Field Test Display: Sony Ericsson Techmode http://phoneftd.blogspot.com/2008/08/sony-ericsson-techmode.

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Description of TechMode:
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GSM Channel
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A BBB CC -DD EEEEF GG
HHHH I JJJ K LL MM
NNN OO PP QQQ RR SSSS
TTT -TT UUU -UU VVV -VV
WWW -WW XXX -XX ZZZ -ZZ

A - Current type of service:

B - BCCH - Broadcast Control CHannel - Standby Mode
S - SDCCH - Standalone Dedicated Control CHannel - Used fo registration, autorization and
refreshing status.
F - Frequency Hopping - TDMA frames are transfered at different frequencys.
T - TCH - Transfer CHannel - Data transfer/Speaking Mode.
BBB - Number of current channel:
001...124 - GSM 900 (124 channels)
512-885 - DCS 1800 (374 channels)
974...1xxxx - EGSM 1900
9999 - No Signal.
CC - Number of current channel on a current BS (Base Station)
DD - Recieve level (RxLevel): -40dBm...-117dBm. -40dBm is the strongest signal.
EEEE - Cell ID
F - Cell Sector Number
GG - DTX
HHHH - seems like another channel (?)
I - Timeslot number: 0...7
One of the eight channels which are used to transfer TDMA traffic.
On 0 channel is transfered control information: BCCH, SDCCH, etc. Other channels are
used for traffic.

JJJ - Transmitter signal level, 0...34 dBm

K - Bit Error Rate - number of errors, 0...7.
0 - No errors. When more than 5, sound is being lost frequently.
RxQual table
0---BER < 0.2 (%)
1---0.2 < BER < 0.4
2---0,4 < BER < 0.8
3---0.8 < BER < 1.6
4---1.6 < BER < 3.2
5---3.2 < BER < 6.4
6---6.4 < BER < 12.8 (Half of packets are lost here)
7---12.8 < BER

LL - Timing Advance. 0...63.

With this parameter it is possible to calculate distance to BS using the following formula:
L=1.11 x TA/2, where L is the distance to BS, TA - Timing Advance.
In GSM standard max distance from BS is 35.2 km, so one number here is rouhly 550 m.
Timing Advance: 0; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5...63
Distance to BS: <550 m; 550-1100 m; 1100-1650 m; 1650-2200 m; 2200-2750 m;
2750-3300 m ... 35.2 km.

MM - No Info. 0...31 (maybe it is number of lost packets)

NNN - Rate of speech codec:
HR - Half Rate
FR - Full Rate
EFR - Enhanced Full Rate
OO - No Info. 0...95 (seems like RxQual)
PP - No Info. 0...83
QQQ - Network Country Code (NCC)
RR - Operator Code (MNC)
SSSS - Local Area Code (LAC)
TTT -TT UUU -UU VVV -VV
WWW -WW XXX -XX ZZZ -ZZ Channel Numbers & Rxlev of neighbouring cells

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