GSoC 2026 Intro: SDR Developer interested in the 5G Cell Scanner Project

--000000000000202b0a064ce03894
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Hi everyone,

I'm Mujtaba Ahmed, a final-year Electrical Engineering student specializing
in Embedded Systems. I am planning to apply for GSoC 2026 and am highly
interested in contributing to the *5G Cell Scanner* project.

I'm actively working in this exact domain right now. I am currently
building a distributed system to detect and localize radio transmitters
using TDOA algorithms, working directly with HackRF One and ADALM-PLUTO
SDRs. Because I spend my time in Ubuntu bridging physical radio hardware
with software-level signal processing, I am very comfortable with the exact
challenges of passively detecting and capturing RF signals, and I want to
bring that hands-on experience to GNU Radio.

I am setting up my development environment this weekend to compile GNU
Radio from source. Are there any specific "good first issues," existing
flowgraphs, or 5G protocol parsers the mentors recommend I tackle to
demonstrate my skills before the formal application period opens?

Looking forward to learning from you all!

--000000000000202b0a064ce03894
Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<div dir=3D"ltr"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p>I&#39;m Mujtaba Ahmed, a final-year =
Electrical Engineering student specializing in Embedded Systems. I am plann=
ing to apply for GSoC 2026 and am highly interested in contributing to the =
<b>5G Cell Scanner</b> project.</p><p>I&#39;m actively working in this exac=
t domain right now. I am currently building a distributed system to detect =
and localize radio transmitters using TDOA algorithms, working directly wit=
h HackRF One and ADALM-PLUTO SDRs. Because I spend my time in Ubuntu bridgi=
ng physical radio hardware with software-level signal processing, I am very=
 comfortable with the exact challenges of passively detecting and capturing=
 RF signals, and I want to bring that hands-on experience to GNU Radio.</p>=
<p>I am setting up my development environment this weekend to compile GNU R=
adio from source. Are there any specific &quot;good first issues,&quot; exi=
sting flowgraphs, or 5G protocol parsers the mentors recommend I tackle to =
demonstrate my skills before the formal application period opens?</p><p>Loo=
king forward to learning from you all!</p></div>

--000000000000202b0a064ce03894--