Base Station File Format

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GENERAL STRUCTURE.................................................................................................................. 5 PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 2.2 MANDATORY SITE PARAMETERS......................................................................................... 5 COMMON CELL PARAMETERS.............................................................................................. 6 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 6

2.2.1 2.3

AMPS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................... 7 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 7 CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 7

2.3.1 2.3.2 2.4

GSM CELL PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................... 8 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 8 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 8 CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 8

2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.5

CDMA CELL PARAMETERS.................................................................................................... 9 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ........................................................................................... 9 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 9 CELL SEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................. 9

2.5.1 2.5.2 2.5.3 2.6

UMTS CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 10 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 10 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 10 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 10

2.6.1 2.6.2 2.6.3 2.7

TETRA CELL PARAMETERS................................................................................................. 11 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 11 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 11

2.7.1 2.7.2 2.8

TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 12 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 12 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 12 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 12

2.8.1 2.8.2 2.8.3 2.9

WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS ................................................................................................ 13 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 13 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 13 EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS.............................................................................................. 14 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 14 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 14 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 14

2.9.1 2.9.2 2.10 2.10.1 2.10.2 2.10.3

2.11 2.11.1 2.11.2 2.11.3

LTE CELL PARAMETERS .................................................................................................. 15 MANDATORY PARAMETERS ......................................................................................... 15 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 15 CELL SEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................ 15

1 GENERAL STRUCTURE
The first row of the file contains the keywords that define the order of the parameters in the following lines. Keywords are separated with semicolon or tabulator character. Other rows in the file contain the cell definitions. Each line describes one cell and contains a set of parameters describing the cell as well as the site in which the cell resides. For both site and cell information, there are both mandatory parameters and optional parameters. Site and cell parameters are separated with semicolon or tabulator character. The file format supports three data types: integer, float and string. Integer type is defined as a numeric value without dot character. Float type is defined as a numeric value with dot character. String type is defined as a set of any printable ASCII characters except semicolon.

2 PARAMETERS
2.1 MANDATORY SITE PARAMETERS
Parameter System Keyword SYSTEM Type String Description AMPS, GSM, TDMA, CDMA, UMTS, TETRA, TD-SCDMA, WIMAX, EVDO or LTE. Name of the cell. Latitude of the site in degrees. Longitude of the site in degrees.

Site Name Latitude Longitude

SITE LAT LON

String Float Float

Decimal degrees (DD) express latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal fractions and are used in many Geographic Information Systems (GIS), web mapping applications such as Google Maps, and GPS devices. Decimal degrees are an alternative to using degrees, minutes, and seconds (DMS). As with latitude and longitude, the values are bounded by 90 and 180 each. Positive latitudes are north of the equator, negative latitudes are south of the equator. Positive longitudes are east of Prime Meridian, negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian. Latitude and longitude are usually expressed in that sequence, latitude before longitude.

2.2 COMMON CELL PARAMETERS

2.2.1 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
Parameter Antenna Height Antenna Tilt Antenna Beam Width Cell Range Cell Type Neighbor Cell Name User-defined column name Keyword HEIGHT TILT BEAM RANGE TYPE NCELL_n Userdefined name Type Integer Float Integer Integer String String String Description Values range from 0 to 1000 Values range from -90 to 90. Values range from 1 to 360 Cell range in meters. NORMAL or REPEATER Unique identifier of the neighbor n. Text

2.3 AMPS CELL PARAMETERS

2.3.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Channel Number SAT Antenna Direction Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;SAT;CID;DIR AMPS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;140;10;11503;45 AMPS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;410;20;11501;90 AMPS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;201;30;11504;230 Keyword SYSTEM CELL CH SAT DIR Type String String Integer Integer Integer Description AMPS. Name of the cell. Channel number Setup Audio Tone Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

2.3.2 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell based on the following algorithm. Matching Channel + SAT Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.4 GSM CELL PARAMETERS

