[osmocom-event-orga] GSM or other cellular networks at 33C3

historical

Hi,

> However, now the big question is if anyone here still has an intreest to
> run a GSM/GPRS network at 33C3, particularly given the short lead time.

I guess the voice call stuff is pretty well tested now and used in
prod for years ...
What about data ?

Of course that would depend on hw available, dual trx would be best for that.

> If you want to volunteer to work on this, please state it *NOW*.  If
> three is insufficient volunteers/support within the next few days, we
> probably plan and announce there will *not* be any test netwokr like in
> previous years.

Given I didn't expect it, I'm only getting to the venue on the 26th
(Day 0) at around 13h.

When I arrive I'm definitely up to help set things up if we're doing
this. Given experience from previous years, we're starting to get good
at setting up the BTS fairly quickly (if they didn't change the layout
too much). The trick is mostly to find the right CCC people to open
the right doors at the right time :p

Of course there is also all the prep work done before the congress, I
was never involved in that so no idea how much work it is and if there
is someone interested to do it.

> Also, the time is insufficient for getting 33C3 SIM-cards printed.

How about blank (no print) ones ?

Do we have stats for re-used sim vs new ones from old congress ? I
suspect that many people don't bring them so without SIM, it might not
be worth it.

> Given the large spectrum, there's also an option for 3G or LTE.
> However, at least in Osmocom we have no software stack for LTE yet.  3G
> might be an option for experiments, but we don't have a lot of cells and
> can thus not cover the full congress center.  I would love to use the
> opportunity to play with 3G/3.5G at the event.  We cannot announce this
> as a big public test network though, not from capacity nor coverage nor
> software maturity point of view, I think.

With 10 MHz I guess one doesn't exclude the other.

Cheers,

   Sylvain