Faculty of Technology & Engineering

Programme
Effective Policy & Charging Control through Diameter Signalling

Introduction to Policy and Charging Control 

• 3GPP Architecture Review
  • UMTS – Circuit / Packet-Switched Domais
  • EPC – MME, SGW, PDN-GW, ePDG, IP-CANs
• IMS Architecture Review
  • CSCFs
  • Gateway Functions
  • Application Functions
• Use of SIP in IMS and 3GPP Systems
• Session Control
• Quality of Servie
  • UMTS QoS Mechanisms
  • EPS Qos Mehanisms
• Security in 3GPP
• Real time / non-real time charging elements
• The AAA concept
• AAA Protocols – Radius, Diameter
• PCC Principles 

PCC Architecture 

• PCC Architecture in 3GPP
• PCC within EPC / LTE
• PCC Architecture
  • Non Roaming Case
  • Roaming Case – Home Routed
  • Roaming Case – Local Breakout
• PCC Interfacs
• PCC Protocols
• PCC functions
  • PCRF
  • PCEF
  • SPR
  • AF 

Diameter Protocol

•  IPv4 / IPv6 Parameters
• The Diameter protocol
• Diameter Message Formats and Parameters
• Identities
• Commands and and Attribute Value Pairs
• Diameter routing
• Diameter in use
  • Authorization of Users and Services
  • Authentication of Users and Network
  • Session Control
• Charging
• Example Messages
• Diameter in the PCC Architecture
• Diameter / TCP
• Diameter / SCTP
  • SCTP Operation
  • Security
  • Redundancy 

PCC and Related Procedures 

• Sessions, Bearers and Service Data Flows (SDFs)
• PCC rules
  • SDF description
  • Charging Parameters
  • QoS parameters
• Application Detection and Control (ADC)
• PCEF Functions and Procedures
• Gx, Rx, Sd and Sy Interface Operation
• QoS authorization / control
  • Service Data Flows
  • IP-CAN Bearers
• Event reporting and Usage Monitoring
• Session Establishment, Termination and

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LTE Advanced

CARRIER AGGREGATION (CA)

• Carrier aggregation of contiguous and non-contiguous spectrum allocations
• Primary and Secondary Serving Cells (P/S Cells)
• Initial Acquisition
• Connection Establishment
• CA Operation Bands
• CA Channel Bandwidth
  • Scalable System Bandwidth exceeding 20 MHz, up to 100 MHz
• CA Channel Raster
• Procedures for CA
  • SCell Activation and Deactivation
  • Idle Mode Procedures
  • Radio Link Failures (RLF)
  • Random Access Procedure
  • Logical Channel Prioritization
  • Buffer Status Reporting
  • Handovers with CA
  • Resource Scheduling in CA
• Method for specification of inter-band and Intra-band CA
• UE Transmitter and Receiver Characteristics in CA
  • Reference Sensitivity Power Level

ADVANCED MULTI-CELL COORDINATION

• Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) Transmission and Reception
  • Downlink coordinated multi-point transmission

• CoMP categories
  • Joint Processing (JP)
  • Joint Transmission
  • UE reception from multiple transmission points.
  • Dynamic cell selection
    • Coordinated Scheduling
    • Reporting of dynamic channel conditions between the multiple transmission points and UE
• CoMP feedback mechanisms
  • Explicit channel state information feedback
  • Channel as observed by the UE receiver
  • Implicit channel state information feedback
  • CQI/PMI/RI
  • Complementary inter-cell feedback

Uplink coordinated multi-point reception

• Joint reception (JR)
• Coordinated scheduling (CS) decisions.
• Extended CP operation

MIMO ENHANCEMENTS IN LTE ADVANCED

• Downlink 8*8 MIMO
• Transmission Modes (TM)
  • TM 1-7  Release 8
  • TM8       Release 9
  • TM9       Release 10
• Uplink 4*4 MIMO
  • PUSCH Transmission Modes 1 and 2
  • Transmit Diversity for PUCCH

