4G Home Broadband - How to interpret?

Jenz

Jenz

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I'm running Three 4G Broadband at my home via a unlocked Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2. The Huawei is also DHCP Server. The Huawei is in a window and the 4g led is solid. Moving the Huawei around the house doesn't seem to generate a better signal.

I can run speedtests and see around 35MB down. But I am seeing very varying ping times, and also uploads can vary drastically.

It doesn't "feel" like I am getting 35MB down.

I have accessed the stats on the Huawei and I have this:

Network Type

LTE

Cell Identify

3025926

Cell Identify (hex)

2e2c06

eNB ID

11820

eNB ID (hex)

2e2c

Sector ID

6

Sector ID (hex)

06

CELL_ID3025926

RSRQ-12.0dB

RSRP-95dBm

RSSI-71dBm

SINR-2dB

Wireless transmit powerPPusch:0dBm PPucch:0dBm PSrs:0dBm PPrach:1dBm

Uplink mod/demod of MCSmcsUpCarrier1:29

Downlink mod/demod of MCSmcsDownCarrier1Code0:9 mcsDownCarrier1Code1:30

PLMN23420

Can someone tell me if this looks ok? Problematic? How I can interpret it? I went onto the Cellmapper Map and looked up where I am (Brockhall in Northants) but don't know where to go from there.

I heard ipv6 is potentially a problem on the Huawei so am running ipv4 only now. Didn't make much difference.

Best wishes Neil.
 
Ping times will vary with cell tower load. More traffic, more latency in the initial connection.

There is a huge usability difference between the snappiness of the connection (4G won’t feel especially snappy) and the actual data transfer rate once it gets going. If you look at the data transfer rate in SpeedTest you will see it waggling about, but the overall average is generally plenty for what you want to do. So if you’re opening and closing web pages it might feel sluggish but streaming a movie will be smooth as you like. An equivalent 40 Mbps landline connection with a 5-10ms ping time will feel much snappier but ultimately won’t be any faster. And be prepared for some IPs and downs in speed as the weather and solar activity affect it. There are downsides, but ultimately 4G is very usable currently.

And your RSRP figure is horrible!
 
Jenz said:
Thank you for the above. Is there anyway of improving whatever RSRP is?
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Higher gain antenna or amplified antenna. RSRQ is OK though, so you probably won’t see any improvement in data rates by boosting RSRP. It just means you’re at the limit of what your receiver can work with.

RSRP is how strong the signal is and RSRQ is how clear the signal is. So you have a clear, but weak signal.

RSSI is effectively a single figure that bundles all the other stats into one and -71dB is borderline excellent. A bigger antenna, or a booster would probably be beneficial because you’ll be increasing the power of a nice clear signal. If you had horrible RSRQ, then a bigger antenna or a booster would be pointless because you’d just be amplifying noise.

This is all very simplified and I hope it makes sense.
 
Jenz, try moving the router to an upstairs window facing the mast and speed test it from there.
If you see a big improvement your router needs to be higher or run an antenna from the router to that place.
I've done this and it doubled my speed(router same place but antenna upstairs on windowsill.

My stats now with Poynting antenna Huawei 818-263 1700meters from mast direct line of sight -1 tree.

RSRQ
-5.0dB
RSRP
-56dBm
RSSI
>=-51dBm
SINR
21dB
 
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