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3GPP TS 49.008 '4.3 Roles of MSC-A, MSC-I and MSC-T' defines distinct roles:
- MSC-A is responsible for managing subscribers,
- MSC-I is the gateway to the RAN.
- MSC-T is a second transitory gateway to another RAN during Handover.
After inter-MSC Handover, the MSC-I is handled by a remote MSC instance, while
the original MSC-A retains the responsibility of subscriber management.
MSC-T exists in this patch but is not yet used, since Handover is only prepared
for, not yet implemented.
Facilitate Inter-MSC and inter-BSC Handover by the same internal split of MSC
roles.
Compared to inter-MSC Handover, mere inter-BSC has the obvious simplifications:
- all of MSC-A, MSC-I and MSC-T roles will be served by the same osmo-msc
instance,
- messages between MSC-A and MSC-{I,T} don't need to be routed via E-interface
(GSUP),
- no call routing between MSC-A and -I via MNCC necessary.
This is the largest code bomb I have submitted, ever. Out of principle, I
apologize to everyone trying to read this as a whole. Unfortunately, I see no
sense in trying to split this patch into smaller bits. It would be a huge
amount of work to introduce these changes in separate chunks, especially if
each should in turn be useful and pass all test suites. So, unfortunately, we
are stuck with this code bomb.
The following are some details and rationale for this rather huge refactoring:
* separate MSC subscriber management from ran_conn
struct ran_conn is reduced from the pivotal subscriber management entity it has
been so far to a mere storage for an SCCP connection ID and an MSC subscriber
reference.
The new pivotal subscriber management entity is struct msc_a -- struct msub
lists the msc_a, msc_i, msc_t roles, the vast majority of code paths however
use msc_a, since MSC-A is where all the interesting stuff happens.
Before handover, msc_i is an FSM implementation that encodes to the local
ran_conn. After inter-MSC Handover, msc_i is a compatible but different FSM
implementation that instead forwards via/from GSUP. Same goes for the msc_a
struct: if osmo-msc is the MSC-I "RAN proxy" for a remote MSC-A role, the
msc_a->fi is an FSM implementation that merely forwards via/from GSUP.
* New SCCP implementation for RAN access
To be able to forward BSSAP and RANAP messages via the GSUP interface, the
individual message layers need to be cleanly separated. The IuCS implementation
used until now (iu_client from libosmo-ranap) did not provide this level of
separation, and needed a complete rewrite. It was trivial to implement this in
such a way that both BSSAP and RANAP can be handled by the same SCCP code,
hence the new SCCP-RAN layer also replaces BSSAP handling.
sccp_ran.h: struct sccp_ran_inst provides an abstract handler for incoming RAN
connections. A set of callback functions provides implementation specific
details.
* RAN Abstraction (BSSAP vs. RANAP)
The common SCCP implementation did set the theme for the remaining refactoring:
make all other MSC code paths entirely RAN-implementation-agnostic.
ran_infra.c provides data structures that list RAN implementation specifics,
from logging to RAN de-/encoding to SCCP callbacks and timers. A ran_infra
pointer hence allows complete abstraction of RAN implementations:
- managing connected RAN peers (BSC, RNC) in ran_peer.c,
- classifying and de-/encoding RAN PDUs,
- recording connected LACs and cell IDs and sending out Paging requests to
matching RAN peers.
* RAN RESET now also for RANAP
ran_peer.c absorbs the reset_fsm from a_reset.c; in consequence, RANAP also
supports proper RESET semantics now. Hence osmo-hnbgw now also needs to provide
proper RESET handling, which it so far duly ignores. (TODO)
* RAN de-/encoding abstraction
The RAN abstraction mentioned above serves not only to separate RANAP and BSSAP
implementations transparently, but also to be able to optionally handle RAN on
distinct levels. Before Handover, all RAN messages are handled by the MSC-A
role. However, after an inter-MSC Handover, a standalone MSC-I will need to
decode RAN PDUs, at least in order to manage Assignment of RTP streams between
BSS/RNC and MNCC call forwarding.
ran_msg.h provides a common API with abstraction for:
- receiving events from RAN, i.e. passing RAN decode from the BSC/RNC and
MS/UE: struct ran_dec_msg represents RAN messages decoded from either BSSMAP
or RANAP;
- sending RAN events: ran_enc_msg is the counterpart to compose RAN messages
that should be encoded to either BSSMAP or RANAP and passed down to the
BSC/RNC and MS/UE.
