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| author | Neels Hofmeyr <neels@hofmeyr.de> | 2017-12-07 17:00:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2017-12-07 22:32:14 +0000 |
| commit | a0ca649d40090e57c31bc8d42e6f36de935e6da7 (patch) | |
| tree | ef90528298a512987aeb047260046949ba6a578e /common | |
| parent | dcfbc8e249dd910024f89a20fe58fff38d5cb222 (diff) | |
common: adjust preface to mention the current state of the Osmocom art
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diff --git a/common/chapters/preface.adoc b/common/chapters/preface.adoc index d85e318..fd77d99 100644 --- a/common/chapters/preface.adoc +++ b/common/chapters/preface.adoc @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ The goal was to learn and to bring Free Software into a domain that despite its ubiquity had not yet seen and Free / Open Source software implementations. -`bs11-abis` quickly turned into `bsc-hack`, then 'OpenBSC' and into -what is today known as its 'OsmoNITB' variant: A minimal implementation +`bs11-abis` quickly turned into `bsc-hack`, then 'OpenBSC' and its +'OsmoNITB' variant: A minimal implementation of all the required functionality of an entire GSM network, exposing A-bis towards the BTS. The project attracted more interested -developers, and surprisingly quick also commercial interest, -contribution and adoption. This added support for more BTS models +developers, and surprisingly quickly also commercial interest, +contribution and adoption. This allowed adding support for more BTS models. After having implemented the network-side GSM protocol stack in 2008 and 2009, in 2010 the same group of people set out to create a @@ -40,10 +40,17 @@ implemented, including TETRA professional mobile radio, DECT cordless telephony, GMR satellite telephony, some SDR hardware, a SIM card protocol tracer and many others. -It has been a most exciting ride during the last seven years. I -wouldn't want to miss it under any circumstances. +Increasing commercial interest particularly in the BSS and core network +components has lead the way to 3G support in Osmocom, as well as the split +of the minimal 'OsmoNITB' implementation into separate and fully featured +network components: OsmoBSC, OsmoMSC, OsmoHLR, OsmoMGW and OsmoSTP (among +others), which allow seamless scaling from a simple "Network In The Box" to a +distributed installation for serious load. --- Harald Welte, Osmocom.org and OpenBSC founder, January 2016. +It has been a most exciting ride during the last eight-odd years. I would not +have wanted to miss it under any circumstances. + +-- Harald Welte, Osmocom.org and OpenBSC founder, December 2017. === Acknowledgements |