Change in osmo-bts[master]: l1sap: add repeated uplink SACCH

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laforge gerrit-no-reply at lists.osmocom.org
Tue Dec 1 12:01:30 UTC 2020


laforge has submitted this change. ( https://gerrit.osmocom.org/c/osmo-bts/+/21185 )

Change subject: l1sap: add repeated uplink SACCH
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l1sap: add repeated uplink SACCH

3GPP TS 44.006, section 11 describes a method how the uplink
SACCH transmission can be repeated to increase transmission
reliability.

Change-Id: I7e4cc33cc010866e41e3b594351a7f7bf93e08ac
Related: OS#4795, SYS#5114
---
M include/osmo-bts/gsm_data.h
M include/osmo-bts/scheduler.h
M src/common/l1sap.c
M src/osmo-bts-trx/sched_lchan_xcch.c
4 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

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



diff --git a/include/osmo-bts/gsm_data.h b/include/osmo-bts/gsm_data.h
index b5b616e..64102f5 100644
--- a/include/osmo-bts/gsm_data.h
+++ b/include/osmo-bts/gsm_data.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@
 
 	struct abis_rsl_osmo_rep_acch_cap repeated_acch_capability;
 	bool repeated_dl_facch_active;
+	bool repeated_ul_sacch_active;
 
 	/* Message buffer to store DL-SACCH repeation candidate */
 	struct msgb *rep_sacch;
diff --git a/include/osmo-bts/scheduler.h b/include/osmo-bts/scheduler.h
index 6bb0b9b..6f05756 100644
--- a/include/osmo-bts/scheduler.h
+++ b/include/osmo-bts/scheduler.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 	ubit_t			*dl_bursts;	/* burst buffer for TX */
 	enum trx_burst_type	dl_burst_type;  /* GMSK or 8PSK burst type */
 	sbit_t			*ul_bursts;	/* burst buffer for RX */
+	sbit_t			*ul_bursts_prev;/* previous burst buffer for RX (repeated SACCH) */
 	uint32_t		ul_first_fn;	/* fn of first burst */
 	uint8_t			ul_mask;	/* mask of received bursts */
 
diff --git a/src/common/l1sap.c b/src/common/l1sap.c
index 05adbb1..1785e66 100644
--- a/src/common/l1sap.c
+++ b/src/common/l1sap.c
@@ -1131,6 +1131,8 @@
 			p = msgb_put(msg, GSM_MACBLOCK_LEN);
 			/* L1-header, if not set/modified by layer 1 */
 			p[0] = lchan->ms_power_ctrl.current;
+			if (lchan->repeated_ul_sacch_active)
+				p[0] |= 0x40; /* See also: 3GPP TS 44.004, section 7.1 */
 			p[1] = lchan->rqd_ta;
 			le = &lchan->lapdm_ch.lapdm_acch;
 			if (lchan->repeated_acch_capability.dl_sacch)
@@ -1394,6 +1396,34 @@
 	return check_for_first_ciphrd(lchan, data, len);
 }
 
+/* Decide if repeated UL-SACCH should be applied or not. If the BER level, of
+ * the received SACCH blocks rises above a certain threshold UL-SACCH
+ * repetition is enabled */
+static void repeated_ul_sacch_active_decision(struct gsm_lchan *lchan,
+					      uint16_t ber10k)
+{
+	uint16_t upper = 0;
+	uint16_t lower = 0;
+
+	if (!lchan->repeated_acch_capability.ul_sacch)
+		return;
+
+	/* convert from RXQUAL value to ber10k vale,
+	 * see also GSM 05.08, section 8.2.4 */
+	static const uint16_t ber10k_by_rxqual_upper[] =
+	    { 0, 26, 51, 100, 190, 380, 760, 1500 };
+	static const uint16_t ber10k_by_rxqual_lower[] =
+	    { 0, 10, 10, 30, 64, 130, 270, 540 };
+	upper = ber10k_by_rxqual_upper[lchan->repeated_acch_capability.rxqual];
+	lower = ber10k_by_rxqual_lower[lchan->repeated_acch_capability.rxqual];
+
+	/* If upper/rxqual == 0, then repeated UL-SACCH is always on */
+	if (ber10k >= upper)
+		lchan->repeated_ul_sacch_active = true;
+	else if (ber10k <= lower)
+		lchan->repeated_ul_sacch_active = false;
+}
+
 /* DATA received from bts model */
 static int l1sap_ph_data_ind(struct gsm_bts_trx *trx,
 	 struct osmo_phsap_prim *l1sap, struct ph_data_param *data_ind)
@@ -1472,6 +1502,9 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (L1SAP_IS_LINK_SACCH(link_id))
+		repeated_ul_sacch_active_decision(lchan, data_ind->ber10k);
+
 	/* bad frame */
 	if (len == 0) {
 		if (L1SAP_IS_LINK_SACCH(link_id)) {
diff --git a/src/osmo-bts-trx/sched_lchan_xcch.c b/src/osmo-bts-trx/sched_lchan_xcch.c
index b96bc0b..90f481a 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bts-trx/sched_lchan_xcch.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bts-trx/sched_lchan_xcch.c
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@
 