The RAN-specific implementations are completely contained by ran_msg_a.c and
ran_msg_iu.c.
In particular, Assignment and Ciphering have so far been distinct code paths
for BSSAP and RANAP, with switch(via_ran){...} statements all over the place.
Using RAN_DEC_* and RAN_ENC_* abstractions, these are now completely unified.
Note that SGs does not qualify for RAN abstraction: the SGs interface always
remains with the MSC-A role, and SGs messages follow quite distinct semantics
from the fairly similar GERAN and UTRAN.
* MGW and RTP stream management
So far, managing MGW endpoints via MGCP was tightly glued in-between
GSM-04.08-CC on the one and MNCC on the other side. Prepare for switching RTP
streams between different RAN peers by moving to object-oriented
implementations: implement struct call_leg and struct rtp_stream with distinct
FSMs each. For MGW communication, use the osmo_mgcpc_ep API that has originated
from osmo-bsc and recently moved to libosmo-mgcp-client for this purpose.
Instead of implementing a sequence of events with code duplication for the RAN
and CN sides, the idea is to manage each RTP stream separately by firing and
receiving events as soon as codecs and RTP ports are negotiated, and letting
the individual FSMs take care of the MGW management "asynchronously". The
caller provides event IDs and an FSM instance that should be notified of RTP
stream setup progress. Hence it becomes possible to reconnect RTP streams from
one GSM-04.08-CC to another (inter-BSC Handover) or between CC and MNCC RTP
peers (inter-MSC Handover) without duplicating the MGCP code for each
transition.
The number of FSM implementations used for MGCP handling may seem a bit of an
overkill. But in fact, the number of perspectives on RTP forwarding are far
from trivial:
- an MGW endpoint is an entity with N connections, and MGCP "sessions" for
configuring them by talking to the MGW;
- an RTP stream is a remote peer connected to one of the endpoint's
connections, which is asynchronously notified of codec and RTP port choices;
- a call leg is the higher level view on either an MT or MO side of a voice
call, a combination of two RTP streams to forward between two remote peers.
BSC MGW PBX
CI CI
[MGW-endpoint]
[--rtp_stream--] [--rtp_stream--]
[----------------call_leg----------------]
* Use counts
Introduce using the new osmo_use_count API added to libosmocore for this
purpose. Each use token has a distinct name in the logging, which can be a
globally constant name or ad-hoc, like the local __func__ string constant. Use
in the new struct msc_a, as well as change vlr_subscr to the new osmo_use_count
API.
* FSM Timeouts
Introduce using the new osmo_tdef API, which provides a common VTY
implementation for all timer numbers, and FSM state transitions with the
correct timeout. Originated in osmo-bsc, recently moved to libosmocore.
Depends: Ife31e6798b4e728a23913179e346552a7dd338c0 (libosmocore)
Ib9af67b100c4583342a2103669732dab2e577b04 (libosmocore)
Id617265337f09dfb6ddfe111ef5e578cd3dc9f63 (libosmocore)
Ie9e2add7bbfae651c04e230d62e37cebeb91b0f5 (libosmo-sccp)
I26be5c4b06a680f25f19797407ab56a5a4880ddc (osmo-mgw)
Ida0e59f9a1f2dd18efea0a51680a67b69f141efa (osmo-mgw)
I9a3effd38e72841529df6c135c077116981dea36 (osmo-mgw)
Change-Id: I27e4988e0371808b512c757d2b52ada1615067bd
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Change-Id: I2e60964d7a3c06d051debd1c707051a0eb3101ba
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Depends: Ife31e6798b4e728a23913179e346552a7dd338c0 (libosmocore)
Change-Id: Ib06d030e8464abe415ff597d462ed40eeddef475
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Start using osmo_fsm_term_safely(true), the recently added feature of
libosmocore's fsm.c. Deallocates in slightly changed order and with slightly
modified logging. Adjust test expectations.
