If it's with his own phones it's a grey area, for others obviously it's not legal. USRP's can get into a grey area when not used as "Testing Equipment" pursuant to http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/15.121 .
To answer your question, both USRP1 & 2 can handle the signal, so it's up to your preference. SMS-CB would most likely work for simple messages. On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:17 PM, hOWARD wONG <howard.mailingl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/5/2012 10:01 PM, Pan, Luyuan wrote: >> >> On 2012/6/4 23:28, Thomas Tsou wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Pan, Luyuan<panluy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I want to set up the OpenBTS, and I want to know which board is >>>> better, >>>> USRP1 or USRP2? Or any other suggestion? Thank you. >>> >>> Both USRP1 and USRP2 work with OpenBTS and neither can be considered >>> "better" without describing your requirements. USRP2 / N2xx will >>> support higher bandwidths with the GigE interface if that is important >>> to you. USRP1 (or B100) will be cheaper. For stable clocking, the >>> USRP1 requires hardware modification to support an external 52MHz >>> clock signal. Other devices can use a more accessible internal or >>> external 10 MHz reference source. >>> >>> Also, OpenBTS is not gnuradio, and the openbts-discuss or usrp-users >>> lists may be better sources for that type of information. >>> >>> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbts-discuss >>> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >>> >>> Thomas >> >> Sorry, This may not the proper place to ask question about OpenBTS, But I >> just want to ask one more questions. My scenario is : I want to set up a >> BTS, scan the user nearby and get their IMSI, then attract them to my fake >> BTS and broadcast them a message. >> 1. I want to use USRP1 to do the project, Is it enough? (I have both of >> USRP1 and USRP2 at hand) >> 2. Is it that SMS-CB a better choice for me? (my ultimate goal is to >> broadcast some messages) >> Thank you for your help! > > > Is it legal to do that? > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
