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Azenqos cell file format specification
(Prepared on 15 May 2013)
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Table of Content
1. Overview
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2. GSM Cell File Format
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2.1. Mandatory cell parameters
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2.2. Optional cell parameters
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2.3. Example
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2.4. Cell search method
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3. WCDMA Cell File Format
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3.1. Mandatory cell parameters
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3.2. Optional cell parameters
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3.3. Example
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3.4. Cell search method
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4. Cell file format that contains both GSM, WCDMA cells
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1. Overview This document is going to explain the Azenqos cell
file format for both GSM and WCDMA. Azenqos
cell file has extension .txt which contains TAB separated values
of cells definition. The first row
contains the keywords that define the order of the parameters in
the following lines. Keywords are
separated with 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 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
tabular character.
2. GSM Cell File Format
2.1. Mandatory cell parameters
Parameter Keyword Type Description
Cell name CELL_NAME string Name of the cell
Site name SITE_NAME string Name of the site
Latitude LAT float Latitude of the site in degrees
Longitude LON float Longitude of the site in degrees
Antenna beam width
ANT_BW integer Values range from 1-360
Cell direction DIR integer Values range from 0-360
MCC MCC integer
MNC MNC integer
2.2. Optional cell parameters
Parameter Keyword Type Description
Location Area Code LAC integer Values range from 0-65535
Cell ID CELL_ID string Values range from 0-65535
Channel Number CH integer ARFCN. Values range from 0 to 1024
BSIC BSIC string Base Station Identity Code in decimal
format
2.3. Example
CELL_NAME SITE_NAME LAT LON ANT_BW DIR MCC MNC LAC CELL_ID BCCH
BSIC
BKC9340B1 BKC9340B 13.74864 100.5357 360 0 520 99 15061 20257
573 1-0
BKC9340B2 BKC9340B 13.74864 100.5357 360 50 520 99 15061 20258
571 2-0
BKC9340B3 BKC9340B 13.74864 100.5357 360 120 520 99 15061 20259
569 0-2
BKC9340B4 BKC9340B 13.74864 100.5357 360 210 520 99 15061 20261
567 0-8
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BKC9341B1 BKC9341B 13.7446 100.533 360 0 520 99 15061 20151 571
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2.4. Cell search method Name of cell (In Azenqos Android and
Azenqos Replay) and lines drawn from current location to
serving/neighboring cells (In Azenqos Replay) are searched based
on the following algorithm
Matching CGI (MCC, MNC, LAC, CELL_ID)
Matching MCC, MNC, CH, BSIC. If multiple matching cells are
found, closest cell is
selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than
50km.
3. WCDMA Cell File Format
3.1. Mandatory cell parameters
Parameter Keyword Type Description
Cell name CELL_NAME string Name of the cell
Site name SITE_NAME string Name of the site
Latitude LAT float Latitude of the site in degrees
Longitude LON float Longitude of the site in degrees
Antenna beam width
ANT_BW integer Values range from 1-360
Cell direction DIR integer Values range from 0-360
MCC MCC integer
MNC MNC integer
3.2. Optional cell parameters
Parameter Keyword Type Description
Location Area Code LAC integer Values range from 0-65535
Cell ID CELL_ID string Values range from 0-65535
Channel Number CH integer ARFCN. Values range from 0 to 1024
Scrambling code SCR integer Value range from 0-512
Routing Area Code RAC Integer Values range from 0 to 255.
3.3. Example
CELL_NAME SITE_NAME LAT LON ANT_BW DIR MCC MNC SCR CH LAC
CELL_ID RAC
U08-BKK0006-1A BKK0006 13.7668 100.586 360 0 520 99 437 4433
14701 12003 41
U08-BKK0006-1B BKK0006 13.7668 100.586 360 120 520 99 438 4433
14701 12006 41
U08-BKK0006-1C BKK0006 13.7668 100.586 360 270 520 99 439 4433
14701 12007 41
U08-BKK0007-1A BKK0007 13.7594 100.541 360 30 520 99 357 4433
14701 12008 41
3.4. Cell search method Name of cell (In Azenqos Android and
Azenqos Replay) and lines drawn from current location to
serving/neighboring cells (In Azenqos Replay) are searched based
on the following algorithm
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Matching MCC, MNC, SC, CH. If multiple matching cells are found,
closest cell is
selected. The cell is matched only if distance is less than
50km.
4. Cell file format that contains both GSM, WCDMA cells You can
create cell file that contains both GSM and WCDMA cells by adding
column SYSTEM_TYPE.
Put value GSM if current row is GSM cell and put value WCDMA if
current row is WCDMA cell.
Parameter Keyword Type Description
System Type SYSTEM_TYPE string Possible values are GSM WCDMA
