OpenLTE-CSI

Introduction

This is a modified version of OpenLTE able to extract Channel State Information (CSI) from LTE signals developed by Giovanni Pecoraro (giovanni1.pecoraro@protonmail.com).

Publications

This is the list of the published papers by using this tool:

• G. Pecoraro, E. Cianca, M. De Sanctis, S. Di Domenico, LTE Signal Fingerprinting Device-Free Passive Localization in Changing Environments, Journal of Multimedia, 2020
• G. Pecoraro, E. Cianca, S. Di Domenico, M. De Sanctis, LTE Signal Fingerprinting Device-Free Passive Localization Robust to Environment Changes, Global Wireless Summit (GWS), 2018, Best Paper Award
• G. Pecoraro, S. Di Domenico, E. Cianca, M. De Sanctis, CSI-based fingerprinting for indoor localization using LTE Signals, EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2018
• G. Pecoraro, S. Di Domenico, E. Cianca, M. De Sanctis, LTE signal fingerprinting localization based on CSI, IEEE 13th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), 2017

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This directory contains the openLTE source code. For support, please subscribe to openlte-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net. Details can be found at sourceforge.net/projects/openlte/.

The directory structure for the project is:

octave                  Octave test code
matlab                  MATLAB test code for multiple cell analysis
cmn_hdr                 Common header files
liblte                  C++ library of commonly used LTE functions
libgraph                C++ library of GUI functions
cmake                   Files needed for cmake
LTE_data_acquire        Scripts to acquire LTE data
LTE_fdd_dl_file_gen     A gnu-radio LTE FDD DL file generator application
LTE_fdd_dl_file_scan    A gnu-radio LTE FDD DL file scanner application
LTE_fdd_dl_file_track   A gnu-radio LTE FDD DL file tracker application
LTE_fdd_dl_scan         A gnu-radio LTE FDD DL scanner application that
                        currently supports rtl-sdr, hackrf, USRP B2X0,
                        and bladeRF hardware
LTE_fdd_dl_track        A gnu-radio LTE FDD DL tracker application that
                        currently supports rtl-sdr, hackrf, USRP B2X0,
                        and bladeRF hardware
LTE_file_recorder       A gnu-radio LTE file recording application that
                        currently supports rtl-sdr, hackrf, USRP B2X0,
                        and bladeRF hardware
LTE_fdd_enodeb          An LTE FDD eNodeB application that currently
                        supports URSP B2X0 hardware

openLTE is dependant on the following:

1. GNU Radio
2. GrOsmoSDR
3. rtl-sdr
4. UHD
5. HackRF
6. bladeRF
7. polarssl
8. iptables

To build the C++ and python code use the following:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ../
$ make

To install the C++ and python code use the following:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ../
$ make
$ sudo make install

All testing was performed against the following configuration:

• Intel Core i5-2557M
• Ubuntu 12.04
• GNU Radio 3.7.2
• GrOsmoSDR 0.1.1
• rtl-sdr 0.5
• UHD 3.6.0-1
• HackRF 0.2
• bladeRF 0.9.0

FILE SCANNER

To use the installed C++ and python code for the file scanner, set the PYTHONPATH env variable to <python_install_dir>/dist-packages/gnuradio/ for instance /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnuradio/ and make sure that /usr/local/lib is added to /etc/ld.so.conf and that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to /usr/local/lib (export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib). Then run LTE_fdd_dl_file_scan.py and specify a recorded LTE file as the input. For example:

$ LTE_fdd_dl_file_scan.py lte_file.bin

To see a list of options, use the -h option:

$ LTE_fdd_dl_file_scan.py -h

To change the input file data type (int8 or gr_complex), use the -d/--data-type option:

$ LTE_fdd_dl_file_scan.py -d int8 lte_file.bin

For int8 data type, the recorded LTE file must be interleaved signed 8-bit I and Q samples. For the gr_complex data type, the recorded LTE file must be sequential gr_complex I/Q samples. Files recorded with LTE_file_recorder or generated with LTE_fdd_dl_file_gen can be scanned with this application.

FILE GENERATOR

To use the installed C++ and python code for the file generator, set the PYTHONPATH env variable to <python_install_dir>/dist-packages/gnuradio/ for instance /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnuradio/ and that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to /usr/local/lib (export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib). Then run LTE_fdd_dl_file_gen.py and specify an output file for the LTE fdd downlink signal. For example:

$ LTE_fdd_dl_file_gen.py lte_file.bin

To see a list of options, use the -h option:

$ LTE_fdd_dl_file_gen.py -h

To change the output file data type (int8 or gr_complex), use the -d/--data-type option:

$ LTE_fdd_dl_file_gen.py -d gr_complex lte_file.bin

For int8 data type, the generated LTE file contains interleaved signed 8-bit I and Q samples. For the gr_complex data type, the generated LTE file contains sequential gr_complex I/Q samples. Files generated with this application can be scanned with LTE_fdd_dl_file_scan.

SCANNER

To use the installed C++ live scanner, make sure LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to /usr/local/lib (export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib), plug in rtl-sdr, hackrf, USRP B2X0, or bladeRF hardware, run LTE_fdd_dl_scan, and connect (via telnet, nc, etc) to the control port at port number 20000. Scan parameters can be changed and scan results can be observed on the control port. For a list of parameters simply type help on the control port.

FILE RECORDER

To use the installed C++ file recorder, make sure LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to /usr/local/lib (export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib), plug in rtl-sdr, hackrf, USRP B2X0, or bladeRF hardware, run LTE_file_recorder, and connect (via telnet, nc, etc) to the control port at port number 25000. Recording parameters can be changed on the control port. For a list of parameters simply type help on the control port. Files recorded using hackRF, USRP B2X0, or bladeRF hardware are recorded using a sample rate of 15.36MHz. Files recorded with all other hardware are recorded using a sample rate of 1.92MHz. All files recorded with this application can be scanned with LTE_fdd_dl_file_scan.

ENODEB

To use the installed C++ eNodeB, make sure LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to /usr/local/lib (export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib), plug in USRP B2X0 hardware, run LTE_fdd_enodeb, and connect (via telnet, nc, etc) to the control port at port number 30000. eNodeB parameters can be changed on the control port. For a list of parameters simply type help on the control port. A MAC and above level PCAP trace is output to /tmp/LTE_fdd_enodeb.pcap. Data packets are routed through a tun device named tun_openlte. Wireshark can be used to observe IP packets on tun_openlte to inspect the IP traffic to/from UEs. In order to configure properly, set the ip_addr_start parameter to the begining of a non-conflicting private address range (i.e. 10.0.0.1) and set the dns_addr parameter to the primary DNS address listed by your modem. All UEs will be assigned IP addresses in the range of ip_addr_start to ip_addr_start+254 and all traffic will be tunneled through the tun device to the internet using NAT/iptables. NOTES: This application has been tested exclusively at 5MHz bandwidth. Higher bandwidths are supported and performance may vary based on processing hardware. WARNINGS: By using this application you risk disruption of service in a public network, even if you are not directly interfering with the radio transmissions. This is a criminal act in most countries, and a much more serious offense than a simple violation of radio spectrum regulaions. It is highly recommended to use this application only with antennas and test UEs inside an RF Shielded Enclosure (Faraday Cage).

OCTAVE

To use the octave code, run the top level octave .m files: lte_fdd_dl_transmit.m and lte_fdd_dl_receive.m. If multiple transmit antennas are used, the outputs need to be combined before input to the receiver.