1) 2G to 3G – The Mobile Market

• Modern Mobile Networks – A Brief Overview
• Modern Mobile Service Needs
• Future Perceived Service Requirements
• The Requirement for the Next Generation of Networks
• The ITU Requirement for IMT 2000
• ETSI, 3GPP and UMTS Standardisation
  

2) Radio and Cellular Principles

• Radio Spectrum
• Propagation
• Cellular principles
• C/I ratio
• Traffic and Grade of Service
• Path Loss and Cell Planning Tools
  

3) GSM – The 2G Foundation

• GSM Network Architechture
• Mobile station and the SIM
• Base Station Subsystem
• Network and Switching Subsystem
• Operations and Maintenance
• Interconnections
• The GSM Air Interface
• Cell Selection and Handovers
• Power Control
• Mobility Management
  

4) GPRS – Bridging 2G and 3G

• Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching
• General Packet Radio Service
• GPRS Air Interface
• Allocation of Resources
• GPRS Variable Coding Schemes
• The PDP Context
• Device classes
• Quality of Service
• GPRS in Operation
• Roaming with GPRS                       

5) UMTS – The Evolved Network

• Overall UMTS Architecture
• The Functional Groupings – User Equipment, UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network and Core Network
• Elements of the User Equipment (UE)
• The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
• Elements of the UTRAN
• Node B
• Radio Network Controller
• Transport Within the UTRAN
• The Core Network
• Elements of the Core Network
• Circuit Switched Domain
• Packet Switched Domain
• The Purpose of IN and CAMEL – Brief Overview (Accessing Services in Home Network)
• Transport and Transmission in the Core Network
• Charging
  

6) W-CDMA – Revolution in the Air

• W-CDMA Principles
• Spreading Factor and Capacity
• Channelisation Codes for UMTS
• Scrambling Codes for UMTS
• Use of The Rake Receiver
• The Near-Far Effect
• Fast Power Control
• Handovers
• Soft Handover
• Softer Handover
• Hard Handover
• Cell Breathing
• Beam Forming Antennas and Multi-user Detection
• TDD, FDD and ODMA Operation
  

7) The Evolution to All-IP

• The move to All-IP Networks
• A Common core Transport Network
• SIP and Multimedia in the all-IP core network
• Evolution of the UTRAN
• IP to the Node B and the Mobile
• A Conceptual Multi-Access UMTS/IP Network
• A summary of IP QoS SHAPE