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
It would not be perfect and maybe not feasible.
Barnaby J Astles
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 07:42, Jay R. Worthington <jayrworthington(a)gmail.com
Hi,
as probably for most of us an official (testing) licence is out of reach,
is there a "workaround" for this problem?
- Is there some part of the official gsm bands that overlaps with local ISM
or other not-so-tightly-regulated frequencies?
(i.e, GSM1900 seems to have a small part that's not used by DECT...)
- Are there any "standard" gsm handsets that could be modified (preferably
in software) to work at 2,4GHz?
- Is UMA/GAN (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network)
something that could be used with OpenBSC? As far as i understand the
specification, UMA is GSM Layer 3 over an GPRS/IPSEC tunnel to the BSC, so
all the GSM-Goodies should be there.
I realize the first two options would not exactly make it legal, but i'd
prefer the wrath of my neighbors over the suicide-squad from a carrier or
regulatory agency ;).
Any comments?
Regards,
Jay