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Re: OpenBSC Digest, Vol 23, Issue 2
by Thomas Ansorg 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Am Donnerstag, den 04.11.2010, 12:00 +0100 schrieb openbsc-request(a)lists.gnumonks.org: > Have you considered looking at the wiki? Where would you have looked > for such kind of information? sure i did. that's why i write here. and i still need a system("pause")-command Th. -- Wer Rechtschreibfehler findet, darf sie behalten!

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location updating reject problem
by Thomas Ansorg 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

hello all, i have a major problem with logging into the bs-11: with one of my handys, i get the screen message "gsm04_08.c: 873: location updating reject on channel 0". how do i handle this? second problem: i need the wait-for-keypress-command, that what is system("pause") in c++ Th. -- Wer Rechtschreibfehler findet, darf sie behalten!

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ip.access voice traffic
by Maggie Balsamic 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hello, Another beginner question. I have an ip.access that I'm using with openbsc. It's working, and I can make calls between phones, etc. When I capture a pcap I can view all the signaling between the ip.access and openbsc. But, I never see any voice packets. I suppose this could be because both phones are connected to the same bts. But, looking at some of the pcaps on the wiki, I do see that others have captured the voice packets. Is there a configuration option to force the voice data over the a-bis link? Thanks!

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Plans for GSM / OpenBSC field test at 27C3
by Harald Welte 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Hi all! As some of you know, we will again have an OpenBSC field test at the Chaos Communication Congress from December 27-30 in Berlin / Germany. I have already applied for the license from the regulatory authority. No feedback yet, but I expect no problems, as it is more or less what we had last year. The only difference is that I've asked for 6 ARFCN (5 last year). It will again be a nanoBTS / GSM 1800 setup. Regarding the overall setup, I want to deviate from what we had last year in the following way: 1) Issue our own SIM cards to permit Authentication + Encryption. This is the perfect way how we can have a A5/1 based network that people can use to play with airprobe + Kraken - without violating any laws. In practise, this will mean we use 16in1 SIM cards, I have already bought 1000 of them. It also means that the GSM helpdesk will have to issue those SIMC cards. I would suggest we simply sell them (as opposed to providing them for a deposit, as we then would have to take back a lot of cards and return money, which is a lot of overhead). We will keep a database of all the IMSI + Ki tuples that we have issued, which we will use as HLR + AuC. This database will be persistent, i.e. at other events like the CCC camp 2011 or 28C3 we expect those SIM cards to be used again without any registration. 2) Provide GPRS + EDGE services using OsmoSGSN and OpenGGSN. I am not sure how stable this will run - but we have a good chacne of catching bugs in our code by running at the event. We will be able to provide real-world IP addresses to every mobile phone, without filter and without NAT ! I am not yet sure how we will deal with dividing the timeslots between GSM and GPRS. The dynamic TCH / PDCH code in OpenBSC hasn't ever been tested, so we might use a static configuration - potentially changing that static config depending on the usage pattern / load we see. 3) Make dual-TRX setups standard (3 BTS with 2TRX each) This is simply to enhance the capacity, particularly of SDCCH/8 resources 4) Consider putting all BTS in the same location area This will significantly reduce our need for signalling channels, but at the expense we no longer know where a particular phone is located in the building. Thus, we might make this optional and see if it is needed for load reasons. 5) Improve the SMS situation The current SMS code still sucks really bad. We don't want this inside OpenBSC, and we still don't do timer-based / automatic delivery. Using the manual 'sms send pending' command causes severe blockage if the queue is getting too large. I will try to squeeze in some time to rewrite this code and make it run as external process. 6) User registration So we sell SIM cards with a pre-programmed IMSI + Ki, but how do we enable users to assign a phone number to them? Ideally I would want them to simply register a phone number at the eventphone.de GURU web interface ahead of the event. But how do we match the IMSI and the phone number? Ask users to simply state the phone number they registered? How do we get some kind of authentication? Comments and additions are most welcome, Harald -- - Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)

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AW: Plans for GSM / OpenBSC field test at 27C3
by Andreas.Eversberg 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

>> Each SIM has a 'default' number, and if they want to instead use a number they >> pre-registred, have them text a 'token' (long enough not to guess a >> valid one, but not too long as to be annoying). >> That token is just displayed on eventphone.de when they register a >> number as 'GSM' without an IMSI. > >ok, the other way around. The token is a unique value that they have to SMS to >OpenBSC... great idea. I like it that way. i would like to ask eventphone to add a 10 digits token to the registration tool. this way it is hard enough guess. the token shall be generated randomly when not yet assigned to a phone number. the token is used to authenticate: - by sending SMS with the token (like said above) - by dialing a service number and entering the token - by giving the token to the GSM help desk.

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Changing network data
by Luca Bertoncello 26 Oct '10

26 Oct '10

Hi, list! I'm planing to write a little function in OpenBSC to allow me to change network data in real time (without stopping and starting OpenBSC again). I'd like to change MCC, MNC, ARFCN, LAC and some other cells information. I tried to call shutdown_om for every BTS (just 1) and then bootstrap_bts, but it does not seems to work... Can someone say me what I'm doing false? Thanks a lot Luca Bertoncello -- _______________________________________________________________________ Luca Bertoncello Entwicklung Mail: bertoncello(a)netzing.de NETZING Solutions AG Tel.: 0351/41381 - 23 Fröbelstr. 57, 01159 Dresden Fax: 0351/41381 - 12 _______________________________________________________________________ Impressum: NETZING Solutions AG - Fröbelstraße 57 - 01159 Dresden Sitz der Gesellschaft Amtsgericht Dresden HRB 18926 Vorstand Dieter Schneider - Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender Volker Kanitz USt.Id DE211326547 Mail: netzing.ag(a)netzing.de

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Vacation reply
by paudelumesh＠hotmail.com 23 Oct '10

23 Oct '10

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questions about multiple nanoBTS
by jason mercury 16 Oct '10

16 Oct '10

Hi, I want to test two nanoBTS' as they are neighbour. Which configuration should i use? Is it possible to set a voice call between two subscriber which are in range of different bts' ? Thanks.

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OpenBSC+LCR with Asterisk
by jason mercury 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi, I want to use OpenBSC+LCR with Asterisk. In wiki is written that BS11 is used for this purpose. Is it possible to use nanoBTS for this purpose? Thanks. Jason

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BS-11 for Sale?! Other Hardware besides NanoBTS?
by luca bongiorni 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

Hi mates, someone has a Siemens BS-11 for sale or some similar Hardware, compatible with OpenBSC Project?! Thank you for attention Regards Luca

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