I'm happy to announce that [finally], the osmo-epdg development has
reached its first release: 0.1.0.
[Link to news item: https://osmocom.org/news/262]
osmo-epdg[1] is combined ePDG and AAA to support Voice over Wifi (VoWiFi) calls.
An ePDG allows a UE to connect over regular wireless networks to an IMS
(untrusted non-3GPP network access).
The combined ePDG/AAA is using a modified strongSwan[2] together with
osmo-epdg[3], a daemon written in erlang/OTP.
The osmo-epdg has been tested with open5gs as EPC and kamailio as IMS.
To allow an easy setup of a fully working ePDG/epc/IMS there are ansible
playbooks[4] which has been used to create our Hosted ePDG playground
Thanks a lot to NLNet[5] for funding development of this project.
Thanks also to the main developers of this project:
Alexander "lynxis" Couzens and Pau "pespin" Espin Pedrol.
Best regards,
Harald
[1] https://osmocom.org/projects/osmo-epdg/wiki
[2] https://gitea.osmocom.org/ims-volte-vowifi/strongswan-epdg
[3] https://gitea.osmocom.org/Erlang/osmo-epdg
[4] https://gitea.osmocom.org/ims-volte-vowifi/ansible-prototype
[5] https://nlnet.nl/project/Osmocom-ePDG/
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"Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option."
(ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)
Hi,
I am using osmo-bts-trx with a B205-mini-i, using only CS services. I am currently running the following elements on Ubuntu 22.04, all built from source from the latest version:
- osmo-trx-uhd
- osmo-bts-trx
- osmo-bsc
- osmo-msc
- osmo-hlr
- osmo-mgw
- osmo-stp
- osmo-sip-connector
I have been testing the range of the cell, and I can't seem to get more than around 50 meters, even when I transmit at ~21 dBm using a power amplifier at TX. I find this range too low, since I am used to getting 200-300 meters out of the box when running 4G and 5G networks with the same device, so I suspect I am not configuring the network correctly. I've tried looking at every parameter, so far I've only noticed improvements when setting the min-qual-* to the minimum values and ms_max_power to the maximum.
These are my configs for TRX, BTS and BSC:
OsmoTRX:
```
log stderr
...
!
line vty
no login
!
cpu-sched
policy rr 18
trx
bind-ip 127.0.0.1
remote-ip 127.0.0.1
egprs disable
tx-sps 4
rx-sps 4
clock-ref gpsdo
chan 0
```
```
!
! OsmoBTS () configuration saved from vty
!!
!
log stderr
...
!
line vty
no login
!
phy 0
instance 0
osmotrx tx-attenuation 0
osmotrx rx-gain 50
osmotrx ip local 127.0.0.1
osmotrx ip remote 127.0.0.1
bts 0
band GSM900
ipa unit-id 1234 0
oml remote-ip 127.0.0.1
gsmtap-remote-host 127.0.0.1
gsmtap-sapi enable-all
min-qual-rach -100
min-qual-norm -100
trx 0
phy 0 instance 0
nominal-tx-power 10
```
```
! osmo-bsc default configuration
! (assumes STP to run on 127.0.0.1 and uses default point codes)
!
log stderr
logging color 1
logging print category-hex 0
logging print category 1
logging timestamp 0
logging print file basename last
logging print level 1
e1_input
e1_line 0 driver ipa
network
network country code 1
mobile network code 1
encryption a5 0
neci 1
paging any use tch 0
handover 0
handover algorithm 1
handover1 window rxlev averaging 10
handover1 window rxqual averaging 1
handover1 window rxlev neighbor averaging 10
handover1 power budget interval 6
handover1 power budget hysteresis 3
handover1 maximum distance 9999
! T3212 is in units of 6min, so below we set 5 * 6 = 30min
timer net T3212 5
mgw 0
remote-ip 127.0.0.1
remote-port 2427
local-port 2727
bts 0
type osmo-bts
band GSM900
cell_identity 1234
location_area_code 0x0001
base_station_id_code 63
ms max power 40
!default: cell reselection hysteresis 4
cell reselection hysteresis 14
radio-link-timeout 32
channel allocator mode set-all ascending
rxlev access min 0
rach tx integer 9
rach max transmission 7
channel-description attach 1
channel-description bs-pa-mfrms 5
channel-description bs-ag-blks-res 1
early-classmark-sending forbidden
ipa unit-id 1234 0
oml ipa stream-id 255 line 0
codec-support fr
gprs mode none
trx 0
rf_locked 0
! 945M DL/900M UL
arfcn 50
nominal power 10
max_power_red 0
rsl e1 tei 0
timeslot 0
phys_chan_config CCCH+SDCCH4
hopping enabled 0
timeslot 1
phys_chan_config TCH/F
hopping enabled 0
timeslot 2
phys_chan_config TCH/F
hopping enabled 0
timeslot 3
phys_chan_config TCH/F
hopping enabled 0
timeslot 4
phys_chan_config TCH/F
hopping enabled 0
timeslot 5
phys_chan_config TCH/F
hopping enabled 0
timeslot 6
phys_chan_config TCH/F
hopping enabled 0
timeslot 7
phys_chan_config TCH/F
hopping enabled 0
ms-power-control
mode dyn-bts
rxlev-thresh lower 0 upper 63
msc 0
allow-emergency allow
amr-config 12_2k forbidden
amr-config 10_2k forbidden
amr-config 7_95k forbidden
amr-config 7_40k forbidden
amr-config 6_70k forbidden
amr-config 5_90k allowed
amr-config 5_15k forbidden
amr-config 4_75k forbidden
bsc
mid-call-timeout 0
```
You might notice I am using the gpsdo as the clock-ref. That's because I've also tried with a B210 with the internal GPSDO, but the results are the same.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan Pichel
Hello,
How can I utilize the iCE40 E1 USB adapter to transition from E1 to IP in a
GSM network, connecting a physical Siemens BSC (which has a BTS
connected) to OsmoMSC?
