NETWORK OPERATIONS: 

• Familiarization with Cellular Radio Frequency Technology
• Physical Cell Towers
• Cell Tower Sectors and Identifiers
• How a Cell Phone selects a tower
• Cell Phone Tower Interactions and factors that affect coverage areas

EXCEL SKILLS

• Basic excel functions useful in records analysis

CELL PHONE RECORDS GENERAL OVERVIEW

• Call Detail Records (CDR’s)
• Voice
• SMS/MMS
• Data Sessions
• Tower Lists
• NDCAC and Cell Site Database
• How long CDR’s are maintained
• Time Zone Issues and Conversions

ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE

• Instruction on how to load records into software
• How to filter and sort
• Basic analytical functions within the software

VERIZON WIRELESS

• Verizon CDR’s
• Verizon Tower Lists
• Verizon SMS Content
• Verizon Timing Advance (RTT)
• Verizon Practical Exercises

T-MOBILE

• T-Mobile CDR’s
• T-Mobile Tower Lists
• T-Mobile SMS Content
• T-Mobile Timing Advance (True Call)
• T-Mobile Practical Exercises

 

AT&T

• AT&T CDR’s
• AT&T Tower Lists
• AT&T SMS Content (None)
• AT&T Timing Advance (LOCDBOR – formerly NELOS)
• AT&T Practical Exercises

INTRODUCTION TO REPORT ILLUSTRATION

• Power Point Basic Functions
• Elements of an Effective Report Slide

GOOGLE/APPLE/CELLEBRITE/APP GEO-LOCATION

• What you can find
• How to import the records into software
• How to use the analysis
• Geo-location Practical Exercises

TOWER DUMPS

• When and how to use them
• CDR Tower Dump
• Tower Dump Timing Advance
• Practical Exercises

VEHICLE TELEMATICS

• VIN to IMEI
• CDRs

APPS AND IPs TO PHONES

• IPV4 vs IPV6
• Where you find IPVs
• What to do with IPV’s
• VOIP Apps

 

 

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