7 Dec
2022
7 Dec
'22
8:24 a.m.
On 12/7/22 07:13, Mychaela Falconia wrote:
Because I don't care what MSISDN should be displayed on the phone's
screen during a test MT call. Omitting the Calling Number IE would also
work for me.
Ahmm, how would you deploy a virtual setup if the MS
vendor is someone
other than Osmocom? Oh, you are not interested in interoperability
with non-Osmocom MS vendors, are you? Your ideal Universe is one where
absolutely all components on both network*and* mobile sides of Um
interface are made by Osmocom, right? If so, why bother with GSM at
all, why not invent some completely new "standard" of your own liking?
I am not aware of any other solutions for running OsmoRAN virtually and
connecting a virtual MS to it, so I have no idea what kind of
interoperability with non-Osmocom MS vendors you're talking about. If
this is again "use my FreeCalypso", then let's avoid this discussion.
d) run a real BTS plus standard OsmoCNI sw components,
plus my ThemWi
add-ons for outside PSTN connectivity: themwi-mncc, themwi-sip-in,
themwi-sip-out and themwi-mgw. (The latter suite connects to OsmoMSC
via MNCC and*takes the place* of osmo-sip-connector.) Connect only
*one* mobile phone to the test GSM network (don't need two), and make
a test call to some number on PSTN, such as a time-of-day service or
an automated road traffic information line, some number that doesn't
mind getting lots of test calls.
I am not saying this is not an option, but... I want a *simple*
solution. And you suggest running 4 additional components, and
connecting to PSTN for that? This is definitely an overkill.
If anyone
likes this approach, I could implement a 'test-call' command
which would be like a silent call, but sending an MT SETUP message with
a random calling MSISDN. This way it would work for real phones too.
Why does the
calling MSISDN have to be random, why not either omit the
Calling Number IE altogether (it's an optional IE in the MT SETUP
message), or make it an optional command line argument? All non-Osmocom (independently-branded add-on to
OsmoCNI) software I
mentioned in this reply lives here:
https://www.freecalypso.org/hg/themwi-system-sw/
Yes, we know. It's not the first time you're advertising it here.
Best regards,
Vadim.
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