Systems and methods for detecting and controlling transmission devices

• US 8,626,195 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2010
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Binj Laboratories, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Binj Laboratories, Inc.
• Inventors: Noonan, Joseph S., Giordano, Carl A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cai, Wayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huynh, Chuck
• Application Number:
  US12/870,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20110059688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,228 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.2, 455/456.4, 455/455, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04K 3/80 Jamming or countermeasure characterized by its function
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

A method of detecting, controlling and managing transmission of a transmitting device within a facility is disclosed. The method involves transmitting information to the transmission device, detecting a response transmission from the transmission device by a least one transmission detection facility, extracting identification information associated with the transmission device in response to the transmitted information; and determining a location of the transmission device based on the response transmission received by the at least one received transmission detection facility, wherein the response transmissions are sorted by the identification information, determining an allowability of the located transmission device with the set area and interacting and manipulating transmission of the detected transmitting device.

Claims

1. A method, operable in a transceiving system, for capturing a transmission facility within a set area, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a reference signal from a base station;

determining a distance to the base station based on a power of the received reference signal;

determining an expected received power of the reference signal at said transmission facility, said transmission facility being at a known distance from said base station;

transmitting;

an interfering signal, the interfering signal being transmitted with sufficient power to interfere with communications between the reference signal and the transmission facility, said interfering signal causing said transmission facility to attempt to re-establish communications with the base station, and

a simulated reference signal, the simulated reference signal having same characteristics as the reference signal at an expected received power at said transmission facility greater than the determined expected received power of the reference signal at the transmission facility;

establishing communication with the transmission facility; and

receiving transmission from the transmission facility within the set area.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the interfering signal is one of:

a jamming signal and a command signal.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein transmission of at least one of the interfering signal and the simulated reference signal is performed on a sector basis.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a direction to the source of the reference signal.

2. The method of clam 1 further comprising:

receiving identification information associated with said transmission facility;

determining a location of said the transmission facility based on reception of said transmission from said transmission facility; and

determining an allowability of the transmission facility to receive and transmit within said set area based on said determined transmission facility location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said identification information comprises at least one of:

a transmission frequency, a transmission identification number, a transmission time of arrival, a transmission type, a transmission characteristic, a transmission location, a transmission amplitude, a transmission width, a transmission frequency range, and a unique identifier.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein said location is determined based on at least one of:

an amplitude received on a plurality of receiving antennas and a reception on an antenna with a known angular orientation.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein said allowability is determined based on pre-stored information associated with said transmission facility with respect to said set area.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said pre-stored information corresponds to at least one unique identification information associated with transmission facilities allowed within said set area.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein said allowability is determined based on a location of the transmission facility being within a predetermined distance.

10. A transceiving system comprising:

at least one frequency transmission unit;

at least one receiving unit;

a processor in communication with each of said at least one frequency transmission unit and said receiving units and in communication with a memory, the memory including code which when accessed by the processor causes the processor to;

receive a reference signal from a base station;

determine a distance to said base station based on a power of the received reference signal;

determine an expected received power of the reference signal at said transmission facility at a known distance from said base station;

transmit;

an interfering signal, the interfering signal being transmitted with sufficient power to interfere with communications between the reference signal and the transmission facility, said interfering signal causing said transmission facility to attempt to re-establish communications with the base station; and

a simulated reference signal, the simulated reference signal having same characteristics as the reference signal at an expected received power greater than the determined expected received power of the reference signal at the transmission facility;

establish communication with the transmission facility; and

receive transmission from said transmission facility within a set area.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the interfering signal is one of:

a jamming signal and a command signal.

17. The system of claim 10 wherein transmission of at least one of the interfering signal and the simulated reference signal is performed on a sector basis.

20. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor further accesses code to:

determine a direction to said base station.

11. The system of clam 10, wherein the processor further executing code for:

extracting identification information associated with said transmission facility;

determining a location of said the transmission facility based on reception of said transmission from said transmission facility; and

determining an allowability of the transmission facility to receive and transmit within said set area based on said determined transmission facility location.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said identification information comprises at least one of:

a transmission frequency, a transmission identification number, a transmission time of arrival, a transmission type, a transmission characteristic, a transmission location, a transmission amplitude, a transmission width, a transmission frequency range, a unique identifier.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein said transmission facility location is determined based on at least one of:

an amplitude received on a plurality of receiving antennas and reception on an antenna with a known angular orientation.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein said allowability is determined based on pre-stored information associated with said transmission facility with respect to said set area.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said pre-stored information corresponds to at least one unique identification information associated with transmission facilities allowed within said set area.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein said allowability is determined based on a location of the transmission facility being within a predetermined distance being within a predetermined distance of said system.