Coverage Analysis of NB-IoT in the Wild

Coverage and Deployment Analysis of Narrowband Internet of Things in the Wild

Dataset Description

A description of the dataset attributes is available below:

Coverage

Date, Time, UTC: Timestamp
Latitude, Longitude, Altitude: GPS coordinates
Speed: Moving speed
Heading: –
X.Sat: –
EARFCN, Frequency: Carrier frequency
MCC, MNC: Operators identifiers at country level
TAC: Type Approval Code (TAC)
eNodeB.ID, (N)PCI, CI: Numerical identifiers for E-UTRAN Node Bs (eNBs) and cells
cellID: –
BW*: –
SymPerSlot*: –
Power*: Power
SINR, NSINR.Tx0, NSINR.Tx1: Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR)
RSRP, NRSRP.Tx0, NRSRP.Tx1: Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP)
RSRQ, NRSRQ.Tx0, NRSRQ.Tx1 : Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ)
RSSI.Tx0**, RSSI.Tx1**: Received Signal Strength Indicator only NBIoT (RSSI)
X4G.Drift*: –
Sigma.4G.Drift*: –
TimeOfArrival*: –
TimeOfArrivalFN*: –
NSSS.Power**: Node Self-Scheduling Scheme (NSSS) Power
NSSS.RSSI**: NSSS RSSI
NSSS.CINR**: NSSS Carrier to Interference plus Noise Ratio

eNBs

Name: eNB name (includes eNodeB.ID and PhyCellID)
Latitude, Longitude: cell GPS coordinates 
PosErrorDirection: cell directional error
PosErrorLambda1, PosErrorLambda2: cell longitudinal and latitudinal positioning errors 
IsDirected: –
Direction: Direction identifier
Power: Power
MaxPowerUsedForTowerEstimationbyPE:
TowerID: Tower identifier
MCC, MNC: Operators identifiers at country level
TAC: Type Approval Code
PhyCellID, CellIdentity: Numerical identifiers for cells
EARFCN: Carrier frequency

* Only available for LTE
** Only available for NB-IoT

Dataset

A sample of the dataset consisting of one complete sub-campaign (OD) is available below:

data_sample

If there is interest in the visualization framework, dataset, or supplementary material, please contact the authors.