RELAY ARCHITECTURE AND NODES

• Donor eNodeB (DeNB)
• Types of Relay Nodes
  • Layer 1 Relay Node
  • Layer 2 Relay Node
  • Layer 3 Relay Node
• Resource partitioning for relay-eNodeB link
• Relay-eNodeB link for inband and outband relay
• Backhaul Aspects
  • Backhaul Data Transmission
  • Backward Compatible Backhaul Partitioning
  • Backhaul Resource Assignment
  • Backhaul Scheduling
  • Backhaul Physical Channels
  • Relay PDCCH (R-PDCCH)
  • Cross Interleaved and Non-Cross-Interleaved R-PDCCH

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The Cloud for Telecom Operators

Introduction to the Cloud

• Cloud Computing Defined
• Traditional IT Infrastructure and Services
• What is new about the Cloud
• Cloud Computing Reference Model
• Deployment Models
• Example Applications
• Trend in Cloud Use
• Exercise – Role Play CIO/CFO Likely Discussions‘

Service Models

• The Overall Service Model
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Examples
• Server Virtualisation
• Service Pros and Cons
• Exercise – Provision, Use and Critically Analyse a Service

Migration to the Cloud

• Business Case Drivers
• Deployment Models
• Migration Steps
• Risks and Mitigation
• Legal Considerations
• Certification and Compliance
• Enthusiasm for Migration
• Exercise – Produce a Justified Migration Plan

The Role of the Telecoms Operator

• Business Case Drivers
• Inherent Advantages
• Access Technologies
• Security and Trust
• Billing Capabilities – Real time / Non Real-Time
• Pricing Models
• Customer Relationship
• IT Infrastructure & the Core Network
• Capacity & Quality of Service
• Device Management
• Service Integration
• Exercise – Critically Analyse Your Company (or a company of your choice) as a Cloud Service Provider

The Telecoms Cloud Marketplace

• Operators selling Cloud services
• What are the key vendors doing (Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Google, CE on demand, SAP, Cisco Systems)
• The Regional situation
• Top investors
• Cloud services and Customer Segments
• Vertical Services in the Telecoms Cloud
• Public Sector & Telecoms deals
• Cloud Partnerships
• The Big Players in Cloud Enablement
• How Can Telecoms Operators Monetise / Maximise the Cloud opportunity?

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Telecoms Focus – Business & Technology

Session 1 – Telecoms Business Environment

• The overall business environment
• Stakeholder value requirements
• Business goals
• The Telco business environment: 
  • spectrum,
  • infrastructure,
  • services
  • Customer requirements
  • Regulation & Industry Organisations

Session 2 – Technology Part 1

• Network building blocks
• Fixed Network Principles
• Broadband networks
• Mobile Networks
  • Technologies
  • Architecture
  • Operation
  • Evolution
  • Network Operation
    • OSS / BSS
    • Billing

Session 3 – Technology Part 2

• Mobile broadband networks
  • HSPA
  • LTE
  • Core Networks
  • Service Delivery
  • Delivering Video
  • Convergence
  • WiMAX

Session 4 – Telecoms Industry Outlook

Many challenges and opportunities face the ever-changing communications industry over the next few years, and this module provides an analysis of the current situation, as well as predicting future trends, growth markets and technologies. The aim is to provide a clearer picture of the way ahead. The information is drawn from Informa’s vast market intelligence resources.

• Trends and forecasts
• Changing user experience
• Fixed, mobile and converged markets
• Mobile broadband
• Operator strategies
• Implications for vendors and customers

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The Telecoms Operator in 2013 – Focus and Opportunities

The Telecoms Operator in 2012 (2 Days)

This programme provides an excellent update on current trends within the industry and how telcos are repositioning to meet the challenges posed by new competition and technology advances. It looks in detail at how technology and rapidly changing customer expectations and requirements are interlinked within changing business models.

A digital world

• Some Facts & Statistics
• The role of the Telco in the Internet Era
• The evolving digital economy – making sense
• of new opportunities
• Mobility – customers and telcos
• The Telco View
• The Customer View
• What will customers pay for?
• Brands – Internet or Telco?

