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 International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887)
Volume 143 – No.1, June 2016

The Design and Implementation of a Mobile Phone

Detector Device with a Frequency Jamming Feature
Oke A. O. Falohun A. S. Adigun A. A.
Computer Science and Computer Science and Computer Science and
Engineering Department Engineering Department Engineering Department
Ladoke Akintola University of Ladoke Akintola University of Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo
State, Nigeria. State, Nigeria. State, Nigeria.
PMB 4000, Ogbomoso PMB 4000, Ogbomoso PMB 4000, Ogbomoso

ABSTRACT noise. Increasingly sophisticated digital phones have led to

In The development of ways to reduce malpractices in more elaborate counters (Mohan, 2008).
examination centers in all educational institutions is an Intelligent Mobile Phone devices are alternative to more
important area of research. One of the major problems expensive measures against denial of services by service
discovered aiding malpractices has been the creation of providers. This work concentrates in designing a system that
mobile phones, which however is a good communication will detect the presence of mobile phone signals from an
device but needs to be curtailed during examinations. In order unauthorized user in restricted areas which will in turn trigger
to have a 100% assurance that no student can cheat with his or another device to restrict the user from service (Abdul, 2008).
her mobile phone a mobile detector system with a frequency The mobile detector system with frequency jamming feature
jamming feature was developed using mobile cell phone will be able to jam mobile phone frequency signal upon
detection techniques of measuring a cell phone's detection to prevent the transmitted signal from getting to the
electromagnetic properties, determining an identifiable users cell phone.
signature, measuring the RF spectrum and meeting the
jamming requirements. This mobile detector system with frequency jamming features
can sense the presence of an activated mobile cell phone from
General Terms a distance. So it can be used to prevent the use of mobile
Security, Jammer, MTN network, Airtel Network, Etisalat phones in examination halls, confidential rooms, etc. It is also
Network, Globacom Network. useful for detecting the use of mobile phone for spying and
unauthorized video transmission. Jamming devices overpower
Keywords the cell phone by transmitting a signal on the same frequency
Mobile Phone Detector, Frequency jamming Feature, Buzzer, and at a higher enough power that the two signals collide and
RF spectrum cancel each other out. Cell phones are designed to add power
if they experience low-level interference, so the jammer must
1. INTRODUCTION recognize and match the power increase from the phone.
Examination malpractices have consistently remained a bane Some cell phone jammers are made to look like actual phones.
of Nigerian educational system. Most foreigners say that the Others are brief cased size or larger.
academic certificates being issued to graduates in Nigeria are
no more valuable than the pieces of paper on which they are The usefulness of Mobile Detectors covers areas such as
printed (Nicholas, 2011). Examination malpractice is an Churches/Mosques, university lecture rooms, libraries,
illegal behavior by a candidate before, during or after the hospitals, fuel pumps, meeting rooms, banking halls and other
examination so that such can attain success easily and places where silence is appreciated. The frequency jammer
cheaply. Hence, the worth and standard of the examination is which is being housed in a small metal/plastic box and quite
violated. Examination malpractice is a cankerworm that inconspicuous can be mounted on a wall or a ceiling
portends grave dangers for the nation. (Christian, 2012).

Examination malpractice has been carried out successfully in Cell phones are a full-duplex device which means they use
many ways, part of which is the bringing in of micro written two separated frequencies, one for talking and one for
notes, the use of storage devices and communication devices. listening simultaneously. Some jammers block only one of the
Communication devices happen to be the most effective frequencies used by cell phones, while some have the effect of
means of malpractices today in higher institutions of learning. blocking both. The phone is tricked into thinking there is no
service because it can receive only one of the frequencies.
In a brief history, it was discovered that the rapid proliferation Less complex devices block only one group of frequencies,
of mobile phones at the beginning of the 21st century to near while sophisticated jammers can block several types of
ubiquitous status eventually raised problems such as their networks at once to head off dual-mode or tri-mode phones
potential use to invade privacy or contribute to rampant and that automatically switch among different network types to
egregious academic cheating. In addition, public backlash was find an open signal. Some of the high end devices block all
growing against the intrusive disruption cell phones frequencies at once, and others can be tuned to specific
introduced in daily life. While older analog cell phones often frequencies.
suffered from chronically poor reception and could even be
disconnected by simple interference such as high frequency Cell phone Jammers are usually simple devices with typically
only a switch to turn it on and off, a light to show that it is

