Patent ID: 8010038
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H04K

Abstract:
1. A method of disabling a remote improvised explosive device (IED), the IED utilizing a cell phone as a trigger device, the method comprising the steps of: determining an operator frequency or frequencies active on a route along which a portable wideband network system will travel; raising a radio frequency noise floor, across all of the active cellular frequencies in a limited area surrounding the portable wideband network system during passage along the route; filtering a particular frequency from the noise floor using a notch filter; increasing the power level of the portable wideband network at the particular frequency so that the portable wideband network system transmits the strongest signal on the particular frequency in the limited area around the portable wideband network; connecting all mobile terminals in the limited area to the portable wideband network system; and preventing call completion of any connected mobile terminals.