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About OpenBSC
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OpenBSC started as a minimalistic all-in-one implementation of the GSM Network,
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with particular emphasis on the functionality typically provided by the BSC,
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MSC, HLR, VLR and SMSC. Today it is a growing suite of libraries and programs,
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implementing protocol stacks and functional elements, including
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* OsmoBSC - a pure GSM BSC, speaking Abis/IP to the BTS and A/IP to the MSC
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* OsmoBSC-MGCP - MGCP helper to the OsmoBSC software
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* OsmoNITB - a BSC+MSC+VLR+HLR+SMSC "Network in the box".
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* OsmoMSC - a voice CN with A/IP and IuCS/IP towards the BSC and/or HNB-GW
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* OsmoSGSN - a GPRS SGSN with Gb/IP and IuPS/IP towards the PCU and/or HNB-GW
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* Osmo-GbProxy - a Proxy to aggregate many Gb links as one Gb link to the SGSN
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* OsmoBSCNAT - a gateway aggregating many A links as one A link to the MSC
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* OsmoGTPHUB - a hub aggregating many GTP links (between SGSN and GGSN)
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* ipaccess-utils - some tools to discover + configure ip.access nanoBTS
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* bs11_config - a tool to configure the Siemens BS-11 microBTS
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Various interfaces towards the BTS are supported, among which are:
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* Classic A-bis over E1 using a mISDN based E1 interface. In other
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words, you can connect existing GSM Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
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through E1 to OpenBSC. So far, we have made it work with the Siemens BS-11,
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various Ericsson RBS2xxx BTS models and the Nokia MetroSite.
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* A-bis over IP as used by the ip.access nanoBTS product family as well as
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the Open Source OsmoBTS software (by the same authors as OpenBSC). OsmoBTS
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in turn supports various transceiver hardware, including the sysmoBTS
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product family, as well as SDR transceivers supported by OsmoTRX, such as
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the UmTRX or USRP boardss.
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* IuCS and IuPS over IP towards an HNB-GW (see osmo-iuh) for UMTS (3G)
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voice and data links.
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Find OpenBSC online at
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http://openbsc.osmocom.org/
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Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
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