v1.4.4

Changelog for v1.4.4

• Improved automation by adding flags to apt-get install to prevent automatic service restarts and suppress interactive prompts.
• Added 5G core option to avoid systemctl and instead use background processes for better containerization support.
• Improved lifecycle management of 5G core components and accessibility of mongodb database configurations.
• Updated UE IMSI generation algorithm to avoid collisions when the number of UEs is greater than twelve.
• Fixed configuration of srsRAN_Project for network slicing support when Slice Differentiator is not 0xFFFFFF.
• Improved error handling and robustness of Kubernetes and Helm installations for O-RAN SC Near/Non-RT RICs.
• Added input argument to FlexRIC KPM monitor to CSV xApp for the measurement periodicity (default: 1000 ms).
• Improved debugging capabilities by adding GNU debugger scripts for FlexRIC and the FlexRIC xApps.
• Fixed KPM measurement offset by one indication for the metrics collected in OpenAirInterface gNB.
• Improved patch logic of OpenAirInterface components to ensure backup files remain unpatched.
• Cleaned up redundancy and improved general organization, management, and documentation.

Issues Resolved

• Resolved issue #6: Added checks to ensure that the correct yq is being used.
• Resolved issue #5: Don't reset iptables by default on O-RAN SC RIC installation.
  • Thanks to @The1andOnlyZeRo for finding both of these issues.

Full Changelog: v1.4.3...v1.4.4