[Openbts-discuss] Hardware and Software Updates

[Michael I. <mic...@ra...>]

Hi everyone,

We’ve been working on this for quite awhile and wanted to share it here. Our commercial basestation firmware, RangeSDMN, has a major update:
 - OpenBTS-UMTS now has voice support as well as support for combined voice/data operation
 - OpenBTS-GSM added full RRLP support for carriers
 - GPRS has been reworked to dramatically increase throughput and reliability
 - Multi-ARFCN support extended to Ettus Research radios and increased to 4 concurrent ARFCNs
 - this plus the usual collection of performance and stability improvements

Our firmware automates 90% of setting up a network. You can have 2G or 3G up from scratch in 5-10 minutes and toggle between those modes with a single button. Configuration can be backed-up or restored using a single file. Software upgrades via a WebUI, etc. Basically, it’s what you expect in a modern appliance.

And now we also have a new 3G desktop kit to run it on! This kit has the same form factor as our 2G kit but has been upgraded to an Intel i7-class processor and an Ettus B200 miniSDR so there’s enough horsepower and bandwidth for 3G (Atom-class processors just don't have enough for 3G).

We’re offering an early order program with more information on our website here:
 - http://www.rangenetworks.com/products/3g-desktop-kit


In addition to the commercial updates, public has been updated to support Ubuntu 16.04 as well as the AMD64 arch. Give it a shot and let us know how it goes!

Regards,
-Michael