August 2012 - OpenBSC - lists.osmocom.org

GPRS - local and foreign TLLIs
by Luca Melette 04 Feb '26

04 Feb '26

Hello everybody, after setting up a nanoBTS with OpenBSC/SGSN/GGSN, I had some troubles trying to connect my smartphone to the GPRS cell. Investigating the BTS-to-SGSN traffic, I saw that the frames sent by the SGSN were all marked with the same N(U) value (at LLC layer), the value was 0. With some debug, I found that the there was a mismatch in the TLLI storage, used to keep the status of attached terminals. The mentioned code is contained in gprs_llc.c, involving LL Entity functions and gprs_llc_tx_ui(). /* look-up or create the LL Entity for this (TLLI, SAPI) tuple */ lle = lle_by_tlli_sapi(msgb_tlli(msg), sapi); if (!lle) { struct gprs_llc_llme *llme; LOGP(DLLC, LOGL_ERROR, "LLC TX: unknown TLLI 0x%08x, " "creating LLME on the fly\n", msgb_tlli(msg)); llme = llme_alloc(msgb_tlli(msg)); lle = &llme->lle[sapi]; } The TX function uses the previously received TLLI to lookup for the LLE. The lle_by_tlli_sapi() performs the search, but preliminary it applies a foreign2local TLLI conversion to ensure to have a local one. Since no valid entry for the searched TLLI is found, a new one is created. And the problem is here. The new entry has the foreign TLLI. Next time the lookup fails again, and a new entry is created. This way, the counter N(U) is always reset, and the mobile do not recognize the message sequence and no attach is possible. My question is about foreign and local TLLIs. I patched the lookup, avoiding the conversion, so that the LLE is found and everything works fine... but... What is the sense of the conversion? Should the TLLI be always stored as a local one? Can this problem be solved with another foreign2local while allocating new entries? Actually, my problem has been solved with that workaround. But I'm curious to know what is the right way. Hope somebody can answer :) Thanks. Cheers, LM

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Re: Help with sccp library
by mosbah abdelkader 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

> I don't understand. This callback will be called with data you need to write > to the network. In case of MTP Level3 you will need to wrap that around the > msgb you got. I means: is the interaction with mtp3 layer implemented (is sending sccp data by mtp3 implemented by the library?)? Also, what about the reception of data from mtp3 layer. is that implemented in the sccp lib. I am asking these questions because I see the code of mtp3 in the lib but no significant call is present in the sccp part of the lib. Thank you for your help.

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Re: Any interest for Osmocom meetings in Bavaria ?
by Dieter Spaar 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

So far three persons have indicated their interest to join a meeting at my place. Considering the time it takes to drive to my place, it probably makes sense to have the meeting at the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday) so that there is more time for the meeting itself. I can suggest one of the following dates for the first meeting, somewhere between 10:00 to 18:00 on each day: 25.8. (Sa) or 26.8. (Su) 1.9. (Sa) or 2.9. (Su) 8.9. (Sa) or 9.9. (Su) So please let me know when you have time and also make suggestions in which Osmocom topic you are interested in so that we can have some sort of agenda for the meeting to make best use of the time. Best regards, Dieter -- Dieter Spaar, Germany spaar(a)mirider.augusta.de

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SimpleHLR: A web interface for OpenBSC
by Peter Caprioli 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Hello everyone, I've just finnished writing together a small web interface for the OpenBSC HLR. It allows you to modify various parameters in the database and also provides a set of functions to modify the HLR or sending SMSes in your own scripts. The project is still very alpha but it seems to work reasonably good. Feel free to give any feedback! Screenshots and source code is available on my website: https://stormhub.org/simplehlr/ -- *Best regards, Peter Caprioli*

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Several questions
by jason mercury 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

I have some questions: 1) When I start bsc_hack bsc_init.c first establishes OML link and initializes the bts then it establishes RSL link and bts starts broadcasting. However, it takes so much time to start the bts. Instead of this I want to do the following: it establishes OML link at the beginning and only once, then when i want to start broadcasting it establishes just the RSL link and bts will start faster since i don't have to wait for OML link. What should be done for this? 2) If i send one or two word messages from telnet interface it is okay. But if i send a longer message the phone could't receive the end of the message correctly(last words may be incomplete). Did any one encounter with this problem? What is wrong with me? 3) Could I send SMS in which extension of the sender is text not integer. For example, i want to send an information SMS that this is a test network. For this purpose i want to send an SMS from 'OpenBSC'. I set the extension of the first subscriber in database as text and tried to send the SMS but SMS wasn't delivered. What should i do? 4) Can i add SMS externally to SMS table of database? Thanks. Jason