Connectivity and mobility

• Current Technologies – capabilities and limitations
• Fibre, DSL, FTTx and Ethernet
• EDGE, W-CDMA, HSPA, HSPA+, Wi-Fi, WiMAX
• A hybrid approach – mixing technologies
• Current implementation – example by region
• Femtocells and WiFi
• Asking customers to pay for infrastructure!
• Impact on Customer Experience
• Impact on Operator Costs
• The impact of LTE
• Smart pipe and dumb pipes
• Mobility – different scenarios (Mobile, Nomadic, …)
• Maintaining “best connected”

Platforms devices and operating systems

• Handsets, Tablets, Net-Books and Laptops – Where are we going?
  Capabilities and limitations
• Operating Systems Compared
• The impact of the Application Store
• Usage and choice of platform
• Trends and forecasts

Applications and Content

• What Applications are hot
• What do the trends indicate
• Applications by geography and culture
• Applications by segment and demographic
• What are the motivations behind applications?
• Focus on the big applications
• Social Networking and Web 2.0
• The rise and significance of app stores
  Optimising and positioning the products
• Partnering – what does it really mean for the customer
• How can the operator add value and make money?

Internet and the Cloud

• Fixed vs Mobile Internet
• Centralising everything
• Optimising the customer experience

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RAN Engineers Boot Camp

Topics Covered include:

• Technology Review (capabilities, limitations, operation and major features)
  • GSM through to 3G,
  • HSPA, HSPA + and LTE
• The Radio Access Network
  • BSS to
  • eUTRAN
  • Migration
• Protocols and Procedures
  • Protocol Stack – Options
  • Procedures
    • Access
    • Mobility
    • Voice
    • Data
    • Services
• Quality of Service
  • Current Mechanisms & Protocols
  • Advanced QoS
• Evolving to IP
• QoS with IP Services
• IPv6
  • Protocol Operation
  • Implementation
  • QoS
  • Addressing
• Voice Dimensioning,
• IP Dimensioning
• Backhaul Technologies
  • Radio & Microwave Options
  • Fibre Options
  • Ethernet Systems
  • Copper
  • VSAT
• Dimensioning the Backhaul
• Femto-cells and the Radio Network
  • Access
  • Architecture
  • Security
  • Integration
• Integrating WiFi into the Network
  • Trusted / Non-Trusted
  • Signalling / Procedures
  • Integration
• Multiple Technology Networks
  • Operation
  • Implementation
• Integrating WiMAX
  • Architecture
  • Procedures
  • Integration
• Access, Control and Security in the Radio Network
• Quality and KPIs
  • Monitoring
  • SLAs
• Optimising the Network
• Choosing the Vendors

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Radio Planning & Optimisation Engineers Bootcamp

Topics Covered include:

• Radio Principles
• Modulation Techniques
• Advanced Modulation
• Multiple Access Schemes
  • FDMA/TDMA
  • CDMA & W-CDMA
  • OFDMA
• FDD and TDD Issues
• Spectrum Usage
  • Propagation Characteristics
  • Availability & Licensing
  • Power Issues
  • Best Use Scenarios
• Frequencies and Planning Implications
• Cellular Planning Techniques – Review
• Coverage, Capacity and Quality for 2G, 3G and 4G (FDMA, CDMA, OFDMA) Networks
• Planning Tools
• Planning Inputs – a changing world
• Planning for HSPA and LTE
• Indoor Planning
• Femto-Cells and WiFi Offload
• Infrastructure Sharing
• Interference and Mitigation (Different Scenarios)
• Dimensioning the Radio Network for Voice
• Dimensioning the Radio Network for IP-based services
• The changing user requirements
• Planning a network with multiple Radio Access Technologies
• Optimisation
  • The Process
  • The Output
• Optimisation Tools
• Parameters for Optimisation
• Drive Testing
• Choosing the right vendor
• Cost per megabyte – Evaluating from a Cost Perspective
• Pulling it all together

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Core Network Engineers Bootcamp

Topics Covered include:

• The Core Network for Voice
• The Core Network for IP-based Services
• Converged Networks
  • Requirements
  • Implementation Options
• 3GPP Standard Core network Architectures
• Protocols and Procedures
• Mobility Management
• Service Control
• Roaming
• IP-based Systems
• IMS (including Voice for LTE)
• 3rd Party Service Delivery
• Policy Control
• Quality of Service
  • Control
  • Signalling
  • Protocols
  • Parameters
• IPv6
  • Addressing
  • QoS in IPv6
• Integrating other “trusted” networks
• Integrating other “non-trusted” networks
• Use of IP tunnelling
• Capacity in the Core
• Planning the Core Network
• Transmission in the Core
• Dimensioning the Network
  • Dimensioning for Voice
  • Dimensioning for IP-based Service Provision
• MPLS in the Core
• Multiple Technology Networks
  • Operation
  • Implementation
• Integrating WiMAX
  • Architecture
  • Procedures
  • Integration
• Security
  • Systems
  • Architecture
• Quality and KPIs
  • Monitoring
  • SLAs
• Optimising the Core Network
• Choosing the Vendors

