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Wideband Fully Passive GSM Interception System o A convenient solution that enables extensive and loss-free gathering of information. o EGSM-900/GSM-1800 or GSM-850/GSM-1900. o 600 simultaneous calls using 1096 frequencies receiving system. o The system continuously analyses all 548 downlink channels and provides identification of BTS control channels. o Any fake BTS can be detected and shown to the system operator. o The system is able to receive, decode, store and show Voice and SMS from a GSM- network. o Distance of interception. o 2G duplex interception is up to 400 meters line of sight and simplex interception up to 2 km. o Distance of interception. o Using optional active subsystem allowing monitoring of 4G/3G target phones in 2G. 100 meters o The system can also be used as Passive IMSI catcher and provide notification about any new IMSI event inside of the interception area. White and black list of targets IMSIs can be used for filtering of group of subscribers.

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WidebandFullyPassiveGSMInterceptionSystem

o Aconvenientsolutionthatenablesextensiveandloss-freegatheringofinformation.o EGSM-900/GSM-1800orGSM-850/GSM-1900.o 600simultaneouscallsusing1096frequenciesreceivingsystem.o Thesystemcontinuouslyanalysesall548downlinkchannelsandprovides

identificationofBTScontrolchannels.o AnyfakeBTScanbedetectedandshowntothesystemoperator.o Thesystemisabletoreceive,decode,storeandshowVoiceandSMSfromaGSM-

network.o Distanceofinterception.o 2Gduplexinterceptionisupto400meterslineofsightandsimplexinterceptionupto

2km.o Distanceofinterception.o Usingoptionalactivesubsystemallowingmonitoringof4G/3Gtargetphonesin2G.100

meterso ThesystemcanalsobeusedasPassiveIMSIcatcherandprovidenotificationaboutany

newIMSIeventinsideoftheinterceptionarea.WhiteandblacklistoftargetsIMSIscanbeusedforfilteringofgroupofsubscribers.

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TechnicalInformationWidebandFullyPassiveGSMInterceptionSystem

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

Introduction1. PassiveGSMInterceptionSystem1.1 Passivereceivingstation1.2 Laptop/Workingstationandstorageunit2. NetworkingofMultipleStations3. Specifications3.1 Technicalcharacteristics3.2 Functionalcharacteristics4. Systemdeliverylist5. Systemcomponents6. Screenshots

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INTRODUCTIONTheGlobalSystemforMobileCommunications(GSM) iswidelyusedmobileradionetwork.TheGSMstandarddefinesadigitalnetworkforvoicecommunications,forcircuit-switchedandpacket-switcheddataservicesaswellasforshortmessageservices(SMS).ThedocumentdescribesWidebandFullyPassiveGSMInterceptionSystem.ThesystemisabletoshowtheentirereceivableGSMmobileradiotrafficfromEGSM-900,GSM-1800,GSM-850,andGSM-1900andtodisclosecallcontents.Itisaconvenientsolutionthatenablesextensiveandloss-freegatheringofinformation.Thesystemprovidesinterceptionofupto600simultaneouscallswithoutlossofdatausing1096frequenciesreceivingsystemapproachwhenall548GSMduplex-channelsareanalyzed.ItcontinuouslyanalysesGSMnetworksparametersandcontrolsallchannelsofradio-availableBTSsinparallelwithcallsinterception.Thewide-bandsystemarchitectureguarantiesthatallBTSswiththeirhoppingmodeandhandoverprocedurewillbeprocessedinanycases.Anyothersystemarchitecturecannotguarantysuccessfulinterceptionofallradio-availableBTSsandsubscribersincaseofGSMnetworkparameterschanging,offlineprocessingordelayinA5.1decipheringduringsystemoperation.Easyusewithoutoperatorinterventionisastrongbenefitsthissystem.

