LTE Network Planning Training:

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

In this LTE Network Planning Training course, you will learn the key principles of cell planning and capacity calculations for an LTE network. Complete instruction will be provided to estimate LTE capacity and expected throughput considering all of the parameters that affect performance including MAC scheduler and SINR conditions.

We will also consider control channels to fulfill certain threshold conditions. We will undertake capacity calculations related to expected bandwidth over IP transport. Throughout the LTE Network Planning Training course, we will use practical exercises and case studies to illustrate the planning concepts and techniques.

What’s Included?

• 5 days of  LTE Network Planning Training with an expert instructor
• LTE Network Planning Electronic Course Guide
• Certificate of Completion
• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

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Customize It:

• If you are familiar with some aspects of LTE Network Planning Training, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
• We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the LTE Network Planning Training course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
• If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the LTE Network Planning course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.

Audience/Target Group:

• Radio planners, network design engineers, service design engineers, and others who can benefit from a detailed discussion of LTE network planning techniques and considerations.

Class Prerequisites:

• Those wishing to take this LTE Network Planning course should have a good knowledge of cellular systems, wireless communications, and radio access technology.

Course Syllabus:

LTE air interface overview

• Air interface structure overview
• Air interface bit mapping
• Theoretical throughput calculations
• Exercises

Services and QoS restrictions

• Identification of available services
• QoS restrictions based on 3GPP standards
• Traffic considerations
• Simulation results and simulators
• Most useful simulation curves
• Exercises

Initial conditions: Operator details and requirements

• Setting up the initial planning case
• Filling up the customer requirements table
• Understanding the critical conditions for initial planning

Uplink considerations: Throughput and capacity

• Throughput considerations
• Capacity considerations
• Operator capacity requirements
• Capacity estimation
• Practical exercises using simulation tool: Practice on different planning scenarios

Expected Interference and SINR

• Intercell-interference estimation based on statistical counters
• Intercell-interference estimation based on simulations
• Intercell-interference estimation based on drive test measurements
• Intercell-interference estimation based on mathematical queue models
• SINR estimation algorithm based on simulations
• SINR for different MIMO configurations
• Throughput estimation based on statistical counters
• Throughput estimation based on queue models
• Throughput estimation based on real drive test measurements

Uplink cell range

• Estimating worst cell edge scenario throughput
• Estimating average cell throughput
• Fulfilling customer requirements
• Uplink cell range estimation
• Recursive procedures to improve customer requirements
• Practical exercises using simulation tool: Practice different planning scenarios

Downlink considerations: Throughput and capacity

• Starting point: Uplink cell edge range
• Case study: Downlink throughput considerations fulfillment
• Capacity considerations: Operator requirements fulfillment
• Case study: Downlink throughput considerations not fulfilled
• Capacity considerations: Operator requirements not fulfilled
• General approach discussions
• Introduction to scheduler: Algorithm decision process
• Practical exercises: Case studies

Downlink expected interference and SINR

• Intercell-interference estimation based on statistical counters
• Intercell-interference estimation based on simulations
• Intercell-interference estimation based on drive test measurements
• Intercell-interference estimation based on queue models
• SINR estimation algorithm based on simulations
• SINR for MIMO configurations
• Throughput estimations based on statistical counters
• Throughput estimations based on queue models

Downlink cell range

• Estimating worst cell edge scenario downlink throughput
• Estimating average downlink cell throughput
• Fulfilling customer requirements
• Uplink cell range estimation
• Recursive procedures to improve customer requirements
• Practical exercises using simulator tools and MS Excel spreadsheets

Control channel requirements

• Control channels air interface format
• Control channel SINR requirements based on simulations
• Control channel fulfilling conditions
• Cell range re-evaluations for control channel requirements

X2-S1 transport capacity design: IP/Ethernet overview

• IP protocol description overview
• Ethernet protocol description overview

IP/Ethernet backhaul bandwidth considerations

• Using IP/Ethernet for LTE transport
• Estimating bandwidth
• Choosing appropriate plug-in units hardware: Vendor specific

Radio parameters and performance optimization

• LTE radio functionality overview
• LTE KPI’s overview
• Optimizing LTE scheduler functionality
• Optimizing LTE RLC/MAC throughput

Wrap-up

• Course Recap and Q/A
• Evaluations

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