---
name: "osmo-bsc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "osmo-bsc"
version: "1.13.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/osmo-bsc"
---

# osmo-bsc(1)

Osmocom BSC

## NAME

**osmo-bsc** - Osmocom BSC

## SYNOPSIS

```
osmo-bsc [options]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**This is the BSC-only version of OpenBSC. It requires a Mobile Switching Center** **(MSC) to operate.**

**You might rather prefer to use osmocom-nitb which is considered a** **"GSM Network-in-a-Box" and does not depend on a MSC.**

**Typically you start osmo-bsc with the -c option specifying where to find the** **configuration file. There are example configuration files in:**

```
   /usr/share/doc/osmo-bsc/examples/osmo-bsc
```

## OPTIONS

- **-h,--help**

  **this text**

- **-D,--daemonize**

  **Fork the process into a background daemon**

- **-d option,--debug=DRLL:DCC:DMM:DRR:DRSL:DNM**

  **enable debugging**

**-s,--disable-color**

- **-T,--timestamp**

  **Print a timestamp in the debug output.**

- **-c,--config-file \<filename\>**

  **The config file to use.**

- **-l,--local=IP**

  **The local address of the MGCP.**

- **-e,--log-level \<number\>**

  **Set a global loglevel.**

- **-r,--rf-ctl \<NAME\>**

  **A unix domain socket to listen for cmds.**

- **-t,--testmode**

  **A special mode to provoke failures at the MSC.**

## SEE ALSO

**[osmo-nitb(1)](/osmo-nitb/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

**This manual page was written by Ruben Undheim \<ruben.undheim@gmail.com\> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).**