gNB Simulator

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Description

The gNBSim tool simulates gNodeB and UE by generating and processing NAS and NGAP messages for the configured UEs and call flows. The tool currently supports simulation profiles for the following procedures,

  • Registration

  • UE Initiated PDU Session Establishment

  • UE Initiated De-registration.

  • AN Release

  • Ue Initiated Service Request Procedure

It is also capable to generate and send user data packets (ICMP echo request) and process down-link user data (ICMP echo response) over the established data plane path (N3 Tunnel).

Configure gNBSim

  • The config file for gNBSim can be found at <repo dir>/config/gnbsim.yaml

    Note: The configuration has following major fields (Read the comments in the config file for more details)

    • gnbs:

      List of gNB’s to be simulated. Each item in the list holds configuration specific to a gNB.

    • profiles:

      List of test/simulation profiles. Each item in the list holds configuration specific to a profile.

  • Enable or disable a specific profile using the enable field.

    Note: Currently following profiles are supported

    • register:

      Registration procedure

    • pdusessest (Default):

      Registration + UE initiated PDU Session Establishment + User Data packets

    • deregister:

      Registration + UE initiated PDU Session Establishment + User Data packets + Deregister

    • anrelease:

      Registration + UE initiated PDU Session Establishment + User Data packets + AN Release

    • uetriggservicereq:

      Registration + UE initiated PDU Session Establishment + User Data packets + AN Release + UE Initiated Service Request

Run gNBSim

  • To quickly launch and test AiaB with 5G SD-CORE using gNBSim:

    $ make 5g-test

    (refer AiaB documentation Aether In a Box)

  • Alternatively, once 5G SD-CORE is up, you can enter into the gNBSim pod by

    running:

    $ kubectl exec -it gnbsim-0 -n omec bash

    Then run following command to launch gNBSim:

    $ ./gnbsim

    Note: By default, the gNB Sim reads the configuration from /gnbsim/config/gnb.conf file. To provide a different configuration file, use the below command

    $ ./gnbsim --cfg <config file path>

Build gNBSim

  • If you find a need to change gNBSim code and use the updated image in the AIAB setup then follow below steps.

  • To modify gNBSim and build a new docker image:

    $ git clone https://github.com/omec-project/gnbsim.git
$ cd gnbsim
$ make docker-build  #requires golang installed on the machine

  • To use newly created image in the AiaB cluster:

Update ~/aether-in-box/sd-core-5g-values.yaml to point to the newly built image, then run:

$ cd ~/aether-in-a-box/
$ make reset-5g-test

$ make 5g-test

(refer AiaB documentation Aether In a Box)