5 day instructor led customized training

This course is designed for the technical or management staff who wish to know about the evolution of third generation wireless technologies, concept and working techniques of 3G and the differences between WCDMA/UMTS & GSM networks.

3G systems and services are making a significant impact on the mobile communications industry by providing an enhanced user experience. While the processes taught in the course apply equally well to all technologies, our in-class examples and discussions will draw from the technologies of particular interest to the audience.

The goal of 3G Radio Access Planning Boot Camp training is to present details and up-to-date information on the 3G network. The participants will become familiar with the features of the UMTS standards and why and how it evolved. They will learn about access techniques and practical performance with issues specific to the 3G standards.

This course will enable participants to:

• Develop an understanding of what 3G Networks is and what it can do, including the motivation for its development, its early history, and its present capabilities.
• Help the engineering team in planning and performance management for the 3G wireless network. Have a better understanding of the parameters involved and KPI metrics.
• Develop an appreciation of how 3G Network Planning and related technologies can be used to deliver value to customers, including an exploration of what is meant by "quality of service" and a discussion of the network technology, management systems and business processes required to deliver customer value.

The participants will gain a detailed end-to-end knowledge of the 3G Access planning techniques and its technology, benefits and potential pitfalls.

A basic knowledge of GSM technology will be required.

Technicians, engineers, supervisors and managers responsible for the planning, design, operation and performance of GSM networks and services. Intended audience from field and operations engineering.

1. Overview of Mobile Networks
1. First Generation Networks
2. Second Generation Networks
3. Third Generation Networks

[3G Systems are intended to provide a global mobility with wide range of services including telephony, paging, messaging, Internet and broadband data. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) started the process of defining the standard for third generation systems, referred to as International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000). In Europe European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) was responsible of UMTS standardization process. In 1998 Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) was formed to continue the technical specification work. 3GPP has five main UMTS standardization areas: Radio Access Network, Core Network, Terminals, Services and System Aspects and GERAN.]



2. 3G System
1. Overview
1. IMT-2000
2. CDMA
3. W-CDMA
2. Overview 3GPP Releases
1. 1999 Network Architecture
2. Release 4 Network Architecture
3. Migration
1. Migration Path of UMTS
2. Migration Path of 3GPP

[3G Long Term Evolution is being standardized by 3GPP and 3GPP2 and is often described as 3.9G. It is a technology that will enable cellular networks to support up to 10 times higher data rate and more users than present networks. 3G is designed to provide a simple evolutionary path for UMTS operators. UMTS will deliver low cost, high capacity mobile communications offering data rates as high as 2Mbps under stationary conditions with global roaming and other advanced capabilities. The specifications defining UMTS are formulated by 3GPP]



3. Migration Path from 2G to 2.5G to 3G
1. Review of 3G Evolution
2. CDMA2000 vs.IS-95A/B
3. IS-95 Access and Core Network
4. Spreading and Modulation
5. Link Structures
6. High Data Rate Capabilities
7. Migration Scenarios
8. Packet-switched networks
9. Network Architecture
10. Call Processing

NOTE: day 2 and 3 are more or less combined

4. CDMA2000
1. CDMA2000 Layers and Protocols
1. Key Features of CDMA2000
2. Radio and Network Component
1. Packet Data Serving Node
2. AAA
3. Home Agent
4. HLR
5. VLR
6. BTS
7. BSC
3. Radio Network
1. CDMA Channel Allocation
2. Forward Channel
3. Reverse Channel
4. SR and RC
5. Power Control



5. CDMA2000 System Design
1. Design Methodologies
2. Deployment Guidelines
1. 1x
2. 1x EV-DO
3. 1x EV-DV
3. System Traffic Estimation
4. Radio Elements
1. Antenna Configuration
2. BTS
3. Channel Element Dimension
4. Packet Data Services
5. Handoffs
1. Search Window
2. Soft Handoffs

UMTS an evolution of GSM to support 3G capabilities. CDMA2000 is a unique network access network system which supports 3G suite. We will have in depth study including all the procedures



6. 3G Long Term Evolution
1. What is 3G LTE
2. Characteristics of 3G LTE
3. Technologies used
4. Architecture & protocols
5. 3G LTE services

[Consistent and superior Quality of Service (QoS) in dense wireless networks. As the demand for services grows, optimizing current spectrum usage is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve network capacity or accelerate the introduction of new radio technologies.]

