sysmoNITB Starter Kit

Starting mobile networks with ease

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sysmoNITB Starter Kit

The sysmoNITB Starter Kit is our recommendation to start your mobile network without headaches. In combination with one or more base stations and our pre-configured software setup, you are able to start a mobile network in a very short time.

The sysmoNITB Starter Kit is suitable for a wide range of applications, including:

  • IoT Testing for mobile solutions

  • 2G, 3.5G or 4G related research and development

  • Production testing of mobile terminal equipment

  • Rapidly deployable mobile networks

  • Private networks (PBX style use)

  • In-building coverage/capacity extension

  • Remote area mobile network deployments, utilizing any IP-based satellite back-haul service

Benefit from sysmocom's world-class experience in all areas of cellular networks from RAN to core network.

Up and running in minutes

The sysmoNITB Starter Kit enables you to get quickly started and run a completely autonomous network without the need for any other components. All you need to do in order to make calls, send SMS between your phones and use mobile data in this private mobile network is to

  • unpack the starter kit

  • unpack the base station(s)

  • install Antennas and power supply for the base station(s)

  • connect the sysmoNITB with the base station(s) and (if desired) the internet gateway

  • insert the SIM cards into the cellphones or modems

  • use the network

  • perform protocol traces of any RAN/CN interface in the network

The sysmoNITB Starter Kit includes

sysmocom SIM cards
  • One sysmoNITB

  • One international power supply (110 to 240 V AC, 50/60Hz, EU/US/UK plug)

  • 20 pre-provisioned SIM cards

  • Fully installed + configured software image with Osmocom Software and (if 4G Option is selected) Open5gs

  • Customer-specific factory configuration of network specific and SIM card specific parameters.

  • 4 hours of remote support by sysmocom staff (e-mail based, remote login/configure)

Select your basestations

Depending on the mobile network generation you want to support, you can combine the sysmoNITB Starter Kit with one of each following base stations

  • 2G BTS: sysmoBTS 1002

  • 3.5G hNodeB: ip.access nano3G

  • 4G eNodeB: Ericsson RBS 6402

After ordering you will receive a questionnaire where you can change several parameters. This questionnaire will be used by our engineering team to configure the sysmoNITB, the base stations and the SIM cards to provide a ready-to-run pre-configured system.

Continuous updates

Customers of the sysmoNITB get access to the Osmocom Software latest builds. At your choice, you can install those future Updates to your sysmoNITB.

Ordering information

Product

Order Code

Remark

sysmoNITB Starter Kit

sysmonitb-starter-kit

required

sysmoBTS 1002

sysmobts-1002

Option for 2G

nano3G

nano3g

Option for 3.5G

RBS 6402

rbs6402

Option for 4G

Network Switch 5 ports

network-switch

only needed if all three network options are ordered

AC mains connector type

eu / uk / us

Plug type for Power supplies: EU (default) / UK / US

When ordering please refer to the exact order code to avoid misunderstandings.

Preconfiguration

The sysmoNITB Starter Kit will be pre-configured to your needs, if you like, with settings like:

  • SIM Card Data (MNC, MCC)

  • MSISDN

  • RF settings

  • Network Names

Please fill out and return the sysmoNITB Starter Kit questionnaire: https://sysmocom.de/downloads/sysmoNITB_starter_kit_questionnaire.ods

If you do not send us the questionnaire after ordering, we will assume the default settings.

Limitations

There are some limitations in terms of supported features – it could happen, that these issues will be addressed in future versions of osmocom/ Open5GS:

  • No Support for NB-IoT / LTE-M

  • No active handover for data between networks (limited support for CCO/NACC and keeping PDP context on network change is expected 2Q/2024)

  • No inter-RAT voice calls or handover (they work within a given RAT).

