GNU Radio (Was: firmware Re: IMEI)

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

Hello,

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Esben Stien <b0ef at esben-stien.name> wrote:
> Really none of the firmware is open. We should be looking at putting
> GNU Radio inside the Neo;). Has anyone looked into this?. It shouldn't
> be illegal to sell such a device, cause GNU Radio boards are not
> illegal. There also is a GSM project related to GNU Radio to do the
> whole GSM stack in software, to my understanding.

GNU Radio[1] boards - I guess you mean the USRP[2]?
Based on the hardware requirements[3], none of the current Neos have
enough cpu power to use a GNU radio board.

See also the politics[4] section - IMHO, SDR[5] is going to get
outlawed as soon as someone tries to use it to circumvent established
networks (like the GSM network). Governments reacts slowly to change.

References:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Radio
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Software_Radio_Peripheral
3) http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/doc/exploring-gnuradio.html#hardware-requirements
4) http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuradio/doc/exploring-gnuradio.html#politics
5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen