22 January 2012

This is a blog item that needs to be converted to the new Bliki format

Independent cellular network available

OpenBTS is a Unix application that uses a software radio to present a GSM air interface to standard 2G GSM handset and uses a SIP softswitch or PBX to connect calls. (You might even say that OpenBTS is a simplified form of IMS that works with 2G feature-phone handsets.) The combination of the global-standard GSM air interface with low-cost VoIP backhaul forms the basis of a new type of cellular network that can be deployed and operated at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in many applications, including rural cellular deployments and private cellular networks in remote areas.

In plain language, we are working on a new kind of cellular network that can be installed and operated at about 1/10 the cost of current technologies, but that will still be compatible with most of the handsets that are already in the market.

See also:

• Ham Radio Operator Chris Paget - KJ6GCG - Spoofs as 900Mhz GSM Tower and 15 phones in Defcon Hacker Convention log onto “his network”
• P2P