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HIGHLIGHTS

o AllGSMbandsintheinterceptionrangecanbeevaluated.o Alleighttime-slotsinallreceivablechannelsareintercepted.o FrequencyhoppingintheGSMbandtakesplacewithoutlossofdata.o Handoversinthereceiverangeareinterceptedandevaluated.o Thereceivingstationhas548duplex-channelsintotal.Eachchannelisdividedinto8x

slots(fullrate)or16xslots(halfrate).Maximumcapacityofonereceiverstationis548x8communicationsincaseoffullrateor548x16communicationsinhalfrate.

o DataevaluationdoesnotrequireanyknowledgeofIMSI,IMEI,TMSIorphonenumber(MSISDN).

o ThesystemdoesnotrequireanyKiinformation.o Allthedatathatisinterceptedisstoredontheserver.o Thesystemismodular.Thesystemcomponentscanbeusedatdifferentlocations.This

requiresjustaTCP/IPlink.

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1. PASSIVEGSMINTERCEPTIONSYSTEMThesystemhasbeendevelopedtointerceptdatafrom548duplexGSMchannelsthatmeans

of 1096 simplex channels in total. The system satisfies the highest of requirements by

analyzingandrepresentingallreceivabledata.Itcanmonitorall548channelsandallitstime-

slotssimultaneouslyandmoreoverkeeptrackofallfrequencyandtime-slotchangeswithin

548channels.Thewide-bandapproachmakesitpossibletoevaluatetheentireusefuldata

trafficontheairinterfacewithoutlosinganyinformation.

TheGSM-Interception-Systemconsistsofthefollowingparts:

o DirectionalandOmni-directionalantennasset

o Passivereceiverstation

o Laptop/working-stationandstorageunit

o Decryptionunit.Itisthird-partyproductwith2upto80real-lifesessionkey

recoveriespersecond

Thesystemisabletoreceive,decode,storeandshowVoiceandSMSfromaGSM-network.

It is possible to intercept A5.0, A5.2 andA5.1-communication. The system can intercept

uplinkanddownlink-channels.Iftheuplink-channelisnotavailable(duetophysicalreasons),

thesimplex-communicationisrecorded(onlydownlinkchannel).

Theconfigurationofthesystemmainlydependsontheuserrequirementsaswellasonthe

networkinfrastructurethatexistsinthemonitoringarea.

ThereceiverstationreceivesthebandstobemonitoredandchecksthemforGSMburstsby

meansoffastGSMdecoding.Thechannelinformationreceivedistransmittedtotheserver

whereitisprocessed.

The receiver stationnowmakes the receiveddataavailable to theuser and initiates the

calculationofthenecessaryKc.Aseparatecalculatingunit,theDecryptionUnit,isrequired

forKccalculating.

TheserverstoresallthedatawhiletheKcisbeingcalculated.Thiscapabilitymakessurethat

nodataislostandthatalwaystheentirecallcontentisavailable.

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1.1 PASSIVERECEIVINGSTATION

ThepassivereceivingstationconsistsofaRF-front-endtoreceiveGSMupanddownlinkin

900/1800MHz-rangeincludingEGSM(or850/1900MHz-range).Itishighsensitivityanda

widedynamicrangeoftheradioreceivingstation.Thereceivedsignalsaredemodulatedand

storedinaFIFO-buffer.Ifastartofacommunicationisdetected,thedataareforwardedto

the decryption unit to archive the Kc (session key for the actual communication). After

receivingtheKcfromthedecryptionunit,thereceivingstationperformsdecryptingofthe

intercepteddataandforwardsthisdatatothestoragesystem.

Thereceivingstationhas548duplex-channelsintotal.Eachchannelisdividedinto8xslots

(full rate) or 16 x slots (half rate).Maximum capacity of one receiver station is 548 x 8

communicationsincaseoffullrateor548x16communicationsinhalfrate.

Thereceivingunitdemodulatesalltime-slotsonthe548channels.Aslongasthedecryption

unitneedstocalculatetheKc,thereceivedataarestoredtemporaryinafirst-in-first-out-

buffer.ThecapacityoftheFIFO-memoryis100GB.