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operational and an external antenna to send the signal. If the leg is connected). The bottom right row is connected to the
jammer is more sophisticated, it might include controls to set long leg of the LED (Pin 8). The antenna is connected to Pin 2
the jamming for varied frequencies or strengths. Small GSM of the IC. A black wire is connected between one leg of the
jammers are usually powered by batteries. Often, the batteries battery and the bottom left of the board. A red wire is also
are even the same as cell phone batteries. Larger GSM connected between the second leg of the battery and the
jammers are electrically powered (Ahmed, 2006). bottom right row of the board.

2. PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
2.1 Mobile detector and Frequency
Jammer system
In this paper, the intelligent mobile detector system with
frequency jamming features is designed to detect the RF
signals from mobile phones. A detailed description of the
design in form of a block diagram is given in Figure 1. The
mobile detector and frequency jamming system is able to
disable mobile phones in restricted area. The jamming system
detects Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
signals at 900MHz. The necessary components employed in
the construction are a signal detector with a monopole
antenna, capacitors, light led, transistors and the power supply
unit. The monopole antenna is tuned to 900MHz. Once the
RF antenna receives wireless signal after the circuit has been
powered by a 9Volts dc battery, the detector amplifies the
Figure 2. Circuit diagram of the Detector Unit
received signal which in turn triggers the buzzer with resultant
flickering of the LED when signal is detected and the Jammer 2.3 The Frequency Jammer Unit
will be manually switched ON.
Figure 3 shows the jammer circuit, which consists of three
main important circuits when combined together: RF
amplifier, Voltage controlled oscillator and Tuning circuit. So
the transistor Q1, capacitors C4 & C5 and resistor R1
constitute the RF amplifier circuit. This amplifies the signal
generated by the tuned circuit. The amplification signal is sent
to the antenna through C6 capacitor. Capacitor C6 remove
the DC and allow only the AC signal which is
transmitted in the air. When the transistor Q1 is turned ON,
the tuned circuits at the collector get turned ON. The tuned
circuit consists of capacitor C1 and inductor L1. This tuned
Figure 1: Mobile Detector with Frequency Jammer circuit acts as an oscillator with zero resistance. The
oscillator or tuned circuit produces the very high frequency
2.2 The Detector Unit with minimum damping. Then both inductor and capacitor of
Figure 2 shows the circuit of the detector unit consisting of tuned circuit oscillate at its resonating frequency and hence
capacitors, diode, resistors and LM358. It can sense the jam the mobile signals.
presence of an activated incoming and outgoing mobile phone
calls, SMS and video transmission, from a distance of 2.5m, It is very important to choose the frequency to block.
even if the mobile detector is kept in silent mode. The IC chip Basically, the mobile jammer will transmit at the same
LM358 is placed on board (horizontal orientation), the frequency as the mobile signal frequency at the base
variable resistor is placed on the board; the pins on separate station. This device was design to block the downlink
rows. The center pin of the variable resistor is connected to transmission because the frequency required to be blocked is a
pin 6 of the IC, and top and bottom pins to the bottom rows of Very High Frequency (VHF). In this case, the device uses
the board. The bottom two rows are where the battery will be GSM 900 to block the frequency in range from 935 to 960
connected. A capacitor is inserted between the middle and top MHz, DCS 1800 to block the frequency range from 1805 to
pin of the variable resistor. Pin 4 of the IC is connected to the 1880 MHz and IMT 2000 (known as 3G) to block the
bottom left row. frequency range from 2100 to 2170MHz.
Several other locations will use this connection for ground
(negative battery terminal). A 6.8mega-ohms resistor and a
capacitor are connected between pin 3 and pin 4 of the IC (pin
4, connected to ground). A capacitor is connected between Pin
3 and Pin 2 of the IC. A 6.8mega-ohms resistor is connected
between Pin 3 of the IC and bottom pin of the variable
resistor. The bottom pin of the variable resistor was connected
to the battery positive terminal. Another 6.8mega-ohms
resistor was connected between Pin 1 and Pin 2 of the IC. „Pin
1 and Pin 5 of the IC are connected together. One leg of the
1kilo-ohms resistor is connected to Pin 7 of the IC and the
other leg is connected to the row above Pin 8. The long leg of
the LED is connected to Pin 8, and the short leg to the row
above Pin 8 (the row where one of the 1kilo-ohms resistor‟s Figure 3: Circuit of a Jammer

