A Small and Lightweight Ultra-Low Power GSM Cell Tracker

Erhardt S, Weigel R, Kölpin A (2019)


Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2019

Pages Range: 1-4

Event location: Orlando, Florida

DOI: 10.1109/WISNET.2019.8711804

Abstract

In this publication a logger is introduced that is small and lightweight enough to be carried by bats. It tracks the GSM downlink spectrum, enabling coarse localization. The logger contains a Sub-GHz transceiver, a microcontroller and a DC/DC converter assembled on a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) that is directly mounted on a lithium coin cell battery. The total weight is approximately 2.1 g and the size is comparable to two stacked 1 Euro Cent coins after coating the logger with epoxy resin. A flexible nickel titanium wire antenna is used for receiving GSM signals and for transmitting in the European 868 MHz short-range devices (SRD) band. In a short-term field test the functionality was proven.

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APA:

Erhardt, S., Weigel, R., & Kölpin, A. (2019). A Small and Lightweight Ultra-Low Power GSM Cell Tracker. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet) (pp. 1-4). Orlando, Florida.

MLA:

Erhardt, Stefan, Robert Weigel, and Alexander Kölpin. "A Small and Lightweight Ultra-Low Power GSM Cell Tracker." Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), Orlando, Florida 2019. 1-4.

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