Cells | Unwired Labs LocationAPI

Each cells object contains information about a single Cell Tower.

If you choose to include cells in your request, you can send 1 to 7 cell ID objects. If your device supports scanning for more than 7 cell objects, reach out to us and we'll increase this limit on your account. If more than the allowed limit are sent, only the first 7 cells will be considered.
The first cell object has to be that of the serving cell, i.e. the tower the device is connected to. The others are neighbouring cell objects that are visible to the device.
cid should be included on every cell object - without it, that cell is dropped from the request. Always include radio too - cid and lac are interpreted differently per radio type, so an omitted or incorrect radio can lead to a misread cell, especially for newer radio types like LTE and NR whose cid ranges overlap with others. All other parameters mentioned below are optional or recommended, as noted in the tables below.
Parameters vary depending on the radio type. Supported radio types and their corresponding parameters are:

GSM - GSM, EDGE, GPRS, 2G

Parameter	Description	Type	Accepted	Required
lac	the Location Area Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `65533`	no
cid	Cell ID	`integer`	`0` - `65535`	yes
radio	Radio type of the device	`string`	`gsm`	recommended
mcc	Mobile Country Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
mnc	Mobile Network Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
signal	Signal Strength (RSSI)	`integer`	`-113` - `-51`	recommended
asu	Arbitrary Strength Unit	`integer`	`0` - `31`	no
ta	Timing Advance	`integer`	`0` - `63`	no
timestamp	The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch	`integer`		no

CDMA - 1xRTT, CDMA, eHRPD, EVDO_0, EVDO_A, EVDO_B, IS95A, IS95B

Parameter	Description	Type	Accepted	Required
lac	Network ID (NID).	`integer`	`0` - `65534`	no
cid	Base ID / Station ID	`integer`	`0` - `65535`	yes
radio	Radio type of the device	`string`	`cdma`	recommended
mcc	Mobile Country Code of your operator's network	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
mnc	System ID (SID)	`integer`	`1` - `32767`	yes
signal	Signal Strength of the radio, measured in dBm	`integer`	`-100` - `-75`	recommended
asu	Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone	`integer`	`1` - `16`	no
timestamp	The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch	`integer`		no

UMTS - UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, HSPA+, HSUPA, WCDMA, 3G

Parameter	Description	Type	Accepted	Required
lac	Location Area Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `65533`	no
cid	Cell ID	`integer`	`0` - `268435455`	yes
radio	Radio type of the device	`string`	`umts`	recommended
mcc	Mobile Country Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
mnc	Mobile Network Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
signal	Signal Strength (RSCP) of your operator's network.	`integer`	`-121` - `-25`	recommended
psc	Primary Scrambling Code	`integer`	`0` - `511`	recommended
asu	Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone	`integer`	`-5` - `91`	no
timestamp	The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch	`integer`		no

LTE - LTE, 4G, CAT-M

Parameter	Description	Type	Accepted	Required
lac	Tracking Area Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `65533`	no
cid	Cell ID	`integer`	`0` - `268435455`	yes
radio	Radio type of the device	`string`	`lte`	recommended
mcc	Mobile Country Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
mnc	Mobile Network Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
signal	Signal Strength (RSRP) of the radio, measured in dBm	`integer`	`-137` - `-45`	recommended
psc	Physical Cell ID on LTE	`integer`	`0` - `503`	recommended
asu	Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone	`integer`	`0` - `97`	no
ta	Timing Advance	`integer`	`0` - `63`	no
timestamp	The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch	`integer`		no

NB-IoT (Private Beta)

Parameter	Description	Type	Accepted	Required
lac	Tracking Area Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `65533`	no
cid	Cell ID	`integer`	`0` - `268435455`	yes
radio	Radio type of the device	`string`	`nbiot`	recommended
mcc	Mobile Country Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
mnc	Mobile Network Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
signal	Signal Strength (RSRP) of the radio, measured in dBm. Currently not considered at the moment.	`integer`	`-137` - `-45`	no
psc	Equivalent to PCI in LTE. Some devices may report this as `NCID` or NB-IoT local Cell ID.	`integer`	`0` - `503`	recommended
timestamp	The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch	`integer`		no

New Radio - NR, 5G (Public BETA)

Parameter	Description	Type	Accepted	Required
lac	Tracking Area Code or `TAC` of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `16777215`	no
cid	Cell ID	`integer`	`0` - `68719476735`	yes
radio	Radio type of the device	`string`	`nr`	recommended
mcc	Mobile Country Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
mnc	Mobile Network Code of your operator's network.	`integer`	`0` - `999`	yes
signal	Signal Strength (RSRP) of the radio, measured in dBm.	`integer`	`-140` - `-44`	no
psc	Physical Cell ID or `PCI`.	`integer`	`0` - `1007`	recommended
asu	Arbitrary Strength Unit measured by the mobile phone	`integer`	`0` - `97`	no
timestamp	The time this Cell data was scanned, measured in milliseconds since the UNIX epoch	`integer`		no