LTE – Radio Network Planning (Corporate Only)

Course Pre-requisites”

The candidates attending the course should have knowledge of 3G/WCDMA technology and should have some practical work experience in mobile telecommunication over any technology.

Course Summary

• LTE Introduction
• LTE RF Design Process
• Antenna Considerations and MIMO concepts
• Coverage Planning and Link Budgets (tool-based)
• LTE Inter-working with 2G, 3G

After attending this program, you should be able to :

• Understand the LTE wireless technology
• Explain LTE radio channels in the network
• Prepare link budget on LTE
• Explain radio network planning principles of LTE
• Understand interworking of LTE with 2G and 3G

Course Details

LTE/SAE architecture

• Physical layer
• Layer 2 & 3
• Bearer and UE state handling
• Radio frame for E-UTRA FDD and TDD
• Reference signals and pilots: RS, P-SS, S-SS, DRS, SRS
• PHY channels in the downlink: PBCH, PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PDSCH
• PHY channels in the uplink: PRACH, PUCCH, PUSCH
• Link-level radio interface simulations

LTE RF Design Process 

• RF Planning workflow
• Inputs to and targets for the planning process; expected outputs
• Coverage and capacity requirements
• Planning constraints
• Significant differences in planning for GSM and UMTS

Antenna Considerations and MIMO 

• Antenna properties – size, gain, beam-width, polarization, front-to-back ratio
• LTE diversity techniques
• Spatial multiplexing, single-user and multi-user MIMO
• Transmission modes and MIMO feedback signaling

Coverage Planning and Link Budgets (tool-based)

• Link budgets, gains and losses
• Role of adaptive modulation and coding scheme
• Requirements for signal-to-noise-and-interference ratio
• (SNIR) and receiver sensitivity
• Thermal noise calculations and interference estimation
• Maximum allowed path loss
• Impact of normal and extended cyclic prefix
• Impact of antenna configuration
• Range determination and site-to-site distance estimation
• Signal level and best server coverage plots
• SNIR and spectrum efficiency coverage plots
• Key measurements: RSSI, RSRP and RSRQ
• Site sharing options
• Improving coverage with the use of repeaters

LTE Inter-working with 2G, 3G

• Roaming
• Inter-working with 3GPP and non-3GPP networks

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