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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2023
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Raymond Emilio Reeves, Orlando, FL (US);
Simon Youngs, Overland Park, KS (US);
Mark Douglas Peden, Paola, KS (US);
Thomas Michael Koch, Overland Park, KS (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for mitigating malicious attacks by IMSI-catchers. IMSI-catchers act as 'fake' towers to intercept mobile device traffic and obtain private user data. These unauthorized devices pose a serious risk to user privacy. Aspects herein detect the presence of IMSI-catchers using RF footprints of cell sites to detect changes in RF footprint metrics that indicate the presence of IMSI-catchers. Once detected, beamforming techniques can be used to target a specific area surrounding the IMSI-catcher with a high-powered beamform that emits at a power level higher than the IMSI-catcher in order to reacquire any user devices that may have unknowingly connected to the IMSI-catcher.
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