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building your own mobile network

  • 23-06-2006 11:16am
    #1
    EIN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭


    hi does anyone know what equipment would be needed to build a mini mobile phone network, basically to cover a small area, in or around the house,

    info on make / model of equipment needed would be good,

    it would cost a fair bit i know ,


Comments

  • #2
    Slice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,133 ✭✭✭Slice


    I think that's actually illegal - insofar as you'd need to apply to comreg for a license for use of a particular spectrum before you could do it legally - and chances are they wouldn't give you one.


  • #3
    EIN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭EIN


    it is legal if you obtain the correct radio frequency licence from comreg.


  • #4
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    use walkie-talkies?


  • #5
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Commander Vimes wrote:
    use walkie-talkies?

    Quoted for truth and sense :)


  • #6
    Akula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 791 ✭✭✭Akula


    would be kind of cool if you could get your phone to "roam" onto your network at home and then use VOIP for calling.

    I know BT have released a system that basically does that in the UK.


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  • #7
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Nokia and Ericsson are two of the biggest manufacturers of the kind of equipment you need.

    At a basic level, you need transmitters, a big backbone to connect them all together, and a big pile of computers to control the system.


  • #8
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    there are easier/cheaper ways to do this than setup a mini mobile network


  • #9
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    MiCr0 wrote:
    there are easier/cheaper ways to do this than setup a mini mobile network

    Action man walkie talkies, 14.99 from any good toy store


  • #10
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    You would basically need to contruct your own mobile phone network, i.e. a scaled down version of what any operator uses. Equipment manufacturers offer boxes that can perform multiple roles if loads is relativley low but they will still cost a fortune.


  • #11
    BobTheBeat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭BobTheBeat


    What your looking for is your own Picocell and you would need this to be licensed. You have to ask yourself, what if people were walking past your house and their phone decided to associate with your cell?You'd have a very expensive telephone bill!

    I guess if you had a type of picocell station transmitting at a sufficiently low power, You might get away with it. But chances are comreg would be onto you in a very short space of time.

    If you are truly interested you could look at a dual mode GSM/DECT phone. Apparently BT and Sagem sell them


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