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ipse, 02/19/2016 10:48 PM
Transitioning [wiki:osmo-bts] to [wiki:OsmoBTS]


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A PCU (Packet Control Unit) is one of the two GPRS elements in the BSS. It implements the RLC and MAC layers of the GPRS
Um (radio) interface on the MS-facing side, as well as the Gb Interface (NS,BSSGP) on the SGSN-facing side.

osmo-pcu is the Osmocom implementation of this PCU functionality.

It implements a custom L1 interface that can be used with [wiki:OsmoBTS] (specifically its
[http://www.sysmocom.de/products/sysmobts sysmoBTS] back-end), and also with
an unofficial version of OpenBTS that is being created by Fairwaves.

Towards the SGSN, the BSSGP and NS protocols are implemented over UDP/IP, sometimes called "NS over IP".
It has been tested with [wiki:OsmoSGSN] as well as an Ericsson SGSN so far.

osmo-pcu is not fully stable yet, but already performing useful service for a number of users.

Source Code

The source code is available from git://git.osmocom.org/osmo-pcu.git

You can browse it online via http://cgit.osmocom.org/cgit/osmo-pcu/

The branch to be used with [wiki:OsmoBTS] and sysmoBTS is the 'jolly_merge' branch.

Mailing List

There is a mailing list for (development) discussion regarding the PCU: .
You can subscribe to it (or manage your subscription) at http://lists.osmocom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osmocom-pcu

Status

=== Supported === * GPRS CS1 to CS4 * single-slot and multi-slot operation on downlink * only single-slot operation on uplink

=== Shortcomings / Limitations / Restrictions ===

  • Pure GPRS PCU, no EGPRS (EDGE) functionality
  • Timeslots have to be assigned dedicated as a PDCH, no dynamic PDCH/TCH switching
  • No support for hand-over of any sort yet
  • No support of processing measurement reports
  • No timing advance loop, i.e. maximum cell radius 2-3 km
  • No dynamic link adaption for different coding schemes
  • No resource-dependent flow control
Files (3)
osmo-pcu-0.1.tar.bz2 osmo-pcu-0.1.tar.bz2 350 KB release version 0.1 of osmo-pcu laforge, 01/17/2013 11:37 AM
pcu-edge-osmocom-org.pcap.bz2 pcu-edge-osmocom-org.pcap.bz2 243 KB First internet access through osmo-pcu using EDGE , 02/04/2016 05:30 PM
egprs-gsmtap-dissector.patch egprs-gsmtap-dissector.patch 6.48 KB WIP patch to add EDGE decoding for RLC frames contained in GSMTAP. , 02/04/2016 05:50 PM

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