June 2024 - baseband-devel - lists.osmocom.org

SMS not received in mobile - Virtual layer1 (osmo-nitb + osmo-bts + osmocom-bb/mobile)
by Sebastian Stumpf 05 Jun '26

05 Jun '26

Hi, Some of my sent SMS are not received by my mobile and I try to figure out if this is a problem with my virtual layer 1, configuration or something in the layers 2+. I use: osmo-nitb: 1 subscriber in hlr (id 1, ext 017519191919) osmo-bts: virt-phy, arfcn 666, TS0=CCCH+SDCCH4, TS1=SDCCH8 MS layer23 app mobile: is the subscriber from osmo-nitb MS layer1 virt-phy: virtual gsmtap layer between bts and mobile I want: Send a sms to subscriber 017519191919. osmo-nitb VTY: OpenBSC# subscriber id 1 sms sender id 1 send Test I have 2 outcomes, first one is the failure. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/eunpfioq518t09a/mobile--ms-virt--bts-virt--bsc-ni… for the pcap. Do not wonder about the duplicated gsmtap messages from mobile, the ones to ip 225.0.0.1 are over virt-phy layer, the ones to localhost from the gsmtap logging option from mobile. Filter them out via "gsmtap && (ip.dst != 127.0.0.1)". 602-613: RR channel establishment with RA and IA as reaction to paging in 590 627,631: SABM from BTS to establish async balanced mode on SAPI3 (SMS) and the ACK from MS 656,684,699: I-Data frames on SAPI3 containing the sms 660,688,703: ReceiveReady's from MS (That ACK all I-frames before N(R)-1 as far as I understood) For me, that looks good and I really do not understand why the MS will not answer with the CP-ACK/RP-ACK after receiving the SMS Data in 699. The LAPDM link will stay up for some more time and be used by the network for retransmission of the sms (1149), but MS will never react to it on the SMS layer (CP-ACK, RP-ACK). Here is the console log for the mobile (https://www.dropbox.com/s/6gug5cd4up5qv7y/mobile--ms-virt--bts-virt--bsc-ni…) The paging is answered in line 378: Fri Mar 10 10:42:06 2017 DLLAPD <0012> lapd_core.c:793 SABM(E) received in state LAPD_STATE_IDLE Second outcome is a successfully sent sms from network to ms. See https://www.dropbox.com/s/ghdn7pc0j4vifbe/mobile--ms-virt--bts-virt--bsc-ni… for the pcap. What is different here? There is no paging, but the sms is sent within the dedicated channel used for the location update initiated by the phone started up. Why there is another outcome, I don't know. 169-181: RR channel establishment with RA and IA as part of mibiles startup routine to make location update 188,416: Location udpdate procedure on SAPI0 230,234: SABM from BTS to establish async balanced mode on SAPI3 (SMS) and the ACK from MS 396,444: I-Data frames on SAPI3 containing the sms 400,449: RR's from MS 450: CP-ACK for BTS 482,499: RP-ACK I-Frames for Network (osmo-nitb) Again, the console log of the mobile (https://www.dropbox.com/s/cujsn40d43g6wxk/mobile--ms-virt--bts-virt--bsc-ni…) The SABM on SAPI3 on downlink is received in line 206: Fri Mar 10 11:06:13 2017 DLLAPD <0012> lapd_core.c:793 SABM(E) received in state LAPD_STATE_IDLE The signaling looks quite similar in both cases, but one time the mobiles sms handler responds to CP-DATA msg containing the SMS, the other time not. Can someone find an error in the signaling I did not see? Is there a known Bug? To be honest, I last merged my branch with master some time ago (~ Jan 18 2017) and thus did not update osmo-nitb and the libraries since then to avoid compatibility problems. Have there been recent changes that could cause that behavior? Thank you and Kind Regards, Sebastian

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by Sébastien Lorquet 14 Oct '25

14 Oct '25

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how to run osmocom-bb with grgsm in usrp b210 to connect openBTS?
by hellowangfang＠gmail.com 19 Aug '24

19 Aug '24

I used osmocom-bb and grgsm with usrp b210 to connect openBTS, but failed. The command is "./mobile -c /home/oi/wf/osmocom-bb/doc/examples/mobile/default.cfg","./trxcon -p 5075 " ,"grgsm_trx -p 5075" . When i used “./cell_log -A 1 ”， it could find plmn 1-1 with arfcn 1 which is same with openBTS. DSUM INFO cell_log.c:344 Sync ARFCN 1 (rxlev -105, 1 syncs left) DSUM INFO cell_log.c:372 Measure from 1 to 1 DSUM INFO l1ctl.c:1177 start_pm L1CTL_PM_CONF DSUM INFO cell_log.c:400 start_pm S_L1CTL_PM_DONE DSUM INFO cell_log.c:363 Measurement done DSUM INFO cell_log.c:372 Measure from 1 to 1 DSUM INFO l1ctl.c:1177 start_pm L1CTL_PM_CONF DSUM INFO cell_log.c:400 start_pm S_L1CTL_PM_DONE DSUM INFO cell_log.c:363 Measurement done DSUM INFO cell_log.c:372 Measure from 1 to 1 DSUM INFO l1ctl.c:1177 start_pm L1CTL_PM_CONF DSUM INFO cell_log.c:400 start_pm S_L1CTL_PM_DONE DSUM INFO cell_log.c:363 Measurement done DSUM INFO cell_log.c:372 Measure from 1 to 1 DSUM INFO l1ctl.c:1177 start_pm L1CTL_PM_CONF DSUM INFO cell_log.c:400 start_pm S_L1CTL_PM_DONE DSUM INFO cell_log.c:363 Measurement done DSUM INFO cell_log.c:372 Measure from 1 to 1 DSUM INFO l1ctl.c:1177 start_pm L1CTL_PM_CONF DSUM INFO cell_log.c:400 start_pm S_L1CTL_PM_DONE DSUM INFO cell_log.c:363 Measurement done DSUM INFO cell_log.c:344 Sync ARFCN 1 (rxlev -105, 1 syncs left) DSUM INFO cell_log.c:190 Cell: ARFCN=1 MCC-MNC=001-01 (Test, Test) But when test with sim testcard 1, it failed to find the 1-1 cell. Could anyone give any suggestion about this? Thanks a lot! 6.5.0-25-generic #25~22.04.1-Ubuntu osmocom-bb: commit 0d1ab4c8d2cbe0ba72662d5b466fb6c60cb8b45f (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) grgsm: https://github.com/bkerler/gr-gsm.git origin/maint-3.10_with_multiarfcn

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In search of broken Calypso phone
by Alexander Huemer 05 Jun '24

05 Jun '24

Hi I am on the hunt for a Calypso phone that isn't functional for whatever reason for the purpose of de-capping and photographing the Calypso/Iota/Rita ICs that a friendly individual would be able to do. This isn't something important, but the pictures would definitely be entertaining to look at. Of course somebody could donate a working phone to the cause, including myself, but a specimen that doesn't serve any other purpose anymore would be ideal. If you are in possession of such a phone, please let me know. Thanks, -Alex^Wblackbit

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