2.4.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Keyword SYSTEM CELL Type String String Description GSM. Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cell is not available, concatenation of LAC and CI can be used. ARFCN. Values range from 0 to 1024. Base Station Identity Code in decimal format. Values range from 0 to 255. Cell identification. Values range from 0 to 65535. Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

Channel Number BSIC (dec) Cell ID Antenna Direction

CH BSIC CID DIR

Integer Integer Integer Integer

2.4.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Parameter LAC RAC Neighbor Cell Name Keyword LAC RAC NCELL_n Type Integer Integer String Description Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 65535. Routing Area Code. Values range from 0 to 255. Unique identifier of the neighbor n. If unique name for every cell is not available, concatenation of LAC and CI can be used.

Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3 GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;64;1;12500;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3 GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;41;1;12501;90;NEMO5;NEMO6;NEMO7 GSM;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;20;1;12502;180; NEMO8;NEMO9;NEMO10

2.4.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell and neighbor cells based on the following algorithm. Matching CellId + BCCH Matching BCCH Channel + BSIC (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors) Matching BCCH Channel (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors) Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.5 CDMA CELL PARAMETERS

2.5.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Pilot Number Channel Antenna Direction Keyword SYSTEM CELL PN CH DIR Type String String Integer Integer Integer Description CDMA. Name of the cell. Values range from 0 to 10000. Channel Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

2.5.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Parameter System ID Keyword SID Type Integer Description System ID. SID presents international identification and system number identifying the service area and frequency block. Network ID.

Network ID

NID

Integer

Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90 CDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55

2.5.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based on the following algorithm. Matching Channel + Pilot Matching Pilot Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.6 UMTS CELL PARAMETERS

2.6.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Channel Number Scrambling Code Antenna Direction Keyword SYSTEM CELL CH SCR DIR Type String String Integer Integer Integer Description UMTS. Unique identifier of the cell. If unique name for every cell is not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used. UARFCN. Values range from 10550 to 10850. Values range from 0 to 512. Values range from 0 to 360.

2.6.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Parameter LAC RAC URA Cell ID RNC ID Keyword LAC RAC URA CID RNCID Type Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer Description Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 65535. Routing Area Code. Values range from 0 to 255. UTRAN Registration Area Cell ID. The 28-bit Cell Identity (UC-Id in 3GPP) is a
Concatenation of RNC-ID and C-ID. Radio Network Controller ID. Equal to the 12-bit RNCId in 3GPP TS 25.401, section 6.1.5. Integer, base 10 or (with prefix 0x) hexadecimal representation.

Neighbor Cell Name

NCELL_n

String

Unique identifier of the neighbor cell n. If unique name for every cell is not available, 28 bit cell ID can be used.

Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;SCR;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3 UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10837;;;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3 UMTS;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;10837;;;2;0;NEMO4;NEMO5;NEMO6 UMTS;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;10837;;;4;90;NEMO7;NEMO8;NEMO9

2.6.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and monitored set cells based on the following algorithm. Matching CellId (28 bit) Matching Carrier + SCR (also for neighbor list and missing neighbors) Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.7 TETRA CELL PARAMETERS

2.7.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name LAC Main Carrier Frequency Band Antenna Direction Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;LAC;CH;BAND;DIR TETRA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;3652;124;3;90 TETRA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;3613;125;3;45 TETRA;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;3622;68;3;0 Keyword SYSTEM CELL LAC CH BAND DIR Type String String Integer Integer Integer Integer Description TETRA. Name of the cell. Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 16383. Values range from 0 to 4095. Values range from 0 to 15. Values range from 0 to 360.

2.7.2 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell and neighbor cells based on the following algorithm. Matching Channel + LAC + Band Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.8 TD-SCDMA CELL PARAMETERS

2.8.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Channel Number Cell Parameters Id Antenna Direction Keyword SYSTEM CELL CH CPID DIR Type String String Integer Integer Integer Description TDSCDMA or TD-SCDMA. Name of the cell. Values range from 9504 to 10121. Values range from 0 to 127. Values range from 0 to 360.

