Introduction:

Wireless and mobility systems have become more pervasive in our community, and engineers with skills to address needs in this area are in demand. This course is designed for anyone needing a basic understanding of radio frequency (RF) engineering, and is the first of a multi course development program designed to build skills targeting developmental paths within RF engineering

Audience:

Engineers new to the field of RF engineering, managers, or other personnel responsible for RF systems whether wireless, cellular/mobile, microwave, or other, will benefit from a comprehensive understanding of RF fundamentals. An electrical engineering degree or equivalent background is desired, but not required.

Prerequisites:

None

Customize it:

This 2-3-day RF course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Enowireless will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of wireless training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization’s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Enowireless, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren’t too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our “standard”, one size fits all, class.

Objectives:

Provide a basic understanding of antenna design, antenna patterns, RF modulation, RF system design considerations, explain RF performance and optimization, understand propagation, and understand the evolution of standards.

Course Outline

Basics of RF Principles of RF propagation Electromagnetic spectrum RF modulation fundamentals Reflection, refraction, diffraction Fundamentals of digital RF communication Propagation models: Okumura, HATA, Cost 231 Free space loss Reflection scatting loss, Rayleigh fading, multipath Multipath cancellation Basics of Traffic Engineering Trunks, circuits, overview of the T-Carrier System Erlang B, extended Erlang B, Erlang C Blocking probability, basic operational concepts towards grade of service (GoS) Stochastic modeling of unknown variables Traffic simulation Using calculation tools RF Design Tools available for design Design considerations Propagation losses Link budget System degradation Eb/No, SNR, BER, Noise Limitations of bandwidth Receiver sensitivity Intermodulation distortion RF performance & optimization RF system management & KPIs Sample link budget calculations RF Deployments Project planning for RF deployments Process of RF deployments Successful/unsuccessful RF deployments Morphology zones Design engineering Traffic engineering Mixers RF regulatory considerations Call processing Mobility management Soft versus Hard hand over RF optimization & performance testing Indoor design considerations Antennas How antennas work Antenna gain Antenna radiation patterns Isotropic and dipole radiators Collinear vertical antennas Horizontal arrays, yagis, log-periodics Effective radiated power Testing and measurements Performance testing Please call or e-mail to schedule a no-obligation conference call to help us understand your audience background and training objectives.