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November 17, 2012 ยท View on GitHub
LTE Cell Scanner / Tracker
This is a collection of tools to locate and track LTE basestation cells using very low performance RF front ends. For example, these tools work with RTL2832 based dongles (E4000, R820T, etc.) which have a noise figure of 20dB, only 8 bits in the A/D, and a crystal with a frequency error of about 100 ppm.
The 'CellSearch' program can be used to search for LTE carriers within a range of frequencies. Once an LTE frequency has been located, 'LTE-Tracker' can be used to monitor and track, in realtime, any LTE cells on that frequency.
The main documentation in html format can be found on the web at: http://www.evrytania.com/lte-tools And in the doc/index.html subdirectory of this distribution.
For questions, comments, or bug reports, contact James Peroulas james@evrytania.com, or check the bugtracker on github: https://github.com/Evrytania/LTE-Cell-Scanner/issues
Quick build instructions:
cd LTE-Cell-Scanner mkdir build cd build cmake .. make
Install:
sudo make install
Quick usage instructions:
Search for LTE carriers within a common LTE frequency range used in the US: CellSearch --freq-start 715e6 --freq-end 768e6
Start tracking LTE cells on frequency 739 MHz: LTE-Tracker -f 739000000