Depends: I8eda67540a1cd444491beb7856b9fcd0a3143b18 (libosmocore)
Change-Id: I195a719d9ec1f6764ee5a361244f59f0144dc253
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As we don't initialize all talloc contects of libmsc, let's make
sure that there is nothing left in the NULL context after the
unit test execution is finished.
Change-Id: I99fd82750aff376e4d90eaa2402ec41f4d59ef86
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A memleak has been noticed after executing some of TTCN-3 test
cases. For example, the following ones:
- MSC_Tests.TC_lu_and_mo_sms,
- MSC_Tests.TC_lu_and_mt_sms.
The key point is that MSC_Tests.TC_lu_and_mo_sms basically sends
a MO SMS to a non-attached subscriber with MSISDN 12345, so this
message is getting stored in the SMSC's database.
As soon as the SMSC's queue is triggered, sms_submit_pending() would
retrieve pending messages from the database by calling function
smsq_take_next_sms() in loop and attempt to deliver them.
This function in it's turn checks whether the subscriber is attached
or not. If not, the allocated 'gsm_sms' structure would not be
free()ed! Therefore, every time smsq_take_next_sms() is called,
one 'gsm_sms' structure for an unattached subscriber is leaked.
Furthermore, there is a unit test called 'sms_queue_test', that
actually does cover smsq_take_next_sms() and was designed to
catch some potential memory leaks, but...
In order to avoid emulating the low-level SQLite API, the unit
test by design overwrites some functions of libmsc, including
db_sms_get_next_unsent_rr_msisdn(), that is being called by
smsq_take_next_sms().
The problem is that the original function in libmsc does
allocate a 'gsm_sms' structure on heap (using talloc), while
the overwriting function did this statically, returning a
pointer to stack. This critical difference made it impossible
to spot the memleak in smsq_take_next_sms() during the
unit test execution.
Let's refactor 'sms_queue_test' to use dynamic memory allocation,
and finally fix the evil memleak in smsq_take_next_sms().
Change-Id: Iad5e4d84d8d410ea43d5907e9ddf6e5fdb55bc7a
Closes: OS#3860
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Comparing an array to null is not useful, because the expression
will always evaluate as true. Let's just always write SGs server
address and VLR name, no mater whether default values are used
or not, same as we do for the HLR address and port.
Change-Id: If045e42fca0315b0777eb86c44bf934ce58b340b
Fixes: CID#190871 Array compared against 0 (NO_EFFECT)
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It may happen that either the MS or an EUSE would become
unresponsive during a call independent SS session, e.g.
due to a bug, or a dropped message. In such cases, the
corresponding transaction would remain unfreed forever.
This change introduces a guard timer, that prevents keeping
'stalled' NCSS sessions forever. As soon as it expires, both
sides (i.e. MS and EUSE) are getting notified, and the
transaction is being released.
By default, the timer expires after 30 seconds. As soon as
either the MS, or an EUSE initiates any activity,
the watchdog timer is rescheduled.
The timeout value can be configured from the VTY:
msc
...
! Use 0 to disable this timer
ncss guard-timeout 30
Please note that changing the timeout value at run-time
doesn't affect the existing NCSS sessions, excepting the
case when the timer is disabled at run-time.
This change makes TC_lu_and_ss_session_timeout pass.
Change-Id: Icf4d87c45e90324764073e8230e0fb9cb96dd9cb
Related Change-Id: (TTCN) I3e1791773d56617172ae27a46889a1ae4d400e2f
Related: OS#3655
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For some reason the existing code was using msgb_hexdump_l2() while the
L2 header is not used by the BSSAP transmit code. Let's fix this.
