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h1. OsmoMSC
OsmoMSC is the Osmocom implementation of a Mobile Switching Center (MSC).
It implements the following interfaces:
* 3GPP AoIP over M3UA or SUA towards BSCs, for example [[OsmoBSC:]], possibly via a STP like [[OsmoSTP:]]
* Osmocom GSUP towards an HLR such as [[OsmoHLR:]]
* SMPP v3.4 for external SMS entities (minimal SMSC is built-in)
* MGCP for controlling an external Media Gateway like [[OsmoMGW:]]
* MNCC for external call-control handlers, such as [[osmo-sip-connector:]] for SIP trunks
* Osmocom VTY interface for configuration + introspection
* Osmocom CTRL interface for programmatic access to internal state/configuration
h2. Position in a typical network
{{graphviz_link()
digraph G {
rankdir = LR;
OsmoBTS -> OsmoBSC [label="Abis/IP"];
OsmoBSC -> OsmoMSC [label="3GPP AoIP"];
OsmoMSC -> OsmoHLR [label="GSUP"];
OsmoMSC -> OsmoSIP [label="MNCC"];
OsmoMSC [color=red];
OsmoSIP [label="osmo-sip-connector"];
}
}}
h2. History
OsmoMSC was the result of splitting [[OsmoNITB:]] into three parts during the 2017 NITB-split. Parts of [[OsmoNITB:]] became [[OsmoBSC:]], other parts became [[OsmoHLR:]], while the mobility management, call control and SMS handling became [[OsmoMSC:]]. At the time of the rewrite, the entire MSC and VLR state machines have been properly re-implemented using "osmo-fsm":http://ftp.osmocom.org/api/latest/libosmocore/core/html/group__fsm.html
h2. Manuals
* "osmomsc-usermanual.pdf":http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/osmomsc-usermanual.pdf
* "osmomsc-vty-reference.pdf":http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/osmomsc-vty-reference.pdf
h2. Contact
* Contact us via the openbsc@ mailing list, see [[Cellular Infrastructure:Mailing Lists]].
* Contributions are welcome via [[Cellular Infrastructure:Gerrit]].
* Git repository browser at https://git.osmocom.org/osmo-msc