Utilising Open Source software and hardware it is now possible for you to build your own personal mobile network and connect it to the outside world. In this talk we'll cover how to do this and include a suitably live Dangerous Demo for you to join in!
Firstly, we will look at all of the components that are required to build a 4G cellular network - and examine why in the past it has been very difficult and expensive to collect all of the bits needed.
We'll look at how Kamailio can provide much of the essential functionality within the mobile core together with low cost commercial and open source hardware.
Availability of suitable spectrum to use your network upon has been a huge barrier to overcome; we'll show how recent developments around the World have made finding frequencies that can work legally with the cellphone in your pocket.
Building a private network that is a 'walled garden' is fun, but to make it really interesting and useful you will want to connect it up to other Global networks; we'll show how to use other applications and services like SignalWire, Slack, and Matrix to make your private network become part of the Public Switched Telephone Network.
Few people are aware that SIM cards are really tiny self-contained computers capable of running applications independently from the device that they are fitted to; we'll have a quick look at what these clever little devices can do and how you can get your hands on one that you can program yourself!
To show how all the different parts of the jigsaw puzzle come together to make a mobile network, we will build a working 4G network and get the audience to attach their own devices to it - make sure you bring your phones with you to the session so that you can join in the phone fun!
Finally, we'll look at some of the exciting applications that you can build when you have access to your own Multi Operator Neutral Host (MONeH) Radio Access Network!