Hi,
> > I'm sorry, but in my opinion this is too last minute. There are logistical
> > (where to put this set-up, provide power), technical (how can we be
> > absolutely sure it won't interfere?) and administrative (request permission
> > from ULB) issues that cannot be dealt with this late in the game.
I actually talked with some people off the list and this year there will be only limited closed testing to make the network planning for next year.
> Actually - if there is BIPT approval for a transmitter in the GSM spectrum on
> the ULB campus, we don't really need further permission from ULB (while they
> control the builds, they don't control the radio spectrum).
I do have proper IBPT licence for 3 BTS for the DCS1800 spectrum around 1748 MHz for demonstration purposes, valid only this week end and limited to the ULB site.
> My main concern is logistics. I doubt you have BIPT approval to accept IMSIs
> not registered with you. How will you get people to register? Secondly, I
> have doubts about the utility.
> As JF mentioned, it's way too late to set up
> anything meaningful in the way of SIP to connect the GSM network to the rest
> of the world.
Yes, this is why there will be only range testing not open to the public this year. No time to setup anything useful in the remaining timeframe.
I wasn't too sure the licence would be granted since GSM is usually tightly controlled. I requested the licence end november and they only answered yesterday, so I thought it would not go trough and I didn't really prepare anything ...
> I suggest we keep this idea in mind for next year. Having our own GSM network
> at the conference certainly has some benefits, but it needs to be set up with
> a bit of forethought if it's going to be successful.
Indeed.
> Could you please coordinate with network@ next year?
Yup, already doing that now.
Cheers,
Sylvain