Only the BTS and BSC are physical. I already have osmo-e1d installed.
Should I use osmo-e1d or dahdi version for this transition?
What would be the best approach to begin the process?
Regards,
Alina
Hi
Do you know if the packet osmo-smlc should work with osmo-bsc, osmo-stp last versions?
I just tested, saw errors and tried to debug but perhaps I made mistakes (link, as, asp are up between BSC and SMLC via osmo-stp)
osmo-smlc 0.2.4
DLSCCP DEBUG <0011> sccp_user.c:176 Delivering N-PCSTATE.indication to SCCP User 'SCCP Management'
DLSCCP DEBUG <0011> sccp_scmg.c:298 Ignoring SCCP user primitive N-PCSTATE.indication
DLSCCP DEBUG <0011> sccp_user.c:176 Delivering N-PCSTATE.indication to SCCP User 'OsmoSMLC-Lb'
DLB ERROR <0002> sccp_lb_inst.c:167 (Lb) sccp_lb_sap_up(N-PCSTATE.indication) unsupported
Many thanks in advance
Best regards
Jean-Marc
Hi all,
After the OsmoDevCon 2024, I have set up a repository containing the GSMTAPv3
WIP version: https://gitea.osmocom.org/peremen/gsmtapv3
There is a Redmine ticket for GSMTAPv3: https://osmocom.org/issues/6445
Currently only the global header structure and types/subtypes are defined, and
detailed explanation of what each data type stands for is still WIP. Also,
GSMTAPv3 will use T16L16V dynamic metadata instead of fixed metadata structure,
and the metadata definition is still in early stage.
Having a structure definition is the very begging, which will be followed by
additional works to actually use the new GSMTAPv3 format (APIs, Wireshark
dissector, ...). Any form of help will be much appreciated.
Best,
Shinjo
Hello everybody,
I was trying to setup an OSMO-MSC with an Open5Gs-Corenetwork, so I can send SMS to different UEs. Unfortunately the OSMO-MSC does not connect to the MME of the Open5Gs-Core and I do not find any installation guide for this specific setup.
For your information: The Open5Gs-Core runs on a Laptop and I build the Software from source (4G and 5G components). The MSC should run on the same Laptop.
Therefore I would like to ask you, if you can tell me, which other components besides of the OSMO-MSC I possibly have to install and how I should configure this components and the components of the core.
Many thanks in advance!
Best regards
Lilly Hennig
So, we've been discussing IRL about the osmo-hnbgw implementation of
interacting with nftables from a separate thread.
The idea now is that a separate thread gets the results from nftables, caches
them and enqueues them, so that the main thread can update the hnbgw counters
in-sync. A second separate thread does nft add/del rule maintenance.
There is another complication, and I want to make sure we agree on the solution:
Problem: to delete a rule, I need to retrieve its 'handle' first.
With the amount of threading we want, this becomes a bit complex.
So. We 'add rule' and 'delete rule', as hNodeB attach and detach.
But, to be able to 'delete rule', we need to retrieve an id that nftables
assigned to this rule when it was added, the 'handle':
add rule inet osmo-hnbgw gtpu-ul ip saddr 1.2.3.4 counter comment "ul:1-2-3-4";
...
list table inet osmo-hnbgw
-->
table inet osmo-hnbgw {
chain gtpu-ul {
ip saddr 1.2.3.4 counter packets 5 bytes 100 comment "ul:1-2-3-4" # handle 23;
} ^^^^^^^^^
}
...
delete rule inet osmo-hnbgw gtpu-ul handle 23;
^^^^^^^^^
AFAICT I cannot set a handle right from the start. I can also not delete a rule
by just stating it again as it is, nor by using the 'comment' as a handle. nft
wants a 'handle', period. Does anyone know better?
Every time we read counters, osmo-hnbgw also retrieves the handles for each
rule, and correlates via the 'comment'. Similarly to counters, we can only get
all handles at once, via a complete table dump (possibly inefficient).
It works out fine in most practical cases. But the complex corner case is when
an hNodeB detaches quickly, before the counters had a chance to run and update
the hNodeB's state, including the handle.
In the current agreement on our implementation with two threads for nft, with
queues back to the main thread, it would go something like this, to avoid
races:
main() nft_maintenance_thread() nft_read_counters_thread()
| | |
|---add hNodeB-------->| |
|<--ok-----------------| |
X | |
|---del hNodeB-------->| |
| [rule handle unknown!] |
..|<--EAGAIN-------------| |
. | | |
. |---do counters--------------------------------->|
. | | [work]
. | | [work]
. | | [work]
. |<--update-counters-and-handles------------------|
. | | |
..|---del hNodeB-------->| |
| [delete rule] |
|<--done---------------| |
Simplifying a bit...
main() nft_maintenance_thread() nft_read_counters_thread()
| | |
|---add hNodeB-------->| |
|<--ok-----------------| |
X | |
[want: del hNodeB] | |
[rule handle unknown!] | |
[set some "del" flag] | |
. | | |
. |---do counters--------------------------------->|
. | | [work]
. | | [work]
. | | [work]
. |<--update-counters-and-handles------------------|
. | | |
[del flag!] | |
|---del hNodeB-------->| |
| [delete rule] |
|<--done---------------| |
I'm not liking very much the amount of complexity spawning here, but
this last approach is ok I guess, do you agree?
i.e. when the handle is not set yet, set a flag on the hNodeB,
and trigger the 'delete' the next time the counter thread reports back a handle
for the hNodeB.
~N
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