Change-Id: I52a1eb3a867ece63fcfa4c2a720d035ebfb90a7b
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We don't want multiple callers to osmo_sccp_tx_data_msg() each having
to hex-dump a log message about the to-be-transmitted message, with
half of the caller sitest missing that printing. Let's centralize
all calls of osmo_sccp_tx_data_msg() in a wrapper function which
takes care of the related OSMO_ASSERT() and the related printing.
Change-Id: I6159ea72cc8e0650eda6c49544acd65e9c15e817
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This simplifies tests refactoring by showing exact byte where mismatch
happened. It also makes code more readable.
No changes in expected test output are necessary because the additional
logging will be triggered iff the test fails so the result will be
visible only during debugging of unit test issues.
Change-Id: If9771c973f2bc55580f4c146bdbeeb1609d56786
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Add an SGs interface (3GPP TS 29.118) to osmo-msc in order to support
SMS tunneling and Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB)
Change-Id: I73359925fc1ca72b33a1466e6ac41307f2f0b11d
Related: OS#3615
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The likely reason why it was disabled is due to
paging_cb_mmsms_est_req() logging pointers which results in unstable log
output. Fixing this allows us to track SMS-related regressions properly.
Change-Id: I44ae817d9edb73d182ff33ff5a2fd942e224e344
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When check-imei-req is enabled in the VTY config, do not accept IMEIs
sent by the ME directly anymore. Send the IMEI to the EIR/HLR and wait
for its ACK or NACK.
OsmoHLR also accepts all IMEIs at this point, but this allows to
optionally store the IMEI in the HLR DB.
Depends: Ib240474b0c3c603ba840cf26babb38a44dfc9364 (osmo-hlr)
Related: OS#3733
Change-Id: Ife868ed71c36cdd02638072abebf61fc949080a7
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Change-Id: Ia06245f3adc6cf4c483d9c12c387cd5169582353
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Change-Id: I6bb053def223ed698351ad9f52c1e36293df5d59
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ran_conn_get_conn_id(): instead of a talloc allocated string, return a static
buffer in ran_conn_get_conn_id(). So far this function had no callers.
Refactor ran_conn_update_id() API: during early L3-Complete, when no subscriber
is associated yet, update the FSM Id by the MI type seen in the L3 Complete
message: ran_conn_update_id_from_mi(). Later on set the vsub and re-update.
Call vlr.ops->subscr_update when the TMSI is updated, so that log context
includes the TMSI from then on.
Enrich context for vlr_subscr_name and ran_conn fi name.
Include all available information in vlr_subscr_name(); instead of either IMSI
or MSISDN or TMSI, print all of them when present. Instead of a short log,
rather have more valuable context.
A context info would now look like:
Process_Access_Request_VLR(IMSI-901700000014706:MSISDN-2023:TMSI-0x08BDE4EC:GERAN-A-3:PAGING_RESP)
It does get quite long, but ensures easy correlation of any BSSAP / IuCS
messages with log output, especially if multiple subscribers are busy at the
same time.
Print TMSI and TMSInew in uppercase hexadecimal, which is the typical
representation in the telecom world.
When showing the RAN conn id
GERAN_A-00000017
becomes
GERAN-A-23
- We usually write the conn_id in decimal.
- Leading zeros are clutter and might suggest hexadecimal format.
- 'GERAN-A' and 'UTRAN-Iu' are the strings defined by osmo_rat_type_name().
Depends: I7798c3ef983c2e333b2b9cbffef6f366f370bd81 (libosmocore)
Depends: Ica25919758ef6cba8348da199b0ae7e0ba628798 (libosmocore)
Change-Id: I66a68ce2eb8957a35855a3743d91a86299900834
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When a CM Service Req is being rejected, we should do so before changing the
state of the current conn.
Concerning multiple CM Service Requests: in fact we should store multiple
requests, but first fix the status quo of rejecting multiple requests.
Change-Id: I39209ee6662694aa054a2fc0d21eae76fb33e2f1
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For each conn, set a default logging category, to distinguish categories for
BSSMAP and RANAP based conns.
