9 Oct
2025
9 Oct
'25
10:36 p.m.
I can't tell the future at the moment; I updated the OS on my crystal
ball a few months ago and it still hasn't rebooted yet.
It's quite possible that at some point, somebody might want more 2G
systems, Ericsson or not. Run by Telecomunicaciones Indígenas
Comunitarias, or not, - and/or 2G/LTE or even whateverG else is around then.
Improved MGW support for E1 is of course, er.. an improvement. Lack of
AMR there would be on my list of laments for what I was unable to get
done (yet), along with all those other things to do with audio quality
with AMR + DTX and all those weird things to do with RTP streams and
audio on the radio interface, that Mychaela seems to be quite passionate
about.
Also listed would be, multiple radio support in osmo-bsc on the DUG, and
quite a big lament; - Lack of dual mode radio support for a 2G/4G
combination on one RUS/sector. Anyway, no, I don't have any use case for
it at the moment, and my motivations for spending hours coding 2G had
diminished somewhat along with TIC-AC's changes in direction, and the
pandemic... and the war.. and the genocide.... Besides, after all these
years, well.. the femto BTS (osmo-bts) based systems are working now
very stable, although rough working conditions has taken its toll on a
lot of that radio equipment.
And, it seems the the flood of Ericsson equipment onto the second hand
market that was once anticipated has yet to materialise.
Anyway, all I really wanted to say was that I don't see any evidence
that osmocom community considers anything "rogue" and if that was
interpreted from a comment* of mine, it should not have been.
* now as I write realising that comment was offlist.