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osmo-pcu¶
- Table of contents
- osmo-pcu
- Commercial Support
A PCU (Packet Control Unit) is one of the two GPRS elements in the BSS. It implements the RLC and MAC layers of the GPRS
Um (radio) interface on the MS-facing side, as well as the Gb Interface (NS,BSSGP) on the SGSN-facing side.
osmo-pcu is the Osmocom implementation of this PCU functionality.
It implements a custom L1 interface that can be used with OsmoBTS (specifically its
sysmoBTS back-end), and also with
OsmoTRX.
The interface between OsmoPCU and OsmoBTS runs over UNIX socket of SOCK_SEQPACKET type. One of the ways to debug it would be via socat:
socat -t30 -x -v UNIX-LISTEN:/tmp/pcu_bts.socat,mode=755,type=5 UNIX-CONNECT:/tmp/pcu_bts,type=5
One might even forward it over network:
socat -t30 -x -v UDP-LISTEN:1666,reuseaddr,fork UNIX-CONNECT:/tmp/pcu_bts,type=5 socat -t30 -x -v UNIX-LISTEN:/tmp/pcu_bts.socat,mode=755,type=5 UDP-CONNECT:127.0.0.1:1666
Note: in the examples above OsmoBTS (listening side) uses default
/tmp/pcu_bts
socket while OsmoPCU (connecting side) is configured to use /tmp/pcu_bts.socat
via pcu-socket /tmp/pcu_bts.socat
config option. It's not recommeded to use outside of TTCN-3 test environment due to amount of traffic over the socket.
Towards the SGSN, the BSSGP and NS protocols are implemented over UDP/IP, sometimes called "NS over IP".
It has been tested with OsmoSGSN as well as an Ericsson SGSN so far.
osmo-pcu is now considered stable and already performing useful service for a number of users, but as one
of the more recent additions to the Osmocom family, there still is plenty of area for improvement.
Position in a typical Osmocom network¶
Manuals¶
- User Manual: http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/osmopcu-usermanual.pdf
- VTY Reference: http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/osmopcu-vty-reference.pdf
- Gb/IP Manual: http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/osmopcu-gb.pdf
Source Code¶
The source code is available from git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-pcu.git
You can browse it online via http://cgit.osmocom.org/cgit/osmo-pcu/
Test Suite¶
We have a TTCN-3 test suite as part of our Titan_TTCN3_Testsuites- source code: http://git.osmocom.org/osmo-ttcn3-hacks/tree/pcu
- results: https://jenkins.osmocom.org/jenkins/view/TTCN3/job/ttcn3-pcu-test/
Mailing List¶
There is a mailing list for (development) discussion regarding the PCU: osmocom-net-gprs@lists.osmocom.org
You can subscribe to it (or manage your subscription) at http://lists.osmocom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osmocom-net-gprs
Please make sure to read our MailingListRules before posting.
Supported¶
- GPRS CS1 to CS4 with dynamic link/rate adaption
- EDGE MCS1-MCS9 with dynamic link/rate adaption
- Single-slot and multi-slot operation on downlink
- Single-slot operation on uplink
- Independent TFI/USF per PDCH in single-slot allocation mode
- Automatic or fixed PDCH allocation algorithm selection
- Delayed release of downlink TBF
- Active queue management for downlink TBF (!CoDel)
- Initial setting of timing advance based on RACH
- BSSGP BVC flow control support
- Using pchan types of
TCH/F_TCH/H_PDCH
orTCH/F_PDCH
, OsmoBTS supports
dynamic PDCH/TCH switching (implemented entirely in osmo-bts)
Shortcomings / Limitations / Restrictions¶
Note: this list may be outdated
- No GPRS/EGPRS mixed mode (yet)
- No support for hand-over of any sort yet
- No support of processing measurement reports
- No timing advance loop, i.e. radial movement is limited
- No support for power control
- No Packet Access Reject message on congestion, access is just ignored
- No PCCCH support
- Only "Dynamic allocation RLC data block transfer" is supported
- No network controlled measurement/cell reselection order supported
- No PTCCH support
- No support for Packet Flow Contexts (PFC)
- No support for MS or PFC flow control
- No support for RLC unacknowledged mode operation
- No support for MBMS
Authors / Credits¶
osmo-pcu was originally developed by Ivan Kluchnikov and Andreas Everberg.
Today it is maintaned by Sysmocom.
Commercial Support¶
Commercial support as well as development, system integration and training services for this project are available from sysmocom
Updated by laforge about 4 years ago · 27 revisions