LOG_RAN_CONN(): log with the conn's default category,
LOG_RAN_CONN_CAT(): log with a manually set category (mostly for keeping
previous DMM logging on the same category).
In some places, replace LOGP() using manual context with LOG_RAN_CONN(), and
remove the manual context info, now provided by the conn->fi->id.
This is loosely related to inter-BSC and inter-MSC handover: to speed up
refactoring, I want to avoid the need for manual logging context and just use
this LOG_RAN_CONN().
Change-Id: I0a7809840428b1e028df6eb683bc5ffcc8df474a
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Change-Id: Ib562bb5fb272c0c3ae0849f32b28faa2c26f9bb7
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Related: OS#3189
Change-Id: Iee516b9cd7877b21207ce9a6d954109f19558163
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Replace locally defined enum ran_type with libosmocore's new enum
osmo_rat_type, and value_string ran_type_names with osmo_rat_type_names.
The string representations change, which has cosmetic effects on the test suite
expectations.
Depends: I659687aef7a4d67ca372a39fef31dee07aed7631 (libosmocore)
Change-Id: I2c78c265dc99df581e1b00e563d6912c7ffdb36b
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during code review, I completely overlooked this:
We've added the 'ipa-name', which identifies the MSC on the GSUP link to the
HLR, under the 'msc' section, while all other GSUP/HLR related config is under
the 'hlr' section.
Before we roll that out in a release, move it over to 'hlr'.
Related: OS#3355
Change-Id: I1a572865aa90c5fa43c6f57282a6e2b06776e425
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Various places in the code check a flag whether assignment was started and
launch it. To fix incoming-call-during-ongoing-call, I will tweak that logic.
To be able to do that only in one place, remove code dup.
Cosmetic preparation for I1f8746e7babfcd3028a4d2c0ba260c608c686c76 and
I0ba216b737909e92080a722db26e3577726c63cb/
Depends: I11b182a03f5ecb6df7cd8f260757d3626c8e945d (libosmocore: LOGPFSMSL)
Change-Id: I11c0b7dc3f1a747028629b48e522bb3b864884ba
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As a rudiment of OsmoNiTB, OsmoMSC is still involved in SMS
processing, storage (in SQLite DB), and routing (via SMPP).
In real networks this is done by the external entity called
SMSC (SMS Centre), while the MSC is doing re-encapsulation
of GSM 04.11 SM-TL (Transport Layer) payload (i.e. TPDU)
between SM-RL (Relay Layer) and MAP.
Since OsmoMSC itself is not a 'Network in The Box' anymore, it
makes sense to replicate the 'traditional' behaviour of MSC.
The problem is that this behaviour cannot co-exist with the
current implementation, so the key idea is to rip out the
local SMS storage and routing from OsmoMSC, and (re)implement
it in a separate process (OsmoSMSC?).
As a temporary solution, this change introduces a 'kill-switch'
VTY option that enables routing of SMS messages over GSUP
towards ESME (through VLR and HLR), but breaks the local
storage and routing. This is why it's disabled by default.
As soon as we move the SMS processing and storage away from
OsmoMSC, this behaviour would be enabled by default, and
the VTY option would be hidden and deprecated. At the moment,
this option basically does nothing, and will take an effect
in the follow-up changes.
Change-Id: Ie57685ed2ce1e4c978e775b68fdffe58de44882b
Related: OS#3587
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osmo-mgw I98a9f1f17a1c4ab20cea3b08c7d21663592134d6 broke the build here. Fix
that.
Change-Id: I20e37c5228928b67e67f16aef0eb2930d21ef60a
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Always use LAC which is part of Cell Global ID otherwise we might end up
in a situation where separately stored LAC differs.
Both are described in 3GPP TS 23.008 $2.4 as temporary subscriber data
to be stored in VLR. Both are defined in 3GPP TS 23.003. The LAC is part
of LAI which is part of CGI so there should be no case when those values
differ for a given subscriber.
