- Introduction
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- History of RF
- Regulation of RF
- Types of RF systems
- RF applications
- RF Propagation and Fading
- Principles of RF propagation
- RF modulation basics
- Reflection, refraction, diffraction
- Digital RF communications basics
- Propagation models: Okumura, HATA, Cost 231
- Free space loss
- Reflection scatting loss, Rayleigh fading, multipath
- Multipath cancellation
- Antenna Concepts and Usage
- How antennas work
- Antenna gain
- Antenna radiation patterns
- Isotropic and dipole radiators
- Collinear vertical antennas
- Horizontal arrays, yagis, log-periodics
- Effective radiated power
- Testing and measurements
- Performance testing
- Basics of Traffic Engineering
- Trunks, circuits, overview of the T-Carrier System
- Erlang B, extended Erlang B, Erlang C
- Blocking probability, basic operational concepts towards grade of service (GoS)
- Stochastic modeling of unknown variables
- Traffic simulation
- Using calculation tools
- Design of RF Systems
- Tools available for design
- Design considerations
- Propagation losses
- Link budget
- System degradation
- Eb/No, SNR, BER, Noise
- Limitations of bandwidth
- Receiver sensitivity
- Intermodulation distortion
- RF performance and its optimization
- RF system management and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Practice link budget calculations
- Deployment of RF Systems
- Planning to undertake RF deployment projects
- RF deployment process
- Successful and unsuccessful RF deployments
- Morphology zones
- Design engineering
- Traffic engineering
- Mixers
- RF regulatory considerations
- Call processing
- Mobility management
- Soft versus Hard hand over
- RF optimization and performance testing
- Indoor design considerations
- Conclusion
- A survey of current and evolving technologies
- Directions for future study and specialization
- Course recap, Q/A, and Evaluations
