Moto X 2014 LTE Discovery

[oldDummy]

Greetings all.
I don't know enough to interpret these readings from LTE Discovery app.
Could somebody with knowledge explain what these reading mean?
Specifically: Cell level: ?
If more info is needed I'll post other info.
TIA

 

[someguy01234]

Re: LTE Discovery

I'm guessing that app allow you to discover LTE cell towers and it found a few. For me, a signal strength of -85dBm can be considered 4-5 bars and very good. Above -100dBm is acceptable, but won't get you the best throughput. -105dBm or lower tends to be 1 to 2 bars and not very good speed and lower than that is when your signal will began to cut out.

 

[kg4icg]

Re: LTE Discovery

You can ask the app developer your questions, he responds to emails that are sent to him.

 

[oldDummy]

Re: LTE Discovery

I'm guessing that app allow you to discover LTE cell towers and it found a few. For me, a signal strength of -85dBm can be considered 4-5 bars and very good. Above -100dBm is acceptable, but won't get you the best throughput. -105dBm or lower tends to be 1 to 2 bars and not very good speed and lower than that is when your signal will began to cut out.

Thanks for the heads up. It's more than I knew.
Regarding Cell level, I'm wondering if it refers to Cat. 4?
that would make it very interesting to me.
TIA
EDIT: As suggested, I sent an email to the apk author.

 

[someguy01234]

Re: LTE Discovery

No, cell level is something else and related to how the tower work. You should ask the app dev to explain it.

Cat.4 LTE simply means it have a download capability of 150Mbps.
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[TR]
[TH]3GPP release[/TH]
[TH]User equipment category[/TH]
[TH]Maximum L1 datarate downlink[/TH]
[TH]Maximum number of DL MIMO layers[/TH]
[TH]Maximum L1 datarate uplink[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 8[/TD]
[TD]Category 1[/TD]
[TD]10.3 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]5.2 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 8[/TD]
[TD]Category 2[/TD]
[TD]51.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]25.5 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 8[/TD]
[TD]Category 3[/TD]
[TD]102.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]51.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 8[/TD]
[TD]Category 4[/TD]
[TD]150.8 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]51.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 8[/TD]
[TD]Category 5[/TD]
[TD]299.6 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]75.4 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 10[/TD]
[TD]Category 6[/TD]
[TD]301.5 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]2 or 4[/TD]
[TD]51.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 10[/TD]
[TD]Category 7[/TD]
[TD]301.5 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]2 or 4[/TD]
[TD]102.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 10[/TD]
[TD]Category 8[/TD]
[TD]2,998.6 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]1,497.8 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 11[/TD]
[TD]Category 9[/TD]
[TD]452.2 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]2 or 4[/TD]
[TD]51.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Release 11[/TD]
[TD]Category 10[/TD]
[TD]452.2 Mbit/s[/TD]
[TD]2 or 4[/TD]
[TD]102.0 Mbit/s[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[oldDummy]

Re: LTE Discovery

Just a heads up:
Got a prompt reply from apk author: Cell level refers to signal strength 0-4 with 4 being strongest.
Thanks for your suggestions, help.