2-day instructor-led training

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.

Digital wireless telecommunication basics.

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
• Regulatorybodies

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