3G Indoor Design
Course Duration  
3-day instructor-led training, 0900-1700

Course Instructor
 
The course instructor has more than 7 years of experience in WCDMA radio network planning and optimisation from major mobile network operators. He has planned/designed and optimized the initial phase of the commercial Orange UK 3G network. Also, he has been actively involved in consulting mobile network operators on wireless technologies regarding HSDPA/HSUPA deployment, WiMAX, Flash-OFDM, WCDMA-TDD, WiBro and Mobile TV.

He offers on-demand courses on wireless technologies specializing on the planning/optimization as well as the techno-economic/strategic aspects of them.

Course Objectives
  • Understand why indoor solutions are needed and how they can be integrated with the existing outdoor 3G network
  • Understand the type of antenna system to use, how many antennas are required and where to install the antennas for maximum coverage and capacity and minimum interference
  • Control traffic to and from an indoor cell as desired by using parameters and features
  • Learn about femptocells and their role in converging fixed and mobile networks

Course Overview
 
3G mobile devices are increasingly being used as the only communications device both outdoors and indoors. With the advent of mobile wireless broadband like HSDPA/HSUPA, there is an increased need to provide enhanced 3G coverage inside building. This course looks at how indoor coverage and capacity can be increased by deploying special solutions. Increased QoS is acheved through the appropriate design and installation of indoor 3G cells, i.e. micro, pico or nano cells. The different types of applications are described, together with the design of each type to meet the needs of public and business solutions.

Key Benefits
 
Delegates will be trained on state-of-the-art knowledge regarding 3G indoor design.

Pre-Requisites for Participants
Good knowledge of GSM network performance, 3G fundamentals.

Who Should Attend?
  • Technical Managers
  • Development Engineers
  • Radio Network Engineers

Course Outline
3G Indoor Design Process & Capacity Dimensioning

  • 3G indoor design process step by step
  • Traffic and subscriber trends in a business environment
  • Voice and data traffic usage and calculations
  • Channel usage and calculations for an indoor cell


Node B & Advanced Antenna Systems

  • Node B and repeater applications
  • Distributed antenna system via co-ax cable
  • Distributed antenna system via optical fiber
  • Leaky feeder solutions
  • Integrated antennas in Node B and repeaters


System Design

  • Design levels for indoor cells
  • Antenna and leaky feeder placement
  • Indoor propagation estimations
  • Link budgets for buildings and tunnels
  • System design ideas and considerations


Planning & Parameter Settings

  • Radio network planning scenarios
  • Frequency reuse between and inside buildings
  • Parameter settings in both idle and active mode
  • Traffic control between the indoor and outdoor network