Santa Arrest

Olden but golden. Still a good laugh to watch.

Apple's New Nano-SIM Card

Should make examinations interesting. Apparently, an open-ended SIM that can be either postpaid or prepaid account without the need to chang...

Antenna and MIMO Research

Thank you to Zahid Ghadialy for this useful research Antenna Market Overview - Signals Research Group - June 2014

Fast moving wireless world

I have been working on research for http://cellsiteanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/ as the changing landscape for cell site analysis (CSA) requiries...

Reverse Engineering For Beginners

Steve Hailey*, who kindly sent out a reminder about Reverse Engineering for Beginners, that this is guide with "Lots of great informati...

CSA - Site Survey Method/LTE SIBtype1

CSA - Site Survey Method/LTE SIBtype1Before continuing with GSM/GERAN System Information Message Types, thanks for the enquiries regarding L...

CSA - Site Survey Method/LTE-UMTS SIBs

There is a huge volume of materials and standards to be considered when undertaking study or work as an InnerCity CSA (ICCSA) expert, techni...

CSA - Site Survey Method4/Cell Types

Cell typesGSM reports, as far back as 20 years ago, distinguished three kinds of cells as the growth in GSM installations massively increase...

CSA - Site Survey Method3/Mobility Models

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LTE-WiFi Aggregation

LTE-U workshop: LAA (Licensed Assisted Access) - Use cases and scenarios   LTE workshop: LAA (Licensed Assisted Access)

International Telecommunications Union and CSA

International Telecommunications Union and CSAWere the standards to be made binding that could have political implications / ramifications r...

CSA - Site Survey Method 2/ITU

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) combines standards making capability and also has regulatory functions specific to mobile t...

CSA, propagation and keeping norms

CSA, propagation and keeping norms is an in-for-the-long-haul series of discussions about CSA (cell site analysis) and highlighting all the ...

CSA - Site Survey Method 2

The purpose of these CSA - Site Survey Method discussions invites examiners, technicians and students to consider the wider area analysis in...

CSA - Site Survey Method 1

Mention in CSA - Site Survey Method ( http://cellsiteanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/csa-site-survey-method.html ) the terms Fresnel, Fresne...

CSA - Site Survey Method

If I were to say 'up' you can guarantee someone will say the complete opposite. Cell Site Analysis has this fascinating way of bring...

Terrain Classification

Cell Site Analysis - Site Survey: Terrain Classification Practical research by academic sources and experienced radio planners/designers has...

GSM Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)

Students learning Cell Site Analysis (CSA) are eventually faced with having to communicate to other non-technical people various technical a...

GSM Normal Burst Power/Time Template

The image (below) is of the power/time template to illustrate a GSM Normal Burst (GSM05.01/05.02). A single burst when transmitted may conta...

GSM Normal Burst Power/Time Template

The image (below) is of the power/time template to illustrate a GSM Normal Burst (GSM05.01/05.02). A single burst when transmitted may conta...

D-Day 6th June

On the 6th June 2011 I wrote about D-Day at this blog. I did so because much of history was being forgotten by the younger generation. When ...

New Book - RFPS (Radio Frequency Propagation Survey)

Joe Hoy from Forensic Analytics joins us this month at Cell Site Analysis blog to outline the purpose and content for his forthcoming book r...

iPhone factory reset bars access to revevlation

It has been known for sometime there is no general release that can handle the deleted encrypted data on iPhone 4s onwards.  The latest arti...

Happy ENGLAND Day

St George's Day 23rd April St George is the patron saint of England. Saint George is celebrated on this day which falls on 23 April ever...

Presentation JTAG and Boundary Scan

Informative 30-min presentation on "What is JTAG and Boundary Scan?" by EEVblog:

cdma2000 unique cell/sector

Looking at how to identify a cdma2000 unique cell/sector cdma2000 CSA radio test measurements - http://cellsiteanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/...

cdma2000 CSA radio test measurements

Recording the test results from CSA radio test measurements, whether the transmission technology be e.g. GSM, CDMA, WCDMA and/or LTE, it is ...

Examples of Cell Site Details

Here, too, it is possible to echo the discussion about passing on information: see Range of radio test measurement results - http://cellsite...

Range of radio test measurement results

I ridiculous as this may read, until I started publishing at my various blogspot I didn't realise that hoarding information is actually ...

Test your USIM knowledge

Below is UST (USIM Service Table) 3GPP 31.102 that may be found in a UST elementary file.QUESTION 1 There are at minimum 1,900 items for e...

SIM Test Card Hardware Layouts

15/11/97Interface for ASIMREADME       This file.EMUSIM.BMP   Artwork of Smart Card sized PCBMAX232.BMP   Artwork of Smart Card sized PCB wh...

SIM/USIM Research Materials

Research Materials I shall be posting material (example below) I have gathered from my research over the last 20 years that students, examin...

BYOD risks and minefields

I read the article in CIO Think_Deleted_Text_Messages_Are_Gone_Forever_Think_Again and the discussion that rumbles on about BYOD. Firstly, a...

Smart/Mobile Devices Brand Names Listing

Examiners regularly come into contact with Brand name mobile/smart devices and the list is continuously increasing. The problem that increas...

Tracing Packet Switch (PS) Users

Investigations into mobile activity tend largely to concentrate on recovering data from the user handset, mast (tower) data and call records...

FSR positioning for statutory powers

You'll need to be quick to catch this one.  Today, 3rd January 2014, the UK Government's consultation period ends regarding seeking ...

Cell Site Analysis Discussions

Cell Site Analysis Discussions CSA related itemshttp://cellsiteanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/csa-related-items.htmlLocation Tracking in th...