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Section 1 – Market and Technology Overview

  • Global Snapshot of Wireless Deployment
  • Subscriber Numbers for Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Revenues
  • The Major Players
  • Market Trends
  • Wireless Technologies
    • Regional Analysis of Wireless Deployment
    • Technology Comparison
    • Developments
  • Wireless Generations – The Roadmap from 1G to 4G
  • Next Generation Networks (NGN)
  • Wireless in the NGN
  • Service Delivery and Control


Section 2 – 3GPP Evolution

  • The UMTS Concept
  • 3GPP Releases
    • R99, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 major features
  • Generation 3.5, High Speed Packet Access (HSDPA and HSUPA)
  • The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • Packet Switching in the Core Network
  • Long Term Evolution (LTE)
  • Core Network Developments and Service Architecture Evolution (SAE)
  • Progress on LTE Standards
  • Radio Access Technologies for 3.9G (LTE)
    • Target Capabilities
    • Timelines for LTE
    • Enhanced Wireless (E-UTRA)
    • Downlink Proposal
    • Uplink Proposal
  • Spectrum Requirements
  • Vendor Developments


Section 3 – 3GPP2 Evolution

  • The CMDA Family of Technologies
  • CDMA2000 and 1x Radio Access
  • 3GPP2 Major Standards
    • 1x, 1xEV-DO Rev 0, Rev A and Rev B
  • 1xEV-DO Rev C Features
  • Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB)
  • Core Network Evolution
  • Progress on UMB Standards
  • Radio Access Technologies for 3.9G (UMB)
    • Target Capabilities
    • Timelines for UMB
    • Downlink Proposal
    • Uplink Proposal
  • Spectrum Requirements
  • Vendor Developments


Section 4 – The IEEE 802 Standards

  • Overview of the IEEE Wireless PAN, LAN and MAN Standards
  • Wireless LANs and 802.11
  • Wireless Personal Area Networking and 802.15
  • Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks and 802.16
  • The WiMAX Initiative
  • Wireless Broadband Applications
  • WiMAX Availability and Development
    • Licensed and Un-Licensed WiMAX
    • WiMAX Operation
    • Performance
  • WiBro Capabilities and Deployment
  • Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA)
  • The IEEE802.20 Initiative


Section 5 – Technologies for Evolving Wireless

  • Modulation and Coding Principles
    • Digital Modulation Techniques
    • Error Control Coding
    • Forward Error Correction (FEC)
    • Automatic Request (ARQ) Techniques
  • Digital Transmitters and Receivers
  • Propagation and Signal Impairments
  • Multiple Access in Wireless Networks
  • Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
    • Principles of Operation
    • Performance
    • Applications
  • Multiple Access and OFDM (OFDMA)
  • Improving Performance with Antennas
    • Beamforming
    • Smart Antennas
    • Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)
    • Spatial Multiplexing
  • Software Defined Radio (SDR)
  • Mesh Networks
  • Cognitive Radio
  • Ultra Wideband (UWB)


Section 6 – The Roadmap to 4G

  • Standards Bodies and Forums for 4G
  • 4G Performance Targets
  • The ITU Framework
    • Beyond IMT
    • ITU Recommendations
  • Spectrum for 4G Wireless
  • Technologies for 4G
  • 4G Trials and Testing
  • Services, Applications and Capabilities
  • Timelines

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