2-day Lectures and theoretical exercises, 0900-1700

The 3GPP evolution for the 3G mobile system created the UTRAN Long Term Evolution (LTE) and System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network. Under these specifications a mobile phone gets access to higher bandwidth with low latency in an improved and more efficient network architecture. The standards define an all-IP network as a base for the LTE/SAE. The LTE/SAE does not have a separate PS data traffic and CS voice network, both communicate over the same new Evolved Packet System (EPS) network. EPS (LTE/SAE) Technology course is an intermediate technical course, which covers all aspects of architecture and functionality of the EPS.

The participants should have attended the following courses for better understanding:

• UMTS Technology
• WCDMA Air Interface

or have the equivalent knowledge on UMTS.

The course is intended for technical GSM/UMTS staff and their management who plan to or already work on introducing LTE/SAE network.

(generations of the cellular systems, requirements for the evolved UMTS, multiple access, duplex division, frequency reuse and modulation technologies),

(eUTRAN and eNode B, evolved packet core network, HSS, IMS, policy control, charging),

(OFDMA, SC-FDMA, FDD, TDD, MIMO, eNode B structure, terminal, HSOPA, frequency reuse),

(AGW, PDN GW, Serving GW, PCRF, MME, HSS, elements for interworking with other 3GPP and non 3GPP access systems),

(interfaces, control plane and user plane protocols, network attachment, connection setup, QoS),

(voice and multimedia connections, push-to-talk, presence service, multicast and broadcast services, other IMS based services).