Osmocom Conferences (OsmoDevCon, OsmoCon, OsmoDevCall)

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This page is used to plan and coordinate regarding the Osmocom Developer Conference 2013

h1. Osmocom Developer Conference 2013

Ths Osmocom Developer Conference 2013 ([[OsmoDevCon2013]]) is an event *by project members for project members*.

As such, the primary audience is people who have been contributing to the project.

It is *not targetted at users*.

Attendance requires registration (see below) and notification of acceptance.  There number of participants

is limited to about 20.

h2. When

*April 4 through April 7, 2013*. This is Thursday through Sunday, to ensure people with regular day jobs

don't have to take off four but only two days.

Time: We will *start at 10am* in the morning, will take *lunch break from 1pm to 3pm* and have an open

end at night.  We have a key to IN-Berlin to come and go as we please.

h2. Where

In the rooms of "IN-Berlin e.V.":http://www.in-berlin.de/, Lehrter Str. 53, 10557 Berlin, Germany, the Universe.

The meeting / seminar / conference room at IN-Berlin is located on ground floor and has windows facing east.

In front of those windows is a road + sidewalk which is directly in north-south direction,

i.e. it may be possible to set up some (GPS, Thuraya, etc.) antennas on the sidewalk, if required.

Some kind of pole+stand is required, though.

h2. Format

The format of this workshop is not formal lectures/talks.  It's more like "guided discussions", i.e. there are

topics and each topic will get an "owner" who should introduce the topic and lead the discussion related to it.

h2. Who

(if you want to attend, please add your name below ASAP, no later than March 5):

h3. Confirmed

 1. laforge

 1. zecke

 1. tnt

 1. peter

 1. tobias

 1. nion (possibly not all the time)

 1. hopscotch

 1. chemeris

 1. kluchnikov

 1. strebe

 1. Max Suraev

 1. steve-m

 1. hoernchen

 1. dieter

 1. horizon

 1. jean-samuel

 1. dmitry

 1. jolly

 1. tk

 1. pablo

 1. kaber (Patrick [[McHardy]])

h2. Schedule

TBD.  We will get one key to the rooms and will be permitted access 24 hours per day.

We intend to start at 10am on Thursday, and finish around 5pm on Sunday.

h3. Talks/Discussions

||osmo-pcu status/presentation (for those who haven't used it yet)||jolly/kluchnikov/laforge||Day 3||

||osmo-sdr hardware + misc software news / update (maybe separate)||Hopscotch, Horizon?||Day 2||

||OsmocomBB based transceiver||anyone?||||

||OpenBTS/OpenBSC integration strategies||jolly/laforge||||

||openbsc subscriber management||peter||Day 1||

||Osmo-GMR: News||tnt+spaar||Day 2||

||OsmocomDECT: Introduction to the [[OsmocomDECT]] stack||kaber||Day 3||

||LCR architecture||anyone?||Day 3||

||sdrangelove release -party- presentation||Hopscotch||Day 2||

h3. 15min short talks

||libosmosim: SIM/USIM parsing/encoding toolkit||laforge||Day 3||

||xgoldmon: Interface Samsung X-GOLD with GSMTAP+Wireshark||tobias||Day 2||

||Qualcomm Diag to GSMTAP||spaar||Day 2||

||libosmocore logging framework changes||laforge||Day 3||

||A5/3 implementation overview||max||Day 4||

||UmTRX status update||chemeris||Day 1||

||CPRI + OBSAI Technology||spaar||Day 1||

||fosphor: quick intro||tnt||Day 2||

||Epiphany LLVM backend||Hoernchen||Day 4||

||multi-rx update||horizon||Day 2||

||Osmocom hosting / backup strategy||zecke, laforge||

||RRLP Implementation||spaar||Day 3||

||osmo-nitb SMPP interface||laforge||Day 1||

||osmo-ganc UMA/GAN Controller||laforge/spaar||Day 4||

||Open BTS: Handover||dmitri||Day 4||

h3. Workshop / Hacking

* fixing osmo-sgsn (TLLI issues, persistent MM context, msgb ownership)

* Brainstorming + kick-off for custom Calypso PCB

* make GSMTAPv3 less vaporware?

