LTE Air Interface Training:

LTE Air Interface Training Course with Hands-on Exercises (Online, Onsite, and Classroom Live)

This LTE Air Interface Training course will undertake an in-depth study of the LTE air interface.   It will begin with a discussion of the radio channel environment and the related RF propagation issues to help you understand the problems that OFDM/MIMO solves. This is followed by a discussion of the modulation principles along with a detailed look at the LTE physical layer structure as it complements the modulation and MIMO channels.

The transmitter and receiver parameters and techniques, based on the 3GPP specifications, are then presented.  We conclude with a discussion of the physical layer procedures with an emphasis on channel quality and random access techniques.

What’s Included?

• 4 days of LTE Air Interface Training with an expert instructor
• LTE Air Interface Electronic Guide
• Certificate of Completion
• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Resources:

Related Courses

Customize It:

• If you lack the necessary WCDMA/LTE background, we can teach an extended five-day course that includes WCDMA principles, LTE overview, and LTE air interface techniques.
• Add a workshop day at the end of the LTE Air Interface Training course, for a total of five days, for a deeper dive into capacity planning and coverage calculations.

Class Prerequisites:

After completing this LTE Air Interface course, attendees will be able to:

• LTE/SAE Technology
• UMTS (UMTS-FDD)

The UMTS course, or equivalent knowledge/experience, is required; the LTE Overview is recommended.

Audience/Target Group

• Technical audiences with a good understanding of WCDMA/UMTS and prior exposure to LTE who wish to study the LTE air interface in depth.

Course Syllabus

LTE/SAE Introduction

• Evolution of cellular networks
• 3GPP Releases (Release 99 to Release 8)
• EPS (E-UTRAN and EPC) logical architecture
• EPS interfaces
• EPC (Evolved Packet Core) architecture
• SAE/LTE interfaces

Propagation conditions

• Channel models
• Frequency selective channels
• Time-dependent radio channels
• Multipath radio conditions: Delay, Doppler spectrum, multi-antenna channel model
• Dispersive channels: Drawbacks and design considerations
• Macrocell propagation model: Urban case
• Macrocell propagation model: Rural case
• Exercises

Modulation principles

• BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
• OFDM: Principles of operation
• MIMO system
• Exercises

Coding and protection

• Turbo codes
• ARQ-HARQ principles
• Interleaving

OFDM-SCFDMA

• OFDM principles
• OFDM time-frequency frame structure
• OFDM performance over dispersive channels

MIMO overview

• MIMO principles of operation
• MU-MIMO and SU-MIMO
• MIMO implementation on LTE
• MIMO performance
• MIMO simulations
• Exercises

LTE Radio Interface Techniques

• Radio Interface techniques: Uplink/downlink
• Radio channel structure
• Radio channel descriptions
• Radio interface
• Synchronization channels
• Exercises

UE Transmitter/Receiver: Technical Characteristics

• Power transmission
• GSM and WCDMA short transmitter presentation
• Maximum Output Power (MOP)
• UE power classes
• Transmitter characteristics: Maximum Power Reduction (MPR), power control, MOP, transmit on/off the power, out-of-synch output power, bandwidth requirements and allocation, out-of-band emission, spurious emission
• Receiver diversity characteristics
• Receiver sensitivity: Reference level, Maximum Sensitivity Reduction (MSR)
• Maximum input level
• Adjacent channel selectivity
• Blocking characteristics
• Inter-modulation characteristics
• Receiver performance
• Dual antenna receiver

Physical Layer Procedures

• Synchronization procedures
• Timing synchronization
• Radio link monitoring
• Intercell synchronization
• Inter-Cell Interference Cancellation (ICIC) principles
• Power control:   Uplink/downlink
• Random access procedures: Preamble selection
• Channel quality: Channel Quality Indication (CQI) Report
• Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMI)
• Rank Indicator (RI)

LTE Air Interface Training Course Wrap-up

Whether you are looking for general information or have a specific question, we want to help!

Request More Information