
+	/* When free space inside the paging queue reaches more than 2 thirds
+	 * of its capacity cong_detected is set to true. */
+	boolean cong_detected
 }
 
 /* Helper function for paging related testing */
 private function f_TC_paging(PagingTestCfg cfg) runs on test_CT return PagingTestState {
-	f_init();
+	/* Using the PCU socket affects the timing of the paging processing. We only
+	 * activate the PCU socket if we do paging load tests that include additional
+	 * paging load that is introduced through the PCU socket. */
+	if (cfg.ps_load_modulus > 0) {
+		f_init_with_pcuif();
+	} else {
+		f_init();
+	}
 	f_init_l1ctl();
 	f_l1_tune(L1CTL);
 
+	var octetstring imm_ass := f_rnd_octstring(23);
+	var ASP_RSL_Unitdata load_ind;
+
 	var PagingTestState st := {
 		num_paging_sent := 0,
 		num_paging_rcv_msgs := 0,
 		num_paging_rcv_ids := 0,
-		num_overload := 0
+		num_overload := 0,
+		cong_detected := false
 	};
 
 	var float max_pch_blocks_per_sec := f_pch_block_rate_est(cfg.combined_ccch, cfg.bs_ag_blks_res);
@@ -3604,8 +3630,18 @@
 		[not cfg.exp_overload]  RSL_CCHAN.receive(tr_ASP_RSL_UD(tr_RSL_PAGING_LOAD_IND(0))) {
 			Misc_Helpers.f_shutdown(__BFILE__, __LINE__, fail, "Unexpected PCH Overload");
 			}
-		[cfg.exp_load_ind] RSL_CCHAN.receive(tr_ASP_RSL_UD(tr_RSL_PAGING_LOAD_IND)) {
+		[cfg.exp_load_ind] RSL_CCHAN.receive(tr_ASP_RSL_UD(tr_RSL_PAGING_LOAD_IND)) -> value load_ind {
 			log("Rx LOAD_IND");
+
+			/* Detect paging congestion: The logic inside the BTS will diagnose the
+			 * paging queue as congested when the fill state is more than 66% (which
+			 * is two thirds fill state, or approx. 66 of 200 paging slots. When a
+			 * paging congestion is detected pagings that are issued through the PCU
+			 * socket (PS) are dropped in order to prefer the CS related pagings. */
+			if (load_ind.rsl.ies[1].body.paging_load < 66) {
+				st.cong_detected := true;
+			}
+
 			/* FIXME: analyze/verify interval + contents */
 			repeat;
 			}
@@ -3614,6 +3650,8 @@
 		/* check if paging requests arrive on Um side */
 		[] as_l1_count_paging(st.num_paging_rcv_msgs, st.num_paging_rcv_ids, cfg);
 		[] L1CTL.receive { repeat; }
+		/* Only relevant when testing including with PCU sock connected */
+		[] PCU.receive { repeat; }
 		[] T_itv.timeout {
 			/* Send paging cmds based on elapsed time */
 			var integer new_sent := f_min(pkt_total, float2int(T_total.read * pch_blocks_per_sec) + 1);
@@ -3630,6 +3668,13 @@
 				/* Send RSL PAGING COMMAND */
 				RSL_CCHAN.send(ts_ASP_RSL_UD(ts_RSL_PAGING_CMD(mi, st.num_paging_sent mod 4)));
 
+				/* Add additional pagings through the PCU socket interface. */
+				if (cfg.ps_load_modulus > 0 and st.num_paging_sent mod cfg.ps_load_modulus == 0) {
+					if (st.cong_detected == true or cfg.ps_wait_cong == false) {
+						f_PCUIF_tx_imm_ass_pch(PCU, g_pcu_conn_id, imm_ass, '123459987'H, wait_for_cnf := false);
+					}
+				}
+
 				st.num_paging_sent := st.num_paging_sent + 1;
 			}
 			if (st.num_paging_sent < pkt_total) {
@@ -3650,19 +3695,20 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* wait for max 18s for paging queue to drain (size: 200, ~ 13 per s -> 15s) */
-	timer T_wait := 18.0;
+	timer T_wait := cfg.queue_drain_timeout
 	T_wait.start;
 	alt {
 	[] as_l1_count_paging(st.num_paging_rcv_msgs, st.num_paging_rcv_ids, cfg);
 	[] L1CTL.receive { repeat; }
 	/* 65535 == empty paging queue, we can terminate*/
 	[] RSL_CCHAN.receive(tr_ASP_RSL_UD(tr_RSL_PAGING_LOAD_IND(65535))) { }
-	[] RSL_CCHAN.receive(tr_ASP_RSL_UD(tr_RSL_PAGING_LOAD_IND)) { repeat; }
+	[] RSL_CCHAN.receive(tr_ASP_RSL_UD(tr_RSL_PAGING_LOAD_IND)) -> value load_ind { repeat; }
 	/* ignore other RSL messages like RF RESource INDication */
 	[] RSL_CCHAN.receive { repeat; }
+	/* Only relevant when testing including with PCU sock connected */
+	[] PCU.receive { repeat; }
 	[] T_wait.timeout {
-		Misc_Helpers.f_shutdown(__BFILE__, __LINE__, fail, "Waiting for empty paging queue");
+		Misc_Helpers.f_shutdown(__BFILE__, __LINE__, fail, log2str("Waiting for paging queue, last detected fill state: ", load_ind.rsl.ies[1].body.paging_load));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -3681,6 +3727,9 @@
 		combined_ccch := true,
 		bs_ag_blks_res := si3.payload.si3.ctrl_chan_desc.bs_ag_blks_res,
 		load_factor := 0.8,
+		ps_load_modulus := 0,
+		ps_wait_cong := false,
+		queue_drain_timeout := 18.0,
 		exp_load_ind := true,
 		exp_overload := false,
 		use_tmsi := false
@@ -3705,6 +3754,9 @@
 		combined_ccch := true,
 		bs_ag_blks_res := si3.payload.si3.ctrl_chan_desc.bs_ag_blks_res,
 		load_factor := 0.8,
+		ps_load_modulus := 0,
+		ps_wait_cong := false,
+		queue_drain_timeout := 18.0,
 		exp_load_ind := true,
 		exp_overload := false,
 		use_tmsi := true
@@ -3729,6 +3781,9 @@
 		combined_ccch := true,
 		bs_ag_blks_res := si3.payload.si3.ctrl_chan_desc.bs_ag_blks_res,
 		load_factor := 2.0,
+		ps_load_modulus := 0,
+		ps_wait_cong := false,
+		queue_drain_timeout := 18.0,
 		exp_load_ind := true,
 		exp_overload := true,
 		use_tmsi := false
@@ -3755,6 +3810,9 @@
 		combined_ccch := true,
 		bs_ag_blks_res := si3.payload.si3.ctrl_chan_desc.bs_ag_blks_res,
 		load_factor := 2.0,
+		ps_load_modulus := 0,
+		ps_wait_cong := false,
+		queue_drain_timeout := 18.0,
 		exp_load_ind := true,
 		exp_overload := true,
 		use_tmsi := true
@@ -3771,6 +3829,38 @@
 	Misc_Helpers.f_shutdown(__BFILE__, __LINE__);
 }
 
