Re: [Openbts-discuss] Hardware for OpenBTS (GSM/GPRS and UMTS)

[Germán C. M. <gc...@es...>]

Hi Ralph,

Thanks a lot for you quick response!
I was opting for the NI version, because its integration with Labview, but
B210 looks like a good alternative.

Best regards.
Germán



2015-03-13 11:40 GMT+01:00 Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras <ra...@sc...>:

> Well, I do not know the NI modeling scheme, looks a bit like a N200/N210,
> but with broader bandwidth in mind (like needed for LTE), I would recommend
> a somehow modern USB3 radio like the B200 or B210. For me my B210 has
> become a real Swiss Army Knife. Gbit Ethernet soon comes to its limits when
> dealing with 3G/4G/5G, and (only my personal impression) I do not like
> having Ethernet and UDP for high speed sampling. Sure, USB3 is not really
> better, but at least it is point to point, and the link speed is higher,
> allowing more headroom for things that can go bad :)
>
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>
> Ralph.
>
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> *From:* Germán Corrales Madueño [mailto:gc...@es...]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2015 10:23 AM
> *To:* ope...@li...
> *Subject:* [Openbts-discuss] Hardware for OpenBTS (GSM/GPRS and UMTS)
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>
>
> Hello,
>
> We are going to order new hardware to run OpenBTS in our lab, so far we
> have been using USRP2.
>
> According to the wiki (http://openbts.org/w/index.php/Ettus_Research_USRP)
> there several models supported, although i can see that in the build shell
> script the supported radio types is limited to SDR1, USRP1, B100, B110,
> B200, B210, N200 and N210.
>
> What about the new USRPs by National Instrument, are they supported? I was
> considering NI USRP-2932 (
> http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/da/nid/212999).
>
> I would really appreciate any recommendations about the hardware. The main
> use is for our lab for 2G and 3G (and perhaps also for openLTE), but there
> is no need for high power or outdoor installations.
>
> Thanks you in advance.
>
> Germán
>