Hi Ralph,
What we do at the university is just using the upper ARFCNs (882-885), because the 20MHz
LTE the owner of this part of the band use is allowing almost 0.8MHz "free"
spectrum. THe guard band is designed for high power transmitters, for testing we are using
100-200mW Tx power, so we are very far from bleeding into the actual used portion of the
operator, so we are not creating any interference, and we always check the availability of
the spectrum with analysis.
I think the key for short term low power proejcts is to always check for available
spectrum, never create any interference, and newer try to mimic a commercial operator by
using their MCCMNC code and/or the operator name, and if your network is out in the air,
always make it a closed one and make sure the commercial users will be properly reject
(with PLMN not allowed reject cause).
Of corse this is not a legal advice, but we are doing so for years now, and nobody ever
complained :-)
If you check carefully, the law is actually not prohibiting the use of licensed portion of
the spectrum (eg. interfering), but punishes the possible conseqences (loss of revenue,
disturbing a public telephony service, someone dies because of your interference he/she
cannot call the ambulance etc.). Until you do not meet any of those circumstances, you
will be fine.
Regards,
Csaba
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Feladó: "Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras" <ralph(a)schmid.xxx>
Címzett: "Jacob Erlbeck" <jerlbeck(a)sysmocom.de>de>,
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Elküldött üzenetek: Kedd, 2016. Január 26. 14:32:33
Tárgy: RE: Hardware question
Hi,
Which EDGE specific (in comparison to GPRS) features
do you need?
No specific features, EDGE just would be nice by means of throughput and
latency. I do not intend to set up strange combinations. In case EDGE is not
possible, GPRS will do just fine for demo purposes, too.
I have such a demo box already, but it is some prototype, development on it
has stopped a time ago, so it is kind of "static". The demo box should not
be updated with all untested features all the time, but no updates at all
are a bit lame :-) Also its 19" form factor is not very portable, and the
transceiver board is somehow bulky, too. I would have built it into a nice
housing if it had a future, but it is a dead end now.
Jacob
Ralph.