Cellular communication signal identification, detection and analysis

Author

van der Merwe, J.R. ; Linde, L.P. ; du Plessis, Warren P. ; van Wyk, J.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

fYear

2013

fDate

27-30 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The detection of cellular communications signals was investigated, and a prototype detector was implemented. Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) signals were detected in recorded data and the correct frequency channel was determined. Inter-channel interference (ICI) was observed and methods to reduce it are discussed. Detection was achieved at a lower signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) than is required by a base transceiver station (BTS), thereby demonstrating the potential to detect mobiles at long range.

Keywords

adjacent channel interference; cellular radio; radio transceivers; signal detection; wireless channels; GSM signals; Global System for Mobile Communications; base transceiver station; cellular communication; frequency channel; inter-channel interference; signal analysis; signal detection; signal identification; signal-to-noise ratio; Detectors; Frequency modulation; GSM; Interference; Mobile communication; Signal to noise ratio; Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM); cellular communications; detection; electronic warfare (EW); spectral monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2013 Saudi International

Conference_Location

Fira

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6196-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-6194-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIECPC.2013.6550982

Filename

6550982