The reception of the cellular signal determines the signal indicator. This is indicated on the router by the Signal LED and displayed in the user interface. The following applies for all routers running icom OS:
Depending on the cellular standard used, different criteria for rating the actual reception conditions apply. The scale of the signal indicator reaches from 0 (no signal - red) up to maximum 4 (very good reception - green).
The current Signal is indicated in a scale from 0 to 31, where a high value indicates a better signal; 99 stands for no antenna connected. This value is just a rough guide value that represents the received level only.
Please note!
The following mapping of signal indicator to signal value applies from firmware 8.7.
RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) is the original value of the signal field strength in dBm. This value is only significant in a 2G network; therefore, it will only be displayed if the modem is registered in a 2G network.
Signal indicator | 2G (GPRS/EDGE) |
|---|---|
4 | -91 dBm <= RSSI |
3 | -101 dBm <= RSSI < -91 dBm |
2 | -107 dBm <= RSSI < -101 dBm |
1 | -113 dBm <= RSSI < -107 dBm |
0 | RSSI < -113 dBm |
RSCP (Received Signal Code Power) in dBm and Ec/No (received energy per chip divided by the power density in the band) in dB are only significant, if the modem is registered in a 3G network. The two values are averaged and rounded for the signal indicator.
Signal indicator | 3G (UMTS/HSxPA) | |
|---|---|---|
4 | -70 dBm <= RSCP | -9 dB <= Ec/No |
3 | -80 dBm <= RSCP < -70 dBm | -12 dB <= Ec/No < -9 dB |
2 | -95 dBm <= RSCP < -80 dBm | -15 dB <= Ec/No < -12 dB |
1 | -100 dBm <= RSCP < -95 dBm | -19 dB <= Ec/No < -15 dB |
0 | RSCP < -100 dBm | Ec/No < -19 dB |
RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) in dBm and RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality) in dB are only significant, if the modem is registered in a 4G network. The two values are averaged and rounded for the signal indicator.
Signal indicator | 4G (LTE) | |
|---|---|---|
4 | -80 dBm <= RSRP | -10 dB <= RSRQ |
3 | -95 dBm <= RSRP < -80 dBm | -15 dB <= RSRQ < -10 dB |
2 | -105 dBm <= RSRP < -95 dBm | -20 dB <= RSRQ < -15 dB |
1 | -115 dBm <= RSRP < -105 dBm | -30 dB <= RSRQ < -20 dB |
0 | RSRP < -115 dBm | RSRQ < -30 dB |