4G LTE: Next Generation Mobile Networks
- Beyond 3G
- HSDPA
- HSUPA
- Fixed-mobile convergence
- Radio spectrum economics
- Ubiquity
- 4G mobile communications
- LTE
- LTE defined
- Characteristics
- Technologies used
- Architecture and Protocols
- LTE services
- 4G
- 4G defined
- Standardization bodies
- Radio spectrum
- 4G implementation and trials
- 4G characteristics
- 4G capabilities and services
- Technological challenges
- LTE / 4G Radio Interface
- Advanced multiple access techniques
- Advanced modulation techniques
- Advanced coding techniques
- 4G packet schedulers
- MC-CDMA
- SC-FDMA
- OFDM
- OFDMA
- MIMO
- SDR
- 4G radio transceiver architectures
- Downlink scheduling
- Uplink scheduling
- Spectrum flexibility
- RLC
- MAC
- LTE states
- Procedure Flows
- Downlink transmission scheme
- Uplink transmission scheme
- 4G Access Procedures
- Cell search
- Random access
- Paging
- 4G Mobility Management
- Radio access
- Handovers
- Intersystem handovers
- Inter frequency handovers
- Universal and network agnostic roaming
- Seamless connectivity
- Ubiquitous access
- Mobility management procedure flows
- 4G Core Network
- Possible architectures
- Convergence of fixed and mobile access
- Heterogeneous traffic management
- QoS issues
- Radio resource management
- Mobility management
- Throughput
- Latency
- Harmonized all-IP network infrastructure
- IPv4 and IPv6
- Operator service and access management
- Core network planning for LTE and 4G
- Optimization principles of the core network
- 4G Radio Planning
- OFDM channel planning
- OFDMA planning
- MIMO configurations
- Planning for seamless mobile access
- Interference minimization techniques
- 3G LTE and 4G radio network optimization
- Advanced Services for LTE and 4G
- Service architectures
- IP and SIP based services
- Security aspects
- LTE service business models and scenarios
- 4G service business models and scenarios
- Wrap-up: Course Recap, Discussion, and Evaluation
