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INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Connection is one of the most important thing in life. It can be traced from the beginning
where fire was used as communication, then cans with string, it turned to letters, mails,
telegrams, telephone, cellphones, computers, emails, and social media. According to the study
of Frantz and Mayer (2014), being connected to someone or something is a great influence in
human behavior. This great influence in human behavior created by connection is one of the
most crucial needs of teenagers these days. Teenager with lack of connection with their families
tend to make irresponsible and rush decision. Moreover, lack of these connection may cause
minor and even major misunderstanding that is the toxic in the welfare of people. It was stated
in the study of Volker HinnenKamp (2014), that misunderstanding has an important role in our
daily lives, it may cause potential threat and damages if not fixed right away. Misunderstanding
Our proposed invention which is called "Simple Signal Captivator (SSC)" is a device that
can easily get signal even if you are in places with poor cellular signal and too far from cell
towers. This device can store and gather signals that can be transferred to your phone by
attaching our Simple Signal Captivator to your phone. This invention is opposite to signal
jammers, which conforming to the study of Mitch et.al (2012), which tells that it is a device that
Edquist and Hommen (2000). That the public technology or technological innovation is made to
answer the needs of the people in rural areas which experience poor connection that agrees to
the study of Anand et.al (2012), rural areas with low population in developing countries lacks
network coverage.
This study will focus on the effectively of our proposed invention "Simple Signal
Captivator" on the compelling problem of low signal coverage in rural areas specifically, this
1.) At what range can Simple Signal Captivator boost signal to devices?
2.) How much signal strength can Simple Signal Captivator provide to devices?
3.) How many devices could benefit at the same time with our Simple Signal Captivator?
4.) Does Simple Signal Captivator can boost signal, especially in rural areas?
This study will try to create a Simple Signal Captivator which help the problem of low
signal coverage in Del Pilar, Magpet, Cotabato here in Magpet we will also measure the
maximum range storage capacity and the effectively or transferring of Signal to other devices.
This study will be conducted in Magpet National High School, Magpet, Cotabato on the
2nd semester of school year 2018-2019 and will be tested on cellular cellphones.
Significance of the Study
The result of this will benefits to all people, especially those who are in rural areas, who
used gadgets and devices to communicate because this will become new innovation for them.
Also, to the researchers and its school for they will to provide a new innovation and make
Lastly if this proposed invention will be sent to market place in the near future it will provide
Technology has been a great part of life from generation to generation. It has been a tool
for the continuous survival of mankind despite of the different challenges in nature. Technology
is often considered as “form of life” according to the study of Winner L. (2014), it states that
technologies certainly have impacts, and can change our physical and social worlds, and also
how we live. It scopes almost all the fields of life, especially communication. This idea is
supported by the study of Smith I. et al. (2005), Communication to someone has been a part of
a social discourse is common practice, and we use a number of technologies to satisfy this
need. This practice really need a really useful technology that may support it more directly.
One of the products of the communication technology are the Socially Interactive
Technologies (SITs), such as online social sites, cell phones/text messaging, and instant
messaging. It was highlighted in the research of Pierce T. (2009) that on average, 35–40% of
teens reported using cell phones/text messaging and online social sites between 1 to 4 hours
daily, 24% reported using instant messaging 1 to 4 hours daily and only 8% reported using
email between 1 and 4 hours daily. The article also added that female teenagers tended to use
cell phones/text messaging and online social sites more so than male teenagers. This study
also verified that teenagers especially girls like using Socially Interactive Technologies in
in the age group of 18-20, use different communication media, such as the Internet and mobile
phones, in their social lives. His study discovered that young people often liked to use
communication media such as the Internet and mobile phones to communicate because these
afforded them control over their interactions. Moreover, they felt that some communication
media such as email, text messaging and instant messaging can be used asynchronously as
well as synchronously, they allow one time to stop and think before giving a response if this is
desired, or, alternatively, allowed one to retain the conversational nature of interactions if this is
preferred. Specifically, using those mediums gave them greater control over interactions than
they would have if, say, communicating via voice calls using the telephone or face-to-face,
In this study, we focus more on devices that needs signal to have an effective
communication process just like cellular phones, mobile phones, pocket data, and even tablets
and phablets. Let us focus more on mobile phones, the most common among them. It usually
started with the Wireless Cell phones which usually comprising of a handset, a keypad
assembly rotatably coupled to the handset, and a handset cover rotatably coupled to the
handset. The keypad assembly is rotatable about at least two axes, and removable from the
handset. The keypad assembly has a first side for a telephone keypad and a second side for a
data communication keypad. The handset cover is rotatably coupled to the handset and
includes an exterior display and an interior display. The exterior display is capable of displaying
electronic information when the handset cover is in a folded position with respect to the handset
(US Patent No. US7565182B2, 2009). This article also describe the modern mobile phones not
only provide voice communication but also are useful for a variety of other tasks such as email,
internet access, photography, etc. In most present-day cell phones the telephone keypad serves
the dual function of dialling telephone numbers and as an input device for the other functions.
