Verifying 5G NSA usage

[Reinhard Speyerer]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:41:04AM +0100, Paul Gildea wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking at the new outputs for 5G in 1.30.2 and went to an area that
> should have coverage. Sure enough I can see
> that  "5G NSA Available" changes to "yes", is this an indication that it is
> actually being used at present or just that it is a capability?
> If the latter, is there any way to verify it's being used?
> 
> 
> qmicli -p -d /dev/cdc-wdm2 --nas-get-system-info
> > [/dev/cdc-wdm2] Successfully got system info:
> > WCDMA service:
> > Status: 'none'
> > True Status: 'none'
> > Preferred data path: 'no'
> > LTE service:
> > Status: 'available'
> > True Status: 'available'
> > Preferred data path: 'no'
> > Domain: 'cs-ps'
> > Service capability: 'cs-ps'
> > Roaming status: 'off'
> > Forbidden: 'no'
> > Cell ID: '38413058'
> > MCC: '272'
> > MNC: '01'
> > Tracking Area Code: '39000'
> > Voice support: 'yes'
> > IMS voice support: 'yes'
> > eMBMS coverage info support: 'no'
> > eMBMS coverage info trace ID: '65535'
> > Cell access: 'all-calls'
> > Registration restriction: 'unrestricted'
> > Registration domain: 'not-applicable'
> >
> > *5G NSA Available: 'yes'*DCNR Restriction: 'no'
> > 5G SA service:
> > Status: 'none'
> > True Status: 'none'
> > Preferred data path: 'no'
> > SIM reject info: 'available'

Hi Paul,

in my experience "5G NSA Available: 'yes'" does not necessarily mean the the
network has assigned NR resources to the UE. It might help to cross-check
with AT+COPS? (which should return <AcT> 13 instead of 7) and/or
vendor-specific AT commands like AT+QENG="servingcell" etc.

Regards,
Reinhard