SNIFFER FOR MOBILE PHONES

By Addagudi Sandeep

Introduction
The main scope is to detect the lost mobiles
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 a SNIFFER is?

The sniffer is basically a transceiver that
works in the frequency which is in the
special unused range that is operated by the
service provided or it can designed to
operate at a frequency that is of much
different frequency than the one that is
being used

SOFTWARE FOR THE TRACKING

The software part plays a major role in the

tracking of the lost mobile phone.
The mobile phone that is lost has certain
IMEI number that is embedded in the chip
The software that is to be designed in such a
way that the software has the input as the
IMEI number of the lost mobile phone

After getting the input of the lost mobile

phones IMEI number it checks the comport
for getting the information
It checks whether it obtains any signaling
information from the lost device that might
respond to the signal sent by the sniffer

Working of sniffers

The working of sniffers is of two phases:

Before Sniffer increases the frequency
After Sniffer increases the frequency

Before Sniffer increases the

frequency

By default Mobile devices always

connects to the BTS(Base Station) and
MSC(Mobile Switching Center).
Now the sniffer increases the
frequency and amplitude.
As shown in the figure in the next
slide

Before Sniffer increases the

frequency

After Sniffer increases the frequency

So, only the particular user with the IMEI will

be connected to the particular frequency.
The other mobile devices of the surroundings
will not be connected.
As shown in the figure in the next slide

After Sniffer increases the

frequency

From the above figure we have clearly observed the

tracing of the lost mobile.
We have identified the lost mobile using IMEI.
But,
The location where it is present can be known by
seeing at the output of the software.
Which depicts and retrieves the details of the lost
mobile as shown in the next slides.

GUI snapshot of MAC

table

GUI snapshot of packet table of

MAC

CONCLUSION
The idea of development Sniffer for the
detection of lost Mobile phones paves a
way by means of which the lost mobile
phones can be recovered.
Let all of us hope for the advancement of
the technology in this domain.
Which will be very helpful for each and
every persons who are lost mobiles.