On Oct 18, 2017, at 1:12 PM, Harald Welte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Robert, > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:22:44PM +0300, robert wrote: >> I don’t know much about femtocells, where can I get one > > sysmocom is selling femtocells both individually as well as part of the > "sysmoNITB 3G5 Starter Kit". > > Please note that there is nothing sysmocom-specific in the Osmo-Iuh > code, you should be able to use any device that exposes its Iuh or > IuCS/IuPS over IP. > >> does it connect to any 3G operator ? > > No, a femtocell sold to an end-user/consumer will typically only connect > to the one operator to which it was provisioned to connect. The > femtocell and small-cell devices shipped by sysmocom are special in that > regard, as they are sold to you as the operator of your network. This > means that you can configure where it shall connect, and what kind of > authentication/credentials to use (if any). > Sounds great ! So I can connect it to any operator provided that I have the required credentials. > Still, you will only be able to connect those femtocells to a core > network that you control (Such as one based on an installation of the > Osmocom components), as you will not have credentials to authenticate to > an operator that is not under your control (such as regular commercial > cellular operators like Vodafone or T-Mobile). > Does this mean that if I have a femtocell that is connected to an operator that I control, then I must manually tell my phone to connect to the femtocell ? How will the phone be able to differentiate between the original operator and the femtocell if both share the same signature ? > -- > - Harald Welte <[email protected]> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ > ============================================================================ > "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." > (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)