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Mastering UICC Cards for LTE Networks

Introduction

• Why LTE (drivers)
• What additional services will it bring (IMS, RCS)
• Architecture of network, Voice, data, IMS, interconnection

UICC for LTE

• Introduction to UICC architecture (reminder)
• Standards, existing & new ones
• New features in the standard & what this can bring
  • File systems & new files
  • New keys & Handset interaction
  • Authentication for EPS
  • Additional Applications what for, how implemented
  • New Toolkit features, and possible services
• Migration path to LTE “SIM¨
  • SIM alliance recommendations
• Inter-standard Roaming, balancing (3GGP / 3GPP2), new roaming files
• Femtocells (Home (e)Node B) overview, features & UICC file(s)

Understanding ISIM for Identification & Authentication on IMS

• Introduction to ISIM & Voice (VoIP) – SMS in LTE
• ISIM authentication and Implementation
• ISIM basic files, additional files & functionality
• Logical channel application selection
• Other features: OTA provisioning of IMS User identities; RCS overview, GBA

OTA for LTE (Remote Management overhttps) Overview

• Introduction to move from SMS, BIP to https
  Standards
  Basic Architecture
  Security concepts
  Use cases: Remote Management of UICC

Programme
Discovering NFC Ecosystem

Introduction to Mobile NFC

• History
• What is Mobile NFC?
• Use Cases
• Real deployment examples and videos

Focus on Mobile Equipment

• Architecture for Mobile Contactless
• Secure Elements
• Choosing User Interface

Focus on SIM Secure Element

• What is a smart card & Why adapted for hosting of MNO, payment & transport applications
• Understanding UICC Multi application model
• Security features
• Remote management of data

Global Platform Basics

• What is Global Platform (GP)?
• How actors can manage their applications on the same card
• GP and Mobile NFC ¡V Different Card architectures
• What is a Security Domain & how can it be used
• Global Platform Commands overview

Trusted Service Management

• What is TSM?
• Basic Architectures
• TSM in the Card side
• TSM in the Server side
• Contracts management example

Focus on Server Side

• Mobile NFC Solution Architecture with MNO Business Enabler (BE)
• Elements role
• TSM SP ¡V BE interface
• Standards
• AFSCM Specification overview

Demos on:

• NFC transport & payment use case, and TSM Managment of NFC Services

Programme
WiMAX Forum RF Network Engineer Certification™

Module 1: WiMAX Network Design Options

• At the end of this module you should be able to:
• List six applications of WiMAX technology
• Match each application to its WiMAX specification, frequency band, and architecture
• Describe five 802.16e mobile WiMAX enhancements

Module 2: Review of RF Fundamentals

• At the end of this module you should be able to:
• Calculate power levels in dBm, Watts and ìV/m
• Apply Nyquist and Shannon observations to calculations of the bandwidth of channels, and to WiMAX’s adaptive modulation and coding

Module 3: Antennas for WiMAX

• At the end of this module you should be able to:
• List three antenna diversity techniques
• Describe the operations of two types of MIMO systems and two types of Advanced Antenna Systems

Module 4: RF Design Considerations for WiMAX

• Describe the sources of noise based on bandwidth and operating frequency
• Determine the system noise floor based on bandwidth and Noise Figure
• Determine system performance based on C/N and Eb/No

Module 5: Performing a WiMAX Link Budget

• At the end of this module you should be able to:
• Determine LOS and NLOS Maximum Allowable Path Loss (MAPL) based on system parameters
• Determine power settings for a balanced path
• Use spreadsheets to design for specified lognormal fading probability
• Perform a link budget based on manufacturer’s equipment parameters and system requirements

