COURSE OVERVIEW

A202 - AIRCOM Accredited LTE Radio Planning and Optimisation Engineer

Duration: 5 Days Course Level: 2-3

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Course Description
Designed for: This course is aimed at experienced 2/3G radio planners who will be planning LTE networks. Prerequisites: The course assumes that the delegate is an experienced 2/3G radio planner. It is also recommended some pre-reading is done before attending the course on TCP/IP. At the end of the course delegate will be able to: Understand coverage and capacity issues Understand what parameters affect coverage and capacity issues Plan an effective LTE network Have an understanding of protocols & signalling

Additional Notes 1. Between 8.00am- 9.00am every day the course instructor will be available for question and answer session each morning for people who want to attend 2. PRACH Parameters will not be assessed. 3. Pre-reading will be provided 4. There will be two assessments, one on the Wednesday and the other on Friday

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Course Schedule
Day 1 Period 0800-0900 0930-1045 1045-1100 1100-1230 1230-1330 1330-1500 1500-1515 1515-1630 Plan Q&A with instructor (optional) LTE network architecture & protocols Break LTE network architecture & protocols Lunch LTE network architecture & protocols Break Defining a service Day 2 Period 0800-0900 0930-1045 1045-1100 1100-1230 1230-1330 1330-1500 1500-1515 1515-1630 Plan Q&A with instructor (optional) LTE Air Interface Break LTE Air Interface Lunch LTE Air Interface Break Coverage Planning and Capacity Planning

Day 3 Period 0800-0900 0930-1045 1045-1100 1100-1230 1230-1330 1330-1500 1500-1515 1515-1630

Plan Q&A with instructor (optional) Coverage Planning and Capacity Planning Break Coverage Planning and Capacity Planning Lunch ASSESSMENT ONE Break Coverage Planning and Capacity Planning

Day 4 Period 0800-0900 0930-1045 1045-1100 1100-1230 1230-1330 1330-1500 1500-1515 1515-1630

Plan Q&A with instructor (optional) PCI & Frequency Shift Planning Break Case study Lunch Cell selection Parameters Break Mobility Management & Parameters

Day 5 Period 0800-0900 0930-1045 1045-1100 1100-1230

Plan Q&A with instructor (optional) Mobility Management & Parameters Break ASSESSMENT TWO

Day 5 Period 1230-1330 1330-1500 1500-1515 1515-1630

Plan Lunch PRACH Parameters Break Q&A, Feedback

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Course Content
Section 1: LTE Network Architecture, Protocol & Signalling overview Interfaces Evolved Packet Core (EPC) NAS messages are specified within 3GPP TS 24.301 Function of Mobility Management Entity (MME) Function of Serving Gateway (SGW) RRM Radio Resource Management Function of the Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW) Protocol overview -USER/CONTROL PLANE NAS Signalling DEFAULT-SAE Bearer Service Establishing a default bearer X2 Signalling Roaming RRC Signalling 3GPP TS 36.331 Physical Channels, Transport Channels & Logical channels Section 2: Designing a service Real time (VoIP, Real time gaming etc) Non Real time Function of TCP/UDP GBR, MBR Quality of Service and EPS Bearers Section 3: LTE Air Interface The Physical Layer Frame Types FDD/TDD Type 1/2 LTE TDD / TD-LTE subframe allocations Carrier Bandwidths Carrier Spacing What is a resource block? Delay spread TTI Modulation and Subcarriers OFDMA SC-FDMA

Section 4: Coverage Planning and Capacity Planning Free space path Loss Transmission modes 1-6

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Adaptive switching points SNR, SINR Link Bugets Downlink bearers Uplink bearers Power Control

Section 5: PCI planning & Frequency shifts Physical layer Cell Identity Minimise Codes Minimise Groups DLRS SINR PCI mod 3 Limitions of RSRP & RSRQ UE measurement reports Using a planning tool for PCI planning & Frequency shifts Case Study Using a planning tool for analysing coverage arrays Section 6: PRACH parameters Root Sequence Index PRACH Configuration Index PRACH Capacit Section 7: Idle Mode & Parameters MIB & SIBs UE States EPS Mobility Management Tracking Area Cell Reseclection S Criteria Ranking-Criteria Section 8: Mobility Management and Parameters Intra-Frequency Handover Inter-Frequency Handover IRAT Handover

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