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A GSM Cell ID (CID) is a generally unique number used to identify each Base transceiver station (BTS) or sector of a BTS within a Location area code (LAC) if not within a GSM network.

In some cases the last digit of CID represents cells' Sector ID

  • value 0 is used for omnidirectional antenna.
  • values 1,2,3 are used to identify sectors of trisector or bisector antennas.

In UMTS, there's a distinction between Cell ID (CID) and UTRAN Cell ID (also called LCID). The UTRAN Cell ID (LCID) is a concatenation of the RNC-ID (2 bytes, ID of the Radio Network Controller) and Cell ID (4 bytes, unique ID of the Cell). CID is just the Cell ID. The concatenation of both will still be unique but can be confusing in some cellid databases as some store the CID and other store LCID. It makes sense to record them separately as the RNC ID is the same for many cells, the unique element is the CID.

A valid CID ranges from 0 to 65535 on GSM and CDMA networks and from 0 to 268435455 on UMTS and LTE networks.

Public Cell ID databases

A number of public Cell ID databases are available:

This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2014)
Name Unique Cells Countries (MCC) Operators (MNC) Measurements Free database download Active project Comment
Unwired Labs' LocationAPI 52,010,000 226 1613 11 200 million no yes Supports GSM, CDMA, UMTS and LTE technologies via its API.
Unwired Labs LocationAPI Global Coverage Map
Combain Mobile - Location-API.com >52,000,000 200+ 1000+ >6,242 million no yes Supports GSM, CDMA, UMTS, LTE and wifi (447+ million).
File:Combain CellID Coverage.png
Combain Mobile Global CellID Coverage Map
OpenCellID 6,437,596 242 1914 1 090 million yes yes
OpenCellID database growth monthly
Based on crowd-sourced data;
Free API key required for database download; the Api key can be registered here:
WiGLE 3,824,894 no
Mozilla Location Service 2,060,000 155 428.73 million yes yes Based on crowd-sourced data. Also WiFi database.
OpenSignal 824,297 825 5 186 million no no
Openbmap.org 695,294 194 633 yes yes
NetMeterProject.com 184,925 77 174 10 million limited; private use only only a small portion of the database can be downloaded and for private use only:
the measurements where the crowd users accepted the
"Creative Commons Namensnennung-Nicht-kommerziell-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 Deutschland" license
Celldb.org 138,582 221 640 2 million password protected
Cellspotting.com 118,266 648 last database extract 23.9.2008
Opencelldb.net 34,499 no
Geomena.org 31 311

See also

References

  1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7240038/utran-cell-identity-returned-by-getcid
  2. http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/125400_125499/125401/04.02.00_60/ts_125401v040200p.pdf#page=15
  3. https://mozilla-ichnaea.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cell.html
  4. "Unwired Labs Coverage Map". Retrieved 2014-09-02.
  5. "Combain Mobile Coverage Maps".
  6. "opencellid.org Realtime Statistics". Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  7. "Stats WiGLE". Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  8. ^ "Stats Mozilla Location Service". Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  9. "Cell Download Mozilla Location Service". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  10. "Cell Download Mozilla Location Service". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  11. "Stats OpenSignalMap". Retrieved 2014-09-06.
  12. "openBmap". Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  13. "geomena". Retrieved 2014-01-23.

External links

  • OpenCellID - an open source project, aiming to create a complete database of Cell IDs worldwide, with their locations
  • cellidfinder - Find the coordinates of any known CellID.
  • openBmap - a free and open map of wireless communicating objects (e.g. cellular antenna, Wi-Fi access points...)
  • minigps - some information on Cell IDs in china
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