Performance analysis of cellular mobile networks for QOS optimization

Abstract

Records and performance analysis of cellular mobile networks usage can provide valuable information for understanding the network performance for Quality of Service (QoS) optimization by the mobile network providers. The network providers are interested in knowing their performance and that of their competitors based on location, phone category and operating system for various cellular networks technology. This can enhance an intelligent guide to invest in locations where they operate with poor performance. Thus, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are usually of interest to all service providers. In this paper, the researchers investigate and analyze the 3^rd generation (3G) and 4^th generation (4G) mobile network performance in Malete, Kwara State using questionnaire and Testing Equipment for Mobile System (TEMS) software with map info professional for eventful and non-eventful days. Focusing on three different locations of TEMS, crowd-sourced dataset allows us to evaluate the network performance and determine the Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Call Completion Rate (CCR), Call Drop Rate (CDR), Call Handover Success Rate (CHSR), among others, of the locations investigated.