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Helge Jung hej at c3pb.de
Wed Jan 23 17:00:41 UTC 2013


Hi Max,

I'm CC-ing the osmocom-event-orga list so the guys there can fill in 
the blanks ;)

Am 2013-01-23 17:39, schrieb Max (☭):
>> Kevin offered that maybe the TU Berlin's equipment might be 
>> available for rental -
>> I assume you can check that more easily than me ;)
>
> Yepp - there are at least 3 possibilities:
> * sysmocom
> * openbsc + nanobts
> * openbts + umtrx/usrp
>
> I'll probably decide which one to use at the very last moment, once I
> figure out list of experiments/features to try.

One experiment we thought of was GPRS/IPv6 if that's interesting for 
you. But we're open for ideas :)

>> Floor Plans will be available shortly. The venue is not that large 
>> so that most
>> likely one base station will be sufficient to cover at least 90% of 
>> the area.
>
> Neat - if I'll be the only person working on gsm setup than I would
> rather sacrifice coverage for simplified logistics :)
> The basic setup will be one bts-box (umtrx, sysmocom, nanobts,
> whatever) connected to my laptop and one radio box 
> (amplifier+antennae).
> We can scale from that depending on amount of resources we will have.

Sounds ok for me. Possibly we can also provide you with some (older) 
laptop or PC to run the GSM stuff on so that you don't need to sacrifice 
your laptop for that.

>>> What'll be our connection to outside world - internet? sip? smth 
>>> else?
>>
>> Internet is available, yes - what did you expect?
>
> A bit more of a technical details :)
> Will it be NAT? Block of ipv4? ipv6 addresses?

We will get the IP-ranges of CCCV - there will be "direct" IPv4 and 
most likely IPv6 as well.

> Do we plan to route calls to outside world?

Via the POC, I think. Being able to call at least the DECT phones would 
definitely be nice.

> Btw, some variants might require Gb ethernet connection to bts - it's
> worth checking in advance.

Gigabit Ethernet will be available in the POC/MOC room. That room is 
quite in the center of the venue so I assume the antenna can stay there?

> During 29c3 we interacted with poc guys via lcr (linux-call-router)
> with some code hacked in right on the spot - I'll need to get in 
> touch with someone
> from poc team to sort this out in advance: know their dialplan and 
> such.
>
> There are also few questions:
> * location access (it would be great to get access to the location
>   1-2 days before the event to set everything up)

It is possible to get access to the building one day in advance. The 
PoC team will be there as well and you will have a place near them (most 
likely in the same room).

I don't know what your requirements regarding LCR are - its the same 
guys than an 29c3, so maybe check with Sascha?

> * sim-cards (where can we get 200+ sim cards for participants and how 
> will we
> distribute them?)

Would it be possible that you can take along the database from the 29c3 
so that SIM cards purchased there continue to work? Then we would need 
only a very small amount of SIM cards.

>> P.S. We can switch to German, if you like.
> Maybe for the next year - I've just started to learn it last October 
> :)

Ok, I just assumed from "tu-berlin.de" that you're probably a German 
guy - no problem, just stick to English =)

Regards,
   Helge.




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