Installation Guide for OpenBTS

FULL INSTALLATION GUIDE OPENBTS Proceed all the steps in line. Do not miss any step.

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Install Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS x64 bit. Make three partitions  _boot (ext 4)1gb swap area 5gb Main partition (more than 10gb) ext4 After installation of Ubuntu, Change the repositories server to main server.   

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Open terminal and type sudo apt-get update Then, install synaptic packet manager from Ubuntu software center. Install asterisk by searching asterisk into the search bar of synaptic manager and then installing For the configuration of asterisk after installation a GUI appears which ask you to enter the ITUT telephone code. Enter 92 in the bar.(92 represents Pakistan telephony code) Install main prerequisite libraries for installation of openbts by typing the command given in box. sudo apt-get install install autoconf libtool libosip2-dev libortp-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev g++ sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev erlang libreadline6-dev l ibreadline6-dev libncurses5-dev

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After installation of these packages, packages, install subversion by typing the following command. sudo apt-get install subversion

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Now close all terminals and open a new terminal and type the following command for creation creation of new folder in home directory mkdir OPENBTS

Then type cd OPENBTS (cd means the terminal level go inside that folder) 12. Now type svn co http://wush.net/svn/range/software/public (This command fetch the 2.8 version of openbts from the website. In the whole procedure, internet is must). 13. Now open the link given below, download driver (i.e compatible with x64 version OS) and extract it through de-packaging command while first going to the folder where file has been 11.

http://files.ettus.com/bina http://files.et tus.com/binaries/uhd_stable/r ries/uhd_stable/releases/uhd_003.00 eleases/uhd_003.005.004-release/ 5.004-release/ downloaded. Example: Let suppose the file is downloaded in download folder, folder, so you have to type on terminal cd Download >sudo dpkg -i uhd_003.005.004-release_Ubuntu-12.04-x86_64.deb uhd_003.005.004-release_Ubuntu-12.04-x86_64.deb

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Now add two more repositories for adding a new library that will be required for the working of UHD driver. These repositories are : 1. 2.

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deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/riccardo-kde/boost-ppa/ubuntu precise main deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu precise main

Now type and install the major library sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

For the configuration of openbts , do the following steps. Do keep in mind that when I write Openbts home or smqueue home , it means openbts/trunk folder. 17. For installation of liba53, 16.

cd OpenBTS/public/a53/trunk sudo make install 18.

Enable UHD support by typing the following commands cd openbts/trunk autoreconf –i ./configure –with-uhd make

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Create a symbolic link to build the transceiver52M executable From OpenBTS ROOT cd apps ln -s ../Transceiver52M/transceiver .

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Configure OpenBTS database (from the OpenBTS directory) sudo mkdir /etc/OpenBTS sudo sqlite3 -init ./apps/OpenBTS.example.sql /etc/OpenBTS/OpenBTS.db ".quit" Test this by running: sqlite3 /etc/OpenBTS/OpenBTS.db .dump If you see a lot of configuration variables, the DB has been installed correctly.

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Configure Subscriber Registry and smqueue (create database) sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/asterisk/sqlite3dir (from svn root) cd subscriberRegistry/trunk make (from subscriberRegistry root) sudo sqlite3 -init subscriberRegistry.example.sql /etc/OpenBTS/sipauthserve.db ".quit" From smqueue root (meaning smqueue/trunk) autoreconf -i ./configure make (from the smqueue directory) sudo sqlite3 -init smqueue/smqueue.example.sql /etc/OpenBTS/smqueue.db ".quit

Set GIGABIT Ethernet Card IP : 192.168.10.1 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0 23. Now run all serves by typing commands in different terminals. 22.

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sudo OPENBTS/public/openbts/trunk/apps sudo ./OpenBTS (1 st Terminal) sudo ./OpenBTSCLI (2 nd terminal)

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sudo OPENBTS/public/subscriberRegistry/trunk sudo ./sipauthserve (3 rd terminal)

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sudo OPENBTS/public/smqueue/trunk/smqueue sudo ./smqueue (4 th Terminal)

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sudo asterisk –vvvvr (5 th terminal)

24. If all terminals respond correct, then you are good to go.  Note: Experience on Ubuntu is required to done all the installation correctly.

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