MCSA is a technology that can be integrated into a variety of products; from mobile phone detection, through IMSI Grabbing, to Off Air monitoring. Deployment can be overt or covert.
MCSA is a technology that can be integrated into a variety of products; from mobile phone detection, through IMSI Grabbing, to Off Air monitoring. Deployment can be overt or covert.
Overview
Developed by Crownhill Associates Limited this type of technology has already been deployed in the product, Fenris. Fenris is capable of detecting the distinct fingerprint that a Mobile Phone transmits whilst it is in use.
Used as a deterrent, Fenris can both visually and audibly alert people in the vicinity that a Mobile Phone has been detected and instruct them to switch their phone off.
When installed covertly, Fenris can be connected to via IP and silently notify personnel that a Mobile Phone has been detected through the Fenris software interface.
Fenris was a proof of concept design -The Fenris Product design has been sold. It is expected to re emerge shortly as the core of a new mobile detection system targeted at prisons and Gov't institutions.
MCSA
MCSA is a technology, developed by Crownhill, to enable easy integration of mobile communications signal analysis. The technology is based upon a Fractional-N synthesizer and signal processing sub system coupled with VLIF/DCR Receiver to provide a low-cost multi-band scanning receiver with wide band capabilities 800Mhz - 2.4Ghz
The IF inputs are digitised, filtered and down converted to baseband I and Q signals. The flexible baseband interface can be configured for either analogue or digital operation. From here the signals can be further analysed. MCSA incorporates an FPGA providing the essential communication processing functions, including modulation, demodulation, error correction encoding and decoding, digital to analog/RF, RF/analog to digital, formatting, data storage and baseband interfaces.
MOBILE PHONE detection and demodulation functionality is inherent in the MCSA design, however, functionality is limited only by the post processing application, examples being:
Monitoring of mobile registration, call set-up, handover and call completion
Measurement of RSSI
Decoding of cell site configuration from FCCH, BCCH data
Layer 2 data output
Layer 3 data output
Logging of raw data for post processing by third party tools.
Not just Mobile Phones
In addition to Mobile Phones, this concept can also be applied to almost any RF device which uses complex modulation. Potentially, it's possible to detect all manner of devices, such as RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth. Don't hesitate to contact us should you require such a solution.
Potential uses
MCSA is incredibly versatile. Some examples of deployment include:
Deterrent
Hospitals
Theatres and Cinemas
Airports
Military Bases
High-security areas
Examinations (Schools, Universities, etc)
Covert
Prisons and Correctional facilities
Surveillance operations
Mobile Phone detection
Off Air IMSI/TIMSI monitoring
Passive GSM Intercept
Technical
Protocol Analysis
Specifications
Continuous operation from 800Mhz - 2.1Ghz
Demodulator for continuous phase FSK (CPFSK) and its derivatives:
Minimum shift keying (MSK)
Gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK)
Gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK)
Programmable 2-, 4-, 8-ary FSK
Programmable modulation index h [0.125 to 4]
Programmable data rates up to 30/20/10 Mbps.(8-, 4,2-ary FSK).
Coherent demodulator for better BER performances.
Detects:
GSM
CDMA
3G (In Development)
Frequency Range:
Band 1 (850) 824-849 MHz
Band 2 (900) 880-915 MHz
Band 3 (1800) 1710-1785 MHz
Band 4 (1900) 1850-1910 MHz
Band 5 (3G) (In Development)
Other frequency bands in the range 850-2400Mhz may be catered for by bespoke development.
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