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h1. Configuration Guide
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The first challenge in setting up a cellular network is to actually know what you
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want to setup and which components you need to achieve that.
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((TODO: enrich with / link to detailed config instructions))
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h2. 2G Networks
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h3. Radio Equipment
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There is a multitude of BTS equipment that works with Osmocom to choose from.
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Various BTS models actually run Osmocom's OsmoBTS and OsmoPCU software:
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* sysmoBTS (osmo-bts-sysmo)
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* USRP based BTS like the Ettus B200 (osmo-trx plus osmo-bts-trx)
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* Octasic OctBTS (osmo-bts-octphy)
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* Nutaq Litecell (osmo-bts-lc15)
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Others are "closed" BTS that are nevertheless interoperable with Osmocom's
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BSC layer:
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* ip.access nanoBTS
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* Siemens BS11
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h3. Core Network
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* Are you going to plug into a 3rd party MSC, e.g. the "voice" part of a
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  mobile operator's core network? Then you will want to use the standalone
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  OpenBSC approach.
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* Are you looking for a self-contained complete core network?
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  Then the OsmoNITB "Network-In-A-Box" approach is for you.
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* osmo-sip-connector may connect your OsmoNITB to external VoIP services.
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* GPRS and EGPRS data services are provided by, for example, OsmoSGSN and
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  OpenGGSN. Operation with a 3rd party SGSN or GGSN are also possible.
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* Osmocom also contains various tools to tunnel GTP, MGCP or A protocols
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  through a NAT layer.
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h2. 3G Networks
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h3. Radio Equipment
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You will need hNodeB hardware that is capable of talking the Iuh protocol
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over IP. This type of 3G cell is also known as small cell or femto-cell.
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Sysmocom offers a professional small cell product for these purposes to
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customers.
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We're also working on a lowest-cost femtocell offering strictly limited
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to active contributors to the Osmocom projects.
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h3. Core Network
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As outlined in "this article":https://osmocom.org/news/59, the Osmocom 3G core network uses OsmoHNBGW to
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connect to OsmoCSCN and OsmoSGSN. Furthermore osmo-bsc_mgcp is used to
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relay RTP voice streams and OpenGGSN may be used to provide data services.
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