Communication in cell phones is not complete without its contract and communication
system. There are many innovations of this systems including this, a system that its process is
comprising with these steps: registering multiple contract sets, which are selectable by the user
and which each include a phone number, an available service, a payment method and a payer
as contract clauses, in the single cellular phone as contracts for the respective multiple phone
numbers; and registering multiple contract sets having items corresponding to the contract
clauses of the contract sets in a charging system of a switching network, where the cellular
phone transmits a message according to the clauses defined in the contract set selected by the
user of the cellular phone, and upon receiving the message from the cellular phone, the
switching network manages communication designated in the contract set relative to the
communication, and the charging system calculates rates for the respective contract sets and
charging the rates separately for the respective contracts sets according to the payment
methods and the payers defined in the contract sets; the cellular phone receives an incoming
call corresponding to any of the contract sets registered in the cellular phone regardless of the
Well, the process of communication truly involves the mobile cellular mobile phone but
without its source of signal, the process of communication isn’t complete yet. In 1992, the
cellular wireless telecommunication system involving cell sites or cell towers was invented. This
system works this way. A radio cell site 10 communicates via radio channel 2 with a mobile
station 1. A cell site such as the Autoplex® Series I Mod II Cell Site can be used in this
application. A different cell site can be used if the European Global Systems for Mobile
multiplexer 35 to one or more primary rate interface integrated services digital network (PRI-
ISDN) communication channels 31, 32, 33 to a private branch exchange (PBX) 30. The
multiplexer 35 strips the D-channel from the PRI signals and sends these D-channel signals via
data link 38 to protocol converter 20 connected via data link 39 to cell site 10. A multiplexer such
as the Crossnet 442 multiplexer manufactured by Tellabs can be used. A NCR 3330 (Intel 486
based) computer manufactured by NCR Inc. can be used as the protocol converter (PC); the
NCR computer is equipped with an interface board such as a DLPI/HDLC Controller Board for
UNIX® systems to terminate the two data links to the PC. Cell site 10 receives its control signals
over the data link 39 and transmits its responses and its own initiated data messages over that
link. The protocol converter converts between ISDN control messages specified in the CCITT
Q.931 call control message set and the message set required to interface with a cell site. This
message set may be proprietary or it may conform with a standard such as that specified in the
European GSM standard for wireless communications. PBX 30 is also connected by lines such
as line 42 to land based telephone stations such as station 48; by one or more PRI facilities 41
to one or more other PBXs 44, the latter being for connection to the other cell sites; by one or
more PRI facilities 47 to one or more other cell sites connected to PBX 30; and by facilities such
as lines or trunks 43 to a class 5 central office switch 45, the latter being for connection to a
public switched telephone network for accessing of telephones and mobile stations outside the
immediate region covered by PBXs 30 and 44 and central office 45. The connection to the class
5 central office can be over line facilities, one or more PRI facilities, or even T-carrier trunk
facilities; a line interface is the most natural for communicating between a PBX and a central
office, especially an older central office, and simplifies the process of billing at the central office.
The PBX keeps track of the busy-idle state of all mobile stations currently associated with
a cell site. When a disconnection is received, the B-channel is made available through a release
message from the PC; this makes the B-channel, and its associated radio channel, available,
and changes the busy-idle state of the mobile station to idle (US Patent No. US5440613A,
1992).
