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+# FASCIA format
+
+The FASCIA format is a simple JSON format to exchange information from mobile network monitoring devices (such as IMSI catchers, passive analysis tools) into
+a common simple format and to be processed by FASCIA.
+
+## Format
+
+
+| key  | format | description |
+| ------------- | ------------- | --------- |
+| timestamp     | datetime      | timestamp in UTC when the event was captured           |
+| sensor        | string        | a GUID representation of the sensor capturing the event |
+| imsi | string  | IMSI in the following format (270 01 60000000001)          |
+| tmsi1 | string | An hexadecimal representation of the TMSI 1 |
+| tmsi2 | string | An hexadecimal representation of the TMSI 2 |
+| imsi-country | string | A string representation of the country (if lookup available) |
+| imsi-brand   | string | A string representation of the operator brand (if lookup available} |
+| imsi-operator | string | A string representation of the operator (if lookup available) |
+| mcc | integer | An integer representing the mobile country code (MCC) |
+| mnc | integer | An integer representing the mobile network code (MNC) |
+| lac | integer | An integer representing the location area code (LAC) |
+| cell | integer | An integer representing the Cell ID (CID) of the base transceiver stations (BTS) |
+