Did you know that a unique AT Command can help scanning network environment to have a snapshot of its quality at a given location ?
Network Scan easily help to prevent that due to a bad network environment, a final application presents poor quality of service. Especially for wireless objects that remain in a fix location, where network quality is a key aspect.
By executing AT+NWKSCAN command, you can get detailed or synthetic report of network quality.
Speeding up installation time for an immediate decision on which network to manage the service at a given place. Less than 2 minutes needed, without SIM card inserted to get a result.
Network Scan - Example 1: Detailed command result, for exact network environment visibility. Carriers are sorted by network environment quality.
AT+NWKSCAN
PLMN:“CARRIER XXX",MCC:123,MNC:45,MeanPower:30,CellNb:8
1:Arfcn:1020,Bsic:31,Lac:8,RxLev:38,Qual:0,Status:SUITABLE
2:Arfcn:1008,Bsic:32,Lac:9,RxLev:33,Qual:1,Status:SUITABLE
3:Arfcn:1009,Bsic:33,Lac:10,RxLev:32,Qual:2,Status:SUITABLE
4:Arfcn:1003,Bsic:34,Lac:11,RxLev:29,Qual:1,Status:SUITABLE
5:Arfcn:792,Bsic:35,Lac:12,RxLev:27,Qual:1,Status:SUITABLE
6:Arfcn:790,Bsic:36,Lac:13,RxLev:26,Qual:2,Status:SUITABLE
7:Arfcn:1013,Bsic:37,Lac:14,RxLev:26,Qual:1,Status:SUITABLE
PLMN:“CARRIER YYY",MCC:123,MNC:67,MeanPower:26,CellNb:6
1:Arfcn:32,Bsic:1,Lac:1,RxLev:35,Qual:0,Status:SUITABLE
2:Arfcn:8,Bsic:2,Lac:2,RxLev:35,Qual:1,Status:SUITABLE
3:Arfcn:10,Bsic:3,Lac:3,RxLev:27,Qual:0,Status:SUITABLE
4:Arfcn:17,Bsic:4,Lac:4,RxLev:22,Qual:2,Status:SUITABLE
5:Arfcn:48,Bsic:5,Lac:5,RxLev:20,Qual:0,Status:SUITABLE
6:Arfcn:539,Bsic:6,Lac:6,RxLev:18,Qual:1,Status:SUITABLE
OK
Network Scan - Example 2: Synthetic command result, with number of surrounding base station and average power. Carriers are sorted by network environment quality.
AT+NWKSCAN=,2
"CARRIER XXX",7,30
"CARRIER YYY",8,26
OK
Network Scan availability:
- Included with Extended AT Application 1.21, coming with firmware R7.51.
- Check release notes.