Halifax, West Yorkshire, 27th May 2021 – Open-source and technical communities consultancy AB Open is proud to announce the launch of the LibreC

LibreCellular Aims to Simplify Building LTE Networks with Open-Source

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Halifax, West Yorkshire, 27th May 2021 – Open-source and technical communities consultancy AB Open is proud to announce the launch of the LibreCellular project, which will provide an end-to-end open-source technology stack for 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular networks, supported by NLnet’s NGI Zero PET fund.

Designed to make it easy to create self-contained 4G LTE cellular networks, the LibreCellular project will integrate an open-source software stack with validated hardware and software configurations – subject to rigorous testing – along with the tooling and documentation required for reliable, repeatable deployment.

LibreCellular, which is to be hosted as a project under the MyriadRF umbrella of open-source and open-hardware radio endeavours, will deliver: a reference hardware platform comprised of a general-purpose processing (GPP) system built around a single-board computer based on the common x86 architecture, a low-cost yet highly-flexible LimeSDR software defined radio platform with a LimeRFE programmable radio front-end; an open-source cellular software stack configuration designed for end-to-end integration; and detailed documentation, including step-by-step tutorials, designed to ease deployment.

AB Open’s Andrew Back explains of the project, “As well as making it as easy as possible to deploy your own 4G LTE network using validated free and open-source solutions, we will be publishing the full test infrastructure – including PCB designs for any original hardware we create, scripts, and test-cases, as well as the full results of our testing.”