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The document discusses how to interpret signal strength and quality readings from cellular modems. It defines common acronyms like RSSI, RSRP, ECIO, RSRQ, and SINR which represent signal strength and quality measurements for 3G and 4G networks. Good signal strength and quality in the "excellent" category are important for reliable modem performance, and issues may require adjusting the antenna configuration or location. The blog provides tips on troubleshooting cellular connections using these signal metrics.

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Industrial Networking Solutions Tips and Tricks

The document discusses how to interpret signal strength and quality readings from cellular modems. It defines common acronyms like RSSI, RSRP, ECIO, RSRQ, and SINR which represent signal strength and quality measurements for 3G and 4G networks. Good signal strength and quality in the "excellent" category are important for reliable modem performance, and issues may require adjusting the antenna configuration or location. The blog provides tips on troubleshooting cellular connections using these signal metrics.

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4/2/2015 Industrial Networking Solutions Tips and Tricks: Making Sense of Signal Strength/Signal Quality Readings for Cellular Modems

The tips, How­To's, or thoughts
included in this blog were created Making Sense of Signal Strength/Signal Quality Readings for Cellular
from actual technical inquiries.
We've posted them here to help Modems
others and provide insight into Posted by Stephen Mammen
the products we offer.
800­889­1461 The first step in any successful cellular modem installation is verifying that the modem has
www.industrialnetworking.com  a good connection back to the carrier network.  This is especially helpful in that first
Follow @INSKnowledge "fingers crossed" moment when you are going live with a modem; good signal strength and
signal quality makes modem deployment a smoother process.

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While some graphical and qualitative ratings are provided by a cell modem's status page
Choose a Blog Topic (e.g. green status/"Excellent"/"Good", red status/"Poor"/"Weak", etc.), more often one sees
a numerical reading in dB or dBm.  What do all these acronyms and negative numbers
mean?  This post aims to help with those questions.
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Let's begin by defining our main acronyms of interest (along with the cellular technologies
Configure IP Passthrough on a
CradlePoint Modem they are most useful for in parenthesis).  There are certainly more measurements used in
the industry, but let's keep it simple... signal strength and signal quality.
Use Telnet to Test Open Ports
Signal Strength
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Mode A/Endspan vs. Mode RSSI ­ Received Signal Strength Indicator (3G, CDMA/UMTS/EV­DO)
B/Midspan
RSRP ­ Reference Signal Received Power (4G LTE)

SEARCH THIS BLOG Signal Quality

Search ECIO (Ec/Io) ­ Energy to Interference Ratio (3G, CDMA/UMTS/EV­DO)
RSRQ ­ Reference Signal Received Quality (4G LTE)
SINR ­ Signal to Interference­plus­Noise Ratio (4G LTE)
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It is important to identify what cellular technology you are using when examining these
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