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fix of rtp socket binding
by Andreas Eversberg 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

hi, after having solved an LCR issue, i patched rtp_proxy.c the same way, because it has the same issue. 1. when next_udp_port (in rtp_socket_bind) reaches 0xfffe, the bind process will fail next time. 2. if rtp_sub_socket_bind of rtp socket succeeds and rtp_sub_socket_bind of rtcp socket fails, the rtp socket must be re-created, because it cannot not be bound again to the next higher port. 3. the port range will not wrap arround and start at 0, but at RTP_PORT_BASE. (after reaching RTP_PORT_MAX) andreas

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Re: Any interest for Osmocom meetings in Bavaria ?
by Dieter Spaar 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

As already mentioned, the Osmocom Meeting will take place this Saturday, 1.9.2012 at 10:00. Three people have confirmed that they will come, I have send them an email with the location details. Harald is not yet sure if he can attend. A few suggestions for the meeting: - I will run a GSM-1800 network with my test license so you can try out OsmocomBB. If you are interested to do so please bring your Osmocom phone plus Laptop with the already installed OsmocomBB software. - We can do some experiments with SIMtrace if there is any interest. - There should still be enough time for other things, we can decide what to do during the meeting. Best regards, Dieter -- Dieter Spaar, Germany spaar(a)mirider.augusta.de

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Recurring outbound GPRS Attach Accept messages
by Don A. Bailey 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

All, Apologies if this is the wrong mailing list for this question. If so, please redirect me to the appropriate Osmocom list. Thanks! I'm having trouble with some older 2G cellular modules. When they initiate GPRS, the GPRS Attach Accept response from the SGSN seems to be dropped on the floor. I thought this was because the inbound TLLI generated by the ME was not included in the subsequent response. However, I verified that the LLC correctly generates the response and attaches the TLLI. I'm not quite sure why these particular 2G modules are not receiving the response as the message seems to be correctly submitted from the SGSN to the BTS. The result is that the GPRS state will get "stuck" on the ME side, which will keep attempting to Attach until it gives up and issues a Detach message (under the same TLLI). Can anyone clue me in on what potential issues may be caused by this ME and how/if I can patch this problem in the SGSN? Thank you, D

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[PATCH 00/13] libosmo-abis updates (v2)
by pablo＠gnumonks.org 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo(a)gnumonks.org> Hi, This is the second version of the libosmo-abis patchset. Mostly aiming to improve robustness and fix leaks in error paths. I have tried to address all Holger comments, I leave two things for my TODO list: 1) automate testing via automated testing while compilation 2) check the bfd->fd = -1 to make sure we need it in all cases I have also intensively tested (although it was quite manual) this changes with the IPA BSC/BTS tests, running valgrind to check for leaks. If you find any issue or you think it's OK, please ACK/NACK. Thanks. Pablo Neira Ayuso (13): ipa: fix missing set of write_cb for IPA client connection ipaccess: fix leak of e1inp_line tests: e1inp_ipa_bsc_test: fix crash ipaccess: improve error handling tests: e1inp_ipa_bts_test: fix compilation warnings lapd: use C99 structure initialization for profile templates input: dahdi: use logging facilities instead of fprintf and stderr input: dahdi: replace exit by return input: add generic PCAP interface for LAPD tests: fix CPU suckup e1inp_ipa_bts_test after test finish tests: e1inp_ipa_*_test: add signal handling for process termination tests: e1inp_ipa_*_test: fix leak of msgb in ->sign_link path ipaccess: fix leak of IPA control messages in the BTS side include/Makefile.am | 2 +- include/osmocom/abis/lapd.h | 1 + include/osmocom/abis/lapd_pcap.h | 11 ++ src/Makefile.am | 1 + src/e1_input.c | 1 + src/input/dahdi.c | 54 ++++++---- src/input/hsl.c | 3 - src/input/ipa.c | 3 + src/input/ipaccess.c | 210 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ src/input/lapd.c | 66 +++++++----- src/input/lapd_pcap.c | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tests/e1inp_ipa_bsc_test.c | 26 ++++- tests/e1inp_ipa_bts_test.c | 31 +++++- 13 files changed, 443 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/osmocom/abis/lapd_pcap.h create mode 100644 src/input/lapd_pcap.c -- 1.7.10.4

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