https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/53462/physical-cell-id-of-theHi everyone I don&#39;t really understand what the physical cell ID is. Is it a randomly generated ID created by the nRF9160 chip or a set ID within the cell? As far as I understand a physical cell ID gives no additional information about the cell, iten-USTelligent Community 13Tue, 07 Jan 2020 14:22:44 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/227925?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 07 Jan 2020 14:22:44 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:6ef2eb1e-ad40-4e1e-a918-c819c331338cMartin Lesund<p>Just a quick update.<br />The modem decides this automatically. It will choose the closest base station and if you move it will try to find the best suitable one and use that base station.</p> <p>So you do not need to do this manually.</p> <p></p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p>Martin L.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/216323?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:55:54 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:68c7a635-a43a-45c4-8b9d-920d7f465a91Martin Lesund<p>Hi Dominik,</p> <p>This documentation has a nice explanation between <strong>physical cell ID</strong> and <strong>Cell ID:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sharetechnote.com/html/Handbook_LTE_PCI.html">https://www.sharetechnote.com/html/Handbook_LTE_PCI.html<br /><br /><br /></a></strong></p> <p>With regard to the rest of your question, let me come back to you.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>