Possible to control the radio strength of a nanoBTS?

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Roch roch at on-waves.com
Thu Jun 4 10:27:44 UTC 2009


Hi,

Another thing: if your mobile phone is set to auto it will always 
register on its home network (if available) even if the signal of your 
basestation is far stronger.

Roch.

Nordin wrote:
> 
>> That's quite obvious if you understand the details of the cell selection
>> algorithm.  If you've been registered to an actual cell of the 
>> operator before,
>> then that ARFCN/LAC is stored on the SIM card even when you shut off 
>> the phone.
>>
>> So the phone will first try to register to that cell again before 
>> scanning the
>> entire band.
>>
>>   
> Ahaa, that's an important detail I have missed!
> Thank you ;-)
> 
> 

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