GSM license approval for HAR2009

[Harald Welte]

Hi!

For those who are planning to attend HAR2009 (http://har2009.org/): 

We have just received regulatory approval for four ARFCN in the GSM900 band
during HAR2009.  The Power on each ARFCN for BTS and MS is restricted to 100mW.

There are also some GSM1800 ARFCN's that we can use with up to 200mW, though
I don't yet know their values and how many.

I have created a wiki page at https://wiki.har2009.org/page/GSM
for further coordination of GSM related activities at HAR2009.

It would be great to know which other OpenBSC users/hackers will be present
at the event.  As there are multiple things that I'm planning to do at HAR2009,
I would be happy about any help that I might get from you guys.

Basically there will be

* A 'stable' GSM network with BS-11 and OpenBSC for people to test
  their phone interoperability with OpenBSC by making/receiving calls and
  SMS.  

* A nanoBTS1800 for use by OpenBSC hackers only to test/fix OpenBSC stuff
  before putting it on the BS-11 'stable' network

* work on airprobe.

Especially for the 'stable' network, there is a lot of help required, among
others:
* physical setup of the BS-11
* registration of mobile phones into the network. It would probably be good
  to have a setup where people can plug their SIM into a SIM card reader
  (or phone that can read the IMSI).  We can then create the SQL entry with
  their IMSI and extension.
* making sure the network runs and OpenBSC / hfcmulti gets restarted in case
  something hangs.

Please just respond to this mail if you want to help in any way.

Regards,
-- 
- Harald Welte <laforge at gnumonks.org>           http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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