Part 1: Cellular Systems Design and Components
- Introduction
- The cellular concept and objectives
- Radio signal propagation
- Basic channel modeling
- Signal strength vs distance
- Impediments to propagation
- Interference
- Co-channel interference
- Carrier-to-interference ratio
- Adjacent channel interference
- Frequency reuse and planning
- Cellular hexagonal grid concept
- Distance to reuse
- Handoff strategies
Part 2: 3GPP Standards Evolution
- 3GPP standardization process
- The need for standardization
- 3GPP structure and operation
- Motives behind 3G evolution
- Driving forces
- Radio access evolution
- Core network evolution
- Summary of 3GPP standards
- Summary of GSM operations
- Summary of GPRS/EDGE operations
- Summary of UMTS/WCDMA operations
- Summary of HSPA operations
- New technologies for LTE
Part 3: 3G Technology Development
- The challenge of high data rates in mobile communications
- Fundamental constraints
- Higher order modulation for limited bandwidth applications
- Wider bandwidth and multicarrier operation
- Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
- Principles of OFDM
- OFDM implementation methods
- Cyclic prefix
- Channel estimation
- Frequency diversity
- Selection of OFDM parameters
- OFDM as a multiple-access scheme
- Wideband single carrier transmission
- Equalization against frequency selective fading
- Discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread OFDM
- Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) methods
- Benefits of MIMO
- Multiple receive antennas
- Multiple transmit antennas
- Spatial multiplexing
- Scheduling, link adaptation, and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)
- Power and data rate control
- Channel dependent scheduling
- Advanced retransmission schemes using HARQ
(Day 2)
Part 4: Physical Layer for Downlink
- Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)
- OFDM signal structure in LTE
- OFDM performance
- OFDMA methods for LTE
- Synchronization and cell search
- Synchronization sequences and cell search in LTE
- Coherent and non-coherent detection
- Reference signals (RS) and channel estimation
- LTE RS design
- Frequency domain channel modeling and estimation
- Time domain channel modeling and estimation
- Downlink physical data and control channels
- Downlink data transporting channels
- Downlink control channels
- Channel coding and link adaptation
- Link adaptation and feedback
- Channel coding for data and control channels
- Multiple access
- Multiple antennas
- Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) in LTE
- Multi-user scheduling and interference mitigation
- Resource allocation strategies
- Scheduling algorithms
- Interference coordination and frequency reuse in LTE
- Radio resource management
- User equipment (UE) mobility activities
- Cell search
- Measurements when connected to the LTE system
- Neighbor cell monitoring and cell reselection
- Handover techniques
- Broadcast operations
- Broadcast modes
- Multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) in LTE
- UE capabilities for MBMS reception and processing
- Mobile broadcast modes
Part 5: Physical Layer for Uplink
- Single-carrier frequency-division multiple-access (SC-FDMA)
- SC-FDMA signal structure for LTE
- SC-FDMA signal generation
- Transmit processing for LTE
- Uplink reference signals (RS)
- RS sequence generation
- Sequence group hopping and planning
- Demodulation reference signals
- Uplink sounding reference signals
- Uplink physical channel structure
- Uplink data channels
- Uplink control channels
- Multiplexing of control signaling
- Multiple access techniques
- Uplink capacity and coverage
- Factors affecting capacity and their evaluation
- LTE uplink coverage and link budget
- Random access on the uplink
- Random access procedures
- Random access channel design and implementation
- Time division duplex (TDD) random access channel
- Uplink transmission procedures
- Uplink timing control
- Uplink power control
(Day 3)
Part 6: Antennas for LTE
- Basic antenna characteristics
- Effective isotropic radiated power
- Polarization
- Directivity and gain
- Antenna types and selection
- Transmit and receive antennas
- Downtilt
- Sectoring antennas
- Advanced antennas for base stations
- Receive and transmit diversity
- Beamtilt
- Modular high-gain antennas
- Higher order sectorization
- Fixed and steerable array antennas
- Performance assessment factors
- Capacity, coverage, and quality-of-service
- Cell count estimation and simulation
- Directional antennas and signal interception
Part 7: Spectrum Management
- Spectrum allocation for 3G technologies
- Bandwidths and channel spacing
- Duplex modes
- TDD, FDD, and HD-FDD
- Interference in unpaired spectrum
- Adjacent carrier interference
- Half-duplex system design
- Transmit/receive switching
- Coexistence with other systems
- HD-FDD operations
- Reciprocity
- Conditions for reciprocity
- Applications of reciprocity
Part 8: LTE Today and Tomorrow
- Status of LTE Deployments
- Technology comparison with WiMAX
- Status of major carrier commitments
- Overview of LTE-Advanced
- Fundamental requirements
- Technical components
- Course Wrap-up: Recap and Discussion