A Portable GSM Base Station Solution for Military Communications in Hostile Environments

Carlos Daniel Altamirano; Santiago Barragán; Felipe Grijalva; Manolo Paredes

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4875-8_28

A Portable GSM Base Station Solution for Military Communications in Hostile Environments

Carlos Daniel Altamirano^*
, Santiago Barragán
, Felipe Grijalva
, Manolo Paredes

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE
Escuela Politecnica Nacional

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Abstract

Emerging software-defined radio system (SDR) is a solution for new military operational concepts that require advanced communication capabilities. SDR may also provide more flexible and possibly cheaper multi-standard terminals for military communications in hostile environments. In this context, the standard of Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM) is implemented in SDR, by using a universal software radio peripheral (USRP) N-210 and the existing tools like OpenBTS and Docker. This joint implementation is suitable for laboratory experimentation. However, for practical applications, as military communications, an amplification stage is necessary. Hence, the theoretical link budget is analyzed, and experimental measurements bear out the results. Finally, a mean opinion score is performed for evaluating voice quality. The results show that OpenBTS implemented in the USRP with an adequate amplification is suitable for long-range communications with little distortion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Developments and Advances in Defense and Security - Proceedings of MICRADS 2020
Editors	Álvaro Rocha, Manolo Paredes-Calderón, Teresa Guarda
Publisher	Springer
Pages	319-329
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9789811548741
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4875-8_28
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	Multidisciplinary International Conference of Research Applied to Defense and Security, MICRADS 2020 - Quito, Ecuador Duration: 13 May 2020 → 15 May 2020

Publication series

Name	Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies
Volume	181
ISSN (Print)	2190-3018
ISSN (Electronic)	2190-3026

Conference

Conference	Multidisciplinary International Conference of Research Applied to Defense and Security, MICRADS 2020
Country/Territory	Ecuador
City	Quito
Period	13/05/20 → 15/05/20

Keywords

Coverage area
Docker
MOS
OpenBTS
RF amplifier

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Altamirano, C. D., Barragán, S., Grijalva, F., & Paredes, M. (2020). A Portable GSM Base Station Solution for Military Communications in Hostile Environments. In Á. Rocha, M. Paredes-Calderón, & T. Guarda (Eds.), Developments and Advances in Defense and Security - Proceedings of MICRADS 2020 (pp. 319-329). (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 181). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4875-8_28

Altamirano, Carlos Daniel ; Barragán, Santiago ; Grijalva, Felipe et al. / A Portable GSM Base Station Solution for Military Communications in Hostile Environments. Developments and Advances in Defense and Security - Proceedings of MICRADS 2020. editor / Álvaro Rocha ; Manolo Paredes-Calderón ; Teresa Guarda. Springer, 2020. pp. 319-329 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies).

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Altamirano, CD, Barragán, S, Grijalva, F & Paredes, M 2020, A Portable GSM Base Station Solution for Military Communications in Hostile Environments. in Á Rocha, M Paredes-Calderón & T Guarda (eds), Developments and Advances in Defense and Security - Proceedings of MICRADS 2020. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol. 181, Springer, pp. 319-329, Multidisciplinary International Conference of Research Applied to Defense and Security, MICRADS 2020, Quito, Ecuador, 13/05/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4875-8_28

A Portable GSM Base Station Solution for Military Communications in Hostile Environments. / Altamirano, Carlos Daniel; Barragán, Santiago; Grijalva, Felipe et al.
Developments and Advances in Defense and Security - Proceedings of MICRADS 2020. ed. / Álvaro Rocha; Manolo Paredes-Calderón; Teresa Guarda. Springer, 2020. p. 319-329 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; Vol. 181).

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Altamirano CD, Barragán S, Grijalva F, Paredes M. A Portable GSM Base Station Solution for Military Communications in Hostile Environments. In Rocha Á, Paredes-Calderón M, Guarda T, editors, Developments and Advances in Defense and Security - Proceedings of MICRADS 2020. Springer. 2020. p. 319-329. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies). doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-4875-8_28

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