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h1. OsmoBSC 

 Contact us via the openbsc@ mailing list, see [[Cellular Infrastructure:Mailing Lists]]. 
 Contributions are welcome via [[Cellular Infrastructure:Gerrit]]. 
 Git repository browser at https://git.osmocom.org/osmo-bsc 

 [[OsmoBSC:]] is what we call the _flavor_ of OpenBSC that acts like a classic GSM BSC, i.e. it offers 
 * an A-bis interface towards the BTSs 
 * an A interface towards an external MSC (e.g. [[OsmoMSC:]]). 

 h2. BTS Support 

 {{graphviz_link() 
 graph G { 

         nanoBTS [label="ip.access\nnanoBTS", shape=box]; 
         OsmoBTS; 
         sysmoBTS [label="sysmocom sysmoBTS\n(many models)", shape=box]; 
         LC15 [label="Nuran\nLitecell 1.5", shape=box]; 
         OCT [label="Octasic\nOCTBTS", shape=box]; 
         TRX [label="OsmoTRX"]; 
         OtherSDR [label="Other SDR HW", shape=box, style=dashed]; 
         OtherPHY [label="Other GSM PHY", shape=box, style=dashed]; 
         UmTRX [label="Fairwaves\nUmTRX", shape=box]; 
         USRP [label="Ettus USRP\nFamily", shape=box]; 

         BSC -- nanoBTS [label="Abis/IP"]; 
         BSC -- OsmoBTS [label="Abis/IP"]; 

         BSC -- BS11 [label="Siemens\nAbis/E1"]; 
         BSC -- RBS2K [label="Ericsson\nAbis/E1"]; 
         BSC -- Nokia [label="Nokia\nAbis/E1"]; 

         subgraph cluster_2 { 
                 BSC [label="BSC\n(OsmoBSC, OsmoNITB, 3rd party)" color=red]; 
                 color=white 
         } 

         subgraph cluster_0 { 
                 BS11 [label="Siemens BS-11", shape=box]; 
                 SIU [label="Ericsson SIU"]; 
                 RBS2K [label="Ericsson RBS 2000\n(many models)", shape=box]; 
                 Nokia [label="Nokia InSite, MetroSite", shape=box]; 

                 BSC -- L2TPD [label="Unix Socket"]; 
                 L2TPD -- SIU [label="Ericsson\nL2TP/IP"]; 
                 SIU -- RBS2K [label="Ericsson\nAbis/E1"]; 

                 { rank=same; BS11 RBS2K Nokia } 

                 label = "Classic E1/T1"; 
         } 

         subgraph cluster_1 { 

                 OsmoBTS -- sysmoBTS [label="osmo-bts-sysmo"]; 
                 OsmoBTS -- LC15 [label="osmo-bts-lc15"]; 
                 OsmoBTS -- OCT [label="osmo-bts-octphy"]; 
                 OsmoBTS -- TRX [label="osmo-bts-trx"]; 
                 OsmoBTS -- OtherPHY [style=dashed]; 

                 TRX -- USRP; 
                 TRX -- UmTRX; 
                 TRX -- OtherSDR [style=dashed]; 

                 { rank=same; nanoBTS sysmoBTS LC15 OCT UmTRX } 

                 label = "IP/Ethernet based"; 
         } 

 } 
 }} 

 h2. User Manuals 

 * osmo-bsc User Manual: http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/osmobsc-usermanual.pdf 
 * osmo-bsc VTY Reference: http://ftp.osmocom.org/docs/latest/osmobsc-vty-reference.pdf