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Course Date & Venue
19 July - 23 July 2009 (Sun - Thu) 5 days instructor-led, 0900-1700 Dubai, UAE
Course Objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be able to: Describe the fundamentals of performance measurement Collect and present statistical data of these measurements Know what the measurement limitations are and how tolerances provide valuable information for validation and evaluation. Know how performance measurement is captured and analyzed using software Know which parameters are key to optimize to increase 3G performance
Course Overview
This is an in-depth and practical training course that explains how to identify the main problems, measure and optimize today's UMTS live networks. It provides a solid background for daily 3G work activities covering a wide range of benchmarking and performance measurements that help to troubleshoot and optimize the 3G networks. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and measurements (i.e. throughput measurements, success/failure analysis, handover analysis etc...) that are not described in the 3GPP documentation but derived through practical experience will be discussed.
Key Benefits
Delegates will learn state-of-the art knowledge regarding 3G benchmarking and parameter optimization.
Pre-Requisites for Participants
Good knowledge of GSM network performance, 3G fundamentals.
Who Should Attend?
Technical Managers Development Engineers Radio Network Engineers Anyone who needs to know about UMTS, how it works and how it is deployed.
Course Outline
Introduction to 3G benchmarking Introduction to 3G performance measurement KPIs Basic method to capture and filter performance related data in 3G Definitions of performance parameters of 3G Basics of PS Call Analysis in 3G Performance based on protocol analysis Protocol decoding Diversity combining and filtering State transition analysis Aggregation Levels/Dimensioning SGSN, MSC SRNC, DRNC, CRNC, Node B, Cell Dimensioning, Call/Connection Dimension, UE Dimensions, Radio Bearer Dimenions Benchmarking data calculations Sampling Bins The 95th percentile Distribution functions
Key 3G performance parameters BLER Measurements Uplink Downlink Radio related parameters Radio Link Quality Parameters and Flow Control in Iub Frame Protocol (FP) NBAP Common Measurements NBAP Dedicated Measurements RRC Measurements and UE Measurement Abilities Throughput Measurements Transport Channel Usage Ratio Primary and Secondary Traffic Active Set Size Distribution Handover Analysis State Transitions and Channel Type Switching Call Establish Success and Failure Rates Call Drop Rates Cell Matrices Optimisation of 3G parameters Optimisation of 3G air interface parameters Optimisation of 3G core network parameters