7. Introduction to UMTS
1. Evolution to 3G
1. Requirements of 3G
2. 3G key characteristics
2. Genesis of UMTS
1. History of UMTS
2. UMTS requirements on 3G
3. UMTS versus GSM/GPRS
3. UMTS Key Features
1. UMTS features
2. UMTS and the 3G requirements
3. Backward compatibility with GSM/GPRS
4. UMTS QoS classes
4. GSM/GPRS/EDGE Architecture
1. GSM voice architecture
2. GPRS data architecture
3. Enhancements provided by EDGE



8. WCDMA
1. WCDMA Air Interface
1. Uplink Spreading
2. Uplink Scrambling
3. Uplink Modulation
4. Downlink Spreading
5. Downlink Scrambling
6. Downlink Modulation
2. WCDMA Air Interface Protocol Architecture
3. WCDMA Channel Types
4. Power Control in WCDMA
5. User Data Transfer



9. UMTS System Design
1. Network design principle
2. RF Coverage Analysis
3. RF Capacity Analysis
4. Calculating Uplink Cell Load
5. Downlink Load Cell
6. Load Sharing
7. Radio Access Network
8. lub Interface Dimensioning
9. Dimensioning the Number of RNC
10. Designing UTRAN Transmission Network

NOTE: day 4 and 5 are more or less combined

10. 3G System Design Consideration
1. RF System Design Procedure
1. Wireless System Procedure
2. 3G RF Design Considerations
3. Methodology
4. Propagation Models
5. Free Space
6. Hata Model
7. Cost 231- Hata Model
2. Cell Site Design
3. Search Area
4. Site Qualification
5. Site Acceptance
6. Site Rejection
7. EMF Compliance



11. Link Budgets
1. Understanding the link budget equation
2. Line-of-sight (LOS) path loss models
3. The Fresnel zone
4. Path loss and free space path loss
5. Antenna gain
6. Frequency considerations
7. Atmospheric, weather and rain attenuation
8. Terrain factors
9. Multipath loss
10. Rician and Raleigh fading considerations
11. Co channel interference
12. Transmission line loss
13. A typical link budget calculation for a cellular network



12. Handover Scenarios
1. Soft & Softer Handoffs
2. Hard Handoffs
3. Inter-Frequency Handoff
4. Signaling flows for handover for/to UTRAN to/from GSM BSS
5. Handover related timers in MSC, SGSN, RAN and MS/UE
6. Impact of handover on specific CS services
7. Impact of handover on QoS for PS connections
8. Handover main challenges



13. Core Network Interworking (during a handover)
1. 2G/3G protocol conversion and fallback mechanisms
2. Forwarding and buffering of data
3. Mapping between 2G and 3G QoS parameters
4. Conversion and distribution of security parameters

14. Evolution from 2G to 3G Network
1. Introduction
2. Capabilities and limitations of GPRS and EDGE
3. New GPRS components
4. Network Architecture
1. Network and protocol reference model
2. GPRS/EDGE handset capabilities
3. Role of the GGSN and SGSN
4. GPRS basic operations
5. GPRS and EDGE Radio Network
6. GMSK & 8PSK modulation
7. MCS & CS classes
8. Physical and logical channels
5. Evolution of GSM to GPRS and GPRS to UMTS
1. Impact of GPRS on GSM
2. Strategy to evolve to GSM/GPRS to UMTS
3. Possible interoperability challenges QoS, security, different protocol versions & limited UE capabilities
6. Evolution to UMTS
1. Cost Efficient Migration to GPRS
2. Operator Benefits
3. GPRS Upgrade to UMTS
7. Network Design Considerations
1. Subscriber Forecasts
2. Voice Usage Forecasts
3. Data Usage Forecasts
4. Antenna System Selection
8. 3G BTS Available Solutions
1. Huawei BTS 3xx Series Solution
2. ZTE End to End Solution
3. Nokia 3G WCDMA solution
4. Ericsson 3G RBS Solution



15. Key Performance Indicators
1. ITU_T_E800 and ETSI -ETR003 classification of QoS
2. Accessibility
1. Cause of failure
2. How to improve
3. Availability
1. Cause of failure
2. How to improve
4. Maintainability (dropped calls, early failure etc)
1. Cause of failure
2. How to improve
5. Quality
1. Cause of failure
2. How to improve