Android 源码开发系列（三） Android RIL(Radio Interface Layer)

1. RIL(Radio Interface Layer) Architecture

RIL is short name for Radio Interface Layer. The ril is divided into three rild, libril, reference-ril. Rild is a executable file,it can be run in linux, and call by init.rc script to run the rild. RIL sourcecode is under the directory as following:root/hardril/ril. The followingpicture show the position of RIL and function for other application.

 

Picture 1 RIL Architecture

 

In the picture, there is some information need to show. Vendor ril may be implementedby MODEM manufactory.They may use thefollowing method to implement.

a) Using AT command, this means that the commandshould be sent via COM or UART. So the command may sent by tty device. Thisimplementation recommend by GOOGLE, so in the Android source code, the ril isimplemented by this way.

b) Using message queue, this depending on themanufactory, they will develop their own method to handle the message. Butanyway, they may use the process communication, such as share memory(MemoryMapping), IO pipe(A pipe connect the AP and MODEM). This method need moredeveloping time due to we can not use the modem supporting AT command.(Themodem are supported the AT commands in 3GPP 27.007, the protocols is standardizedby 3GPP). The following, we will descript the ril boot using AT command method.

2. RILProgress of Booting up

The rildis executed by script init.rc. You can find the script in the directory/system/core/rootdir/init.rc. When you open the script and search the key words“rild”, you can findthe following code.

 

service ril-daemon /system/bin/rild
    class main
    socket rild stream 660 root radio
    socket rild-debug stream 660 radio system
    user root
    group radio cache inet misc audio sdcard_rw log

So the rildwill be compile as an executable program and run by linux system. Now we wantto descript the RILD work.