microsoft / otp4lte-u

Open Test Platform for LTE/LTE-U

Open Test Platform for LTE/LTE-U

This is a GitHub repository for the Open Test Platform for LTE/LTE-U (short OTP4LTE-U) published by Microsoft. OTP4LTE-U is released as open source, under MIT license.

OTP4LTE-U implements a basic subset of LTE PHY features, as well as the rudimentary MAC, RLC, PDCP and RRC, sufficient to connect a standard LTE dongle. OTP4LTE-U also implements the LTE-U specification and can be used to test LTE-U behaviour and impact on other technologies in 5 GHz spectrum.

OTP4LTE-U is built in Ziria, a domain-specific programming language (DSL) built for programming software-defined radios (SDR). Ziria is relased as open source, and is available on GitHub.

OTP4LTE-U is built for Sora SDR platform. It can also run on BladeRF SDR, although BladeRF currently doesn't support 5 GHz spectrum access.

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Demo

Check the video demo.

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Build instructions

For build instructions please read BUILD

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Directory structure

Current directory structure is as follows:

• DnlinkTX: Ziria files implementing all parts of LTE Downlink transmitter

  • DnlinkTx/tests: unit tests for DnlinkTX

• UplinkRX: Ziria files implementing all parts of LTE Uplink transmitter

  • UplinkRx/PRACH: PRACH-related code
  • UplinkRx/tests: unit tests for DnlinkTX

• MAC: C files that wrap Ziria files to compile into a full eNodeB

• eNodeB: Top-level Ziria files implementing eNodeB and scripts to make it.

  • Run make here to start eNodeB

• MatlabTests: Various matlab tests that verify Ziria code

  • MatlabTests/DnlinkTx: Matlab tests for DnlinkTX
    • MatlabTests/DnlinkTx/tests: unit tests for DnlinkTX

• Perf: Collection of documented performance evaluation results

• LTE-U: LTE-U compliant MAC implementation. See LTE-U README for more information.

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Current limitations:

Uplink:

• Uplink packet size is currently limited to 8 RBs.
• The receiver decodes uplink packets in every sub-frame, regardless of whether something can be send (depending on whether DCI0 grant was sent)
• DCI0 is sent in subframe 0 of each frame.

Dnlink:

• Currently, Dnlink packets are only sent in subframe 4 of each frame (hardcoded in mac_tx_callback() in mac_tx.c)
• Since we don't have a real-time feedback, we sent RAR in every frame It is hardcoded in subframe RAR_SUBFRAME (==6)

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Code of conduct:

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.

otp4lte-u's Issues

Broken Link in README

The link to the BUILD.md file in the README is incorrect; it gives me a 404 when clicked. The correct URL is https://github.com/Microsoft/OTP4LTE-U/blob/master/BUILD.md.