Module 6: WiMAX Path Loss Modeling

• At the end of this module you should be able to:
• Determine expected point-to-point link performance using an analytical path loss model
• Calculate expected NLOS performance using an empirical path loss model
• Determine the amount of margin required, based on lognormal fading

Module 7: Frequency Reuse in Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Networks

• At the end of this module you should be able to:
• Design the frequency reuse plan for your WiMAX network, working with your equipment vendor
• Diagram FUSC and PUSC permutation zones
• Discuss several reuse proposals for mobile WiMAX networks

Module 8: WiMAX Performance and Coverage Considerations

• At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
• Explain and follow each step of the WiMAX Three- Phase Network Design process
• List eight WiMAX-specific network design considerations
• Model a flat-earth WiMAX network with the Design spreadsheet, and determine sensitivity of the estimated economic payback to changes in market and technical factors
• Determine site selection criteria
• Determine cell density required for a desired level of service, performance, and coverage.
• Choose backhaul options to support throughput requirements

Module 9: WiMAX Coverage and Performance Planning with modeling tools

• At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
• Employ a modeling tool to prepare an RF plan for your network in a three-part case study
• Illustrate the effect of frequency, power, terrain, clutter and CPE location on coverage
• Import terrain and clutter databases
• List options for accommodating system and subscriber growth

Module 10: Capacity Design, and Oversubscription

• At the end of this lesson you should be able to:
• Mathematically relate oversubscription and subscriber quality of service
• Validate vendor design rules for capacity planning

Programme
WiMAX Forum Core Network Engineer Certification Boot Camp

Module 7: In-class Case Study

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WiMAX Explained

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

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Telecoms Foundation – Business & Technology

Session 1 – Telecoms Business Environment

• Stakeholder value requirements
• Business goals
• Telco business: 
  • spectrum,
  • infrastructure,
  • services
• Customer requirements
• Competitive Environment

Session 2 – Technology Part 1

• Network building blocks
  • Services & Applications
    • Transmission
    • Copper,
    • Radio,
    • Fibre Optic
  • Switching & Signalling
  • Supporting Systems
• Fixed Network Principles
• Fixed Broadband networks
• Mobile Networks
• Network Operation
• OSS / BSS
• Billing

Session 3 – Technology Part 2

• Mobile broadband networks
  • HSPA
  • HSPA+
  • LTE
• Radio Networks Issues
• Core Networks
• Service Delivery
• Convergence
• WiMAX

Session 4 – Telecoms Industry Outlook

Many challenges and opportunities face the ever-changing communications industry over the next few years, and this module provides an analysis of the current situation, as well as predicting future trends, growth markets and technologies. The information is drawn from Informa’s vast market intelligence resources.

• Trends and forecasts
• Changing user experience
• Fixed, mobile and converged markets
• Mobile broadband
• Operator strategies
• Implications for vendors and customers

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Mobile Networks Explained

Section 1 – Introducing Mobile Networks

• A Telecommunications Network
• Components of a Cellular Network
• Cellular Networks
  • Drivers for mobility
  • The requirements of a Mobile Telecoms network
• The market place
• Trends and Forecasts
• Regulation and Standards
• GSM and GPRS – The Global Standard
• Projecting ahead – The evolution to 3^rd Generation

Section 2 – Radio and Cellular Principles

• What is a cellular system?
• Radio characteristics
  • Analogue
  • Digital
• Spectrum – a scarce resource
  • The value of spectrum
  • Sharing the resource
    • FDMA
    • TDMA
    • FDMA/TDMA
    • CDMA and W-CDMA
• Maintaining the call whilst mobile
  • Handover
• Planning the network
  • Technical
  • Costs
  • The roll-out

Section 3 -  The User Experience (Services, Applications and Handsets)

• What are services?
• Who provides them?
• What is their value
  • To the operator?
  • To the user?
• How do we pay?
• Services – a time line
• The next step – Personalised, Location-based, High value, More-capable services
• Example services
  • Messaging
  • Ticketing/vending
  • Vehicular
  • Multimedia information
• Content
  • WAP
  • XHTML
  • i-Mode
• Accessing the services
  • A Virtual Home Environment?
• The requirements for User Devices
• The user interface
• Forms and Form Factors
• Design considerations – Size, Functionality, Display, and Power considerations
• Multi-band and multi – system handsets
• Future devices
• Other technologies
  • Bluetooth
  • Wireless LAN
• Selling the handset
• Current Handsets and capabilities
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Choosing the strategy and access scheme)

