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We don't support the UE on a Pi4. Running a full UE on the Pi4 is quite challenging as the requirements are higher than for the eNB.

Open nomidaepapi opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

We don't support the UE on a Pi4. Running a full UE on the Pi4 is quite challenging as the requirements are higher than for the eNB.

Originally posted by @andrepuschmann in https://github.com/srsran/srsRAN/issues/794#issuecomment-1038954267

Hi,

We are trying to run the UE on an RPi but recently came across a post on GitHub which mentions that the UE function can’t be run on the RPi. We have noted that it runs on more powerful systems with larger processing capacity. But we want to be sure of this. There is no documentation that specifies the minimum requirements for the UE running on an SDR. Also, we would like to know what aspects of the UE build prevent it from running on a RPi, given that the eNB can. Our assumption was that the eNB would have a more computationally intensive function related to scheduling etc.

Some clarification on these points will really help.

nomidaepapi avatar Mar 03 '22 14:03 nomidaepapi

The srsue function requires more computation as it has to search for the eNb tower and I’m pretty sure it changes its power output in association with signal strength with the tower. Look at the sixfab lte hats to use on the RPi’s they work really well for me

Respectfully, Brett Jeske

On Mar 3, 2022, at 6:58 AM, nomidaepapi @.***> wrote:

 We don't support the UE on a Pi4. Running a full UE on the Pi4 is quite challenging as the requirements are higher than for the eNB.

Originally posted by @andrepuschmann in #794 (comment)

Hi,

We are trying to run the UE on an RPi but recently came across a post on GitHub which mentions that the UE function can’t be run on the RPi. We have noted that it runs on more powerful systems with larger processing capacity. But we want to be sure of this. There is no documentation that specifies the minimum requirements for the UE running on an SDR. Also, we would like to know what aspects of the UE build prevent it from running on a RPi, given that the eNB can. Our assumption was that the eNB would have a more computationally intensive function related to scheduling etc.

Some clarification on these points will really help.

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Jackrabrett avatar Mar 03 '22 16:03 Jackrabrett

Thanks for the insight on the RPi. Not sure how I missed that post from Andre a couple weeks back... I had indeed hoped to run srsUE on my RPi4B. I'm currently sorting out issues with the BladeRF (as detailed in issue #816), when that gets sorted I'll be attempting to run srsUE on a Jetson TX2 and perhaps a Nano--if I get either to work I'll be sure to reach out, though good to know I should skip the RPi4 for now.

sonium-labs avatar Mar 03 '22 18:03 sonium-labs

Intel NUCs work really well too

Respectfully, Brett Jeske

On Mar 3, 2022, at 10:11 AM, Daniel Dole-Muinos @.***> wrote:

 Thanks for the insight on the RPi. Not sure how I missed that post from Andre a couple weeks back... I had indeed hoped to run srsUE on my RPi4B. I'm currently sorting out issues with the BladeRF (as detailed in issue #816), when that gets sorted I'll be attempting to run srsUE on a Jetson TX2 and perhaps a Nano--if I get either to work I'll be sure to reach out, though good to know I should skip the RPi4 for now.

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Jackrabrett avatar Mar 04 '22 02:03 Jackrabrett