Change-Id: I993ebc3e14f25e83124b6d3f8461a4b18f971f8e
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Avoid leaking details on accessing data structure for LAC value into
test output: that's irrelevant clutter which forces unnecessary test
output modifications.
Change-Id: I4a1d7884cf47ad513d7d6fb27c5c6f1b829dff2e
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To avoid leaking structure details into test we sometimes have to
separate value description from actual value. Introduce new macro which
makes that possible and convert old one into trivial wrapper around it.
Change-Id: Ic462297edac4c55689f93cc45771c8b5e2aed864
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Add a 'ipa-name' VTY command which overrides the default IPA name
used by the MSC. This is a prerequisite for inter-MSC handover.
Related: OS#3355
Change-Id: I317d6c59f77e92fbb2b875a83dc0ec2fa5cb6006
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sub_pres_vlr_fsm_start() starts the FSM, invokes the START event, and then this
FSM invariably always directly terminates when vsub->ms_not_reachable_flag ==
false.
So if it is false, there is not much use in instantiating a whole FSM instance
that just terminates again, we might as well directly issue the
parent-term-event and save some logging space.
The same condition is already in place in the vlr_proc_acc_fsm.c in
_proc_arq_vlr_node2_post_vlr() for CM Service Request and Paging Response. Now
also skip this for LU.
Change-Id: Id2303a795dfd381f76e94ff8ff2f495926ca8ba0
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So far the only way to use external MNCC is to pass the -M cmdline arg:
osmo-msc -M /path/to/socket
However, the osmo-msc.service file for systemd is installed by 'make install',
and hence it is quite impractical to depend on such a config item to be
required in the service file:
- It defies any scheme an operator may have in place to compose the
osmo-msc.cfg file -- this option doesn't go in the .cfg file but needs
separate action to add to the installed service file.
- After a make install or package upgrades / re-installations, this option will
be plain overwritten silently, or lead to the need for resolving file
conflicts.
The initial spark for this came from configuring the 35c3 GSM from cfg
templates.
Change-Id: I2ec59d5eba407f83295528b51b93678d446b9cee
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I want to add 'mncc internal' and 'mncc external' commands, and IMHO makes most
sense to have a common 'mncc' keyword to start MNCC config commands with. To
put it in terms of VTY online help:
OsmoMSC(config-msc)# mncc ?
internal Use internal MNCC handler
external Use internal MNCC handler
guard-timeout Set global guard timeout
So far only the 'guard-timeout' exists, I want to add 'internal' and 'external'
in a subsequent commit.
Keep the old command 'mncc-guard-timeout' as deprecated alias. That means it
still works from old config files, but online documentation will omit it.
On 'write', write back the new format instead.
Rationale: see I2ec59d5eba407f83295528b51b93678d446b9cee
Change-Id: I52d69af48e1ddc87b3fb54bf66a01b1b8cbf5abe
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It needs to work whether SMPP,Iu are enable or disabled, hence a bit more
wildcarding than one might expect.
Change-Id: I3a8c50d8d555b6b948d97d6412e17594ee439de0
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Separate 'make python-test' into separate make targets, to sensibly add VTY
transcript tests in an upcoming commit.
Feature: even though ./configure was called without --enable-external-tests,
each of the {ctrl,vty}x{python,transcript} tests can be invoked individually by
e.g. 'make vty-python-test'.
Both 'vty-transcript-test' and 'ctrl-transcript-test' are still empty, a
subsequent patch adds a vty-transcript-test.
All of this in preparation of tweaking the 'mncc' vty configuration, to be able
to track it in a vty transcript test.
Change-Id: I688657e56ae469c07b9f25ba37275d38dbd457e2
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I'm going to make the external tests manually launchable. For that I first had
an error message if $(PYTHON) was empty. But Pau says I should just use shebang
instead and ignore the autoconf python stuff, since that often fails anyway.
Change-Id: Ie35dd78c42577109a6a3143221a9769e47d361a5
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gsm_subscriber.h contains some legacy cruft, part of which is that the VLR's
max MSISDN length should rather be defined in vlr.h. Same for GSM_NAME_LENGTH
-> VLR_NAME_LENGTH.
