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5G SA EUTRAN Mobile Networks RF

Inside a 32×32 MIMO Antenna

A peek under the radome of 32×32 5G Active Antenna Unit

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EPC IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks RFCs & Standards SDM

Getting to know the PCRF for traffic Policy, Rules & Rating

A look at the PCRF in EPC Networks, and the Charging Rules that lay at the heart of it all.

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EUTRAN Mobile Networks RF

Ericsson & Nokia RRU Power Connectors – Wiring and Tricks

Assembling Amphenol RRU power connectors and modifying them to work with Ericsson and Nokia RRUs.

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EPC IMS / VoLTE Mobile Networks Python SDM Software

Diameter Routing Agents – Part 5 – AVP Transformations with FreeDiameter and Python in rt_pyform

Using FreeDiameter, Python and our newly released “rt_pyform” module to rewrite AVPs in your FreeDiameter based Diameter Routing Agent.

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EPC EUTRAN LTE Mobile Networks RFCs & Standards Software

NB-IoT NIDD Basics

An overview of the who, how and why of Non-IP Data Deliver in NB-IoT cellular services.

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EPC IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks RFCs & Standards SDM Software

Diameter Routing Agents – Part 5 – AVP Transformations

A look at why we’d want to apply translations to Diameter AVPs inside a Diameter Routing Agent

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EPC IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks SDM Software

Diameter Routing Agents – Part 4 – Advanced FreeDiameter DRA Routing

Looking at overriding the default Diameter routing logic in FreeDiameter with rt_default

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EPC IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks SDM Software

Diameter Routing Agents – Part 3 – Building a DRA with FreeDiameter

Using FreeDiameter as a DRA

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EPC IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks RFCs & Standards SDM

Diameter Routing Agents (Why you need them, and how to build them) – Part 2 – Routing

Diving back into the world of Diameter Routing Agents with a look at the logic that defines how a DRA routes traffic from one place to another.

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EPC IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks RFCs & Standards SDM

Diameter Routing Agents (Why you need them, and how to build them) – Part 1

An introduction to Diameter Routing Agents, covering what is a DRA is and why you need them in your life / network.

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5G SA EPC IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks VoIP

Filtering for 3GPP DNS in Wireshark

Filtering for 3gppnetwork.org domains in Wireshark to make your troubleshooting easier

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EPC IMS / VoLTE Mobile Networks SDM

FreeDiameter – Generating Certificates

Using OpenSSL to generate self-signed certs for use in FreeDiameter

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IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks Software

Testing Mobile Networks with Remote Test Phones

Using Android’s development features to allow remote control of a UE in the field for testing the cellular network.

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CGrateS EPC IMS / VoLTE Mobile Networks Software VoIP

CGrates in Baby Steps – Part 1

Getting started with CGrateS to bill for calls in a Telecom environment.

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EPC LTE Mobile Networks

Evolved Packet Core – Analysis Challenge

Step right up folks and test your skills on EPC with this PCAP analysis challllleeennnggeee!

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5G SA IMS / VoLTE Kamailio LTE Mobile Networks VoIP

The Surprisingly Complicated World of SMS: Apple iPhone MT SMS

Quirks and gotchas of working with SMS on IMS on iPhones.

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EUTRAN LTE Mobile Networks RF

Huawei Baseband Cheat Sheet

Quick reference guide for the types and capacities of Huawei BBU 3900 Series cards

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EPC EUTRAN IMS / VoLTE LTE Mobile Networks

Lifecycle of a Dedicated Bearer – From Flow-Description AVP to Traffic Flow Templates

A look at how Dedicated Bearers get established for VoLTE.

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5G SA EPC LTE Mobile Networks SDM

Backing up and Restoring Open5GS

How to backup and restore Open5Gs config between servers

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EPC Mobile Networks SDM

Jaffa Cakes explain the nuances between Centralized vs Decentralized Online Charging in 3GPP Networks

A look at Centralized vs DeCentralized Online Charging with the aid of sugar.