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Analyzing cellular traffic

This topic describes cellular summary information displayed in the Last packets list. For more information, see Viewing the traffic and Cellular traffic details.

Message mode packets

The message mode of communication consists in sending a small volume of data in uplink and downlink packets to one or more application servers. It works similarly to LoRaWAN®. For more information, see Device Manager user guide.

SymbolNameDescription
UplinkTransmission success
DownlinkTransmission success

Direct IP mode reports

The direct IP mode of communication consists in sending large volumes of data in uplink and downlink bytes to an ASR address. For more information, see Device Manager user guide.

SymbolNameDescription
Microflow reportApplies to cellular traffic in direct IP mode. It describes statistics (giving number and duration of uplink and downlink bytes) produced when the uplink or downlink pass through the MTC-LTE-GW.

Cellular metadata columns

For more information about all cellular metadata available in Wireless Logger, see Cellular traffic details.

MetadataDescription
Sensor IPV4IP address assigned to a cellular device on LTE network
IMEIInternational Mobile Equipment Identity
IMSIInternational Mobile Subscriber Identity
MSISDNMobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number is a number used to identify a mobile phone number internationally
ProtocolProtocol type applied to a given data transmission
MTCMachine Type Communication, that is the identification number of the EPC Connector; the latter's equivalent in LoRaWAN® is a Gateway (LRR base station)
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