LTE RF Planning Training Course, LTE Planning, LTE Design, LTE Cell Site courses

Why this LTE Planning course?

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the future of current UMTS and GSM networks. However, the upgrade is not straightforward; just as CDMA introduced new RF design aspects, so does OFDMA, the use of resource blocks and essential use of MIMO antenna techniques for LTE.Having looked at LTE itself, the course then reviews RF fundamentals before considering antenna deployment.Path Loss modelling is examined as are NLOS effects, frequency reuse for LTE, synchronisation. The course then examines the tools and process of RF planning through several stages.

LTE Planning Training Course Objectives

On completing this course, you will be able to:

Understand the LTE air interface aspects that impact RF planning
Receive a refresher on RF terms
Be aware of Frequency Reuse for LTE
Appreciate the impact of MIMO on LTE and its planning
Be able to create Link Budgets for LTE
Understand Timing and Synchronisation for LTE
Understand the use of RF tools for LTE
Be aware of backhaul considerations

Who should attend this LTE Planning course

People involved with RF planning for LTE.
People employed or contracted to:

Network Operators
Manufacturers
Integrators
Regulators.

LTE Planning Course Pre-requisites

The course assumes an understanding of LTE technical concepts and architecture.

Hands-on Practicals

This course has considerable practical content, requiring delegates to use scientific calculators and spreadsheets. If you have your own scientific or RF calculator, please bring it otherwise we can lend you one. You'll need your laptop as well.

Lifetime Post-Course Support

After completing this LTE Planning training course, delegates receive lifetime post-training support from LEVER Technology Group PLC, to help them apply the technologies and skills they have learned with us, to provide career-long support, and to ensure they are better equipped for their future roles in IT and networking.

LTE Planning Training Course Content

Introduction to the RF Radio Network Design Process

Good Design and Bad Design
Inputs to the RF Design process
Expected Outputs from the RF Design Process
The Radio Network Design process

Significant Radio Aspects of LTE

The LTE framing architecture
Resource Blocks
The physical layer of LTE

S-OFDMA (LTE downlink) and SC-FDMA (LTE uplink)

Significant Radio Planning Differences from UMTS
Strategies for meeting the backhaul capacity requirements of LTE base sites

Review of RF Fundamentals for LTE Design

Using decibels-ratios, reference levels and conversion to linear values
Noise and Interference
LTE Forward Error Correction schemes
Determine the bit rate of a channel based on bandwidth, filter roll-off, modulation type and FEC overhead
Thermal Noise Calculations
LTE receiver's noise floor based on bandwidth and Noise Figure
Use of Cascade analysis to determine a system Noise Figure
Determination system performance based on C/N and C/I+N

Antennas for LTE

Basic Antenna Types: isotropic and dipole
Antenna Gain: dBi and dBd
Antenna diversity techniques
MIMO
Adaptive Arrays
Beamforming
Antenna Selection for LTE

Performing an LTE Link Budget Analysis

EIRP (Effective Isotropic Radiated Power)
MAPL (Maximum Allowable Path Loss)
The effect of rainfall on Link Budgets and Availability
Log Normal shadow fade probability for NLOS deployments
Link budgets, based on manufacturer's equipment parameters and system configuration, to determine the (MAPL)
Free Space Path Loss for LTE Backhaul
Fresnel Clearance
Building Penetration Losses
Compare different path loss models based on type, frequency range and operating distance
Determining the expected NLOS performance (Flat Earth condition)

LTE and the NLOS Environment

Radio Propagation in the NLOS environment
OFDM/OFDMA and Inter Symbol Interference
Coherence Bandwidth and Coherence Time
The effect of Doppler Shift
LTE channel bit rates using S-OFDMA
Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR)

Frequency Reuse in LTE Networks

Designing the frequency reuse plan for your LTE network
Fractional Frequency Reuse
Frequency Reuse Options for LTE networks

Timing and Synchronization for LTE Networks

Timing Needs: Frequency and Synchronisation
FDD and TDD Differences
MBMS Timing Needs
Loss of TDM Timing Sources in all-IP networks
IEEE 1588 Solutions
Other Solutions

LTE Performance and Coverage Considerations

Coverage Planning
Capacity Planning
Morphology Classes
Using a simple model for initial business plan inputs
Matching cell density with customer demand

Using RF Propagation Modeling Tools

The Overall RF design process
Propagation models
Databases Required
Model Outputs
Coverage prediction
Radio Base Site selection criteria
Search Rings
Site Candidate Information packages
Model tuning process
Drive Testing

Backhaul Capacity Planning

Traffic Planning
Oversubscription and subscriber quality of service
Queuing Characteristics

M/M/1 Modelling

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