Hi Barnaby,
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 09:42:37AM -0500, Barnaby Astles wrote:
That is the same question I have been asking my self.
Maybe we could take a 2.4GHz (or 5.8) soft radio and turn it into a debugging/development tool I.E. create our own handset/base station combo
while that is possible (implementing the radio modem for the MS and e.g. running OsmocomBB on top) - what is the purpose?
If you want simulation with custom implementations for both sides, you can skip the radio link altogether and simply tunnel Um over UDP between a virtual BTS and a virtual MS.
The point of running a real Um interface on the air is to use existing telephones 'as-is'. And then you have to operate in the bands they support.