[asterisk-users] asterisk + openBTS

[Tim Panton]

Last time I looked, no OpenBTS does not (yet) support handoff between base stations during a call. 

Handoff between calls can be done using SIP registrations to a central asterisk. 

Tim. 

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On 23 Aug 2010, at 13:42, equis software <equissoftware at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you know if OpenBTS support handoff?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Tim Panton <thp at westhawk.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 19 Aug 2010, at 20:59, Randy R wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Alan Lord (News) <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> On 19/08/10 18:20, equis software wrote:
> >>>> I want to know about asterisk and openBTS
> >>> This island runs it's GSM network on OpenBTS: http://www.niueisland.com/
> >>>
> >>> This was the place he presented about.
> >>>
> >>> Read the blog here: http://openbts.sourceforge.net/NiuePilot/
> >>
> >> and more about the installation here:
> >>
> >> http://vuc.me/2010/island-telephony-adventure/
> >>
> >
> >
> > I was part of the team that went to Niue to install OpenBTS,
> > I'm happy to answer questions if you have them,
> > although I'm not the radio guy - asterisk is more my thing :-)
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > Tim Panton - Web/VoIP consultant and implementor
> > www.westhawk.co.uk
> 
> In all reality, Asterisk could be substituted with any other platform.
> 
> All the magic happens in the USRP, OpenBTS, and the cellular phones.
> Asterisk is merely handling the routing and voice, same as it ever
> was.  It is just the top of the stack.
> 
> I have two USRPs and a handful of daughter boards, and yes I have two
> flex 800s that have been physically altered so they can also be flex
> 1800s with a simple command line.  These are the boards you want for
> GSM (Cellular).
> 
> There is also a project to be able to listen into phone calls (thanks
> to the French making encryption so weak) besides a ton of other
> applications that can be dreamed up.
> 
> You can do passive radar, track people that have cell phones powered
> on,  RFID (Free tolls anyone?), WiFi, heck, you can even kill people
> with certain types of pacemakers.
> 
> While OpenBTS is cool and is on topic with Asterisk, read up on
> GNURadio and all the projects and applications you can come up with.
> It is really cool technology.
> 
> Start here http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/show/gnuradio but you
> can easily find things like this
> http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N30/subway/Defcon_Presentation.pdf or come up
> with your own with a bit of imagination and skillz.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
> 
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