CellularLab

CellularLab: Advanced Mobile Network Testing for Professionals

CellularLab is an advanced iPerf3 client designed specifically for Android devices. It is a powerful tool for RF engineers, QA professionals, and developers who need to perform detailed mobile network testing. With its comprehensive suite of features, CellularLab offers low-level control, intelligent test strategies, and a polished user interface, making it ideal for field diagnostics, automated lab tests, and performance validation on mobile networks.

Benefits

CellularLab provides several key advantages for professionals working with mobile networks:

• Protocol Support: CellularLab supports TCP, UDP, and hybrid TCP+UDP protocols, allowing for versatile testing scenarios. It also features smart adaptive ramp-up for UDP, ensuring efficient and accurate testing.
• Command Mode: Advanced users can execute custom iPerf3 commands directly, providing full control over testing parameters such as bandwidth, interval, and protocol.
• Gemini AI Analysis: CellularLab includes an AI analysis feature powered by Google Gemini Flash. This feature generates structured markdown reports for any log from the history, summarizing the test, identifying performance issues, and providing recommendations and quality ratings.
• Smart Test Strategies: CellularLab offers several smart test strategies, including incremental ramp-up, hybrid TCP+UDP, and smart ramp-up, which optimize network testing and provide detailed insights.
• Output, Logs & History: CellularLab provides real-time iPerf3-style logs, saves logs to the Downloads folder, and allows users to share logs via various platforms. It also supports AI analysis for detailed summaries.
• Public iPerf3 Servers: For users without access to an iPerf server, CellularLab provides a list of community-hosted servers, although these may be unstable or offline depending on maintenance.

Use Cases

CellularLab is designed for a variety of use cases, including:

• Field Diagnostics: RF engineers can use CellularLab to perform on-site network diagnostics and troubleshooting.
• Automated Lab Tests: QA professionals can automate network testing in lab environments to ensure consistent performance and reliability.
• Performance Validation: Developers can validate the performance of mobile networks and applications, ensuring optimal user experience.

Additional Information

CellularLab is open-source under a custom MIT-style license, allowing personal and non-commercial use. Uploading to the Play Store or commercial use requires permission. If you build on this project, please give credit with a link to the original repository.

CellularLab is developed using Android Studio Narwhal 2025.1.1, NDK Version 28.1.13356709, and iPerf Version 3.19 (Native C via JNI). It supports Min SDK API 29 and Target SDK API 35, with ABI support for armeabi-v7a and arm64-v8a. The project includes both debug and signed release build types.

For those interested in learning more about how CellularLab was built or how to compile iPerf3 for Android, several articles and guides are available. Follow the provided links for more information.