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WiMAX, WiFi &
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WirelessBroadband
BroadbandPlanning,
Planning,Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting&&
Operations
Operations
Course Duration:
Course Duration:33 days
days
Course Code: PWS055
Course Code: PWS055
Course Description:
Course Description:
This 3-day course is designed as an introduction to the planning, trouble shooting and operation of a WiMAX network.
This 3-day course is designed as an introduction to the planning, trouble shooting and operation of a WiMAX
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Engineers, attend?planners, and support staff, with a basic understanding of cellular or RF mobile networks. Plus
basic WiMAX and WiFi technologies.
Engineers, network planners, and support staff, with a basic understanding of cellular or RF mobile networks. Plus
basic WiMAX and WiFi technologies.
Prerequisites:

Prerequisites:
Delegates should have a basic understanding of RF mobile networks, and also exposure to WiMAX and/or WiFi
technology.
Delegates should have a basic understanding of RF mobile networks, and also exposure to WiMAX and/or WiFi
Prerequisite courses:
technology.

Radio Principlescourses:
Prerequisite Explained
Understanding WiMAX Wireless
Understanding
Radio PrinciplesWireless LANs
Explained
Understanding WiMAX Wireless
This course includes
Understanding the
Wireless following modules:
LANs

High course
This Speed Wireless
includes Data: Standards
the following and proprietary solutions
modules:
● Fixed networks

High Speed Wireless Data: Standards and proprietary solutions

● Nomadic networks

● Fixed networks
● Mobile networks
●
●
Nomadic networks
Standards based solutions
●
●
Mobile networks
Proprietary solutions
●
●
Standards based solutions
802.11 IEEE standards
●
●
Proprietary
802.16 IEEE solutions
standards
●
● 802.11GHz
10-66 IEEE standards
Technical standards
●
● 802.16
2-11 IEEE
GHz standards
standards
●
● 10-66 GHz
Overview of Technical standards
802.20 standard
● 2-11 GHz standards
Basic Radio & RF concepts
● Overview of 802.20 standard

● RF Energy
● RF
Basic generation
Radio & transmission
& RF concepts

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 ● Oscillators
● Power amplifiers
● Antennas & feedlines
● RF reception
● Modulation of RF signals
● Amplitude modulation
● Frequency modulation
● Complex modulation
● Duplexing
● FDD
● TDD
● Multiple access techniques
● Spread-spectrum modulation
● OFDM
● Ultra Wideband

Propagation, path loss, fading and link budgets

● Path loss and system coverage
● Frequency reuse

Propagation modelling & measuring

● Predictive modelling tools (Planet EV for WiMAX
● Spreadsheet models
● Terrain-based models
● Effectively using a propagation analysis program
● Using predictive modelling
● The comprehensive site survey process
● Determination of antenna locations
● RF site survey tools
● The site survey checklist
● Data analysis

System planning
● System design overview
● System selection based on user needs
● Identification of equipment requirements
● Identification of locations
● Channel allocation, signal to interference and reuse planning
● Network interconnect and point-to-point radio solutions
● Costs
● The five C's of system planning

System implementation, testing and optimisation

● Real world design examples

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 ● Local coffee house
● Office LAN deployment
● 2.4GHz RF coverage results
● 5.6GHz RF coverage results
● Capacity requirements
● System design analysis
● Community WISP
● A Garden style apartment complex
● RF considerations
● Backhaul
● Weatherproofing
● Grounding & lighting protection
● A small area subdivision
● Equipment selection
● Spectrum issues
● An urban or suburban area serving business users
● Design considerations
● A small town system for consumer & business users
● Mobile broadband network
● Initial modelling
● Preliminary information
● Coverage modelling
● Capacity modelling
● Cost modelling
● Designing in the Real world

Back Office System requirements

● Network systems required
● Customer authorisation system
● Billing data collection
● Network monitoring and control
● Billing systems
● Trouble ticketing
● Customer service systems
● Design considerations & requirements

Network performance, testing and troubleshooting

● Low RSSI & noise levels in a single area
● High noise or interference levels
● Throughput problems unrelated to signal or noise
● Repeater mode
● Multiple channel reuse in a close area
● Near/far problems

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 ● Client card “Roam”
● Viruses & Trojans
● Troubleshooting summary

This course is available on the following scheduled dates. Click a date to check availability or book course.

Location Duration RRP Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

London 2 days £1495 16 - 17 5 - 6 9 - 10

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