3-day instructor-led training, 0900-1700

The trainer is a Chartered Engineer professional specialising in mobile communication technologies. He has accomplished numerous consultancy projects in Europe and the Middle East for companies like Orange, Vodafone, Q-Telecom, Forthnet, TeliaSonera, IPwireless and ARCchart. Topics include GPRS and WCDMA Radio Network Planning and Optimisation, Wireless LAN and Broadband Wireless Access technologies like Flash-OFDM, IPWireless TDD, WiMAX and WiBRO. He has considerable experience on WiMAX Network Design and Deployment and currently he is heavily involved in WiMAX consultancy and training in many parts of the world, some of which are based in Europe and Asia.

He graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and holds a MSc in Mobile Communication Systems & DSP from the same university. After his studies, he has been involved as a research engineer with future wireless communication technologies (3.5G, 4G, MIMO etc...) at the Orange Research & Innovation department in Bristol UK. Equipped with valuable skills and knowledge on different air interface technologies, he was later appointed as a 3G Senior Network Planning Engineer, responsible for designing, planning and optimising the Orange UK 3G network.

For the past 3 years, he has been working as a freelance wireless communications consultant with projects mainly from mobile network operators and broadband providers. He is also currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Edinburgh.

Covers the fundamental principles of 3G LTE/4G like MC- CDMA, OFDM & OFDMA as well as MIMO, IPv6, AMC & Software Defined Radios. It analyses the overall architecture, protocols, RF planning aspects as well as 4G services infrastructures to offer very high data rate wireless broadband services.

What you will learn:
i.Get a detailed state-of-the-art technical insight on 3G LTE and 4G mobile radio networks
ii.Understand fundamental building blocks of 3G LTE / 4G
iii.Understand the 3G LTE / 4G architecture
iv.Understand the different protocols involved to achieve high data rates in 3G LTE / 4G
v.Learn how OFDM, MIMO and SDR work vi.Learn all about the 3G LTE / 4G air interface vii.Learn the operation of handovers over heterogeneous networks viii.Learn the evolution path to 4G services

Provides an insight on the developments of next generation mobile networks 3G LTE and 4G. The 3G Long Term Evolution standardized by 3GPP and 3GPP2 and is considered as 3.9G, the technology that will enable cellular networks to support up to 10 times higher data rate & more users than existing HSxPA networks. It uses OFDM and MIMO technology which will allow mobile operators to offer true “quad play” services – voice, high-speed, IPTV & full mobility. 3G LTE is designed to provide a simple evolution path for UMTS operators as they migrate from UMTS to HSDPA to HSUPA & then to 3G LTE (or otherwise called HSOPA). 4G technology stands to be the future standard of wireless devices. It is the successor wireless access technology to the 3G era. To cater the QoS & data rate requirements set by forth coming applications like High-Definition TV, DVB, etc, the 4G working groups - 3GPP and IEEE - have defined that 4G should be very spectrally efficient, should dynamically share & utilize the network resources, have a high data rate & capacity larger than 3G, have smooth handovers across heterogeneous networks & should be based on all IP packet switched network. Several telecom vendor giants are currently testing 4G communication at 100Mbps while moving and 1Gbps while stationary.

GSM, WCDMA, WIMAX, WiFi

The standard presentation of this course assumes a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related subject along with an appropriate background in communications and 3G.

Beyond 3G Wireless

Note: Customisation

This course can be customized to focus in some of the following topics:
i.MC-CDMA
ii.OFDM / OFDMA
iii.MIMO
iv.SDR
v.3G LTE / 4G Radio Planning
vi.4G Services