Verification of 3G and 4G Received Power Measurements in a Crowdsourcing Android App

Mads Lauridsen; Ignacio Rodriguez; Lars Møller Mikkelsen; Lucas Chavarria Gimenez; Preben Elgaard Mogensen

doi:10.1109/WCNC.2016.7564930

Verification of 3G and 4G Received Power Measurements in a Crowdsourcing Android App

Mads Lauridsen, Ignacio Rodriguez, Lars Møller Mikkelsen, Lucas Chavarria Gimenez, Preben Elgaard Mogensen

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Abstract

Many crowdsourcing Android applications are available for measuring network Key Performance Indicators such as received power, latency, and throughput. The data is useful for end-users, researchers, and Mobile Network Operators, but unfortunately the applications’ accuracy are rarely verified.
In this paper we verify the crowdsourcing Android application NetMap’s ability to measure LTE Reference Signal Received Power by analyzing the Root Mean Squared Error, being 2-3 dB, and cross-correlation coefficient, being above 0.8, with measurements obtained by use of a professional radio network scanner and measurement phones. In addition, the application is applicable, but less accurate, for 3G Received Signal Code Power measurements. The studies are made for various device speeds and in different scenarios including indoor, urban, and highway, where the NetMap application is showed to perform well.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2016 IEEE
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	Apr 2016
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-9814-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2016.7564930
Publication status	Published - Apr 2016
Event	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference - Doha, Qatar Duration: 3 Apr 2016 → 6 Apr 2016

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Conference	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
Country/Territory	Qatar
City	Doha
Period	03/04/2016 → 06/04/2016

Keywords

Crowdsourcing
Received Power
Latency
Android
Measurements
Application

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