On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 20:30, John Todd wrote: > At 7:18 PM +1200 3/31/04, Simon Anderson wrote: > > > >picoCell/microCell/nanoCell Base stations are low powered GSM nodes > >designed for indoor or small area GSM coverage. Their transmission power > >is low enough to meet the legal restrictions of many countries. > > > >Here are two examples; > > > >http://www.rivanetworks.com/nano/nano.htm > >http://www.ipaccess.com/ipaccess_pages2/bts2.html > > > >Both of these Base Stations have an RJ-45 in order to do Ethernet on the > >back end; GSM in, IP out. > > > >I wonder if anyone has experience interfacing one of these or a similar > >product with Asterisk? > > > >I also wonder if Digium has any plans to supply PCI cards which provide > >similar functionality? > > > >The prospect of recycling old cell phones for use as Asterisk extensions > >is extremely attractive. > > > >Cellular phone ---GSM---> picoCell ---IP---> Asterisk > > > >Regards, > >Simon. > > This looks interesting, but can you explain this a bit more? The > term "IP out" is incredibly vague, and on neither of the websites > (after a 30 second review) did they say exactly what they mean with > "IP out". Does this turn GSM calls into SIP transactions? Does it > need another similar device somewhere else on the IP network that > then turns the calls back into TDM via an FXS interface? What > _does_ IP mean in this context?
For the Riva model, these are the only specs I could find; http://www.rivanetworks.com/nano/nanospec.htm I agree that this looks interesting. I'm hoping that the creation of this thread on this list fills in some of the blanks. Regards, Simon. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
