Mobile areas feature class (Mobile_Areas)

The Mobile_Areas feature class provides information about the area served by a mobile carrier and cell tower/antenna combination.

For a description of the attributes OBJECTID, and Shape, see Esri® system fields.

Field name Data type Description
BRAND Char(50) The brand name corresponding to the CARRIER value
CARRIER_ID Char(6) A unique identifier for the network carrier, as indicated by the MCC and MNC values. For example, 505002
CELL_TOWER_ID Char(20) A unique identifier for the cellular tower/antenna associated with this mobile area
CELL_GLOBAL_IDENTITY Double (8) A globally unique identifier for a base transceiver station in mobile phone networks. For 3G, the identifier contains four parts:
  • Mobile Country Code (MCC)
  • Mobile Network Code (MNC)
  • Location Area Code (LAC)
  • Cell Identification (CI - Short_CID)

For 4G, the E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier (eCGI) identifies cells globally. The eCGI contains three parts:

  • Mobile Country Code (MCC)
  • Mobile Network Code (MNC)
  • E-UTRAN Cell Identifier (ECI)
COORDCOUNT Double (8) The total number of coordinates in the Mobile_Area polygon
COUNTRY Char(45) The country containing the coverage area
COVERAGEDEFINITION Char(15) The coverage definition, which indicates if the coverageArea polygon is a serving area that represents where service available, the signalCluster within a coverage area, or serving a combined SignalCluster area
TIME_STAMP Date (8) The date that the source file was generated, formatted as (dd/mm/yyyy)
DOWNLINKEARFCN Double (8) This value displays Downlink EARFCN Channel Numbers for UTRA (LTE) Channel Bands. For example, 9410
FREQUENCY Double (8) The cellular frequency being used, in MHz. For example, 778
INTERFACE Char(15) The interface indicating the air interface technology providing the radio-frequency portion of the circuit between the cellular phone set/wireless modem and the active base station. Available values are:
  • GERAN_2G
  • UTRAFDD_3G
  • UTRATD_3G
  • EUTRA_4G
ISO_COUNTRY_CODE Char (3) An ISO country code for the country containing the mobile are polygon. For example, FRA for FRANCE
BAND Integer (2) The Band associated with the frequency, which only applies to UTRA (LTE). For example, 28
LACTAC Integer (4) A Location or Tracking Area Code, which are geographic divisions of the mobile network. For example, 44624
MCC Char (3) The Mobile Country Code, which indicates the country associated with the Mobile Network Code used to identify a cellular carrier. For example, 505
MNC Char(3) The Mobile Network Code, which indicates the network associated with the Mobile Country Code used to identify a cellular carrier. For example, 2
MOBILE_AREA_ID Char (100) A unique permanent identifier from HERE used to identify a specific cellular area polygon
OPERATOR Char (90) The full name of the business operating the cell network
OPTIMAL_STRENGTH Char (15) Network strength as indicated by the highest quality RSSI available within the polygon. Available values are:
  • EXCELLENT
  • GOOD
  • FAIR
  • POOR
RNC Integer (4) Radio Network Controller. To calculate the RNC, divide the Cell ID by 65536. The quotient is the RTC
SHORT_CID Integer (4) Short Cell ID. To calculate the Short Cell ID, divide the Cell ID by 65536. The remainder is the short cell ID
STRENGTH_HIGH Integer (4) The highest of the observed RSSI values within the polygon. For example: -68
STRENGTH_LOW Integer (4) The lowest of the observed RSSI values within the polygon. For example: -102
STRENGTH_MEDIAN Integer (4) The median of the observed RSSI values within the polygon. For example: -98