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diff --git a/2012/osmocom-cebit2012/abstract.txt b/2012/osmocom-cebit2012/abstract.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de22708 --- /dev/null +++ b/2012/osmocom-cebit2012/abstract.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Osmocom.org - Community based Open Source Mobile Communications + +For decades, there is a sheer unlimited number of readily available +Free / Open Source Software (FOSS) projects related to TCP/IP/Ethernet +networks. + +On the contrary, until 2009, there was no FOSS in the field of mobile +communications protocols like GSM and UMTS at all. Projects like +OpenBSC and OpenBTS have changed this ever since. + +Osmocom.org is a community-based umbrella project containing +implementations for various network elements of GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks, +including MS, BTS, BSC (OpenBSC), MGW, STP, SGSN, GGSN, etc. +Furthermore, it also contains software for GMR (ETSI Geo Mobile Radio, +used by Thuraya), as well as TETRA, DECT and APCO25. + +This lecture will give an overview about the different osmocom.org +projects, their applications and the motivation of the people who +implemented the software. |