<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Harald Welte <<a href="mailto:laforge@gnumonks.org">laforge@gnumonks.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi Barnaby,</span><br><span></span><br><span>On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 01:15:49PM -0400, Barnaby Astles wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Has any one looked at airspan radios ?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I am not aware of anyone in our community having had access to those</span><br><span>devices.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.airspan.com/products/airharmony/">http://www.airspan.com/products/airharmony/</a></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>it's hard to judge how easily they would integrate with OpenBSC based on</span><br><span>the marketing speech says ;)</span><br><span></span><br><span>I would guess that it should be fairly simple to integrate the GSM part,</span><br><span>if it reuses the Abis related components from ip.access.</span><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0023A3"><br></font></font></div></blockquote>I suppose it is just a nanoBTS + LTE transceiver station contained in one cabinet. Probably the nanoBTS is equipped with an external amplifier, from the brochure, they have greater max/min output power, but other specifications are the same.<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>However, they could just use some completely different parts of the</span><br><span>ip.access software stack, and have something custom over the back-haul</span><br><span>link.</span><br><span></span><br><span>If you have an interest in OpenBSC interoperability with those units,</span><br><span>I'm sure we could find a way to make it happen. My guess is that</span><br><span>they would be pretty expensive, as the nanoBTS alone (without any LTE)</span><br><span>is already horribly expensive.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards,</span><br><span> Harald</span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>- Harald Welte <<a href="mailto:laforge@gnumonks.org">laforge@gnumonks.org</a>> <a href="http://laforge.gnumonks.org/"><a href="http://laforge.gnumonks.org/">http://laforge.gnumonks.org/</a></a></span><br><span>============================================================================</span><br><span>"Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option."</span><br><span> (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>