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Diploma in LTE & Advanced Communciations

  • Duration: 6 Months
  • Price: €2345* Plus Applicable Taxes
Date:
starts 22 Nov 2010Distance LearningRegister

The Core Modules – The following four modules are mandatory

Module 1 – Introduction to LTE and 4G Wireless

  • The Wireless Evolution Roadmap
  • Global Market Analysis
  • Market Trends
  • 3G and 3.5G Wireless Systems
    • The 3GPP Family
    • The 3GPP2 Family
    • IEEE Technologies
  • 3GPP Evolution
  • The LTE/SAE Concept and Requirements
  • 3GPP2 Evolution and Future Options
  • The IEEE 802.16 Family
  • Technologies for Evolving Wireless
    • OFDM/OFDMA
    • Modulation and Coding
    • Advanced Antenna Systems
  • The ITU 4G Framework and Timelines
  • Candidate 4G Technologies
  • Services, Applications and Timelines

Module 2 – The LTE Air Interface

  • Overview of the 3GPP Architecture
    • LTE
    • SAE/EPC
    • Interfaces and Reference Points
  • Protocols
  • LTE Protocol Stack Overview
  • Performance Requirements
  • The Physical Layer
    • Downlink OFDMA
    • Uplink SC-FDMA
    • Resource Blocks
  • LTE Layer 2
    • Medium Access Control (MAC)
    • Radio Link Control (RLC)
    • Radio Resource Control (RRC)
  • The Packet Data Protocol (PDCP)
  • PDCP Messages and Procedures
  • Mobility Procedures
  • Multicast Architecture for LTE

Module 3 – Services and Applications for LTE

  • Review of Service Landscape
  • The Impact of 3G and 3.5 G on Services
  • The Global Mobile Broadband Market
  • LTE Capabilities
    • Network Bearers
    • Bearer Performance
    • Security
  • Service Enhancement with LTE
  • Content Services
  • Entertainment Services
  • Video-based Applications
  • Voice and LTE
    • IMS-based Voice Support
    • The VoLGA Proposal
  • Messaging Applications and Services
  • Service Control and Delivery
  • Billing and Charging Requirements
  • Devices and Device Availablity
  • QoS Requirements

Module 4 – The LTE Core Network (Evolved Packet Core)

  • Introduction to SAE/EPC
  • Evolving a Network towards SAE
  • SAE/ECP Architecture
    • Interfaces and Protocols
    • Interfacing to LTE
    • Functionality
    • Service Control and Delivery
  • The Evolved Packet Core
    • Functionality
    • Mobility
    • Service Control
  • Charging Requirements and Architecture
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Interworking with Earlier Architectures
  • EPC Protocols
    • Transport
    • Session Control
    • Security
    • Traffic (real-time and non-real time)
  • EPC Procedures
    • Mobility
    • Registration
    • Session Control
    • QoS Control

The Specialist Modules – Students must choose two of following modules

Module A – LTE Radio Network Planning

  • Review of Wireless Principles and Propagation
    • RF Principles
    • Parameters and Measurements
    • Modulation and Coding
    • Propagation
    • Impairments
  • OFDM and OFDMA Principles
  • OFDM Parameters
  • The LTE Air Interface
  • Antenna Systems
  • Multi-Antenna Configurations
  • Link Budgeting
  • Propagation Models
    • Model Selection
    • Model Inputs
    • Tuning Propagation Models
  • Capacity Planning for LTE
    • Coverage v Capacity
    • Traffic Profiling

Module B – IP-based Core Network Dimensioning

  • Review of Packet Switching
  • IP in the Core Network
  • Core Network Evolution
  • Network Planning Phases
  • Planning Work Packages
    • Traffic Planning
    • Security
    • Signalling
    • Interconnect
    • Transport and Transmission
    • Architecture and Solutions
  • Traffic Planning
    • Traffic Modelling
    • Traffic Analysis
    • Forecasting
  • Transport Plane Planning
  • Control Plane Design
  • Processor Capacity
  • Network Node Dimensioning
  • Service Bandwidth Requirements
  • QoS Requirements and Control

Module C – Service Delivery and the IMS

  • Telecommunication Service Delivery
    • Network Services
    • Intelligent Networks
    • Service Delivery Platforms
    • Messaging Systems
  • Open Service Access and Parlay
  • Parlay X and Web Services
  • The IP Multimedia Subsystem
  • IMS Architecture
  • IMS Service Control
    • SIP-based Application Services
    • IN Services
    • Interworking with OSA
  • IMS Protocols and Procedures
  • 3GPP/3GPP2 IMS Implementation
  • IMS in Fixed Networks
    • Enabling FMC
  • QoS Requirements and Control

Module D – Traffic Engineering, QoS and MPLS in IP Networks

  • Principles of QoS
  • QoS Options for IP Networks
  • Class-based QoS
  • The LTE QoS Framework
  • Principles of Traffic Engineering
  • Introduction to MPLS
  • MPLS Architecture
  • Label Distribution in an MPLS Network
  • The Label Distribution Protocol
    • Distribution Procedures
    • Label Switch Router Operation
  • MPLS Management
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Generalised MPLS (GMPLS)
  • MPLS Security
  • MPLS with Frame Relay and ATM

Module E – Operating Effectively

  • The Business Environment
  • The Operational Environment
  • The Basic Requirements – Operational and Administrative
  • Internal Organisation
    • Major Divisions and
    • Responsibilities
    • Key Functions
    • Interrelationships
  • Processes and Procedure Flows
    • Marketing and Sales
    • Provisioning
    • Engineering Processes
    • Fault Reporting and Rectification
    • Billing and Charging
  • Customer Care Facilities
    • Operational Support
    • Business Support
  • Business Systems
  • Operational Systems
  • Operations and Maintenance
  • The Role and Scope of OSS and BSS
  • The TMF and eTOM
  • Current and Legacy OSS/BSS Systems
    • Topologies and Infrastructure
    • Customer Care and OSS
  • NGOSS Explained

Module F – Marketing Next Generation Services

  • Setting Strategy and Direction
  • Measuring Performance – Net Adds, ARPU
  • Segmenting the Market
  • Regional Issues
  • Terminals
  • Service Types
    • Voice Based
    • Data Services
    • Messaging
    • Content and Media
  • Adding Value for the User
  • Accessing the Services
  • Increasing Revenue
  • Evaluating Customer Needs
  • Loyalty/Churn Issues
  • Establishing a Brand
  • Marketing Campaigns – Examples

Module G – WiMAX and other non-3GPP Access Technologies

  • The IEEE 802.16 Standards
  • The Role of the WiMAX Forum
  • WiMAX Services and Applications
  • Example WiMAX Deployments
  • Adding Mobility
  • WiMAX Evolution and 802.16m
  • The IEEE 802.11 Standards
  • Generic Access to 3GPP Networks
  • The Multi-Access Network
    • Integration Generic Wireless Access
    • Procedures
    • Fixed Access
  • Architectures for Converged Networks
  • Wireless Technology Comparison

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