5-day instructor-led training

The goal of this course is to present details and up-to-date information on both Fixed and Mobile WiMAX technology and the corresponding family of IEEE 802.16 standards. The focus is on the WiMAX radio planning and deployment. The participants will learn the features of the technology that are relevant for system performance, planning and deployment. Furthermore, the participants will learn about performance enhancement and optimization techniques.

This a 5-day course focusing on the WiMAX radio planning and deployment. We will address the following topics.

• Differences between Fixed and Mobile WiMAX technology will be examined. The related layer 1 and 2 protocol functions are dealt with in great detail.
• Relevant radio propagation and physical layer characteristics, in different deployment scenarios will be presented.
• Radio planning case studies will be presented.
• WiMAX deployment and roll out strategies will be examined.
• Advanced techniques and their performance will be discussed (beamforming, space-time coding, MIMO, different handover schemes).
• Practical numerical analysis will be followed by testing.

The participants will gain a detailed end-to-end knowledge of the WiMAX technology, and the corresponding radio planning and deployment issues. Furthermore, they will be able to address real-world problems of the WiMAX deployment and future enhancements. Hands-on analysis and testing will be conducted.

A strong knowledge of wireless communication systems is required. Preferential but not necessary experience with 2G or 3G radio planning and deployment.

Technical managers that want to learn and understand the benefits and potential issues with Fixed and Mobile WiMAX. Development and radio network engineers that require a good knowledge of the WiMAX technology.

Day 1

Introduction

• Wireless Standards Overview
• 802.16 Standard Timeline
• 802.16 Standard Characteristics
• WiMAX Forum
• WiMAX Profiles
• WiMAX and ITU

Radio Propagation Overview

• Wireless Channel
• Path Loss
• Shadowing
• Multipath and Frequency Selectivity
• Temporal Variations and Doppler Spread
• Line-of-Sight (LOS) vs. Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS)
• Angle of Arrival and Departure
• Antenna Parameters
• Power Levels in dBm and Watts
• Sources of Noise, Bandwidth and Frequency

WiMax Principles

• OFDM vs. Single Carrier
• Frequency and Temporal Diversity
• TDD vs. FDD
• RF Front-End
• Network Topologies

Day 2

WiMax Physical Layer

• Fixed WiMAX
• OFDM Parameters
• TDD Frame Content
• Contention Access
• Channel Coding and Modulation
• Measurements
• Link Adaptation
• Mobile WiMAX
• Scalable OFDMA
• Permutations
• Bins, Subchannels, Tiles, Slots
• HARQ
• Frequency Reuse
• Handover
• Multicast and Broadcast Services
• MAC Layer Overview

HSDPA and HSUPA

• HSDPA features
• Transmission time interval
• Channelisation codes
• Resource sharing
• Modulation
• Turbo channel coding and soft bits
• Hybrid ARQ
• Channel quality indicator
• Multiuser scheduling
• Mobile terminal categories
• MAC-hs
• Power allocation

Day 3

WiMAX Access Procedures

• QoS Enforcement
• Network Entry
• Ranging
• Registration
• Bandwidth Requests
• DL-MAP and UL-MAP Message
• Mobility Procedure

WiMAX Radio Network Planning

• Link Budget Analysis
• Equipment Specification
• Antenna Patterns
• Required SNR
• Multiple Antennas Gains
• Permutations Effects
• Coding Schemes Gains
• Coverage
• Coverage for preamble and DL/UP-MAP
• Capacity
• Path Loss Models
• Shadowing
• Frequency Reuse and Planning
• Sectorization
• Antenna Pointing and Orientation

Day 4

WiMAX Radio Planning, contd.

• Effect of Terrain and Clutter
• Optimizing for Different QoS Classes
• LOS vs. NLOS
• Fresnel Zone for LOS
• Case Studies for Pico-, Micro- and Macro-Cells
• Peak and Average Data Rate Analysis (User and Sector Throughputs)
• Uplink and Downlink Balancing
• Delay Spread and Guard Time
• System Simulations Approach
• Overview of Commercial Tools

WiMAX Enhancements and Optimization

• Space-Time Coding (STC)
• Beamforming
• MIMO
• Uplink Sounding
• Collaborative MIMO
• Repeaters (FDD vs. TDD issues)
• Effects of the Improvements on System Performance and Margins (Throughput, Capacity and Coverage)

WiMAX Deployment

• When to Use Fixed or Mobile WiMAX
• Green-Field Deployment
• 2G or 3G Upgrade
• Selecting and Optimizing Type of Handover
• Optimizing for VoIP
• Optimizing for Different QoS Classes
• Backhaul Overview
• Backhaul Dimensioning

Day 5

Miscellaneous

• Miscellaneous Practical Topics
• Installation and Maintenance Testing
• Error Vector Magnitude
• Adjacent Channel Power Ratio
• Mobile WiMAX Release 1 Profiles
• Chips Overview
• Test Lab

Practical Test