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Oussama Achech
Oussama Achech

Reputation: 131

From PSC to real location

Using TelephonyManager.getAllCellInfo() I was able to get information about neighboring cell tower including cellid, but in case of UMTS I only get the PSC value. Is it possible to know a location of a cell tower from its PSC and the MCC, MNC, LAC and CID of a neighbor cell tower?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 626

Answers (2)

al kaj
al kaj

Reputation: 197

The PSC field is optional into almost all apis to cell location databases out there, in most cases, only mnc, mcc, lac, cid and the radio type are required to proceed cell-base location. Check unwiredlabs for example.

Upvotes: 0

Jeff
Jeff

Reputation: 677

Yes this is possible, but you would have to reference a database that includes lat/long and CID. There are companies that provide this information (e.g. OpenCellID) for which there is an API available.

Otherwise, you can dig through FCC/FAA registrations if you like, which may be more accurate, however I don't think there is an API.

If you are restricted to the attributes listed in your question, then I don't think it would be possible since none of these things are directly linked to lat/long.

Upvotes: 0

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