Section 4 – the GSM and GPRS Network Infrastructure

• The network – what does it do?
• Circuit or packet switched?
• The Core Network
• Switches and routers
  • Circuit Switched
  • Packet Switched
  • Signalling – SS7
• Controlling the network
  • Mobility
  • HLR, VLR, EIR and AuC
  • Services – IN and CAMEL
• The Radio Network
• Radio Elements
  • Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
  • Base Station Controller (BSC)
  • The Transcoder and Rate Adaption Unit (TRAU)
• Evolution to 3rd Generation
  • The Core Network
  • EDGE
  • UMTS and W-CDMA
  • HSDPA
• IP Network Infrastructure
• IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• Convergence and the evolving network
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Designing the Network)

Section 5 – Procedures and Operation

• Identities
• Location and Routing Areas
• Procedures
  • At switch-on
  • Finding the network
  • The Location update
  • Making & receiving a call
  • Supplementary service examples
  • GPRS RA Update
• Establishing the session (MM and PDP Contexts)

Section 6 – Network Building Blocks

• Transmission – Connecting the network together
  • PDH
  • SDH
  • DWDM
  • Leased Lines
• Transport and switching technologies
  • ATM
  • IP
  • Frame Relay
• Signalling and Control
  • SS7
• Operations and maintenance
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Building the infrastructure)

Section 7 – Supporting Systems

• Messaging Systems
  • SMS
  • MMS
• Voicemail
• Location Based Services
• Access to Content
• IN and CAMEL
• Open Service Access
• The Operational Support System (OSS) and Business Support System (BSS)
• Billing Systems in the Mobile Environment
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Operating Profitably)

Section 8 – a Typical Network – Bringing it all Together

Reviewing the operator / network model, including:

• Infrastructure
  • Architecture, Vendors
• Branding
• Services and Applications – Strategies
• Data access mechanisms
  • Circuit switched, GPRS
• Content
  • Portals & Content types
• Evolution Strategies – GSM with GPRS, UMTS
  • (This section is used to review the exercises and discussions and builds on previous sections)

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IP in Modern Networks

Protocol Suite Overview 

• The “TCP/IP” Protocol Stack
• The IPv4 Datagram
• IP Adressing and Routing – Basics
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Point to Point Protocol (PPP), and Serial Line IP (SLIP)
• Domain Name Service (DNS)
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Management Protocols
• Applications for IP technology
• Quality of Service – Basics
• Standardisation

IP and Data Networks

• Enterprise Applications
• The Local Area Network (LAN)
  • Architectures
  • Technology Choices
  • Routers
  • Bridges
  • Repeaters
• Wide and Metropolitan Area Networks (WANs & MANs)
  • Principles
  • Technology Choices
• The Internet
  • The Architecture
  • Limitations
  • Quality Issues
  • Secure Paths
• Transport Technologies
  • Ethernet
  • ATM
  • Frame Relay
  • PDH
  • SDH
  • Optical / DWDM
  • Token Ring
• Virtual Private Networks

IP Network Operation

• IP Addressing
  • IP Version 4 Address Limitations
  • Network Address Translation
• DNS and ARP
• Routing Protocols
  • Overview
  • Dynamic Routing
  • Distance Vector Routing
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • Other Routing Protocols
  • Tunneling
• TCP and Congestion Control
• QoS Requirements
• Content and Media Types
• QoS Mechanisms in:
  • ATM
  • MPLS
  • DiffServ (Differentiated Services)
  • IntServ (Integrated Services)
  • Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• IP Version 6
  • The IPv6 Header
  • Header Fields Explained
  • Traffic Classes
  • Source and Destination Addressing
• IPv4 to IPv6 – Making the Transition
  • Dual IP Layers
  • Tunneling

IP Telephony and VoIP

• Softswitch Principles
• The Media Gateway
• VoIP Call Control
• Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
• Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
• Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• MEGACO and Media Gateway Control
• Bearer-Independent Call Control (BICC)
• Signalling over IP
  • SS7 and IP
  • SIGTRAN Protocols
    • MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)
    • Stream Control Transport Protocol (SCTP)
      