2.8.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Parameter LAC RAC URA Cell ID RNC ID Keyword LAC RAC URA CID RNCID Type Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer Description Location Area Code. Values range from 0 to 65535. Routing Area Code. Values range from 0 to 255. UTRAN Registration Area Cell ID. Radio Network Controller ID

Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;BSIC;CID;CPID;DIR TDSCDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;10120;;;96;0 TDSCDMA;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;10120;;;2;30 TDSCDMA;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;10120;;;4;90

2.8.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and monitored set cells based on the following algorithm. Matching Cell ID (16 bit) Matching Carrier + Cell Parameters Id (also for neighbor list) Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.9 WIMAX CELL PARAMETERS

2.9.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Frequency Preamble Index Antenna Direction Base Station ID Keyword SYSTEM CELL FREQ PI DIR BSID Type String String Float Integer Integer String Description WIMAX. Name of the cell. Frequency in MHz. Values range from 0 to 113. Values range from 0 to 360. Base Station ID. Six colon separated hex values in double quotes.

Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;FREQ;PI;DIR;BSID WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;2550.000;67;90;03:0f:21:00:02:72 WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;2550.000;68;180;03:0f:21:00:02:73 WIMAX;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;2550.000;69;270; 03:0f:21:00:02:74

2.9.2 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the serving cell and neighbor cells based on the following algorithm. Base Station ID + Preamble index Frequency + Preamble index

Note that if multiple matching cells are found, closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.10 EV-DO CELL PARAMETERS

2.10.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Pilot Number Channel Antenna Direction Keyword SYSTEM CELL PN CH DIR Type String String Integer Integer Integer Description EVDO. Name of the cell. Values range from 0 to 10000. Channel Values range from 0 to 360 degrees.

2.10.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Parameter System ID Keyword SID Type Integer Description System ID. SID presents international identification and system number identifying the service area and frequency block. Network ID.

Network ID

NID

Integer

Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;PN;CH;DIR EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;171;150;90 EVDO;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;272;150;55

2.10.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and neighbor set cells based on the following algorithm. Matching Channel + Pilot Matching Pilot Note that if multiple matching cells are found, the closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).

2.11 LTE CELL PARAMETERS

2.11.1 MANDATORY PARAMETERS
Parameter System Cell Name Channel Number Cell ID Keyword SYSTEM CELL CH CID Type String String Integer Integer Description LTE Unique identifier of the cell. If there is no unique name available for every cell, Cell ID (CID) can be used EARFCN number. Values range from 0 to 65535 Cell identification Cell identification of the current cell. Range: 0 268435455 Values range from 0 to 503. Values range from 0 to 360.

Physical Layer Cell ID Antenna Direction

PCI DIR

Integer Integer

2.11.2 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

Parameter TAC Keyword TAC Type Integer Description Tracking area code Tracking area code of the currently used cell. See 3GPP TS 124.301 subclause 9.9.3.32. Range: 0 65535 Unique identifier of the neighbor cell n. If there is no unique name available for every cell, Cell ID (CID) can be used

Neighbor Cell Name

NCELL_n

String

Example: SYSTEM;SITE;LAT;LON;CELL;CH;CID;PCI;DIR;NCELL_1;NCELL_2;NCELL_3 LTE;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 1;65535;26842545;96;0;NEMO1;NEMO2;NEMO3 LTE;Site Name 1;65.066053;25.458366;Cell Name 2;65535;26841545;2;0;NEMO4;NEMO5;NEMO6 LTE;Site Name 1;65.056053;25.458366;Cell Name 3;65535;26844545;4;90;NEMO7;NEMO8;NEMO9

2.11.3 CELL SEARCH METHOD

Lines are drawn from the current location on a map to the active set and monitored set cells based on the following algorithm. Cell Identification (Cell ID) (for active cell) Matching Channel number + Physical Layer Cell ID (for both active and monitored cells)

Note that if multiple matching cells are found, the closest cell is selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than 50 km (31 miles).