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Neels Hofmeyr gerrit-no-reply at lists.osmocom.orgReview at https://gerrit.osmocom.org/4102 tweak common/mncc.adoc: use variable for program name Change-Id: I993a3c3bf617b9823f49898364b5f728a4549330 --- M OsmoNITB/osmonitb-usermanual.adoc M common/chapters/mncc.adoc 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) git pull ssh://gerrit.osmocom.org:29418/osmo-gsm-manuals refs/changes/02/4102/1 diff --git a/OsmoNITB/osmonitb-usermanual.adoc b/OsmoNITB/osmonitb-usermanual.adoc index 7d342c5..85b4c7d 100644 --- a/OsmoNITB/osmonitb-usermanual.adoc +++ b/OsmoNITB/osmonitb-usermanual.adoc @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ :gfdl-enabled: +:program-name: OsmoNITB OsmoNITB User Manual ==================== diff --git a/common/chapters/mncc.adoc b/common/chapters/mncc.adoc index 47dfcbe..74ca6cf 100644 --- a/common/chapters/mncc.adoc +++ b/common/chapters/mncc.adoc @@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ It is exposed by the Osmocom MSC layer (both in the old OsmoNITB as well as the new OsmoMSC. -Osmocom's MSCs can run in two different modes: +{program-name} can run in two different modes: . with internal MNCC handler . with external MNCC handler === Internal MNCC handler -When the internal MNCC handler is enabled, OsmoMSC/OsmoNITB will switch voice +When the internal MNCC handler is enabled, {program-name} will switch voice calls between GSM subscribers internally and automatically based on the -subscribers __extension__ number. No external software is required. +the subscribers _extension_ number. No external software is required. NOTE: Internal MNCC is the default behavior. @@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ [[mncc-external]] === External MNCC handler -When the external MNCC handler is enabled, OsmoMSC/OsmoNITB will not perform +When the external MNCC handler is enabled, {program-name} will not perform any internal call switching, but delegate all call-control handling towards the external MNCC program connected via the MNCC socket. -If you intend to operate with external MNCC handler, you have +If you intend to operate {program-name} with external MNCC handler, you have to start it with the `-m` or `--mncc-sock` command line option. At the time of this writing, the only external application implementing the @@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ === MNCC protocol description The protocol follows the primitives specified in 3GPP TS 04.07 Chapter 7.1. -The encoding of the primitives is provided in the `mncc.h` header file -(`osmocom/msc/mncc.h` in `osmo-msc.git` or `openbsc/mncc.h` in old -`openbsc.git`), which uses some common definitions from `osmocom/gsm/mncc.h` -(part of `libosmocore.git`). +The encoding of the primitives is provided in the `mncc.h` header file in +{program-name}'s source tree, which uses some common definitions from +`osmocom/gsm/mncc.h` (part of libosmocore.git). However, Osmocom's MNCC specifies a number of additional primitives beyond those listed in the 3GPP specification. @@ -74,106 +73,104 @@ The different calls in the network are distinguished by their callref (call reference), which is a unique unsigned 32bit integer. -NOTE: _MSC_ below refers to both OsmoMSC and _libmsc_ of the OsmoNITB. - ==== MNCC_HOLD_IND -Direction: MSC -> Handler +Direction: {program-name} -> Handler A 'CC HOLD' message was received from the MS. ==== MNCC_HOLD_CNF -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Acknowledge a previously-received 'CC HOLD' message, causes the transmission of a 'CC HOLD ACK' message to the MS. ==== MNCC_HOLD_REJ -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Reject a previously-received 'CC HOLD' message, causes the transmission of a 'CC HOLD REJ' message to the MS. ==== MNCC_RETRIEVE_IND -Direction: MSC -> Handler +Direction: {program-name} -> Handler A 'CC RETRIEVE' message was received from the MS. ==== MNCC_RETRIEVE_CNF -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Acknowledge a previously-received 'CC RETRIEVE' message, causes the transmission of a 'CC RETRIEVE ACK' message to the MS. ==== MNCC_RETRIEVE_REJ -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Reject a previously-received 'CC RETRIEVE' message, causes the transmission of a 'CC RETRIEVE REJ' message to the MS. ==== MNCC_USERINFO_REQ -Direction: MSC -> Handler +Direction: {program-name} -> Handler Causes a 'CC USER INFO' message to be sent to the MS. ==== MNCC_USERINFO_IND -Direction: MSC -> Handler +Direction: {program-name} -> Handler Indicates that a 'CC USER-USER' message has been received from the MS. ==== MNCC_BRIDGE -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Requests that the TCH (voice) channels of two calls shall be inter-connected. This is the old-fashioned way of using MNCC, primarily required for circuit-switched BTSs whose TRAU frames are -received via an E1 interface card on the MSC machine. +received via an E1 interface card on the {program-name} machine. ==== MNCC_FRAME_RECV -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Enable the forwarding of TCHF voice frames via the MNCC interface in -MSC->Handler direction for the specified call. +{program-name}->Handler direction for the specified call. ==== MNCC_FRAME_DROP -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Disable the forwarding of TCHF voice frames via the MNCC interface in -MSC->Handler direction for the specified call. +{program-name}->Handler direction for the specified call. ==== MNCC_LCHAN_MODIFY -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Modify the current dedicated radio channel from signalling to voice, or if it is a signalling-only channel (SDCCH), assign a TCH to the MS. ==== MNCC_RTP_CREATE -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Create a RTP socket for this call at the BTS/TRAU that serves this BTS. ==== MNCC_RTP_CONNECT -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Connect the RTP socket of this call to the given remote IP address and port. ==== MNCC_RTP_FREE -Direction: Handler -> MSC +Direction: Handler -> {program-name} Release a RTP connection for one given call. @@ -182,32 +179,32 @@ Direction: both Transfer the payload of a GSM Full-Rate (FR) voice frame between the -MSC and an external MNCC handler. +{program-name} and an external MNCC handler. ==== GSM_TCHF_FRAME_EFR Direction: both Transfer the payload of a GSM Enhanced Full-Rate (EFR) voice frame -between the MSC and an external MNCC handler. +between the {program-name} and an external MNCC handler. ==== GSM_TCHH_FRAME Direction: both Transfer the payload of a GSM Half-Rate (HR) voice frame between the -MSC and an external MNCC handler. +{program-name} and an external MNCC handler. ==== GSM_TCH_FRAE_AMR Direction: both Transfer the payload of a GSM Adaptive-Multi-Rate (AMR) voice frame -between the MSC and an external MNCC handler. +between the {program-name} and an external MNCC handler. ==== GSM_BAD_FRAME -Direction: MSC -> Handler +Direction: {program-name} -> Handler Indicate that no valid voice frame, but a 'bad frame' was received over the radio link from the MS. -- To view, visit https://gerrit.osmocom.org/4102 To unsubscribe, visit https://gerrit.osmocom.org/settings Gerrit-MessageType: newchange Gerrit-Change-Id: I993a3c3bf617b9823f49898364b5f728a4549330 Gerrit-PatchSet: 1 Gerrit-Project: osmo-gsm-manuals Gerrit-Branch: master Gerrit-Owner: Neels Hofmeyr <nhofmeyr at sysmocom.de>