What is sniffer?

•The main scope is to detect lost mobiles.

•For the detection of lost mobile SNIFFER plays a
vital role.
•The sniffer is basically a transceiver that works in
the different frequency that we are commonly
used.
•The sniffer device has to be designed for easy
mobility for the purpose of detection.
DESIGNING FOR THE SNIFFER

•The sniffer device can be called as mobile base station

that includes the following important components:-
1.Sniffer base station
2.Unidirectional antenna
3.Tracking software
 SNIFFER BASE STATION
•The sniffer is a small base station, it includes
transceiver section.
•It should operate at a frequency that is much
different from the frequency of the current cell in
which the operation of detection is being carried out.
UNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNA
•The directional antenna acts as the eyes of the sniffer for
the purpose of the detection of lost mobile phones.
•Antenna is a device which works at specified frequency
range for transmitting or receiving the data signal.
•In general, antennas transmit power depending on lobe
pattern which varies from one antenna to the other.
SOFTWARE FOR THE TRACKING
•The software is used for the tracking of the lost mobile phones.
•Main feature of this software is to create the data base and this is mainly done
using a random access memory.
•The software has the input as IMEI number of the lost mobile phone from the
RAM.
•After getting the input from the lost device that might respond to the signal
sent by the SNIFFER.
WORKING OF THE SNIFFER
DEVICE
•If the connection of the lost phone is established with the BTS,
the MSC collects it’s IMEI number.
•If these numbers are matched with the reported lost numbers.
•It transferred the connection to the sniffer device.
•Searching can perform with the GPS system for more accurate,
fast detection and location can be tracked.
SNIFFER TRIES TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE LOST MOBILE PHONE
 ADVANTAGES

•This method is used for finding the lost mobiles effectively.

•Cost effective.
•Low power consumption.
•Easy to design.

LIMITATIONS
Certain boundaries:
•Power of the mobile should be good enough.
•Mobile should not been in shadow region.
 CONCLUSION
In today’s life mobile phones are the mainly used device for communication, so
large no. of complaints are coming regarding the mobile phones that are lost.
This method appears to be complex but for large detection, the overall cost of
the design is down.
There are certain boundary conditions like the power of the mobile should be
good enough etc. But these technologies can be improved by using modern
techniques.