Cellular network quality control system

2023: Product Announcement

The State Radio Frequency Center (GRCC), subordinate to Roskomnadzor (RKN), creates a system for monitoring the quality of cellular networks in real time. This development became known at the end of May 2023.

As the representative of Roskomnadzor told Vedomosti, the system will display the information received by the GRCC about the existing base stations in the form of an index.

GRCC creates a system for monitoring the quality of cellular networks in real time

The development of the index will make it possible to determine the degree of development of communication networks of each operator, the share of coverage of the territory of regions, settlements, roads with mobile communications services, compliance with the conditions of licenses and decisions of the state commission on radio frequencies, the department said.

It is assumed that the data will be made available to users, with the exception of information constituting a trade secret.

Communication quality refers to data rate and signal stability. By May 2023, measurements are carried out once a year using wearable and transportable equipment, the results are displayed on an interactive map on the качествосвязи.рф portal, which is maintained by Roskomnadzor.

The system is most likely being created to monitor the implementation of the GKRCH decisions on the obligation of operators to cover all settlements with a population of 1000 residents and federal highways with LTE networks within a certain time frame, a newspaper source in one of the mobile operators believes. According to another interlocutor, now by the end of May 2023, the regulator receives relevant data from selective inspections of socially significant objects in settlements where the reception speed should be at least 1 Mbps. Obtaining data in an automated form can simplify the work, the informant believes.

Analyst Aleksei Boyko, author of the Telegram channel ABloud62, says that based on signals from base stations, you can analyze network congestion and equipment problems, and collecting data from subscribers' gadgets will allow collecting data on the quality of the service at a specific place and time.^[1]

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