IP in the Mobile Network

• The Requirements
• Mobile Networks and IP Evolution
• The General Packet Radio Service
• The GPRS Core Network
  • Network Architecture and Network Elements
  • GPRS Support Nodes
  • The GPRS Context
  • Servers (DHCP/Radius)
• GPRS Access
• Best Effort Services
• Advanced Services
  • Streaming / Advanced Media Support
• Quality of Service in GPRS – DiffServ, IntServ, and RSVP
• Use of E.164 numbering scheme
  • ENUM Protocol
• Evolution to 3G UMTS
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • IMS Architecture
  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
    • SIP Messages
    • SIP and SDP
    • Provision of QoS
    • IMS Call Signalling Examples
  • SIP and Quality of Service Issues
• Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
• IP in the Radio Access Network
  • Support for IPv6
  • Header Compression
  • IP on the RAN interfaces
  • Quality of Service in the Radio Access Network
  • Use of ATM in the Radio access Network
• Integrating Wireless LAN into the Network 
  

Security and AAA

• Security Considerations
• Types of Network Attacks
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
• IPSec (IP Security)
• Secure Connections and Virtual Private Networks
• Internet Key Exchange (IKE)

• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

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Introduction to Modern Telecoms

Section 1 – Introducing the Basics

• The Evolution of Communications
• Telecoms Fundamentals
• Services and Applications
• Transmission of information
• Switching principles
• Signalling and Control
• Supporting Systems
• Networking principles
  

Section 2 – Services and Applications

• What are the consumer requirements?
• Identifying Bearer Services
• Identifying Teleservices
• Supplementary Service provision
• Value Added Services in modern Networks
• Controlling access to Content
• Service Delivery Platforms (SDP)

Section 3 – Transmission Systems

• Definition of Transmission
• Analogue and Digital signals
• Transmission: Copper, Radio, and Optical
• Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
• Multiplexing techniques
• Introducing Modern Transmission Systems
• Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)
• Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) / Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
• Network Synchonisation
• Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Section 4 – Switching Systems

• Principles of switching
• Introduction to Circuit Switching
• Introduction to Packet Switching
  • Routers, Virtual Circuits
• Introduction to Message Switching

Section 5 – Signalling Systems

• Explaining the principles of signalling
• The techniques used within signalling
• DTMF, in-band and out-band signalling systems
• Core Network Signalling – the Requirements
• Signalling System No. 7 (SS7)
• SS7 in use

Section 6 – Supporting Systems

• The Basic Requirements
  • Operational Support
  • Business Support
• The Role and scope of OSS and BSS
• OSS Supported Areas
  • Service Provisioning
  • Operations and Maintenance
• BSS Supported Areas
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Billing Systems
  • Mediation
  • Revenue Assurance

Section 7 – Techniques used in Modern Fixed Networks

• Access Technologies
  • Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
  • Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
  • Digital Subscriber Line Technologies (ADSL, RADSL, HDSL)
  • Fixed Radio Access
• Core Network Technologies
  • Intelligent Networks
  • Broadband in the core network: ATM and SDH
  • Multimedia in the Fixed Network
• The Evolution towards all-IP
  • Soft switch
  • The Future Network

Section 8 – Techniques used in Mobile Networks

• Principles of a cellular network
• Comparison of 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation cellular systems
• Access techniques used: Frequency, Time and Code Division Multiple Access
• The GSM Family
  • The GSM Network Architecture
  • General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
  • Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE)
  • Universal Mobile Telephone Service (UMTS) and W-CDMA (Wideband CDMA)
  • High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
  • The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• The CDMA Family
  • CDMA Network Architecture
  • CDMA One
  • CDMA 2000 (1x and 3x)
  • CDMA Data Services (1x EV-DO)
• Procedures and Operation
• Messaging Technologies
  • Short Message Service (SMS)
  • Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

Section 9 – Techniques used in Data Communications

• Defining Data Communications
• Network Topologies
• Local Area Networks (LANs)
• LAN Devices (Routers, Switches and Repeaters)
• Wide Area Networks (WANs)
• Network Technologies
  • X.25
  • Frame Relay
• Asynchronous transfer Mode

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NGN & Convergence Technologies

