Does a Cell Phone Tower Identify Itself to a Phone?

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piolenc Power-User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Negros, Philippines Posts: 376 Good Answers: 25	Does a Cell Phone Tower Identify Itself to a Phone? 05/21/2021 10:52 PM
	I'm working on a scheme to use the cell-phone infrastructure for a purpose other than communication. My questions are: Does a cell-phone relay tower identify itself to the phone that is communicating with it? Specifically, would the phone (with appropriate software and data) be able to identify the location of the tower with which it was communicating?
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#1 Re: Does a cell phone tower identify itself to a phone? 05/22/2021 1:24 AM
	https://www.stelladoradus.com/how-to-find-out-exactly-which-mobile-tower-your-phone-is-connected-to/ __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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piolenc Power-User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Negros, Philippines Posts: 376 Good Answers: 25	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Does a cell phone tower identify itself to a phone? 05/22/2021 2:05 AM
	Perfect! Many thanks.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#3 Re: Does a Cell Phone Tower Identify Itself to a Phone? 05/26/2021 7:33 AM
	<...working on a scheme to use the cell-phone infrastructure for a purpose other than communication...> That doesn't make any sense. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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piolenc Power-User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Negros, Philippines Posts: 376 Good Answers: 25	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Does a Cell Phone Tower Identify Itself to a Phone? 06/06/2021 7:37 PM
	Really? You can't imagine it being used for any other purpose?
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Does a Cell Phone Tower Identify Itself to a Phone? 06/06/2021 8:00 PM
	Make a giant Christmas tree.... Fire watch tower... Sniper post... Practice climbing.... Acrophobia patient shock treatment... Wildlife observation point... Test flying wings... You need more height....like a cell tower.... Signaling the troops... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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