Verification of mobile and Wi-Fi network coverage

The registration of certain network quality indicators allows us to verify the level and quality of mobile coverage through functional tests of the user experience. Through these records, we can identify configuration defects or shadow areas, which allows our radio engineers to make decisions to achieve the appropriate service levels.

What is mobile and Wi-Fi

network coverage verification (Drive Test)?

The verification of mobile and Wi-Fi network coverage (Drive Test) consists of recording, mostly in itinere, both at site and cluster level, specific parameters of the mobile network.

These records are made for different technologies/bands such as:

2G bands: G900 and G1800.
3G bands: U900 and U2100.
4G bands: LTE800, LTE900, LTE1800, LTE2100, LTE2600, LTE3500.
5G bands: Low band (NR700), mid band (NR3400-3600), mmW 26GHz.

How can we

help you?

At Apave we are specialists in performing drive tests to assess mobile network coverage. Although the recording of parameters is usually done in mobile station environments, they can also be carried out in singular facilities or in areas associated with collective means of transport:

Means of transport (AVE, metro line, train, ferries...)
Special solutions (airports, congress fairs, sporting events...)

To carry out these measurements, a scanner and different terminals connected to specific software are usually used. These measurements can be carried out in the following ways:

Dynamic: The equipment is located inside a vehicle that records values in the vicinity of an antenna or the cluster to be measured.
Static: The measurement is made statically close to the antenna we want to measure.
Walktest: The equipment is located in a backpack and the measurement is carried out in a specific pedestrian zone.

In addition to the record of measurements per node for a specific operator, benchmarking campaigns are also carried out that allow the level of network performance for various operators to be compared.

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