Mobile network measurements using Android
Fernando Molina Albero1, Andrej Štern2, Andrej Kos2
1 University Miguel Hernández, The Polytechnic School of Elche (EPSE), Spain
2 University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Laboratory for Telecommunications (LTFE)
E-mail: fernando.molina@alu.umh.es
Abstract
Introducing a mobile telephony standard requires
the cooperation of many engineers. Once implemented
the networks require many improvements on the longterm
scale. Lots of research is performed at the
universities and similar research institutions with
limited access to expensive measurement equipment.
Introducing the new generations of mobile devices, e.g.
smart phones, enables the development of applications
with functions which can be compared to sophisticated
professional measurement systems.
This paper shows the possibilities of optimizing the
process of measurement by using a widely spread
Android devices. By using the open source tools the
measurement applications can be offered to a vast
community providing huge datasets and lowering the
overall measurement costs.
SINR: Signal Interference Noise Ratio
CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) is a measure of the
quality for the current channel in the camping cell. CQI
is derived from the SNR and the SINR.