1.2 LAPTOP/WORKSTATIONANDSTORAGEUNITThisistheuser-interfacetocontrolthesystemandevaluatethedata.Theworkstationcan

handle different receiver-units to be combined to one encryption unit. All decrypted

informationwillbestoredinadatabase.

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Recordingcapacities:

NumberofduplexGSMchannels

Datarate

Recordingcapacity

Recordingtime

548(100%trafficactivity)

30MByte/s

2TByte

20hours

DuetofrequencyreusingprincipleinGSMnetworkRealenvironmentaroundthesystemlocationcontainsapprox.

nomorethat200duplexchannels

200with100%NetworkUtilization

11MByte/s

2TByte

52hours

200with30%NetworkUtilization

3.3MByte/s

2TByte

176hours

TherecordeddatacanbeexportedtoaremoteMonitoringCenterThis capacity calculation is based on the assumption that the standard hard disks. This

operating mode provides higher reliability. Should the memory space nevertheless be

insufficient,itispossibletoequipthesystemwithadditionalharddisks.

Theseflexiblememorymanagementoptionsallowthesystemtobeadaptedtospecificuser

requirements.

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2. MULTIPLESTATIONNETWORKING

Thefullflexibilityofthesystemcanbeutilizedifsystemsarecoupled.Itisalsofeasibleto

operatemultiple systems at different locations. The information that has been collected

doesnothavetobeevaluatedatthelocationwhereithasbeenrecorded.

Theindividualreceivingstationsandtheservercommunicatebymeansofwireline.Awide

areanetwork(WAN)canbeimplementedbyapplyingdifferenttechnologies.

Arealisticscenariowouldbethepositioningofthereceivingsystemsalongaborder.Inthis

case, thedata canbe evaluatednot only at theplaceof recordingbut also at a remote

location.AnoptionaldecryptingunitfordecryptingtheKcatacentrallocationcanalsobe

provided.

Appropriate wire line technologies for connecting the subsystems are DSL and LAN.

AppropriatewirelesstechnologiesforconnectingthesubsystemsareUMTS,HSPAorWLAN.

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3. SPECIFICATIONS

3.1 TECHNICALCHARACTERISTICS

Parameter Description

GSM900/1800Version

GSM900channels 0…124,975…1023880…915MHz(uplink)925…960MHz(downlink)

GSM1800channels 512…8851710…1785MHz(uplink)1805…1880MHz(downlink)

NumberofRFchannelsforeachRX(duplex) 548(1096simplexintotal)

NumberoftrafficchannelsforeachRX(duplex) 4384(FR)/8768(HR)

GSM850/1900Version

GSM850channels 128…251824…849MHz(uplink)869…894MHz(downlink)

GSM1900channels 512…8101850…1910MHz(uplink)1930…1990MHz(downlink)

NumberofRFchannelsforeachRX(duplex) 423(846simplexintotal)

NumberoftrafficchannelsforeachRX(duplex) 3384(FR)/6768(HR)

Bothversions

SpecificationofFIFOforeachRX 100GB

Callperminute upto600

Scalabilitywithadd.RXunits Secure

Housing 19"housing

DimensionsforPassiveReceiverStation 19",4U

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3.2 FUNCTIONALCHARACTERISTICS

o Searching and identification of BTS control channels in full GSM900/1800 (orGSM850/1900)frequency;

o CollectinganddisplayingoftechnicalandstatisticalinformationaboutnetworkswithdetailedindicationofBTSparameters;

o Displayingofradiofrequencyenvironmentatthepointofsystemlocation;o Tasksassignmentforallthereceivingchannelsautomaticallyormanually;o Operationinscanningmode&datacollectionmodeinparallel;o Operational evaluation of received signal strength and quality at all the receiving

