On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:53:38PM +0300, Alexander Chemeris wrote:
Hi Harald,
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 19:39, Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org> wrote:
as you will know, we have applied for an
experimental GSM license for the
26C3 (
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/).
Last week, the license was granted. However, only two ARFCN's have been
granted (I applied for 8). As it turns out, this was a communication problem.
Today they have acknowledged a third ARFCN. So we can have at least one
single-TRX BTS on each floor. On wednesday they will determine whether
we can have more than three, or if we'll have to live with three ARFCN only.
If we get 6, it will be one dual-TRX BTS for each floor. If we get even more,
the surplus ones can be used for random experiments.
Does it means that we won't be able to do OpenBTS experiments there?
We planned to test new USSD code in OpenBTS and it will be a shame to
cancel this plans.
Dear Alexander,
I do not remember having seen any specific request from you applying for an
ARFCN for OpenBTS experiments. Like in any country of the world, you need
a test license in Germany to operate equipment in the GSM band. If you did and
I missed that, I apologize.
As you can see from my e-mail, we likely don't even have enough ARFCNs for
operating the actual GSM network at 26C3 - not to talk about runing any more
experimental stuff for doing actual development.
The priorities for me have been very clear: First the actual GSM network, then
any experiments.
--
- Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org>
http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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