

If the 5G signal is on the n71 band that 600 MHz can travel out roughly 10 miles but being on the outer limits or having a signal that is degraded by trees, hills, buildings, etc… will impact functionality. Locating the tower(s) for gateway placement and experimenting a bit is really what it takes. Your location might be on the fringe of the cellular range. With cellular it takes a little more effort to get it working in some situations. You can try different locations in your home to see if the signal metrics improve. Both signals suffer from noise so performance is probably an issue. The 4G LTE signal is weak so uploads probably stink. I should have just included this in the last post so you could see yourself. It might just be other signals in the area or some other influence in the area that accounts for the noise.

Both signals need to be improved, if possible, but the noise might be an issue. The signal strength RSRP -96 on the 5G is in the “Medium” range and the RSRQ -14 is in the “Good” range but the SINR at -3 dB is very “Weak”. There appears to be some noise that influences the signal quality. Well, metrics do help explain the behavior some. You might just get it stable and get what you want. If you post more information about the operation of your gateway and the cellular metrics users on the community can offer more suggestions. If the T-Mobile solution just does not reach where you are maybe Verizon or AT&T have service that could reach you but then contract and fees are a downside to that picture. If you have an n71 signal a 2X2 MIMO antenna is sufficient and a vendor like can help you understand what could possibly work for you and provide information about setup. The cellular metrics should provide the PCI value and with that you should be able to locate the tower.

Use the website to find the PCI, physical cell identifier for the 4G and 5G signals. If you do have a good path to the tower without too many trees, hills, buildings, etc… degrading the signal then an external antenna can be helpful. Getting the gateway so it can receive the signal better may be possible without and external antenna. You would also benefit from knowing where the tower is and how far from you it is. <-To also get cellular metrics from the GW. If you can improve the 5G NR signal strength and quality it might just hold. The positioning with the LED and the bars does not tell you enough about both the 4G LTE and 5G NR signals. Maybe there is a way to get a better signal but knowing the RSRP, RSRQ, and SINR values for the 4G and 5G NR signals can be helpful. If you have the mobile application on your phone get the cellular metrics from the gateway and post them to the conversation.