Adjust some sms_queue stuff that anyway includes vlr.h already.
Drop gsm_subscriber.h from vlr.h.
Add other (more concise) includes that thus become necessary, since the include
chain vlr.h->gsm_subscriber.h->gsm_data.h is no longer in place.
Change-Id: Iab5c507ec04fc2884187cf946f6ae2240e4a31f8
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Along goes GSM_KEYSEQ_INVAL as VLR_*.
It's where it logically belongs, and is almost the only reason why vlr.h
includes gsm_data.h. The remaining reason, GSM_EXTENSION_LENGTH, will be moved
by upcoming patch.
Change-Id: I122feae7ee3cbc59e941daef35a954bce29fec76
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For hysterical raisins, there are some header files that contain few
declarations, and where the name doesn't reflect the content. Combine them to
new msc_common.h:
- common.h
- common_cs.h
- osmo_msc.h
Change-Id: I9e3a587342f8d398fb27354a2f2475f8797cdb28
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Following previous rename of gsm_subscriber_connection:
Some functions and #defines are still called like "msc_conn" or just "msc_",
while they are clearly about a RAN conn.
To avoid confusion with the future separate concepts of MSC roles and a RAN
connection, rename all those to match the common "ran_conn" prefix.
Change-Id: Ia17a0a35f11911e00e19cafb5d7828d729a69640
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In preparation for inter-BSC and inter-MSC handover, we need to separate the
subscriber management logic from the actual RAN connections. What better time
to finally rename gsm_subscriber_connection.
* Name choice:
In 2G, this is a connection to the BSS, but even though 3GPP TS commonly talk
of "BSS-A" and "BSS-B" when explaining handover, it's not good to call it
"bss_conn": in 3G a BSS is called RNS, IIUC.
The overall term for 2G (GERAN) and 3G (UTRAN) is RAN: Radio Access Network.
* Rationale:
A subscriber in the MSC so far has only one RAN connection, but e.g. for
inter-BSC handover, a second one needs to be created to handover to. Most of
the items in the former gsm_subscriber_connection are actually related to the
RAN, with only a few MM and RTP related items. So, as a first step, just rename
it to ran_conn, to cosmetically prepare for moving the not strictly RAN related
items away later.
Also:
- Rename some functions from msc_subscr_conn_* to ran_conn_*
- Rename "Subscr_Conn" FSM instance name to "RAN_conn"
- Rename SUBSCR_CONN_* to RAN_CONN_*
Change-Id: Ic595f7a558d3553c067f77dc67543ab59659707a
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Another one of those "what is this still doing here". Not mentioned in
configure.ac nor Makefile.am SUBDIR...
Change-Id: I05880507d9bf029f0ec451efda0ebe54ac09ef12
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According to GSM TS 04.11, the SMC (Short Message Control) state
machine is a part of CM-sublayer of L3, that is responsible for
connection management (establisment and releasing), and SM-RP
(Relay Protocol) message delivery.
For some reason, the connection establisment request from SMC
(GSM411_MMSMS_EST_REQ) was not handled properly - it was
always assumed that connection is already established.
This is why the code initiating a MT (Mobile Terminated) SMS
transfer had to establish a radio connection with subscriber
manually.
Let's benefit from having the SMC state machine, and offload
connection establishment to it. This change makes the local
implementation closer to GSM TS 04.11, and facilitates the
further integration of GSUP transport.
NOTE: the expected unit test output is changed, because now we
always allocate a transaction first, and then establish a
connection, not vice versa.
Change-Id: I4a07ece80d8dd40b23da6bb1ffc9d3d745b54092
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The parameter link_id in the function msc_dtap() is unused. Lets remove
it.
Change-Id: I7ba67b0cb514c91bc87a7b396ed3962b7a68e7da
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Change-Id: I2bf8150580c318ccaa9c30657582c15020f6b711
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* constify function parameter
* internalize parameter check
Change-Id: Icf507d094319123c6667ba963db1d385df4d4f92
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The external MNCC handler may hang indefinitely in cases where the remote
end of the MNCC ceases to work properly. Add a global guard timer to
make sure the call reaches ACTIVE state.
