readme.md

free5GC-UPF

Get Started

Prerequisites

Libraries used in UPF

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install git gcc cmake go libmnl-dev autoconf libtool libyaml-dev
go get github.com/sirupsen/logrus

Linux kernel module 5G GTP-U (Linux kernel version = 5.0.0-23-generic)

git clone https://github.com/PrinzOwO/gtp5g.git
cd gtp5g
git checkout develop
make
sudo make install

Build

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j`nproc`

Test

cd build/bin
./testutlt

Edit configuration file

After building from sources, edit ./build/config/upfcfg.yaml

Setup environment

# (Must) IPv4 forwarding
sudo sysctl -a | grep forward        # check sys rule
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

# (Recommend) Forwarding chain in iptables can forward packet
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT

# (Recommend) Close ubuntu firewall
sudo systemctl stop ufw

# (Optional) Using NAT for UE to access data network
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o <DN_Interface_Name> -j MASQUERADE

Run

cd build
sudo -E ./bin/free5gc-upfd

To show usage: ./bin/free5gc-upfd -h

Clean the Environment (if needed)

Remove POSIX message queues

ls /dev/mqueue/
rm /dev/mqueue/*

Remove gtp devices

sudo ip l del upfgtp