Osmocom Year 2017 Review

Dear all, I've written up a "short" review of what I perceive as the most important events in the Osmocom Cellular Infrastructure projects in 2017. See http://osmocom.org/news/84 for all details, or below for a raw copy+paste: h1. Osmocom Review 2017 This is a review of the most significant changes and events in the Osmocom Cellular Infrastructure projects in 2017 h2. January 2017 * announce of first ever public [[OsmoCon:]] conference in April * osmo-bts ** Add Abis OML failure event reporting ** fix memory leaks in osmo-bts-{sysmo,lc15} at every channel activation * openbsc/osmo-bsc ** support multiple UARFCNs in SI2quater * osmo-hlr ** add test suite for 2G and 3G authentication ** fix UMTS AKA re-sync h2. February 2017 * weekly manual testing with related weekly test reports to mailing list * "heads-up about the (lack of a )future of osmo-nitb":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-February/01… * "heads-up about libosmo-sccp SIGTRAN work":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-February/010274.… * "sysmo-usim-tool":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-February/010317.html * libosmo-abis ** unix domain socket support (for Ericsson L2TP) * osmo-bts ** fix AMR HR DTX FSM logic ** fix SACCH sending fo system information with enum value > 7 ** osmo-bts-trx: fix RXGAIN and POWER parameters on second TRX ** fix TCH/H interleaving table bit position ** sysmoBTS 1020/1100: slow power ramp-up on TRX enable * osmo-sgsn ** fix PDP context activation memory allocation bug ** integrate support for UMTS AKA * openggsn ** fix kernel-gtp tunnel creation/removal for GTPv1 ** release 0.93 h3. March 2017 * "cgit improvements":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-March/01… (about page, change-ID hyperlinks, issue hyperlinks) * Add README.md files to all our repositories * libosmocore ** migrate gsm 05.03 coding from OsmoBTS to libosmocore ** fix SQN / SEQ handling in UMTS AKA ** 3GPP AoIP message encoding/decoding * libosmo-abis ** fix ever-increasing jitter buffer * libosmo-netif ** handle SCTP in in stream server ** doxygen documentation on stream an datagram modules * osmo-bts ** octphy: CBCH support ** include MS timing offset in RSL measurements * osmo-sgsn ** handle IMSIs with leading zeroes * osmo-bsc ** fix T3186 encoding in SI13 ** Improved Ericsson OM2000/RBS2000 support ** new ctrl2soap proxy in python * osmo-hlr ** add CTRL interface ** fix SQN/SEQ handling in UMTS AKA h3. April 2017 * "update of coding style for longer line lengths":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-April/010502.… * [[osmo-dev-con:OsmoCon2017]] and [[osmo-dev-con:OsmoDevCon2017]] * libosmocore ** "control interface for osmo_fsm":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-April/010542… * libosmo-netif ** fix file descriptor leak in error paths ** work around linux kenrel SCTP bug with sender_dry_events ** RTP marker bit support * libosmo-sccp ** Add new [[libosmo-sigtran:]] library with SS7 AS/ASP Link/Linkset handling, M3UA support, new FSM based SCCP implementation ** Add [[osmo-stp:]] program * osmo-bts ** inform BSC of PCU disconnect ** fix measurement reporting period ** exclude idle channels from uplink measurement processing ** octphy: measurement reports h3. May 2017 * libosmocore ** fix embedded builds ** import and generalise 'sercomm' from osmocom-bb into libosmocore ** SSE optimized convolutional coder ** fix wrong GSM FR codec SID frame generation ** doxygen docs for libosmocoding * osmo-bsc ** TS 04.14 mobile station side loop control * osmo-bts ** consistently check all RSL and OML TLVs for minimum length value ** fix bit-order in every HR codec parameter (spec compliance) ** OML get/set attribute handling ** SI2quater support ** bypass radio link timeout for lab testing * osmo-bsc ** PCU socket support for BSC-colocated PCU for Ericsson RBS2000 ** reelase 1.0.1 * "M3UA and SUA testing as part of jenkins":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-May/010698.ht… * "osmo-gsm-tester produces successful runs with NITB as well as new AoIP":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-May/010760.html h3. June 2017 * libosmocore ** doxygen autobrief ** doxygen documentation for libosmogb * osmo-bts ** use CLOCK_MONOTONIC timer for GSM frame timer ** PDTCH loopback support h3. July 2017 * "Plan for openbsc.git split and code review":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-July/010914.ht… * libosmocore ** PDP charging characteristics in GSUP ** PRBS sequence generators ** multicast IP related helper functions ** 'make release' target * libosmo-sccp ** SCCP address book * osmo-bts ** new virtual BTS @osmo-bts-virtual@ for testing without radio hardware ** don't send dummy UI frames on unused BCCH slots on TC=5 ** GSMTAP: don't log/send fill frames consisting of only padding * osmo-hlr ** change to default GSUP port 4222 h3. August 2017 * "Support for SMPP Delivery Receipt / GSM03.40 Status Report":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-August/011023.… * "Jenkins now executing M3UA, SUA and GGSN testsuite":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-August/0110… * libosmocore ** fix crash in lapd_est_req() * libosmo-abis ** release 0.4.0 * osmo-bts ** osmo-bts-trx: fix MS power control loop ** release 0.6.0 ** support sending/removing SI13 to/from PCU * osmo-bsc ** indicate R99+ MSC in SI3 to enable UMTS AKA over GERAN * osmo-sgsn ** properly report GERAN/UTRAN mode in PDP CTX ACT REQ to GGSN * osmo-msc ** implement IuCS support ** split openbsc.git into osmo-bsc.git, osmo-msc.git and osmo-sgsn.git * openggsn ** Add IPv6 address pool and IPV6 user (inner) plane support ** release 0.94 h3. September 2017 * libosmocore.git ** "'show talloc-context' VTY introspection":http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-June/01… ** CTRL parsing unit tests ** unification of vty exit/end commands * osmo-hlr ** CTRL interface tests -- - Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)