That is the same question I have been asking my self. Maybe we could take a 2.4GHz (or 5.8) soft radio and turn it into a debugging/development tool I.E. create our own handset/base station combo
It would not be perfect and maybe not feasible. Barnaby J Astles On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 07:42, Jay R. Worthington <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi, > > as probably for most of us an official (testing) licence is out of reach, > is there a "workaround" for this problem? > > - Is there some part of the official gsm bands that overlaps with local ISM > or other not-so-tightly-regulated frequencies? > (i.e, GSM1900 seems to have a small part that's not used by DECT...) > > - Are there any "standard" gsm handsets that could be modified (preferably > in software) to work at 2,4GHz? > > - Is UMA/GAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network) > something that could be used with OpenBSC? As far as i understand the > specification, UMA is GSM Layer 3 over an GPRS/IPSEC tunnel to the BSC, so > all the GSM-Goodies should be there. > > I realize the first two options would not exactly make it legal, but i'd > prefer the wrath of my neighbors over the suicide-squad from a carrier or > regulatory agency ;). > > Any comments? > > Regards, > > Jay
