Open AccessQUALITY OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION IN SELECTED MOBILE ANDROID SMARTPHONES
Author(s) -
Przemysław FalkowskiGilski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
informatyka, automatyka, pomiary w gospodarce i ochronie środowiska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6761
pISSN - 2083-0157
DOI - 10.35784/iapgos.2751
Subject(s) - android (operating system) , gnss applications , computer science , mobile device , global positioning system , communications satellite , mobile telephony , satellite , telecommunications , engineering , world wide web , mobile radio , operating system , aerospace engineering
Today, thanks to mobile devices, satellite communication is available to anyone and everywhere. Gaining information on one’s position using GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems), particularly in unknown urban environments, had become an everyday activity. With the widespread of mobile devices, particularly smartphones, each person can obtain information considering his or her location anytime and everywhere. This paper is focused on a study, considering the quality of satellite communication in case of selected mobile terminals. It describes a measurement campaign carried out in varying urban environments, including a set of Android-powered smartphones coming from different manufacturers. Based on this, respective conclusions and remarks are given, which can aid consumers as well as device manufacturers and application developers.