Device Capability of joining 4G network

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agastiya
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Device Capability of joining 4G network

Postby agastiya » Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:33 pm

Hi,

Our company currently needs to display the information whether a device able to join a 3G or 4G network in our country. Is there such information?

I have looked at the capabilities list and found bearer.max_data_rate to be the closest solution to my problem, eg. by displaying 1800|3600|7200|14400 as 4G, and 384 as 3G.

We need your confirmation on the best approach to this, and also need your assurance that the data are valid and reliable.

Thanks and brgds,

Elliotfehr

Re: Device Capability of joining 4G network

Postby Elliotfehr » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:28 pm

Hello,

Are you looking to identify whether or not the device is currently connected to a 3G or 4G network or would you like to determine whether or not the device is able to connect to one of these networks? If you would like to determine whether or not the device is able to connect to a given network, this would be the best capability to use.

Thank you,

Elliot

agastiya
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Re: Device Capability of joining 4G network

Postby agastiya » Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:33 am

Yes we are looking to identify wheter or not the device is able to connect to one of 3G or 4G network. If we must use the bearer.max_data_rate information, can you pls kindly inform the max_data_rate value that can be inferred as LTE? Currently the possible values as listed in https://www.scientiamobile.com/wurflCapability are as follow:
Maximum bandwidth reachable by the device. Possible values:
HSDPA = 1800 | 3600 | 7200 | 14400 depending on the device
UMTS(3G) = 384
EGPRS/EDGE = 200
GPRS = 40
HSCSD = 29
CSD = 9

Elliotfehr

Re: Device Capability of joining 4G network

Postby Elliotfehr » Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:51 pm

Hello,

This capability will return a numeric value as opposed to an enum, so the value can vary depending on the supported speed. Since the definition of 4G or 3G can vary, we do not return these in our definitions. However, you can find a mapping of max data rates that you can see a given LTE category below:

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10000 (LTE Cat 1)
50000 (LTE Cat 2)
100000 (LTE Cat 3)
150000 (LTE Cat 4)
300000 (LTE Cat 5)
Thank you,

Elliot

agastiya
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Re: Device Capability of joining 4G network

Postby agastiya » Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:35 pm

Hi Elliot,

Thank you for the heads up.

I did some research on how you get the data, and found a site that describes maximum data rate for lte devices. So the value corresponds to the maximum download data rates.

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brgds,

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