* [[OsmoCOS]] (card-OS) code sprint

* openbsc database code and schema changes

* [[OpenSMSC]] code sprint

* Osmo-GMR [[GmPRS]] signal demod

* GSM channel coding merge session

* [[OpenBSC]] integration with legacy E1 MSCs

* Work on GPRS encryption support (libosmogsm and [[OpenBTS]])

* Load [[OpenBTS]] with SMS messages from a modem bank.

* Run [[OsmoBTS]]/OsmoNITB with a [[UmTRX]]

h3. Avoiding dehydration during the day

IN-Berlin has a fridge with a selection of cold beverages (lemonades, club mate, water, beers) available to be purchased

at extremely low prices (about 1 EUR / bottle).  There are tea and coffee-making facilities.  They also carry some candy-bar

type snacks.  There are several supermarkets within walking distance from the venue, if you'd like to bring your own.

h3. Lunch

Lunch catering will be brought into IN-Berlin every day.  Sponsoring for this will be provided by "sysmocom GmbH":http://sysmocom.de/.

||Thursday||Baecker Schnell||Cold cuts, Salad, Pastries||

||Friday||Indian (Aapka)||Eggplant with almonds and cashew nuts in mild sauce, grilled chicken in butter tomato sauce and mutton with fresh champignons, basmati rice, bhatura & naan bread||

||Saturday||Seerose||Vegetarian buffet, TBD||

||Sunday||?||TBD, most likely traaditional german food with lots of meat (sorry Andreas)||

h3. Dinner

Last year there were some complaints that dinner was not organized.  Even if there is no sponsoring, it would have been useful to

at least have some reservations.  We will take this recommendation and organize something.

||Day||Type of food||Where (from/to)||

||Thursday||Pizza||Pizza delivery 50m from IN-Berlin||

||Friday||Sandwiches or Restaurant||?||

||Saturday||Sandwiches or Restaurant||?||

h2. Travel

h3. Airports

Berlin has two active airports during [[OsmoDevCon]]2013: Tegel (TXL) and Schoenefeld (SXF).  TXL is closer to the venue.

h3. Train

You can take long distance trains to _Berlin Hauptbahnhof_ (main station), which is only 15mins walking (or 3 bus stops) from the venue.

h3. Public Transport

Check http://www.bvg.de/ for maps, fares, etc.

h3. Car

There is some public parking in Lehrter Str., where IN-Berlin is located, but it is quite crowded.  Parking your car might

not be easy, but not as bad as at C-Base last year.

h2. Accomodation

Berlin has tons of options, from very cheap to plush and expensive.  Pick your favourite.

The closest low-end option in walking distance (about 7 mins) is the "A&O Hostel Berlin-Hauptbahnhof":http://www.aohostels.com/en/berlin/berlin-hauptbahnhof/.

A more expensive alternative within 15 minutes of walking is "Motel One Berlin-Hauptbahnhof":http://www.motel-one.com/en/hotels/berlin/hotel-berlin-hauptbahnhof/#t=hotelinfo

h2. Spectrum License

We have ARFCN 874 and 877 from the 1st to the 15th. BNetzA has been super speedy. Paid by "sysmocom":http://sysmocom.de/.

h2. Notes

[[SubscriberManagement]] implementation proposal.

h2. Minutes

TBD

h2. Video recordings

Handled by chemeris and kluchnikov. We'll bring an HD-camera and handle all recording.

h2. Who brings what kind of equipment/supplies?

||Qty||Description||Who||

||-||Coffee, Coffee Filters||laforge||

||-||Milk (for coffee)||laforge||

||-||Cookies/sweets (if we find a place to buy them)||chemeris||

h3. Technical Equipment

||Qty||Description||Who||

||3||power strips with 10 outlets||laforge||

||1||Fan-less 16-port Ethernet switch for main table||laforge||

||plenty||Ethernet cabling in various length||laforge||

||1||Duct Tape||laforge||

||2||sysmoBTS||laforge||

||1||16port Modem Rack||laforge||

||0||sysmoSIM-GR1||zecke||

||?||UmTRX||chemeris||

h2. TODO

* Reservations and/or catering for Dinner

* Tripod for a camera (WITH a camera holder :) )