You will know the
technical features
and interworkings of
IEEE`s 802.16 standard in
detail. Thus you are
able to participate
in decisions with
more competence and
design and manage
your WiMaxproduct
more efficiently.
Pre-Requisites for Participants
Digital wireless
telecommunication
basics
Who Should Attend?
Technical staff
from
Fixed & mobile
network operators
responsible for
network design and
optimization,
commissioning and
integration,
operation and
maintenance
Infrastructure
suppliers and
terminal
manufacturers,
Software
companies,
measurement and RF
equipment
suppliers
responsible for
development,
production, quality
monitoring, service
and documentation
Regulatory
bodies
Course Outline
Introduction to
Broadband Wireless
Access
- The need for
Broadband Wireless
Access (BWA) and
Applications
- IEEE 802 16
standards family
- WiMAX Forum &
products
certification
WiMAX
Architecture
- The need for a
standardized WiMAX
architecture
- Network Reference
Model
- Network entities
and functionalities
- Network
management reference
model
- WiMAX topologies
- PHYsical Layer
- Medium Access
Control Common Part
Sub-layer (MAC
CPS)
- Convergence
Sub-layer (CS)
- Security
Sub-layer
WiMAX PHYsical
layer
- Licensed and
Unlicensed
frequencies
- Frequency
channels and
spectral masks
- OFDM
Transmission
- OFDMA and
SOFDMA
- Channel Coding
- Transmission
Convergence
Sub-layer (TCS)
- Burst profile
- WiMAX physical
transmission
chain
Convergence
Sub-layer
(CS)
- Connections and
service flow
- Classification
and mapping
- CS and QoS
- Payload Header
Suppression (PHS)
WiMAX MAC
functions
- MAC Addresses and
MAC Frames
- Fragmentation,
packing and
concatenation
- Basic, Primary
and Secondary
Management
Connections
- Automatic Repeat
request (ARQ)
- Scheduling and
Link adaptation
- FDD and TDD
Duplexing
- Transmission of
downlink and uplink
sub-frames
- Maps of Multiple
Access: DL-MAP and
UL-MAP
WiMAX
Procedures
- De-registration
and SS reset
- Ranging
- Dynamic Service
Provisioning
- Network Entry
WiMAX
Mobility
- Network discovery
and selection
- Mobility
considerations
- Handover
considerations
- Fast BS Switching
(FBSS) and Macro
Diversity Handover
(MDHO), Diversity
Set
WiMAX
Security
- Security elements
used in 802 16
standard
- Authentication,
PKM Protocol
- Data
encryption
- Message
authentication with
HMAC
WiMAX in a
Competitive
Environment
- Comparison
between Fixed WiMAX
and Mobile WiMAX
- Comparison
between WiMAX and
WiFi
- Comparison
between WiMAX and
3Gs