+/* Same as above, but with additional paging load created by PS pagings that
+ * are issued through the PCU socket. The additional load is introduced when
+ * the paging queue is already two thirds full. Since the BTS implements a
+ * prioritization logic that drops the pagings from the PCU under in those
+ * congestive sitautions the behaviour on the PS side is expected to be
+ * unaffected and match the behavior of TC_paging_imsi_200percent() */
+testcase TC_paging_imsi_200percent_with_ps() runs on test_CT {
+	var SystemInformation si3 := valueof(ts_SI3_default);
+	var PagingTestCfg cfg := {
+		combined_ccch := true,
+		bs_ag_blks_res := si3.payload.si3.ctrl_chan_desc.bs_ag_blks_res,
+		load_factor := 2.0,
+		ps_load_modulus := 16,
+		ps_wait_cong := true,
+		queue_drain_timeout := 18.0,
+		exp_load_ind := true,
+		exp_overload := true,
+		use_tmsi := false
+	};
+	var PagingTestState st := f_TC_paging(cfg);
+	/* We expect about 80-85% to pass, given that we can fill the paging buffer of 200
+	 * slots and will fully drain that buffer before returning */
+	var template integer tpl := (st.num_paging_sent*78/100 .. st.num_paging_sent *85/100);
+	if (not match(st.num_paging_rcv_ids, tpl)) {
+		Misc_Helpers.f_shutdown(__BFILE__, __LINE__, fail, log2str("Expected ", tpl, " pagings but have ", st.num_paging_rcv_ids));
+	} else {
+		setverdict(pass);
+	}
+	Misc_Helpers.f_shutdown(__BFILE__, __LINE__);
+}
+
+
 
 /***********************************************************************
  * Immediate Assignment / AGCH
@@ -7502,6 +7592,7 @@
 	execute( TC_ipa_crcx_sdcch_not_active() );
 
 	if (mp_pcu_socket != "") {
+		execute( TC_paging_imsi_200percent_with_ps() );
 		execute( TC_pcu_act_req() );
 		execute( TC_pcu_act_req_wrong_ts() );
 		execute( TC_pcu_act_req_wrong_bts() );
diff --git a/library/PCUIF_CodecPort.ttcn b/library/PCUIF_CodecPort.ttcn
index 4b2a8ce..f3e4810 100644
--- a/library/PCUIF_CodecPort.ttcn
+++ b/library/PCUIF_CodecPort.ttcn
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 }
 
 function f_PCUIF_tx_imm_ass_pch(PCUIF_CODEC_PT pt, integer conn_id, octetstring imm_ass, hexstring imsi,
-				uint8_t bts_nr := 0) return uint32_t {
+				uint8_t bts_nr := 0, boolean wait_for_cnf := true) return uint32_t {
 	var PCUIF_send_data sd;
 	timer T := 3.0;
 	/* append 3 last imsi digits so BTS can compute pagng group */
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@
 	}
 	pt.send(t_SD_PCUIF(conn_id,
 			ts_PCUIF_DATA_REQ(bts_nr, 0, 0, 0, 0, PCU_IF_SAPI_PCH, prefix & imm_ass)));
+
+	/* Exit early when the caller is not interested in the confirmation message */
+	if (wait_for_cnf == false) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	T.start;
 	alt {
 	[] pt.receive(t_SD_PCUIF(conn_id,

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Gerrit-Project: osmo-ttcn3-hacks
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Gerrit-Change-Number: 24752
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Gerrit-Owner: dexter <pmaier at sysmocom.de>
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