Create your own 4G cellular network with LibreCellular
Revolutionising the way that wireless technologies are developed and wireless networks are built
For most of us a cellular network is the same as water from the tap – is is there, don’t think any further. For others this raises questions: how is this cellular network working? Where are the signals coming from? Who is the owner of the data that is processed? Are there backdoors? How about the security? Can I be tracked using the standard cellular networks?
To find an answer to all these questions you will have to take a deep dive into the technology. Luckily there is a ‘Open Source’ way of finding answers to all questions mentioned above: LibreCellular, an Open hardware 4G Mobile Network, running on free and open-source software (FOSS)
This initiative is aiming to explain the working and usage off cellular networks by bringing together available SDR hardware and software solutions.
The current Reference Hardware Platform is comprised of
• Intel NUC11TNHi5
• LimeSDR-USB
• Leo Bodnar Mini Precision GPS Reference Clock
• sysmocom 1800 MHz 30W duplexer
This project was funded through the NGI0 PET Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet programme. LibreCellular is hosted as a MyriadRF project. The aim of MyriadRF is to build an inclusive community for individuals and organisations, hobbyists and professionals, that is revolutionising the way that wireless technologies are developed and wireless networks are built.
Find more information and documentation at https://librecellular.org/index.html and https://myriadrf.org
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