The effectivity of communication depends on how fast signal can affect your
communication, that’s why the terms 2G, 3G, 3.5 G, 4G, and 5G was created. It was known as
the Generation of how fast signal is. One of the most common circuit-switched network in 3G
was WDCMA or Wideband CDMA. WDCMA system maximizes throughput, control channel
capacity/transmit power and maintains connectivity between a base and a mobile station using:
(i) Channel prediction and SRC/TPC logic; (ii) Transmitter Power Control bits in WCDMA
transmitter slots and (iii) Adaptive Transmitter Diversity (ADT). A base or mobile transmitter
includes a pilot channel, which transmits control and power control signals between a mobile
station and the base station to reconfigure the transmitter according to predicted future
attenuation of the channel power and its probability density function (pdf). The information
signals are encoded using a one-half Viterbi encoder and interleaved. The interleaved data bits
are mapped using Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation. The QPSK data is
multiplexed with the pilot channel and spread by an appropriate orthogonal code and long code
corresponding to the orthogonal code length negotiated at call establishment. The output of the
transmitter is provided to diverse antennas for reliable communications to the receiver. The
forward and reverse system receivers are substantially similar. Data is received at two diverse
antennas. The outputs are provided to match filters which supply a coherent rake receiver and a
channel prediction system at the base station. The future attenuation of the channel for several
Rate Change (SRC)/Transmit Power Control (TPC) logic uses the predicted channel power and
sets appropriate thresholds to signal both the transmitter and receiver to reconfigure the
transmit rate or power. In this case, according to the set thresholds both the transmitter and the
receiver at the beginning of each WCDMA slot, modify its transmit rate when the predicted
channel power level lies within a threshold level. The dedicated pilot channel is used to signal
the mobile station or the base station for the SRC modification. The SRC/TPC logic also inputs
the coherent rate receiver to synchronize the receiver with the new rate and provide an output to
a QPSK demodulator, after which the data is de-interleaved and provided to a Viterbi decoder
for reliable communication in providing an output signal. In another embodiment, the transmitter
power control bits are entered in the transmitted slots according to the predicted channel power
thresholds mentioned above. When the predicted channel power falls below a threshold level, a
pre-determined level increases the transmitter power. When the predicted channel power is
above a threshold, the predetermined level reduces the transmitter power. In still another
embodiment, the base station transmits the predicted channel power of two diverse antennas to
the mobile station. The mobile station compares the power values of the two channels to the
thresholds and selects the antenna that propagates through the better channel path, which
reduces Multi Access Interference (MAI) and Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI). The three
provide transmitter and receiver reconditioning and capacity improvement (US Patent No.
US6690652B1, 1998).
One of the latest innovations in technology was the 4G. Under it is a LTE system or Long
technologies. For the LTE PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) power control method may
refer to a power control method (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) in WCDMA. Since
the LTE uplink adopts SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access)
technology, between different cells within a UE (wireless terminal) of the uplink signal are
orthogonal to each other, and therefore the absence of WCDMA (wideband code division
multiple access) system due to near-far effect power control of the uplink power control
necessity Shang TE path loss and shadow mainly used for compensating the channel, and for
suppressing inter-cell interference. Power control for these purposes need not be employed as
a WCDMA system power control (power control) frequency as fast, slow power control and the
use manner can, power control is not higher than the frequency of 200HZ. In mobile
communication systems, power control for controlling transmission power of a mobile station or
a base station, in the premise of ensuring the required communication quality of user services,
minimizing transmission power, the transmission power just to meet the requirements of normal
communication, and will not waste too much power, it can also increase system capacity and
reduce interference to other mobile stations. [0005] In a WCDMA system, the power control
comprising: inner loop power control and outer loop power control. The main effect of inner loop
power control by the transmission power control physical channel, the measuring SIR (Signal to
Interference Ratio) converges to the target SIR. WCDMA system is received by estimating the
Eb / No (ratio of bit energy to interference power spectral density) to issue the appropriate
power adjustment command, the Eb / No and SIR have a certain relationship. Outer loop power
control inner loop power control is to adjust dynamically by the SIR target, to consistently meet
the requirements of the communication quality, i.e., reaches a predetermined BLER / FER /
BER (Block Error Rate / frame error rate / bit error rate) value. Because of the complexity of the
wireless channel, only power control based on the SIR value is not really the reaction link
quality. For example, the stationary user, the user and the low-speed users, on the basis of
ensuring the same FER, SIR requirements are different, and the final quality of the
communication is measured by the BLER / FER (block error rate / frame error rate) therefore it
is necessary to dynamically adjust the target SIR based on the actual BLER / FER / BER value.
