All -
I realize this is slightly off topic, but I have just set up a mailing list for discussion
of the UMTS specifications. This list is not about building a specific implementation of
UMTS (although it might lead to that) but it is instead a forum for discussion of the
interpretation of the specifications. It is my impression so far that the 3GPP documents
are constructed so as to meet some minimum legal requirement for the specification of the
technology while still avoiding the conveyance of critical information actually required
to implement the system. The likely purpose of this approach is to deter the
implementation of 3G technology by anyone outside of the set of companies that staffed the
specification committee. The eventual product of this list could be an alternative,
wikipedia-style spec that conveys all of the information needed to actually build some
minimum-but-fuctional 3G system. Anyone who is interested breaking down the door to this
club, please subscribe here:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbts-umts-discuss
Thanks.
-- David
David A. Burgess
Range Networks, Inc.
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