Section 1 - Intro to WiMAX and Wireless Applications

• Broadband Wireless Concepts
• IEEE Work on WiMAX
• The WiMAX Forum
• Wireless Backhaul
• WiFi Hotspots
• Cellular Networks
• Fixed Broadband Wireless Access(BWA)
• Business Access
• Domestic Access
• Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
• Connected Laptops
• Mobile Phones
  

Section 2 - Deploying WiMAX Systems

• Licensed and Un-Licensed Spectrum
• Advantages of Licensed Operation
• Advantages of Un-Licensed Operation
• Technical Comparison
• TDD Mode
• FDD Mode
• Challenges of Deploying Un-Licensed Systems
• RF Interference
• Infrastructure Placement
• Co-existence with Other Un-Licensed Systems
• Using Antenna to Improve Performance
  

Section 3 - Planning for Coverage and Capacity

• Radio Coverage
• Radio Propagation and Coverage
• Base Station Location
• Frequency Planning
• WiMAX Power Budget
• Capacity Coverage
• WiMAX Capacity
• Calculating Expected Capacity
• Effect of Multimedia Services on Capacity

Section 4 - IEEE 802.16 Protocol Suite

• WiMAX Protocol Stack
• WiMAX Physical Layer
• Line of Sight (LOS) PHY
• Non-Line of Site (NLOS) PHY
• WiMAX Modulation Techniques
• Adaptive Modulation
• BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM
• OFDM
• Physical Burst Structures
• Physical Layer Timing
• TDD Operation
• FDD Operation
• WiMAX MAC Layer
• MAC Layer Functions
• Convergence Sub-Layer
• Support for ATM
• Support for IP
• Payload Header Compression
• Access Control
• Bandwidth Requests and Grants
• Radio Link Control
• Transmit Power Control
• Burst Profile Adaptation
• Point to Multi-Point Operation
• QoS in MAC
• Basic WiMAX Procedures
  

Section 6 - Security in WiMAX

• Security Architecture
• Packet Data Encryption
• Key Management
• Security Associations
• Privacy Key Management Protocol
• Subscriber Authorisation
• Traffic Encryption Key Exchange
• Security Capabilities
• Key Usage
• Base Station Key Usage
• Subscriber Station Key Usage
• Cryptographic Methods
• Data Encryption
• Encryption of TEK
  

Section 7 - Wimax Architecture

• Requirements for WiMAX Architecture
• The Access Services Network (ASN)
• The ASN Gateway
• The Connected Services Network (CSN)
• Interfaces and Reference Points