3G Dongle CSA sample measurements

3G Dongle CSA sample measurements

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Since the UK MTEB Mobile Forensics Conference 2009 is being held in Dorking, a short drive from Box Hill Point (an area of outstanding natural beauty that is situated in the National Trust Park) I thought I would go out and conduct some 3G radio test measurements. I was interested to comprehend, given the terrain and forest area, the quality and type of coverage was like along the road from Box Hill Point. I viewed the operator coverage maps for this area and found that the operators offered fringe coverage in the area.

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I recorded sample measurments for the Orange mobile network as their Mast in Dorking is approximately 3.5Km from Box Hill. The screen prints of the measurements are set out below. The sample measurements were taken over a 45-minutes period.

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Image 1:

illustrates the route driven from Dorking to Box Hill (a) to (b) and

(b) was the approximate location point for tests.

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Image 2:
illustrates the OFCOM basestation database details for the

Orange Mast (3G) at Dorking High Street dteected at Box Hill location (b)
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Image 3:
illustrates the terrain path from Dorking to Box Hill (a) to (b) and
(b) was the approximate location point for tests. Box Hill is 687-metres above sea level
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illustrates the mobile network operator, signal strength (RSSI), registration to
Circuit Switched (CS) and/or Packet Switched (PS) and which registration is
attached. Note from all the images below the variations in RSSI, the registrations
and to the network attachments
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