I don't know much about cell phones, but would it help if you placed a call to a known number? Does that force a response? Of course, this might be counter-productive in a congested disaster environment.
- Dan On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:56 AM Meny Sidar <sidar.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I am currently working on a project for my university, where i'm trying to > locate cellular phones using SDR (USRP B210). > The idea of the project is to be able to find survivors/victims in > disaster areas, such as earthquakes, by assuming they have their cellular > on them. > > What i did so far, is a program that calculates and outputs in a loop the > power transmitted from a cellular phone from it's uplink channel. that can > tell me my distance to it. > problem is, that cellular phones are usually in idle mode and not > transmitting at all. > So it works, but only if the phone is currently transmitting to the > network (phone call, internet, etc..) > > I'm trying to find a solution for this, > There has to be a way of knowing that some kind of RF transmitter/receiver > is near me... > If anyone can shed some light on this subject, what can i do or if i need > to go in another way, i'll be very grateful! > right now i'm stuck. > > Thanks a lot, > Meny > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > -- Very Respectfully, Dan CaJacob
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