The Problem Monitoring the location of customer's equipment is an important problem in the direct broadcasting satellite industry.
Most current systems use the telephone network's caller ID feature to locate customer's equipment.
This scheme can be undermined easily. We discuss the accuracy, features and vulnerabilities of each scheme. We also present possible attacks that allow pirates to conceal their movement when these schemes are employed. Capabilities The E911 service may be able to locate user's equipment with an approximately 125 meter resolution. The latter scheme does not depend on wireless infrastructure.