LTE Functionality

Onsite Training: 4G LTE, LTE-Advanced Pro, LTE-Advanced, WiMAX
  • Course:LTE Functionality
  • Course ID:LTE-FU Duration:4 days Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

  • Introduction to LTE/SAE
    • Evolution of wireless networks
    • 3GPP releases to date
    • EPS (E-UTRAN and EPC) logical architecture
    • EPS interfaces
    • EPC (Evolved Packet Core) architecture
    • SAE/LTE interfaces
  • Radio Interface Principles
    • Propagation characteristics
      • Channel models
      • Frequency selective channels
      • Time dependent radio channels
      • Multipath radio conditions:  Delay, Doppler spectrum, multi-antenna channel model
      • Macrocell propagation model:  Urban case
      • Macrocell propagation model:  Rural case
      • Exercises
    •     Modulation principles
      • BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
      • OFDM:  Principles of operation
      • MIMO system
      • Exercises
    • LTE radio interface techniques
      • Radio Interface techniques:  Uplink/downlink
      • Radio channel structure
      • Radio interface
      • Exercises
  • Physical Layer Procedures
    • Synchronization procedures
    • Timing synchronization
    • Radio link monitoring
    • Intercell synchronization
    • Power control:  Uplink/downlink
    • Random access procedures:   Preample selection
    • Channel quality:  Channel Quality Indication (CQI) Report
    • Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMI)
    • Rank Indicator (RI)
  • LTE Idle Mode Functionality
    • Idle mode
    • RRC states on idle mode
    • PLMN selection
    • Cell selection process:  Criteria; normally camping
    • Cell reselection evaluation process
    • System information
    • Paging; DRX for paging
    • INTER-FREQUENCY cell reselection
    • INTRA-FREQUENCY cell reselection
    • INTER-RAT cell reselection
    • SUBframe patterns
    • Network compatibility (2G measurements RSSI, 3G measurements, WIMAX compatibility)
    • Case studies:  Analyzing optimization problems
  • LTE Connected Mode Functionality
    • MAC layer description
    • HARQ process
    • QoS profiling
    • Scheduling:  Scheduler introduction
    • Scheduler examples:  Vendor specific description
    • Scheduler and Cell planning correlation
    • Link Adaptation Function
    • Feedback reports (PMI, CQI)
    • Power control
    • Exercises and planning considerations
  • LTE Mobility Functionality
    • LTE measurements and events
    • Event triggered handovers
    • Event triggered Release with Redirect
    • Event triggered cell reselection
    • Inter System Handovers (LTE to GSM, LTE to WCDMA)
    • VoLTE:  An introduction
    • CS Fallback
    • 3GPP features and performance enhancements
    • Exercises and case studies
  • Course Wrap-up : Recap and Discussion
Course Overview

Course in a Nutshell

This course will undertake an in-depth study of the LTE air interface.  It will begin with a discussion of the radio channel environment and the related RF propagation issues to help you understand the problems that OFDM/MIMO solve. This is followed by a discussion of the modulation principles along with a detailed look at the LTE physical layer structure as it complements the modulation and MIMO channels. We  conclude with a discussion of the LTE idle mode functionality and physical layer procedures with emphasis on the channel quality and random access techniques. Also connected mode — with emphasis on scheduler, power control and Link Adaptation — is further analyzed, and user mobility cases are explicitly presented with emphasis on parameter configuration and optimization.

 

Customize It!

  • If some of your participants lack the necessary WCDMA/LTE background, we can teach an extended five-day course that includes WCDMA principles, LTE overview, and LTE air interface techniques.
  • Add a workshop day at the end of the course, for a total of five days, for a deeper dive into capacity planning and coverage calculations.
Audience / Prerequisites

Aimed At

Technical personnel with a good understanding of UMTS/WCDMA and some prior LTE background who wish to study LTE operations in depth.

 

Prerequisites

The UMTS course, or equivalent knowledge/experience, is a required prerequisite for this course. LTE overview is recommended but not required.