Mobile phones have transitioned from voice-centric devices to smart devices supporting functionalities like high-definition video and games, web browsers, radio reception, and video conferencing. Mobile phones are used in telemedicine, health monitoring applications, navigation tools, and gaming devices, among other applications. Given the above, Mobile broadband connectivity affects mobile access to the internet and voice communications. This paper assesses the impact of the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and broadband connectivity around Covenant University. LTE, GSM, and HSPA mobile signal measurement campaigns were conducted around Covenant University in Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria. To investigate the best optimized mobile network for mobile subscribers on roaming services and subscriber's high performance and data rates. After the experiment, exploratory data analysis was used to visualize the best mobile network; GSM proved as stable than LTE and HSPA.
Keywords: Received signal strength (RSS); Reference signal received power (RSRP); Roaming mobile subscriber.
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