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3. CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING

3.1 Construction and Testing
Experiment was first carried out on a bread board then
transferred to a printed circuit board. Figure 4 shows the
components of the detector unit on bread board. Figure 5
shows the testing of the mobile detector without a jammer on
bread board. The system was designed in three modules; the
mobile detector unit, the jammer unit and the power supply
unit. Designing the system in modules helps in easy
troubleshooting. The system was tested against four mobile
phone networks and against radio frequency receivers.

Figure 6: Connection on a PCB

3.3 Testing
The design was tested with an active mobile phone. The
moment the detector detects RF transmission signal from an
activated mobile phone, it starts sounding a beep alarm and
the LED blinks as shown in Figure 7 and then the jammer is
switch on which automatically block all mobile network in
that location. The alarm continues until the signal
transmission ceases but will eventually stop once the jammer
is switch on and all mobile networks are blocked. Figure 8
shows the mobile detector unit indication of the jammer and
the detector system‟
Based on the result and analysis, this mobile detector with
frequency jammer can successfully detect and block the signal
transmission of mobile phone and radio transmission. This
Figure 4. Components of the Detector Unit on Bread device is tested with four main mobile operators in Nigeria
Board and found to detect/jam these operators which are MTN,
AIRTEL, ETISALAT and GLOBACOM when on 2G
3.2 Construction on a Printed Circuit (EDGE), GSM and GPRS network.
Board (PCB)
A printed circuit board (PCB) is a self-contained module of
interconnected electronic component found in devices from
common beepers, or pagers, and radios to sophisticated radar
and computer systems. The circuit is formed by a thin layer of
conducting material deposited or printed on the surface of an
insulating board known as the substrate. Individual electronic
components are placed on the surface of the substrate and Light
soldered to the interconnecting circuit as shown in Figure 6. Indicator

Figure 7: The mobile detector unit indication

when detecting a mobile phone signal

Figure 5. Testing Mobile Detector without a Jammer on

Bread Board.

Figure 8: The mobile detector unit indication of the

jammer and the detector system

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4. RESULT AND ANALYSIS

From the result of the test on the system it was discovered that
the aim of this work was achieved.

4.1 Result
The Mobile Detector with Frequency Jammer successfully
detected and jammed all the four operators. Results obtained
when the Mobile Detector with Frequency Jammer was ON
and OFF for the four operators are shown in Figures 9 to 12.
When the detector is ON it will detect the mobile phones in
the range within 2G and GSM networks and once the jammer
is switch on, it jams all networks in same range. The results
show that this work functioned as intended.

A. Full AIRTEL Network

A. Full MTN Network

B. 10:
Figure No AIRTEL
A mobile Network
phone before/after
detection and jamming AIRTEL signal

B. Full MTN Network

Figure 9: A mobile phone before/after

detection and jamming MTN signal

A. Full ETISALAT Network

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Figure 12: A mobile phone before/after detection and

jamming GLOBACOM signal

B. No ETISALAT Network 5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Figure 11: A mobile phone before/after Our thanks to the head of department, Computer Science and
detection and jamming ETISALAT signal Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Dr.
Mrs. A. B. Adetunji for her encouragement in the course of
this work. Yusuf is also appreciated for gathering information
about this work. Our thanks also to Mr. Adeagbo for helping
with the purchase of the equipment and all others whose
names can not be mentioned. We say thank you all.

6. REFERENCES
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Techniques , unpublished Thesis, Faculty of The
Graduate College at the University of Nebraska
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surveillance
[3] Abdul K.A, Asa‟d Nalm, Ahmed Hassan and Ayman
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