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WiMAX
 
   
Course Name: WiMAX: Broadband Municipal Wireless Networks Training
   
Deployment Options: Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
   
Course Duration: 3-4 days depending on audience background and options
   
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Introduction:
 
This course is developed in conjunction with DoceoTech, the US-based IEEE Training partner and WiMAX Forum member that is uniquely focussed on WiMAX training and certification.
 
Audience:
 
Management personnel who are considering a municipal, public safety, or campus Broadband Wireless etwork, and who need an unbiased, technology-neutral overview of financial, technical, and architectural options.
 
Prerequisites:
 
This course assumes delegates understand WiMAX or are otherwise familiar with the principles of WiMAX (IEEE 802.16 and IEEE 802,16e). Attendance on the WiMAX Introduction course provides a suitable grounding. Some basic knowledge of IP (Internet Protocol) is assumed.
 
Customize it:
 
This 3-4-day Broadband Municipal Wireless Networks course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of Wireless training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class. Please call or e-mail to schedule a no-obligation conference call to help us understand your audience background and training objectives.
 
Objectives:
 
On completing this course, you will be able to:
 
Course Outline
 

Introduction to the LEVER Mesh Planning Process

  • Four modules of Background Knowledge
  • Municipal Broadband Planning Steps
  • Skill Sets Required on your team
  • Practical Tools

Background Knowledge: Wireless Applications

  • Residential and Commercial Broadband
  • Is there a business case for a second or third residential broadband provider?
  • Public Safety
  • Fixed data and video cameras
  • Mobile data
  • Increased Automation of Municipal Operations
  • Public Works
  • Public Transportation
  • Education
  • Municipalities as anchor tenants
  • What our experience tells us about target applications

Background Knowledge: Wireless Technologies

  • Overview of a Municipal Broadband Wireless network
  • Wi-Fi as a compelling access technology
  • Mesh network attributes
  • Reduced backhaul requirements
  • Reliability
  • Reduced network engineering
  • Single vs. multiple-radio options
  • WiMAX's present and future, including mobility
  • Pre-Standard options
  • Frequency bands available for Municipal Wireless
  • Relative strengths and weaknesses of each technology
  • Worldwide deployment status of each technology

Background Knowledge: Industry Players

  • Leading Wi-Fi vendors
  • Leading WiMAX vendors
  • Leading vendors of non-standard solutions
  • Systems Integrators
  • ISPs pursuing Municipal Broadband

Background Knowledge: Case Studies with various Business Models

  • Philadelphia: The Earthlink model of a large Public/Private partnership
  • Mid-size city Public/Private Partnership
  • Municipally-owned utility case study
  • Rural US Municipal Broadband case study
  • Sources of Funding

Municipal Broadband Planning Steps

  • Assessing the needs
  • Selecting the Services
  • Choosing the business model
  • Analysing the Frequency and technology options
  • First-cut Financial Model, and decision to proceed
  • Request for Proposal
  • Vendor evaluation and selection
  • Detailed Design and Implementation
  • Optimisation, Maintenance, and Planning for technology upgrades

Skill Sets required on your team

  • Market Research for Business Case Analysis
  • RF Engineering
  • Financial planning
  • Project Management

Practical Municipal Mesh Planning Tools, and how to use them

  • Take-home Application and Service Planning Worksheet
  • Technology job aid: Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Frequency job aid: Strengths and Weaknesses
  • CAPEX and payback estimation spreadsheet
  • Demonstration of EDX Wireless SignalPro® software tool, with SignalMX™ Mesh Network Design module
 
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