This unique one-day RF Design training course provides an authoritative coverage of RF design principles from Industry-leading trainers.

This course is targeted at students who will be completing the WiMAX Network Designer™ certification program, and who require a refresher course on RF design. The one-day course, or its equivalent, is a pre-requisite for the two-day course “RF Design for WiMAX Networks”. If you are planning to complete the WiMAX Network Designer™ certification exam, but have no recent experience with RF design, we strongly recommend that you take this course.

The course provides deep background and hands-on experience with the RF propagation models that are used in all RF planning tools, like those used for WiMAX network design. You’ll learn the differences between various propagation models, and where each model should be applied in your RF design process. You’ll learn how to model foliage, terrain, buildings, and other obstructions in a network design. You’ll prepare yourself for WiMAX-specific network design, and you’ll learn the fundamentals of RF design which are tested in the WiMAX Network Designer™ certification exam.

The course is structured as 50% tutorial content, and 50% hands-on exercises. Four spreadsheet tools are provided to enhance hands-on experience, and you’ll have the experience of building an additional spreadsheet in class to model the loss budget for a link. Bring your laptop, or arrange in advance for DoceoTech to provide one for you.

All course attendees receive a handy course reference manual.

Objectives
On completing this course, delegates should be able to:

• Describe various path impairments in a Non Line-of-Sight (NLOS) system.
• Discuss the concepts of gain and loss using decibels.
• Calculate system noise floor based on bandwidth, temperature and Noise Figure.
• Describe the Shannon and Nyquist theorems and the C/I+N requirements of various modulation approaches.
• Describe coding and its effect on C/I+N requirements.
• Understand power limitations in licensed and unlicensed bands.
• Perform a link budget using manufacturer’s equipment specs.
• Approximate path loss using analytical and empirical models.
• Describe the impact of frequency reuse on interference levels.
• Explain the impact of elevation changes on coverage.
• Explain the impact of foliage, buildings, and obstructions on coverage.
• Characterise a Point-to-Point architecture.
• Calculate Fresnel Zone clearance on Point-to-Point link.
• Describe area morphologies and their impact on coverage.
• Calculate expected C/(N+I) for a specific frequency reuse factor.
• Describe the concept of a balanced path.