WIMAX Radio Network Planning & Optimization

2010
WIMAX Radio Network Planning & Optimization
Duration: 18 Hours 3 Days, Material provided: Student guide , Deliverables: Lunch x 3, High Tea twice a day and Certificate
WiAMX Radio Network Planning & Optimization is a 3-day course providing a solid understanding of how to Plan and Optimize a high quality WiMAX radio network. The course covers Details on Initial Network Planning, Network Optimization, Network Expansion, Network Capacity Enhancement, Interference Mitigation and Quality Maintenance in the network. Furthermore, course also covers tools and software needed for Planning, Optimization, Drive Testing and Post processing

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Prerequisites In order to get full benefit from WiMAX Radio Network Planning and Optimization Course, it is recommended that the participants should have basic understanding of Wireless Telecommunication Systems and knowledge of electromagnetism. Who Should Attend Engineers from Radio Network Planning, managers, or other personnel responsible for RF systems whether wireless, cellular/mobile, microwave, or other, will benefit from a comprehensive understanding of Radio Network Planning, An electrical engineering degree or equivalent background is desired, but not required. This course is equally beneficial for the professionals to enhance their skills and young engineers to get adequate skills and knowledge required to get entered in to the most challenging, demanding and highly paid field of Telecommunication.

Highlights of the Course:

The Radio Network Planning & Optimization may include but not limited to the following:

Brief Introduction on WiMAX & WiMAX End to End architecture. Introduction to WiMAX Air Interface. WiMAX Radio Network Planning Basics. Prerequisites and Challenges of Planning. Planning a WiMAX Network from scratch. Soft Parameter planning. Propagation Models and Techniques. DT (Drive Test) & DT Investigation Tools. Optimization of the Network (Hard & Soft). Monitoring the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the Network. Maintaining the QOS. Expansion of Network for Capacity and Coverage. Introduction to Network Planning Soft-wares Demonstration and Practice on Planning Software.

Course Detail: Brief Introduction on WiMAX & WiMAX End to End architecture What is WiMAX ? (Brief Definition & Simple explanation), How it was develop?, Its History?, Why it was develop?, WiMAX Standards and its different flavours, The complete technology introduction from Access to core. Introduction to WiMAX Air Interface OFDMA Basics, Frequency Blocks, Channel bandwidth, Channel Spacing, Sub Channel, Pilots Slots, Multiple markets Spectrum planning, Guard band, Modulation and Coding Schemes and MIMO Matrix A & B. WiMAX Radio Network Planning Basics RF Link Budget, Link Budget optimization, Area Classifications, Clutter Classifications, Penetration Loss, Receiver Sensitivity, Receive Gain, Transmit Gain, Antenna Gain, Body Loss, Line Loss, Vehicle Loss, Building Loss, RF Path Loss, EIRP, Transmit power.
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Prerequisites and Challenges of Planning Planning for Coverage, Capacity and Quality. Different approaches to meet requirements, Spectrum Limitation, Frequency Limitation, Area Limitation, Guard Band Limitation, TDD ratio Limitation and number of BTS limitations. Planning a WiMAX Network from scratch Planning network according to Vendor Specification, Allocated BTSs, planning the network according to Clutter type and Capacity needed, Nominal Planning, Initial Simulation for the planned network, Checking the feasibility of the Simulation, Network Optimization on the basis of simulation, Interference basic mitigation, Coverage enhancement and Capacity calculations and Azimuth, Tilt & Height adjustments. Soft Parameter planning Preamble index, BS ID, ID Cell and Transmit power. Propagation Models and Techniques Propagation Models, COST-231 HATA, ERCEG-Greenstein, Comparison of Models, Semi Deterministic Models, Ray Tracing and Factors Impacting the propagation Models. DT (Drive Test) & DT Investigation Tools Introduction to Drive testing, Software and Hardware involved in DT, Different type of Drive tests, Collecting Data From DT, Post processing software, Reports Making, Analysis the DT reports, Highlighting the issues Recommendations and Suggestions for the better network performance. Optimization of the Network (Hard & Soft) Introduction to Optimization, Purpose of optimization, Techniques involved in optimization, Physical Optimization, Soft parameter Optimization, benchmarking the network performance.

Monitoring the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the Network & Maintaining the QOS Introduction to KPIs, Stats Collection, Major WiMAX KPIs, Monitoring the KPIs and making daily reports, determining the Low KPIs, Resolution of effected cells, benchmarking the overall performance. Expansion of Network for Capacity and Coverage Different type of Network Expansion, Expanding the Coverage, Expanding the Capacity, Improving the Quality Introduction to Network Planning Softwares & Live Demo.

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