Hi,
"The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix
application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP)
to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses
the Asterisk software PBX to connect calls. The combination of the
ubiquitous GSM air interface with VoIP backhaul could form the basis
of a new type of cellular network that could be deployed and operated
at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in greenfields
in the developing world. "
Last Friday, the VoIP Users Conference had David A. Burgess as our
guest for an hour of discussion of one of his projects, OpenBTS
(http://openbts.sourceforge.net/) which uses asterisk as a backend for
the GSM network.
Bookmarks to all the URL given on OpenBTS are here:
http://delicious.com/voipusersconference
The recorded conference can be hear or downloaded here:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=22622
Enjoy!
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote:> Hi, > > "The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix > application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) > to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses > the Asterisk software PBX to connect calls. The combination of the > ubiquitous GSM air interface with VoIP backhaul could form the basis > of a new type of cellular network that could be deployed and operated > at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in greenfields > in the developing world. " > > Last Friday, the VoIP Users Conference had David A. Burgess as our > guest for an hour of discussion of one of his projects, OpenBTS > (http://openbts.sourceforge.net/) which uses asterisk as a backend for > the GSM network.See also http://lwn.net/Articles/320163 . Patents hit them really badly. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:guest at local.xorcom.com/tzafrir
Steve Kennedy
2009-Mar-21 20:17 UTC
[asterisk-users] [asterisk-biz] OpenBTS chat with David A. Burgess
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote:> Hi, > "The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix > application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) > to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses > the Asterisk software PBX to connect calls. The combination of the > ubiquitous GSM air interface with VoIP backhaul could form the basis > of a new type of cellular network that could be deployed and operated > at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in greenfields > in the developing world. "This looks like a great project, sorry I missed the call. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 UK +44 20 7993 2612 / US +1 310 857 7715 / Fax +44 20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/.Mac/Twitter/FriendFeed stevekennedyuk Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com MSN steve at gbnet.net
zoachien at securax.org
2009-Mar-21 20:40 UTC
[asterisk-users] [asterisk-biz] OpenBTS chat with David A. Burgess
They gave a presentation at the CCC around newyear, you might be able to find the videostream somewhere. Zoa Steve Kennedy wrote:> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote: > > >> Hi, >> "The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix >> application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) >> to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses >> the Asterisk software PBX to connect calls. The combination of the >> ubiquitous GSM air interface with VoIP backhaul could form the basis >> of a new type of cellular network that could be deployed and operated >> at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in greenfields >> in the developing world. " >> > > This looks like a great project, sorry I missed the call. > > Steve > >
Steve Totaro
2009-Mar-23 00:55 UTC
[asterisk-users] [asterisk-biz] OpenBTS chat with David A. Burgess
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Steve Kennedy <steve-asterisk at gbnet.net> wrote:> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote: > >> Hi, >> "The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix >> application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) >> to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses >> the Asterisk software PBX to connect calls. The combination of the >> ubiquitous GSM air interface with VoIP backhaul could form the basis >> of a new type of cellular network that could be deployed and operated >> at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in greenfields >> in the developing world. " > > This looks like a great project, sorry I missed the call. > > Steve > > -- > NetTek Ltd ?UK mob +44 7775 755503 > UK +44 20 7993 2612 ?/ ?US +1 310 857 7715 ?/ ?Fax +44 20 7483 2455 > Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/.Mac/Twitter/FriendFeed stevekennedyuk > Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com ? MSN steve at gbnet.net >Careful with this rabbit hole, it goes very deep and then logically branches in different directions........ then people become "Of Interest", die "In an Accident or Natural Causes", or disappear altogether..... -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype)
Jorge Mendoza
2009-Mar-23 20:00 UTC
[asterisk-users] [asterisk-biz] OpenBTS chat with David A. Burgess
Steve Totaro wrote:> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Steve Kennedy <steve-asterisk at gbnet.net> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> "The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix >>> application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) >>> to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses >>> the Asterisk software PBX to connect calls. The combination of the >>> ubiquitous GSM air interface with VoIP backhaul could form the basis >>> of a new type of cellular network that could be deployed and operated >>> at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in greenfields >>> in the developing world. " >>> >> This looks like a great project, sorry I missed the call. >> >> Steve >> >> -- >> NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 >> UK +44 20 7993 2612 / US +1 310 857 7715 / Fax +44 20 7483 2455 >> Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/.Mac/Twitter/FriendFeed stevekennedyuk >> Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com MSN steve at gbnet.net >> >> > > Careful with this rabbit hole, it goes very deep and then logically > branches in different directions........ then people become "Of > Interest", die "In an Accident or Natural Causes", or disappear > altogether..... >This, indeed, is a nice *technical* project. We follow up the project from some time. However from the practical point of view, has problems. The big one is regulation. In our country, a developing one, GSM bands are all licensed to the big operators, so you can not implemented a project like the OpenBTS, because you are no licensed. The big operators will never try to implement such kind of projects. And the regulators protects the big operators. Please, do not ask why. Regards Jorge Mendoza