CGrateS – Actions & Action Plans
Nick Getting to know what we can do with Actions and ActionPlans inside CGrateS.
2023
Shiny things inside Cellular Diplexers
Teardown of Commscope RF Diplexers for cellular networks
CGrateS – Accounts & Balances
Understanding how Accounts and Balances fit together in CGrateS
Tales from the Trenches: mode-set in AMR
Understanding the conditionality of mode-set when included in SDP with AMR.
The role of the telecom Pillar & Cabinet in the Australian copper network
A look at the impact and use of the PIllar and Cabinet in the streets of Australia and our telecommunications development.
Tales from the Trenches – Emergency Calling when Roaming
Looking at how Emergency Calling Codes are determined when roaming.
GNS3 vCenter / ESXi – Allow Traffic
Allowing virtual routers in GNS3 to see the outside world in a VMware ESXi / vCenter environment
Tales from the Trenches: The issue with Emergency Calling URNs in IMS Networks
A deep dive into issues routing Emergency Calls over VoLTE / VoNR in countries that have multiple numbers to reach emergency services.
Information overload on NBN FTTH
Literally everything you would ever want to know about how NBN's FTTH product works and looks.
Playing back AMR streams from Packet Captures
Exporting AMR streams to listen to the audio from a PCAP
A look at Advanced Mobile Location SMS for Emergency Calls
Advanced Mobile Location (AML) is being rolled out by a large number of mobile network operators to provide accurate caller location to emergency services, so how does it work, what's…
Australia’s secret underground telephone exchanges
Dotted around Australia are long forgotten underground telephone exchanges.
Logging DSL Line Rate & SNR on a Draytek Modem
Getting DSL SNMP MIBs from a Draytek Vigor130 Modem to monitor NBN FTTN services
Australia’s East-West Microwave Link of the 1970s
A brief history of the ambitious plan to allow someone on one side of Australia, to be able to phone someone on the other side of Australia.
VoLTE / IMS – Analysis Challenge
An IMS Analysis Challenge - Find the answers to the questions through analysis of PCAPs.
Mobile IPv6 Tax?
How much extra are you using with IPv6 on cellular?
DNS – TCP or UDP?
A tricky answer to a simple question about DNS.
Improving WiFi Calling quality for WiFi Operators
Profiling ePDG addresses to provide a better experience for Voice over WiFi users on your WiFi network.
CGrateS MySQL Rounding Error
Issues with MySQL rounding an CGrateS.
SMS Transport Wars?
There’s old joke about standards that the great thing about standards there’s so many to choose from. SMS wasn’t there from the start of GSM, but within a year of…