 #include <sched_utils.h>
 
+/* Add two arrays of sbits */
+static void add_sbits(sbit_t * current, const sbit_t * previous)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < 464; i++) {
+		*current = (*current) / 2 + (*previous) / 2;
+		current++;
+		previous++;
+	}
+}
+
 /*! \brief a single (SDCCH/SACCH) burst was received by the PHY, process it */
 int rx_data_fn(struct l1sched_trx *l1t, enum trx_chan_type chan,
 	       uint8_t bid, const struct trx_ul_burst_ind *bi)
@@ -49,6 +60,8 @@
 	int n_bits_total = 0;
 	uint16_t ber10k;
 	int rc;
+	struct gsm_lchan *lchan = chan_state->lchan;
+	bool rep_sacch = L1SAP_IS_LINK_SACCH(trx_chan_desc[chan].link_id) && lchan->repeated_ul_sacch_active;
 
 	/* If handover RACH detection is turned on, treat this burst as an Access Burst.
 	 * Handle NOPE.ind as usually to ensure proper Uplink measurement reporting. */
@@ -65,6 +78,14 @@
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	/* UL-SACCH requires additional memory to keep a copy of each previous
+	 * burst set. */
+	if (L1SAP_IS_LINK_SACCH(trx_chan_desc[chan].link_id) && !chan_state->ul_bursts_prev) {
+		chan_state->ul_bursts_prev = talloc_zero_size(tall_bts_ctx, 464);
+		if (!chan_state->ul_bursts_prev)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	/* clear burst & store frame number of first burst */
 	if (bid == 0) {
 		memset(*bursts_p, 0, 464);
@@ -115,10 +136,34 @@
 			"Received bad data (%u/%u)\n",
 			bi->fn % l1ts->mf_period, l1ts->mf_period);
 		l2_len = 0;
+
+		/* When SACCH Repetition is active, we may try to decode the
+		 * current SACCH block by including the information from the
+		 * information from the previous SACCH block. See also:
+		 * 3GPP TS 44.006, section 11.2 */
+		if (rep_sacch) {
+			add_sbits(*bursts_p, chan_state->ul_bursts_prev);
+			rc = gsm0503_xcch_decode(l2, *bursts_p, &n_errors, &n_bits_total);
+			if (rc) {
+				LOGL1S(DL1P, LOGL_NOTICE, l1t, bi->tn, chan, bi->fn,
+				       "Combining current SACCH block with previous SACCH block also yields bad data (%u/%u)\n",
+				       bi->fn % l1ts->mf_period, l1ts->mf_period);
+			} else {
+				LOGL1S(DL1P, LOGL_DEBUG, l1t, bi->tn, chan, bi->fn,
+				       "Combining current SACCH block with previous SACCH block yields good data (%u/%u)\n",
+				       bi->fn % l1ts->mf_period, l1ts->mf_period);
+				l2_len = GSM_MACBLOCK_LEN;
+			}
+		}
 	} else
 		l2_len = GSM_MACBLOCK_LEN;
 
 	ber10k = compute_ber10k(n_bits_total, n_errors);
+
+	/* Keep a copy to ease decoding in the next repetition pass */
+	if (rep_sacch)
+		memcpy(chan_state->ul_bursts_prev, *bursts_p, 464);
+
 	return _sched_compose_ph_data_ind(l1t, bi->tn, *first_fn,
 					  chan, l2, l2_len,
 					  meas_avg.rssi, meas_avg.toa256,

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