  • No 4G voice support (VoLTE)

  • CSFB from 4G to 2G/3G does not work due to limitations with Ericsson RBS 6402

Specifications

sysmoNITB

sysmoNITB

Size (W x H x D)

168 x 28 x 160 mm

Weight

450 g

Basestation Interfaces

2 * RJ45 Ethernet (1000-Base-Tx)

External Interface

RJ45 Ethernet (1000-Base-Tx)

Serial Interface

DB-9 RS-232

CPU / SoC

1 GHz dual-core 64bit AMD G series T40E

Input Voltage

12V DC, maximum 12W

Cooling

Passive

Internal Memory

2 GB RAM, 16 GB Flash (SSD)

Operating System

Debian GNU / Linux

Operational Temperature

0 to 50 °C

sysmoBTS 1002

sysmoBTS 1002

Network Generation

2.75G / GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Size (W x H x D)

165 x 125 x 45 mm

Weight

770 g

RF Input (SMA)

  • GSM 850/900/1800/1900 quad-band uplink band

  • Sensitivity: -109 dBm (exceeding 3GPP TS 05.05 pico BTS requirements)

RF Output (SMA)

  • GSM 850/900/1800/1900 downlink band

  • Max. output power: (850/900): 23 dBm GMSK, 20 dBm 8PSK (1800/1900): 23 dBm GMSK, 20 dBm 8PSK

CPU / SoC

TI Davinci (ARM926 @ 405 MHz + DSP @ 804 MHz)

Input Voltage

5 V (DC), 10W (typ.), 13W (max.)

Cooling

Passive

Internal Memory

128 Mbyte SLC NAND Flash, 128 Mbyte DDR2 SDRAM, microSD socket

Communications Interface

RJ45 Ethernet (100-Base-Tx)

Number of Transceivers

1 TRX / 8 timeslots

Supported timeslot configurations

CCCH, CCCH+SDCCH/4, SDCCH/8, TCH/F, TCH/H, PDCH

Ciphering

A5/1, A5/2 and A5/3

GPRS/EDGE

built-in PCU with Gb-over-IP interface

Max. concurrent calls

14 (TCH/H on 7 timeslots)

Max. simultaneous SMS

60 (7*SDCCH/8 + 1*SDCCH/4)

Operating System

Embedded Linux (Poky based)

ip-access nano3G

ip.access nano3G

Network Generation

3.5G / UMTS+HSDPA

Size (W x H x D)

168 x 160 x 30 mm

Weight

275 g

Network Interface

RJ45 Ethernet (100-Base-Tx)

RF Output (internal Antenna)

  • UMTS Bands 2 and 5 (1900 / 850)

  • Max. output power: 20mW

Simultaneous Users

8

Operational Temperature

0 to 40 °C

Input Voltage

9 V (DC), 8W

Cooling

Passive

Configuration Interface

Command line based (CLI) introspection + configuration

Interface hNodeB ↔ HNB-GW

3GPP Iuh (RUA/HNBAP/RANAP)

Interface HNB-GW ↔ MSC + SGSN

Iu-CS and Iu-PS over SUA (SCCP/M3UA update coming soon)

Supported Services

SMS, Voice Calls and Packet Data (IPv4)

Authentication

UMTS AKA with USIM and GSM-SIM fall-back to 2G auth context

External SMS Interface

SMPP v3.4

External Voice Interface

MNCC, can be translated to SIP using osmo-sip-connector

Ericsson RBS 6402

Ericsson RBS 6402

Network Generation

4G / LTE

Model

KRD 901 060/83 Wall Mount

Size (W x H x D)

280 x 167 x 62 mm

Weight

2.5kg

Bands

B2 B4 B7 B25 (1900, 2100, 2600)

RF Output (internal Antenna)

Up to 2x250 mW per module (total 4x250 mW)

Frequency Synchronization

GPS via external Receiver (included)

Network Interface

RJ45 Ethernet (1000-Base-Tx)

Op. Temperature

0 to 40 °C

Input Voltage

PoE, Injector included

Cooling

Passive