Summary and Practical Activities
Joseph Hoy · 2014
This chapter restates some of the basic radio and cellular information. Cell Site Analysis (or cell tower tracking as it is sometimes known in the United States) attempts to provide evidence of where a mobile phone may have been located when certain calls were made. It is a useful tool for investigators and is based on a combination of network-provided Call Detail Record (CDR) data and forensic radio survey results. A cell site mapping presentation is a valuable tool for analysts and experts as it allows them to visualise the events and calls associated with a case in a more engaging and understandable way. Cell site analysis has a number of limitations in the accuracy and certainty it can provide in its conclusions, but those limitations are rendered less severe by the addition of forensic radio survey evidence to a case.