Reconfigurable frequency selective surface for use in secure electromagnetic buildings

Author

Ford, Kenneth L. ; Roberts, John ; Zhou, Shiyu ; Fong, G. ; Rigelsford, Jonathan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Volume

49

Issue

14

fYear

2013

fDate

July 4 2013

Firstpage

861

Lastpage

863

Abstract

Practical measurements of a reconfigurable frequency selective surface (FSS) designed to stop the transmission of the GSM network protocol are shown. The method uses the time-varying transmission phase of the FSS to impair a GSM signal transmitted into a building or room, such that the receiver cannot detect the incoming signal. Measurements of the FSS response are shown for varying reconfigurable states and the FSS has been tested against a GSM signal to observe the level of impairment offered by the FSS. It is shown that the FSS can provide up to 35% bit error rate.

Keywords

cellular radio; error statistics; frequency measurement; frequency selective surfaces; protocols; radio receivers; radio transmitters; radiotelemetry; signal detection; FSS; GSM network protocol; GSM signal transmission; bit error rate; receiver; reconfigurable frequency selective surface measurement; secure electromagnetic building; signal detection; time-varying transmission phase;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2013.1475

Filename

6557242