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h1. Overall Roadmap This is the general direction in which we would like the Osmocom Cellular Infrastructure projects to move. None of this will of course happen without significant contribution and/or funding: h2. BTS * more systematic generation + reporting of alarms over Abis OML #1615 * communication of BTS specific capabilities/features towards BSC (via Abis extension) to avoid BTS/BSC config mismatches #1614 h2. BSC * BSC/MSC split: Real A interface with BSSAP/BSSMAP between MSC and BSC * Support of 3GPP A-over-IP in addition to current non-standard IPA * multiplex / SCCPlite * Alarm handling ** generation of Alarms inside the BSC ** aggregation/forwarding of Alarms received from Abis ** reporting of alarms via control interface· ** control interface / SNMP proxy for alarm -> trap conversion #1590 * Move all media processing (TRAU frames, RTP) to separate MGW daemon, controlled via MGCP #61 * late assignment instead of very early assignment #1778 * A5/3 support #75 (BTS supports it, we just need to enable it based on MS capability) h2. Core Network * BSC/MSC split: Real A interface with BSSAP/BSSMAP between MSC and BSC #1594 * externalize the HLR+AUC from the NITB (osmo-gsup-hlr) #1711, #1591, #1592, #30, * support for UMTS AKA over GERAN #1711 * support of SMS delivery via GPRS #1587 * support of combined CS/PS attach (2G and 3G) #1599 #1583 * support of inter-BSC hand-over (after BSC/MSC split) #1609 * support of inter-MSC hand-over (after HLR+AUC externalization) * Real A interface (MTP2/MTP3/SCCP) * Move all media processing (TRAU frames, RTP) to separate MGW daemon, controlled via MGCP * Local Call, Local Switching #1602 * External interface to HLR #1643 * External interface for USSD #1597 * Generation of accounting/billing data #1596 h2. SIP Interface (osmo-sip-connector * better VTY #1680 * create user manual #1684 * DTMF support * call hold #1686 * codec selection #1683 h2. 3G/3.5G related * Iu-CS and Iu-PS interface over M3UA (as specified in 3GPP), not just SUA (current implementation) #1595, #1589 * test/validate mobility between multiple hNodeB/smallcells * hand-over between multiple hNodeB/smallcells * Iu-CS/Iu-PS validation against RNCs * Iuh validation against more hNodeB/smallcell vendors * inter-RAT mobility (2G <-> 3G) #1588 * network with simultaneous 2G and 3G/3.5G cells h2. PCU * more complete EGPRS implementation for uplink and downlink * multi-slot uplink support * PTCCH support (TA loop for fast moving MS) #1526, #1545 * closed loop power control #1546 * EC-GSM-IoT support #1780 h2. Build and Test infrastructure * more mature osmo-gsm-tester setup ** have osmo-gsm-tester do full end-to-end regression testing on every commit or every night ** develop test cases for MO-Call, MT-Call, Hold/Retrieve, USSD, SMS-in-Call, hand-over, etc. ** not only functional testing, but performance testing (time to deliver N SMS) ** GPRS/EGPRS testing *** (single-MS ul/dl throughput, multi-MS ul/dl throughput) #1544 *** mobility between different BTS/PCUs ** testing against different modems (different baseband processr, protocol stack) h2. Libraries/Infrastructure * VTYv2: Externalize VTY + config management #1601 #1613 #1600 ** shared daemon that manages a MIB and offers VTY + control interface to access that MIB ** individual programs just access that config daemon via well-defined API ** preferably with transactions, roll-back ** avoid hand-written code for parsing individual VTY commands ** avoid duplicate code for VTY + Control interface h2. Documentation * provide one conscise set of tutorials/howto's as opposed to fragmented * and duplicated, outdated information in wiki #1719 * regularly update user manuals and reference manuals