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Quectel RM500Q-GL

HARDWARE

Quectel · 5G NR

Commercial 5G NR Sub-6 (FR1) modem module built on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 (SDX55). Being Qualcomm-based it exposes a DIAG interface, so QCSuper can pull raw 5G/LTE signalling off it into Wireshark — a no-SDR route to 5G control-plane frames (5G frame coverage is modem/firmware-dependent).

COMPATIBLE SOFTWARE & PROJECTS

QCSuper SOFTWARE P1sec repo ↗

Captures raw 2G/3G/4G (and, on some modems, 5G) radio frames from Qualcomm-based phones and modems via the /dev/diag DIAG interface, wraps them in GSMTAP and streams a live PCAP into Wireshark. Turns a cheap Qualcomm modem such as the SIM7600 into a passive cellular-signalling sniffer — an alternative to an SDR cell-search receiver.

USED IN THE WAYFINDER

5G NR · SP 5G NR · LL