| Who Should Attend: |
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Ideal Delegates who would benefit from this course would be technical and engineering professionals,
specifying, planning and implementing future 3G networks and services:
- Development Engineers and Technical Managers responsible for 3G systems and products
- Network Planning Managers, Radio Planners, and System Developers
- Technical Sales & Marketing personnel
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| Prerequisites: |
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| Good knowledge of GSM/GPRS, ideally previous 2G RF/Transmission Planning exp., Some Knowledge
of RF software propagation tools, some previous background knowledge of UMTS. Any previous radio air-interface/BSS
knowledge would also be advantageous |
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| Course Description: |
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UMTS, also referred to as wideband code division multiple access (W–CDMA), is one of the most
significant advances in the evolution of telecommunications into 3G networks. UMTS allows many more applications
to be introduced to a worldwide base of users and provides a vital link between today’s multiple GSM systems and
the ultimate single worldwide standard for all mobile telecommunications, International Mobile Telecommunications–2000
(IMT–2000).
This course covers the network planning of UMTS network covering the CS, PS and IM domains. This course is vendor-neutral,
thus maximizing the true value of this telecom educational experience for its attendees. |
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| Course Objectives: |
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| This course provides you with a comprehensive business and technical foundation in EDGE, UMTS
network, migration paths, services and applications development. |
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| Course Outline: |
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Network Planning
- Overview of 3G Planning
- GOS / Area coverage
- RNP planning procedure
- Preparation -coverage & capacity
- Offered traffic - cell capacity and coverage estimation
- Cell capacity estimation - simulations
- Estimated max cell coverage
- UMTS Network planning process
- Blocking / Trunking efficiency
- Cell count
- Cell count model
- Offered traffic environments
- Load factors
- Estimated cell count
Detailed Network Planning
- Radio environment characterization
- Pilot pollution & power
- Inter-frequency handover
- Non-uniform traffic
- Code requirements
- Control channel planning
- Soft Handover parameter planning
- Hierarchical Cell Structures
- Radio network testing
- Code Planning
Radio Environment & Microcell Planning
- Microcell Network Planning
- SHO design
- Outdoor / Pedestrian / Vehicular
- Microcell - Corner effect
- Indoor / Office planning
Network Dimensioning
- Channel element planning
- Coexisting with 2G
- Intermodulation
- Adjacent channel interference
- Uplink simulations
- UMTS radio carriers
- Frequency sharing
- Transmission capacity
- 2G co-planning
- External operator interference
- Uplink Calculations (worst case)
- Planning with adjacent channel interference
- Actual spectrum allocation
- Guard bands & zones
Link budgets & range calculations
- Spectrum efficiency - Uplink & Downlink
- Eb/No
- MUD
- Range calculations
- Range in unloaded & loaded networks
- Effect of bit rates on range
- Uplink/Downlink budgets
- Terminal Assumptions
- Typical UMTS ranges
- Uplink load factor
- Noise rise
- Uplink capacityOverheads
- Capacity and coverage gains - transmit diversity
- Coverage improvements
- C/I Ratio
- QOS
- Spectrum efficiency comparisons
- Link budget calculation template
- Range extensions with MUD
- Link budgets and loads
- Processing gain
- Link Budget samples
- Propagation model
- Downlink load factor
- Coverage versus capacity
- Coverage versus different bit ratesDownlink transmit diversity
- Capacity improvements
Radio Resource Management
- RRM algorithms
- Admission control strategy
- Packet scheduler
- Micro diversity
- Power control
- Fast power control
- Uplink fast power control
- Soft handover algorithm
- Handover decision
- Admission control
- Load control (congestion control)
- Interference margin
- Macro diversity
- Open/Closed/Outer and inner loop
- Improved power control signalling
- Handover mechanism
- Handover measurements
- Handover parameters
UMTS Planning Methodologies and Tools
- Planning methodologies
- Monte Carlo simulations
- Monte Carlo results analysis
- Methodology comparisons
- Deterministic models
- Popular microcell models
- Carrier wave measurements
- Static simulations
- Monte Carlo input parameters
- Sample plots
- Propagation models
- Popular macrocell models
- Mapping data requirements
Traffic Analysis
- Traffic analysis process
- Target coverage
- Sample usage and service offerings
Nominal planning & site selection
- Nominal planning
- Initial dimensioning
- Spreadsheet dimensioning
- Site selection
- Recommended antenna heights
- Flowchart
- UMTS ranges
- Site options
- Bad UMTS sites
- Evaluating traffic requirements
Detailed site design
- UMTS site configurations
- RX Antennas
- 4 RX diversity
- Various configuration coverage increasesCo-siting antennas
- Antenna tilts
- System configurations
- MHA's
- TX diversity
- Isolation requirementsDual system antenna sample
- Antenna orientation
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