Osmocom Conferences (OsmoDevCon, OsmoCon, OsmoDevCall)

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This page is used to plan and coordinate regarding the Osmocom Developer Conference 2014

h1. Osmocom Developer Conference 2014

Ths Osmocom Developer Conference 2014 ([[OsmoDevCon2014]]) is an event *by project members for project members*.

As such, the primary audience is people who have been contributing to the project.

It is *not targetted at users*.

Attendance requires registration (see below) and notification of acceptance.  There number of participants

is limited to about 20.

h2. When

*March 6 to March 9, 2014_

Time: We will *start at 10am* in the morning, will take *lunch break from 1pm to 3pm* and have an open

end at night.  We have a key to IN-Berlin to come and go as we please.

h2. Where

In the rooms of "IN-Berlin e.V.":http://www.in-berlin.de/, Lehrter Str. 53, 10557 Berlin, Germany, the Universe.

The meeting / seminar / conference room at IN-Berlin is located on ground floor and has windows facing east.

In front of those windows is a road + sidewalk which is directly in north-south direction,

i.e. it _may_ be possible to set up some (GPS, Thuraya, etc.) antennas on the sidewalk, if required.

Some kind of pole+stand is required, though.

h2. Format

The format of this workshop is not formal lectures/talks.  It's more like "guided discussions", i.e. there are

topics and each topic will get an "owner" who should introduce the topic and lead the discussion related to it.

h2. Who

(if you want to attend, please add your name below ASAP, no later than December 31, 2013):

h3. Confirmed

 1. laforge

 1. zecke

 1. -Hoernchen-

 1. horizon

 1. dieter

 1. kevin

 1. tnt

 1. -jolly-

 1. daniel

 1. chemeris

 1. kluchnikov

 1. -dburgess00-

 1. Max (plotr)

 1. Jean-Samuel

 1. ttsou

 1. steve-m

 1. nion

 1. -tobias-

 1. pablo

 1. peter

 1. kaber

 1. jerlbeck

 1. ciaby

h3. Requested

[please add your name if you would like to request attending the event]

h2. Schedule

TBD.  We will get one key to the rooms and will be permitted access 24 hours per day.

We intend to start at 10am on Thursday, and finish around 5pm on Sunday.

h3. Talks/Discussions

||Who||What||How long||

||tnt||fosphor: update||20m||day 2

||tnt||osmo-gmr: update||20m||day 1

||tnt||parallella: My plans for it||20m||day 4

||zecke||Introduction of SS7/GSM MAP||20m||day 3

||zecke||Overview of (unit-)testing and static analysis in Osmocom||20m||day 4

||-chemeris-||-Real life network with [[OsmoNITB]]: Our experience-||20m||

||chemeris||OsmoNITB roadmap discussion||20m||day 2

||ciaby||Distributed Community Cellular Networks with [[OsmoNITB]] and SIP||20m||day 3

||-Hoernchen-||-rtl-sdr-||20m||

||dieter||M2M security||20m||day 2

||dieter||TETRAunPACK||30m||day 3

||dieter||A very short introduction to CDMA||20m||day 1

||dieter||Running your own LTE eNodeB||20m||day 1

||dieter||Practical STK||30m||day 2

||ttsou||osmo-trx: recent developments and future plans||20m||day 4

||Max||Dedicated AuC for GPRS and GSM - discussion||20m||day 2

||Max||Patch review process - discussion||20m||day 4

||pablo||GGSN kernel data path||?||day 3

||jerlbeck||Current changes to the msgb||10m||day 2

||jerlbeck||How we fixed AGCH overflow (BTS)||20m||day 4

||laforge||CE compliance requirements for BTS||?||day 1

||laforge||Precision time distribution||?||day 3

||ttsou||LTE PHY receiver demo + discussion||20m||day 3

Requests:

||-jolly-||-osmo-trx support in [[OsmoBTS]]-||20m||

h3. Workshop / Hacking

||zecke||SS7/TCAP/MAP in Pharo/Smalltalk||

||chemeris/ttsou||Further osmo-trx Osmocom'ization||

||nion/kevin||OsmoTACDB||

h3. Avoiding dehydration during the day

IN-Berlin has a fridge with a selection of cold beverages (lemonades, club mate, water, beers) available to be purchased

at extremely low prices (about 1 EUR / bottle).  There are tea and coffee-making facilities.  They also carry some candy-bar

type snacks.  There are several supermarkets within walking distance from the venue, if you'd like to bring your own.

h3. Lunch

Lunch catering will be brought into IN-Berlin every day.  Sponsoring for this will be provided by "sysmocom GmbH":http://sysmocom.de/.

* March 6: Greek Salad, sliced roast turkey with mushrooms, szegedin goulasch (Caterer: Partyservice A. Rohde)

* March 7: Lamb Korma, Vegetable Jhalfrezi, Mango Chicken, Basmati Rice, Naan (Caterer: Aapka)

* March 8: Sandwiches (Caterer: Schnell)

* March 9: Vegetable Lasagna, Vegetables in mustard-cream sauce, filled red peppers (Caterer: Seerose) 

h3. Dinner

Dinner catering will be broungt into IN-Berlin every day. Sponsoring for this will be provided by "Fairwaves":http://www.fairwaves.co/.

* March 6: Kaltes Buffet (Caterer: Essen Statt Kochen)

* March 7: Burggrafenplatte, Kaeseplatte, veg. Kidneyballs, Brotkorb / Broetchen (Caterer: partyking.de)

* March 8: Pizza from next door (http://www.030-3975577.de/ok/de/Mediterraneo_Flyer.pdf)

h2. Travel

h3. Airports

Berlin has two active airports during [[OsmoDevCon]]2014: Tegel (TXL) and Schoenefeld (SXF).  TXL is closer to the venue.

h3. Train

You can take long distance trains to _Berlin Hauptbahnhof_ (main station), which is only 15mins walking (or 3 bus stops) from the venue.

h3. Public Transport

Check http://www.bvg.de/ for maps, fares, etc.

h3. Car

There is some public parking in Lehrter Str., where IN-Berlin is located, but it is quite crowded.  Parking your car might

not be easy.

h2. Accomodation

Berlin has tons of options, from very cheap to plush and expensive.  Pick your favourite.

The closest low-end option in walking distance (about 7 mins) is the "A&O Hostel Berlin-Hauptbahnhof":http://www.aohostels.com/en/berlin/berlin-hauptbahnhof/.

A more expensive alternative within 15 minutes of walking is "Motel One Berlin-Hauptbahnhof":http://www.motel-one.com/en/hotels/berlin/hotel-berlin-hauptbahnhof/#t=hotelinfo

h2. Who brings what kind of equipment/supplies?

||Qty||Description||Who||

||-||Coffee, Coffee Filters||laforge||

||-||Milk (for coffee)||laforge||

||-||Sweets and cookies||chemeris||

h3. Technical Equipment

||Qty||Description||Who||

||3||power strips with 10 outlets||laforge||

||1||Fan-less 16-port Ethernet switch for main table||laforge||

||plenty||Ethernet cabling in various length||laforge||

||1||Duct Tape||laforge||