:authors: Alexander 'lynxis' Couzens <lynxis@fe80.eu>
:summary: An introduction to OpenIMSd
Current free mobile phone OS (like postmarketOS, ...) only support voice calls
Current free mobile phone OSes (like postmarketOS, ...) only support voice calls
for 2G and 3G on Qualcomm based devices.
Calls via 4G using VoLTE are not supported (*except CSFB, which redirects to 2G/3G)
because the modems require a lot of addional configuration and implemented VoLTE with a lot of complexity.
because the modems require a lot of addional configuration and implement
VoLTE with a lot of complexity. This is specially relevant because 2G and 3G
networks are in the process of being shut down all around the world.
Our goal is to support VoLTE on Qualcomm based phones.
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- Document the relevant ABIs and add support to libqmi
- Implement a IMS configuration daemon (OpenIMSd) which will communicate with
the baseband using QMI (Qualcomm MSM interface) to configure the relevant services
- Integrate OpenIMSD into FOSS smartphone OS (postmarketOS, ...)
- Integrate OpenIMSD into FOSS smartphone OS (postmarketOS, ...)
Our implementation will heavily use the baseband in the same way as Android is use the baseband to allow VoLTE. By using the baseband, it should be possible to allow handover between 2G/3G and VoLTE while in a call.