In the LTE system, a UE, a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) and PUCCH (Physical
Uplink Control Channel) cannot be transmitted simultaneously, which exists two different
frequencies channel transmission problems. Taking into account efficiency, if each of the
PUSCH or PUCCH for one UE will conduct a feedback power control and a power control
instruction, then it is bound to increase system load (China Patent No. CN101711054A, 2012).
A mobile phone signal is the signal strength received by a mobile phone from a cellular
network. This is measured usually in decibel milliwatts (dBm). A signal of -60dBm is nearly
perfect, and -112dBm is call-dropping bad. If you're above about -87 dBm, Android will report a
full 4 bars of signal. Here’s the summary of the invention of a system that can measure mobile
phone signal strength (US Patent No. US5398276A, 1995), the signal strength can be
measured as the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or the signal-to-signal-plus-noise ratio (S/Nt). The
received signal at a destination device comprises a desired signal and noise. The
received signal can be processed to separate the desired signal from the received noisy signal.
The energy of the desired signal is measured or computed. The energy of the noise can also be
measured or computed. Alternatively, the energy of the noise can be approximated as the
energy of the received signal. The measured signal strength of the desired signal can be
computed by dividing the energy of the desired signal with the energy of the noise. In one
embodiment of the present invention, the amplitude of the total received signal is controlled
such that the power of the received signal is maintained approximately constant. In this
embodiment, the measured signal strength of the desired signal is proportional to the energy of
the desired signal. The measured signal strength of the desired signal conforms to a distribution
density function. This distribution function can be dependent on various conditions, such as the
type of signal transmission and the actual signal strength of the desired signal. For the
noise ratio (S/Nt), the distribution density function can be expressed as f(y|α), where y is the
measured energy of the desired signal, α is the actual signal strength, and f(y|α) is a function of
y for a given α. Once the measured energy y of the desired signal is computed and the
distribution density function f(y|α) is determined, the signal strength of the desired signal can be
received signal is an estimate of the signal strength of the desired signal. In the first
embodiment, the signal strength of the desired signal is estimated as the maximum likelihood
estimate of the signal strength α. The maximum likelihood estimate of α can be determined by
partially differentiating the distribution density function f(y|α) with respect to α, setting the partial
derivative to zero, and solving for α for a given y. The resultant α corresponding to the given y,
denoted as αo, is the maximum likelihood estimate of α and represents an accurate estimate of
the signal strength of the desired signal. In the second embodiment, the signal strength of the
desired signal is estimated based on the conditional mean of the energy of the desired signal, or
E{y|α}. The conditional mean is an optimum estimate of a random parameter in the mean-
square sense. In this embodiment, E{y|α} is first estimated from measurement of the energy of
the desired signal. In the embodiment wherein the power of the received signal is maintained
approximately constant by the gain control loop, the signal strength can be estimated as E{y|
α}/c, where c is the constant dependent on the characteristics of the gain control loop, length of
the integration period, and digital gain. And in the third embodiment, the signal strength of the
desired signal is estimated based on the conditional mean of E{y|α} and accounting for a
predetermined bias. In this embodiment, E{y|α}/c is first computed as described above. The
unbiased estimate of the signal strength is then computed as E{y|α}/c−1/N, where N is the
integration period over which the energy of the desired signal and the energy of the received
energy are computed. The estimate of the signal strength of the desired signal using any one of
the above described embodiments can be generalized to cover any distribution density function
f(y|α). For a given α, the distribution density function f(y|α) of the signal strength can be
For this f(y|α), the signal strength can be estimated as the maximum likelihood estimate of α or
desired signal. Various transmitted signals, such as the pilot, traffic, sync, or access
channel signal, can be used to estimate the signal strength of the received signal and are within
the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention is applicable for
Theoretical and conceptual framework presents the independent variable involving the
