Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/NR_remove_ul_harq_ra_warning' into integration_2024_w48 (!3133)

NR UL HARQ handling improvements

to avoid printing warning on unexpected HARQ PID for RA

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/improve-chanest-single-antenna' into integration_2024_w48 (!3132)

Run the last job of gNB pusch channel estimation inline

In case of 1 antenna this prevents the usage of threadpool which
eliminates the thread pool overhead.  In case of >1 antenna the
threadpool contention should be reduced providing smaller benefits.

NR UE RRC T304 in phy-test mode

RRC timer T304 is stopped upon completion of the associated RA handover
procedure. There is no RA procedure in phy-test mode so T304 should not
be started to avoid unwanted expiration.

NR MSG3 scheduling improvements

- fix wrong condition on MSG3 allocation assertion message
- remove assertion altogether and handle properly the case where MSG3
  can't be allocated

F1AP lib: minor fixes

- add new enc/dec functions
- extend copy function scope
- add compile define
- fix equality check

T2: minor fix for 4x4 processing

- correct max number of LDPC segments for T2 processing
- use pointer arithmetics in retrieve_ldpc_enc_op() in T2 lib to
  optimize loop processing

E1AP Bearer Context Setup encoding/decoding library and unit tests

E1AP encoding/decoding library (TS 38.463) and unit test for:
- E1 Bearer Context Setup Request
- E1 Bearer Context Setup Response

Integrate Tracy with NR UE

This commit enables the optional use of Tracy for profiling NR UE. See
https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy/releases/tag/v0.11.1 for details.

More instructions are in the commit.

to avoid printing warning on unexpected harq pid

In case of 1 antenna this prevents the usage of threadpool which eliminates
the thread pool overhead.
In case of >1 antenna the threadpool contention should be reduced providing
smaller benefits.

* this is necessary to enable the PRINT_ERROR logs in the E1/F1 libs

* tac is optional IE, and it was assumed as always present
* is now allocated in DU container by copy_f1ap_served_cell_info
  when present in the updated cell info and missing in the
  DU container

* allocate memory for pointers only if necessary
* removed redundant copies of simple data types

Add and use F1 encode function for Transmission Bandwidth and NR Frequency Info in F1 interface management lib

* simplified number of Cell Group types

* cleanup struct members not compliant to specs 3GPP TS 38.463
* add defines whenever necessary

* define E1AP_MAX_NUM_DRBS

Integration: `2024.w47`

See merge request oai/openairinterface5g!3120

* !2972 Parallelize PUSCH channel estimation
* !3105 Fix a small bug with total_res in gNB PUSCH symbol processing
* !2996 Ue monitoring stats
* !3122 Avoid assert on non-implemented SM write callback
* !3110 Fronthaul 7.2 improvements (1. step towards M-plane integration)
* !2966 Refactor of includes in gNB/UE for improved header management
* !3123 Reduce double-usage of CI XML files
* !3029 NR UE RRC reconfiguration improvements
* !2670 chore(ci): adding Flexric-RAN integration test
* !3124 CI: use OC CN in aerial pipeline

CI: use OC CN in aerial pipeline

Replace CN host on Aerial CI pipeline (Porcepix) with OC.

chore(ci): adding Flexric-RAN integration test

- Triggering a standalone FLEXRIC + 5G-RAN pipeline: OAI-FLEXRIC-RAN-Integration-Test
  - will be triggered by the RAN-Container-Parent
  - but also by the OAI-FLEXRIC pipeline (to be done once integrated)
- Added an new python option: --FlexRicTag= than if not used, won't have any effect
- Nice addition:
  - if --FlexRicTag=develop or --ranCommitID=develop  --> will use the latest commit
    on either dev or develop branch.
- Scenario-wise
  - Using the cn5g deployment file from Luis in documentation, at least we will use
    it to make sure it is working at all time
- We can add more test and especially checkers on the flexric calls

Linked to !3085 (merged)

Occasionally, the CN deployment takes longer than 60 seconds to complete
successfully. As a result, the CI reports failure, even when all other test
stages pass (e.g., gNB attaches to the CN, UE connects, and iperf tests succeed).

Replace current docker deployment of OAI CN by deployment on OC. With change
of the CN, we also need to change the routing for UE module - change the
mbim script for controling the UE.

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/NR_UE_RRC_Reconfiguration_improvements' into integration_2024_w47 (!2996)

Improvements in handling RRC Reconfiguration at UE