LTE Planning Considerations

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  • Course:LTE Planning Considerations
  • Course ID:LTEPLAN 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

  •  LTE/SAE Introduction
    • Evolution of cellular networks
    • 3GPP Releases (Release 99 to Release 8)
    • EPS (E-UTRAN and EPC) logical architecture
    • EPS interfaces
    • EPC (Evolved Packet Core) architecture
    • SAE/LTE interfaces
  • Radio Interface Principles
    • Channel models
    • BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
    • OFDM:  Principles of operation
    • MIMO system
    • Radio interface techniques:  Uplink/downlink
    • Channel structure
    • Exercises
  • LTE Functionality
    • Idle mode functionality
    • PLMN selection
    • Cell selection process:  Criteria, normal camping
    • Cell reselection evaluation process
    • System information
    • Paging:  DRX for paging
  • Physical Layer Procedures
    • Radio link monitoring
    • Downlink transmission
    • Power control:  Timing adjustments
    • Link adaptation
    • Uplink transmission
    • Random access
    • Preample selection
    • Channel Quality Indication (CQI)
    • Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI)
    • Rank Indicator (RI)
  • LTE Cell Planning Principles
    • Frequency Planning
      • Channel Allocation
      • Basic schemes
      • Factional loading
      • Multiple reuse patterns
      • Reuse partitioning
    • Capacity considerations
      • Reviewing the theory
      • Capacity loss from interference
      • Resource allocation principles
      • Frequency-planned systems
      • Reuse-1 with prioritization
      • Soft frequency reuse
      • Reuse partitioning
      • Frequency planning and capacity parameters
      • Spectrum utilization factor
      • Examples and discussion
      • Case studies
  • Transmission Planning Issues
    • The IP necessity
    • How is transmission implemented
    • Total-IP solution:  Mobile Packet Backbone Network MPBN
    • Planning considerations
    • Case studies
  • Course Wrap-up: Recap and Discussion