Cell Phone Detection Techniques

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/939877· OSTI ID:939877

Pratt, Richard M; Bunch, Kyle J; Puzycki, David J; Slaugh, Ryan W; Good, Morris S; McMakin, Douglas L

A team composed of Rick Pratt, Dave Puczyki, Kyle Bunch, Ryan Slaugh, Morris Good, and Doug McMakin teamed together to attempt to exploit cellular telephone features and detect if a person was carrying a cellular telephone into a Limited Area. The cell phone’s electromagnetic properties were measured, analyzed, and tested in over 10 different ways to determine if an exploitable signature exists. The method that appears to have the most potential for success without adding an external tag is to measure the RF spectrum, not in the cell phone band, but between 240 and 400MHz. Figures 1- 7 show the detected signal levels from cell phones from three different manufacturers.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 939877
• Report Number(s): PNNL-17734; FS1009000; TRN: US200823%%433
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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