channels;o Savingandfastloadingofthesystemconfigurationparameters;o SupportofSDCCH/8andSDCCH/4signalingchannelsformats;o SessionkeycalculationforA5.1andA5.2encryptionalgorithms;o Severalreceivingstationscanusethesamedecryptionunitlocatedremotely.Itscan

beconnectedwiththeunitbywiredorwirelesscommunicationchannels.o SupportofHR,FR,EFR,AMR-FR,AMR-HRspeechcodecs;o SupportofHoppingmode;o ProcessingoftrafficchannelsHandoverbetweenBTSs;o Registrationandstorageallinterceptedinformationindatabase;o Registrationand storage SMSmessages indatabase (it is supportedall languages

usedinWindowsoperationsystem);o VoicesessionstorageinWAVformat;o PlaybackofVoicesessionsinrealtime;o DisplayingofdialedduringthecallDTMFsymbols;o IMSI/TMSIidentifyingbyknownMSISDNnumber(silentcallorhushSMS);o SelectionoftargetsusingIMSI,IMEI,IMEISV,TMSIandMSISDNidentifiers;o Supportofreceivingchannelsandtargetspriorities;o Userauthorizationaccesstothesystem;o ThesystemsoftwareisworkingonWindows7/10x64;o GeographicpositioningoftheinterestingcallontheGooglemap.ItusesopenGoogle

service with Cell information and gives only supposed location of the BTS. Ifinformation about selected call (with appropriate cell ID) is absent in theGoogledatabasethennocelliconappearsonthemap.Internetconnectionisrequiredforthis.

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4. SYSTEMDELIVERYLIST

NN Description Q-ty Notes

1 PassiveGSMInterceptionSystemcomprising: 1

1.1

PassiveReceiver,19"4U430x176x546mm

v.1)Input:IN1880-915MHz,1710-1785MHz,IN2

925-960MHz,1805-1880MHz.

v.2)Input:IN1824-849MHz,1850-1910MHz,

IN2869-894MHz,1930-1990MHz.

Output:TwoGigabitLAN10/100/1000Мbit/s

Power:100-240Vac,50-60Hz,800W

Storagecapacity:(2)SSD:120GB(system)+2TB(data)

SW:SpecializedSWwithLicenseUSBDongle

1

1.2 GSM-modemwithmagneticantennaandinterfacecable 1

1.3 CargocasefortheReceiver,702x397x686mm 1

2 Accessoriescomprising:

2.1 Accessoriescase,619x492x223mm 1

2.2

Workstation,HPProBook450G2NotebookPCwithPowersupply

andpowercable

OS:Windows7/10Professional64(English)

CPU:Intel®Core™i5-4210U

LED:15.6"(1366x768)RAM:8

GBDDR3

SSD:128GB

SW:SpecializedSWwithLicense

1

2.3

KVMConsoletoUSB2.0PortableAdapterNOTECONS01with

LoganDVIPlug-VGASocket

1

2.4 11dBiOmniAntenna+RG174U5m 2

2.5 HeadphonesSennheiserHD205II 1

2.6 Cat5EUTPNetworkCable(5m) 2

2.7 Europeanstandardpowersupplyplugcable1.8m 1

3 A5.1DecipheringUnit 1 Optional

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5. SYSTEMCOMPONENTS

(1pcs.)CargocasefortheReceiver,702x397x686mm,16kg

(1pcs.)Accessoriescase,619x492x223mm,10kg

(1pcs.)Receiver,19"4U430x176x546mm,25kg

(1pcs.)GSM-modemwithmagneticantennaandinterfacecable

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Accessorycase

(1pcs.)Laptop(2pcs.)11dBiOmniAntennas(1pcs.)Powersupply+powercable(1pcs.)Headphones(1pcs.)KVMConsoletoUSB2.0PortableAdapter+DVI-VGAadapter(2pcs.)Ethernetcable

(1pcs.)Powercable

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6. SCREENSHOTS

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