variables: Functional Range, signal strength provided, No. of devices boosted at a time, signal
This study will use a model created by University of California (UC) Libraries for the
unchangeable variable and it is the one who controls the dependent variable which is variable
that is manipulated. Thus, this study determines that functional range, signals strength provided
and No. of devices boosted at a time are the independent variables. While its signal boosting
Definition of Terms
To have clear understanding of the study, the researchers defined terms conceptually
and operationally
Functional Range. Conceptually, it is the predetermined areas between the device that
send signals and the receiving device (Boschini, 1993). Operationally, it is the maximum range
Signal Strength. Conceptually, this refers to the amplitude or power of a signal (Oxford
Dictionaries, 2000). Operationally it is the amount of signal in a device in decibel miliwatts (dBm)
intermediate-frequency signals (Kawano and Mihasi 1990). Operationally it is the ability to catch
signals and boost the signals and boost the signal of a device
CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methods and procedures in conducting the study. It consists of
Research Design, Research Locale, Research Sampling, Research Materials and Instrument,
Research Design
This study will use the Post Test only research design or also called one shot case
Study. It is because we will use one group of subject only to be tested with our treatment which
Figure 1 shows that our proposed invention is atop of everything. This “Simple Signal
Captivator” was invented for boosting signal to mobile devices so we ranked Signal Boosting
Ability next to it. Under it is the independent variables of our research which are features of
signal boosting ability. These are the functional range, signal strength provided, and no. of
devices boosted.
Research Locale
This study will be conducted on Ramos Residence in Del Pilar, Magpet, Cotabato. This
is our place of interest because this study focuses more on rural areas.
Research Sampling
The researchers will use mobile phones as our subjects in this study. This will be
instrumental in the test that will be made for the features of “Simple Signal Captivator”.
This part includes the process of how the experiment was performed and how we used
the materials. Also, we can see the different test used for this study.
Preparation and Purchase of Materials
First, we canvass the materials needed for our Simple Signal Captivator in different
electronic stores in Kidapawan City. Then we bought the materials except for some capacitors
and crystal oscillator had unfortunately run out of stock. So we had to order those materials from
Davao.
The first thing we did is to put adhesive tape on the PCB Board and made a sketch for
the setup of Simple Signal Captivator. Next, we cut the tape according to the guide that is
present on the sketch. Then the PCB Board with the remaining tape was dipped in ferric
chloride for a few minutes to remove the copper that will not be needed anymore in the PCB
Board. Lastly, we drill holes on the dots that are indicated in the sketch which serves as the
In this part, we simply attached the materials and soldered it with soldering lead and
soldering iron according to where it should be located according to the sketch that will be
followed. After all had been attached and soldered it will be turned on to see if it works.
Testing the Simple Signal Captivator
In this test, we tested manually the functional range of our Simple Signal Captivator
through measuring the maximum distance of the phone from the Simple Signal Captivator
where the phone will still be boosted by the device. First, we turned on our Simple Signal
Captivator then placed the cellular phone 1 feet from it and checked if it was still boosted
In this test, we tested the signal strength that was provided by our Simple Signal
Captivator. First, we will check the signal strength of the cellular phone, which is located in the
settings of the phone, before the Simple Signal Captivator was turned on and recorded it. Then
we turned on the Simple Signal Captivator and we checked the signal strength of the phone
again. Lastly, we calculated the difference of the signal strength of the phone before and after
• Testing the Maximum Number of Devices That Can Be Boosted At the Same Time
In this test, we tested how many devices could be boosted at the same time by our
Simple Signal Captivator. First thing we did was to put two cellular phones and checked if the
two was boosted, until three, four, and so on until the Simple Signal Captivator cannot
After the making of the product, we proudly presented and exhibited it as a new
This chapter presents the results of the study and the discussion of the tests that
was conducted in our Simple Signal Captivator. This chapter also includes the tables
Distance (feet) 1 2 3 4 5
No. of Devices 1 2 3 4 5
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