reworking of MAC functions to schedule SSBs, including VRB map occupation and get_type0_PDCCH_CSS_config_parameters

RAJU K N authored Feb 11, 2021 and Robert Schmidt committed Feb 12, 2021

* add the RA process to handle to command parameters
* Do not create the RAR_pdu into an intermediate array, but directly
  into the nFAPI TX_req
* Slightly restructure nr_generate_Msg2() to first make AssertFatal()
  checks, then proceed allocating

ChiehChun authored Dec 11, 2020 and Robert Schmidt committed Feb 07, 2021

- To check the current slot is the scheduled slot(UL slot - K2) and
  only execute the post processor in scheduled slot.

Before this commit, the DLSCH scheduler would construct the MAC PDU by
reading RLC data into a memory on the stack, and then construct the PDU
with CEs first. There are at least two problems:
- we need to keep track of the exact number of bytes of CEs (cumbersome)
  to calculate the number of MAC SDUs to include
- we needlessly copy data around.

This commit does the following instead:
- write all CEs first (no need of keeping track of this in DLSCH and a
  separate function)
- then read MAC SDUs directly into nFAPI as much as possible or
  necessary, without recopying

According to SCF222, a single PDCCH allocation groups DCIs that are
within the same BWP and CORESET. Therefore, if we want to allocate
multiple DCIs, we need to decouple PDCCH allocation and DCI (previously
jointly done in nr_configure_pdcch()), especially to be forward
compatible.

***Note that as of this commit, we would still allocate different PDCCH
PDUs for multiple UEs (which we do not support yet, anyway)***

nr_configure_pdcch(): simply take out DCI allocation.

nr_generate_Msg2(): separately allocate dci_pdu in common RA SS, and
rename DCI payload variable. Also, reorganize the function so that it is
first checked for CCE allocation and messages nFAPI messages are
allocated afterwards.

nr_schedule_ue_spec(): separately allocate dci_pdu in UE-specific SS.
Rename DCI payload variable.

nr_schedule_ulsch(): separately allocate dci_pdu in UE-specific SS.
Rename DCI payload variable.

nr_fill_nfapi_dl_sib1_pdu(): separately allocate dci_pdu in common SS.

Initially, filling the PDCCH and PDSCH nFAPI messages was split into a
separate function (in an attempt to keep the code structure similar to
LTE). However, this proved as not helpful: the nr_fill_nfapi_dl_pdu()
just filled the messages, with a parameter list almost size as long as
the actual messages (because most parameters are kind of independent).
This made no sense, so we put it back.

Also, from an understanding POV, they just fill a message as specified
in SCF222, so it should not be a problem.

- No dynamic allocation of PUCCH structures
- Use first PUCCH for HARQ (can only allocate for up to two slots in
  single PUCCH, simplistic nr_acknack_scheduling!)
- Use second PUCCH for CSI, do not multiplex!

Use a "future" UL_tti_req structure to save in between scheduling and
reception slots. Should also work for FDD.

Improvements to decode SIB1 in 3rd party implementations and OAI UE with the same gNB configurations

Francesco Mani authored Oct 23, 2020 and Robert Schmidt committed Nov 03, 2020

The SSB nFAPI message is only sent every 8 frames, and automatically
repeated by the PHY layer in between. This commit sets the vrb_map
structure in those frames in between nFAPI so that the scheduler does
not schedule on such resources.

The phytest preprocessor schedules only one UE, as many RBs as possible
(largest continuous RB region), with a fixed MCS and time domain
allocation.