SNIFFER

for Detection of Lost Mobile Phones

Presented By

Name : Pankaj Negi

Roll NO. : 16494

Branch :ECE
What Happens when you lose
your Mobile Phone?
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 CONTENTS

 • What is a sniffer ?
 • What is IMEI?
 • Designing of the sniffer
  Sniffer base station
  Unidirectional Antenna
  Tracking software
 • Working of sniffer device
 • Advantages
 • Limitations
 What is a Sniffer?

 • The sniffer is basically a transceiver that works in

the frequency which is in the special unused range that
is operated by the service provider or at a frequency
that is much different than the one that is being used.
 • For the detection of lost mobile SNIFFER plays a vital
role .
 • The sniffer device has to be designed precisely and
size should be reduced for easy mobility for the purpose
of detection .
 What is IMEI?
(International Mobile Equipment
Identifier)
 What is IMEI?
{International Mobile Equipment Identifier}

 Each mobile device has a globally unique IMEI

 • Used for blocking of call made by unauthorized
person once the mobile is reported as stolen
 • 15 digit unique code
 • identify-GSM/DCS/PCS phone
 • IMEI number is transmitted and checked against a
data base of black listed or grey listed phones in the
network’s EIR (Equipment ID Register), if match
found then the network can perform different
actions.
What Sniffer actually has?
 Designing of the Sniffer

The sniffer device can be called as a mobile base station

that includes the following important components:

 • Sniffer base station

 • Unidirectional antenna
 • Tracking software
 Small Base Station

 • Facilitates wireless communication between the user

equipment and the network
 • Sniffer is a small base station which includes transceiver
section.
 • It operate at a frequency that is much different from the
frequency of the current cell
 • Frequency generated by transceiver is around
900MHz(VHF)
 • Hence a proper cooling of the oscillator circuit,
generating the high frequency, has to be ensured.
 Unidirectional Antenna

 • Antenna is a device which works at specified

frequency range for transmitting or receiving the
data signal.
 •Acts as the eyes of the sniffer for the purpose of the
detection.
 • Transmission power depends on lobe pattern
which varies from one antenna to the other.
 • The power radiated by the antenna should be
properly designed in order to avoid interference with
the near by cells.
 • Effective gain has to be taken into account as this
shows the ability of the antenna to capture the signal
that the lost mobile is transmitting.
 Software for Tracking

 • Software helps in the process of creation of the

data base and this is mainly done using a Random
Access Memory(RAM).
 • Lost IMEI number is embedded in the chip.
 • It has the input as the IMEI number of the lost
mobile phone from the RAM using the SQL query.
 • Programming is done with C or Java, but C is most
preferred as it is easily embedded within the chips.
 Working of the Sniffer

The entire working of the sniffer is categorized in two

phases :

• Before Sniffer increases the frequency

• After Sniffer increases the frequency

Before Sniffer Increase The Frequency
After Sniffer Increase The Frequency

Fig: The lost mobile phone connection establishes a connection with the sniffer
Sniffer tries to communicate with
the lost mobile phone

Fig: Sniffer trying to communicate with the lost mobile phones.

 Advantages

 • Useful in detection of lost mobile on a large scale

 • Overall effective cost of the design and the
detection is low
 • Low power consumption
 Limitations

Certain boundaries :

• Power of the mobile should be good enough

• Mobile should not been in shadow region
Thank you