Change-Id: I7375d1e17cd746aac4eadfe1e587e82cf1630d3d
Related: OS#3599
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Give the HLR a chance to send us updated subscriber data by indicating the CN
domain to be Circuit Switched, only during a LU Request GSUP message.
Adjust msc_vlr_tests to expect the added GSUP CN domain IE to indicate CS, i.e.
append '280102'.
Related: OS#3601
Change-Id: I0c2d33fbfdb4728e480679120d06b7f3a2ccfd76
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When the VLR requests a Ciphering Mode with vlr_ops.set_ciph_mode(), and if we
need a ciph algo flag from a Classmark information that is not yet known
(usually CM 2 during LU), send a BSSMAP Classmark Request to get it.
To manage the intermission of the Classmark Request, add
- msc_classmark_request_then_cipher_mode_cmd(),
- state SUBSCR_CONN_S_WAIT_CLASSMARK_UPDATE,
- event SUBSCR_CONN_E_CLASSMARK_UPDATE.
From state AUTH_CIPH, switch to state WAIT_CLASSMARK_UPDATE. Once the BSSMAP
Classmark Response, is received, switch back to SUBSCR_CONN_S_AUTH_CIPH and
re-initiate Ciphering Mode.
To be able to re-enter the Ciphering Mode algo decision, factor it out into
msc_geran_set_cipher_mode().
Rationale:
In the following commit, essentially we stopped supporting A5/3 ciphering:
commit 71330720b6efdda2fcfd3e9c0cb45f89e32e5670
"MSC: Intersect configured A5 algorithms with MS-supported ones"
Change-Id: Id124923ee52a357cb7d3e04d33f585214774f3a3
A5/3 was no longer supported because from that commit on, we strictly checked
the MS-supported ciphers, but we did not have Classmark 2 available during
Location Updating.
This patch changes that: when Classmark 2 is missing, actively request it by a
BSSMAP Classmark Request; continue Ciphering only after the Response. Always
request missing Classmark, even if a lesser cipher were configured available.
If the Classmark Update response fails to come in, cause an attach failure.
Instead, we could attempt to use a lesser cipher that is also enabled. That is
left as a future feature, should that become relevant. I think it's unlikely.
Technically, we could now end up requesting a Classmark Updating both during LU
(vlr_lu_fsm) and CM Service/Paging Response (proc_arq_fsm), but in practice the
only time we lack a Classmark is: during Location Updating with A5/3 enabled.
A5/1 support is indicated in CM1 which is always available, and A5/3 support is
indicated in CM2, which is always available during CM Service Request as well
as Paging Response. So this patch has practical relevance only for Location
Updating. For networks that permit only A5/3, this patch fixes Location
Updating. For networks that support A5/3 and A5/1, so far we always used A5/1
during LU, and after this patch we request CM2 and likely use A5/3 instead.
In msc_vlr_test_gsm_ciph, verify that requesting Classmark 2 for A5/3 works
during LU. Also verify that the lack of a Classmark Response results in attach
failure.
In msc_vlr_test_gsm_ciph, a hacky unit test fakes a situation where a CM2 is
missing during proc_arq_fsm and proves that that code path works, even though
the practical relevance is currently zero. It would only become interesting if
ciphering algorithms A5/4 and higher became relevant, because support of those
would be indicated in Classmark 3, which would always require a Classmark
Request.
Related: OS#3043
Depends: I4a2e1d3923e33912579c4180aa1ff8e8f5abb7e7 (libosmocore)
Change-Id: I73c7cb6a86624695bd9c0f59abb72e2fdc655131
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In the msc_vlr_tests, instead of printing the algo IDs, rather print the
corresponding A5/n name, for clarity.
Change-Id: Ic00f1e54490650bcb40170647b8ffd52ede23fd3
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