Evaluation of the quality of service of MTN and ORANGE based on RSRP and RSRQ collected in the rural and urban localities of Maroua and Ngaoundere in Cameroon

Abstract

The evaluation of the quality of service of mobile networks is as necessary as the need to improve the quality of service. It necessarily involves measuring, collecting and analyzing performance indicators. In the case of LTE mobile networks, it can be done using several tools and methods. Objectively and even subjectively, data science turns out to be an adequate and elegant method for managing the multitude of data that can be used to make the results credible. The objective of this study is initially to collect, using the CELL INFO application, the power levels of certain performance indicators of mobile network operators in Cameroon. It mainly involves collecting RSRP and RSRQ and other related parameters like operator id, mobility speed, geographic location and analyzing through tools used in data sciences these parameters to assess the quality of service of mobile telephone operators. The study focused on the collection and analysis of data from the LTE mobile networks of Orange and MTN in urban and rural areas, in simple mobility during the period June-October 2023.