OSS Nokalva is ready to support our customers in 2021 with tools that work in diverse, often complex, environments that require flexibility and reliability. For those working in rapidly evolving sectors, such as 5G and ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems), OSS is equipped to deliver solid, dependable solutions.
As ITS standardization continues at a rapid pace, milestones in this generational technology happen regularly. Now that 3GPP Release 16 has been finalized, development and deployment activities can progress in earnest. Moving forward, 3GPP will be working on Release 17 in 2021 and 2022.
OSS ASN.1 Tools
In 2021, OSS will release new versions of the ASN.1 Tools that include the following new features and enhancements:
Value notation encoding/decoding support in ASN.1/C TOED
New API to access ASN.1 metadata from the generated ASN.1/C# code
CSV support in the ASN.1/Java Tools
Support for safe C runtime functions in the ASN.1/C++ Tools
Sample programs for the latest versions of ITS ASN.1 protocols (SAE J2735, IEEE 1609.2, ETSI CAM/DENM, etc.)
New and updated samples that demonstrate how ASN.1-based protocols can be used with the OSS ASN.1 Tools
OSS NAS Products
The OSS NAS/C, NAS/C++, NAS/Java Tools and NAS-1Step will be upgraded to the latest versions of LTE and 5G Release 15 and 16. Support for 3GPP Release 17 will be added when it is available.
Following the success of our other OSS NAS Tools, we will release the first version of the OSS NAS/C# Tools, available for LTE and 5G Release 16, in early 2021. Users will be able to serialize or parse NAS messages to or from C# objects. In addition, the Tools will provide direct conversion of NAS messages to XML or JSON format. These Tools will also be updated to support 3GPP Release 17 when it is available.
OSS S1, X2, and LPPa APIs
OSS will also update the existing S1/X2 and LPPa ASN.1 APIs for C and Java to support LTE Release 17, once it is available.
