From: Dario L. <dar...@gm...> - 2012-09-16 21:22:58
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OpenBTS needs a PC to run. If you intend to lower the price, but still using a PC, you could take a look at the project osmobts, that aims a creating a bts running on cheap hardware, like a reworked phone (one of the osmocom supported). That should be MUCH less expensive than a usrp :)) http://openbsc.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/OsmoBTS Have a nice day. Dario. On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Charles Hearn <cm...@vi...> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've been playing around with a USRP1 setup with OpenBTS for a few months > now in a research lab, and I'm interested in the plausibility of creating an > ad-hoc USRP that could run OpenBTS or OpenBTS-like software on a much > cheaper build. Obviously there is so much packed into the USRP that isn't > needed to run this specific software in the 900 MHz band, and I want to know > if it seems feasible to create a cheaper (possibly arduino-powered?) > hardware setup that could be used specifically for creating an open, > short-range BTS that could hand over to a VoIP network. I don't have a lot > of expertise in this area, so I would appreciate any help. Thanks! > > -- > Charles Hearn > University of Virginia > Computer Science Department > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? > http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > _______________________________________________ > Openbts-discuss mailing list > Ope...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbts-discuss > |