Hi Dakota.
Hi, I'm a long time lurker into this project and I've wondered something for a bit of time.Knowing that we can use an ip.access nanoBTS to work on OpenBSC, why not adapt OpenBSC for UMA (unlicensed mobile access) standards?
That could very well be an option. I have not looked into UMA as I only know it as a buzzword.
To me it seems like it'd be trivial to make a derived copy of OpenBSC with UMA support up and running, but I'd like some other thoughts into this matter. I'm not a programmer by any means here, so if this is impossible, well, then so be it.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but: In Open Source projects, features typically get added because somebody has a need and actually implements them :)
For myself, I don't have such a need and I think there are many much more important GSM feature that OpenBSC needs, i.e. stable SMS support, independent media gateway process, GPRS support, intra/inter-BSC handover, BSC/MSC functional split, A-interface, A3/A5/A8 support, ... so it's not like we're going to run out of ideas what we could do anytime soon.
Also, for most people involved with OpenBSC, it is one of many projects they are involved in - so the amount of time we can and want to spend on it is limited.
Cheers,