NGN Overview

• Legacy Network Architectures
  • Fixed Networks
  • Circuit Switched
  • Packet Switched
• Network Evolution
• Service Control and Delivery in Legacy Networks
• The Next Generation Network
  • Network Service Control
  • Core Network
  • Access Network
  • Applications & Services
• Telecommunication Service Delivery
  • Network Services
  • Intelligent Networks
  • Service Delivery Platforms
  • Messaging Systems
• Open Service Application & Parlay
• Parlay X and Web Services

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

• IMS Basics
• IMS Standards
  • IEFT
  • ETSI/TIPHON
• IMS Architecture & Components
  • Proxy CSCF
  • Interrogating CSCF
  • Serving CSCF
  • Application Server
  • Media Resource Function (MRF)
  • Media Gateway Function
  • The HSS and Cx Interface
• Why IMS
  • The IMS Market
  • Benefits to the Operator
  • Benefits to the End User
  • IMS Players
  • IMS Technologies
• IMS Features
  • Multimedia Session Management
  • QoS
  • Service Execution
  • Third Party Service Support
• IMS Services
  • Introduction to Services
  • Interactive Gaming
  • File Sharing
  • Instant Messaging
  • Voice Messaging
  • Voice Telephony over IMS
  • Video Conferencing
  • Content Streaming Services

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) Primer and Diameter

• Intro to SIP
• SIP Addressing
• SIP Architecture & Components
  • User Agents
  • Proxy Agents
  • Registrar Server
  • Redirect Server
  • Location Server
• SIP Methods
• SIP Response Codes
• SIP Message Transport
• SIP Message Structure
  • SDP
• SIP Server Discovery
• Basic SIP Procedures
  • SIP Registration
  • Call Establishment
  • Proxy Mode Operation
  • Redirect Mode Operation
• SIP Security
• Basic Diameter Architecture & Operation
• Diameter Applications
• SIP & RTP
  • RTP Structure
  • RTP Payloads
  • RTCP
  • RTP Flow Examples

Access Network Technologies

• Access Network Requirements
• Wireline Access Technologies
• Digital Subscriber Line
  • xDSL Capabilities
  • DSL Availability and Trends
• Fibre Distribution
• Cable Networks – Features and Capabilities

Core Network Technologies

• Transmission and Transport Technologies – Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, PDH, SDH, Optical / DWDM, Token Ring
• The move to All-IP Networks
• IP Technology Explained
  • IPv4 & IPv6
  • IP Operation and related protocols
• QoS Mechanisms – ATM, MPLS, DiffServ, IntServ, RSVP
• MPLS Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
• Voice over IP
  • SoftSwitch Principles, the Media Gateway, Signalling and SIGTRAN
• Streaming / Advanced Media Support
• Making the Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 – Dual IP Layers, Tunnelling
• Addressing and the use of E.164 numbering scheme – ENUM Protocol
• Multicasting in IP Networks
  • IGMP
  • PIM

IP Enabled Services

• Delivering Telecoms, Internet and Entertainment Services
• Telecoms Networks
  • Radio and Broadcast
  • DSL
  • Cable
  • Voice over IP Principles
• VoIP Standards
  • ITU
  • IETF
• H.323 Multimedia Conferencing
  • Network Components
  • Protocol Overview
  • Application Scenarios
• SIP-based VoIP
  • Network Components
  • Protocol Overview
  • Application Scenarios
• VoIP in Evolved Telecoms Networks
• Softswitching and Media Gateways
• IPTV Architecture
  • Service Platforms
  • Transport Networks
• Internet Protocol TV (IPTV)
  • Services and Features
  • Platforms
• IPTV Global Trends
• IPTV Services and Service Providers
• Service Control and Delivery
• Quality of Service (QoS) Issues
• Billing for Multiplay

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LTE/SAE Evolved Packet Core

The LTE/SAE

• The Evolution from 3G to 3.9G
• 3GPP Release Features
• Evolution to Release 8 (R8)
• Introduction to LTE and SAE
• Performance Targets for LTE/SAE
• Addressing and Identities

Long Term Evolution (LTE)

• LTE Principles and Design Criteria
• Uplink Proposals for LTE
• Downlink Proposals for LTE
• Packet Scheduling
• Access Network Architecture
• Interfaces and Protocols
• Interfacing LTE to the Core Network

Core Network Evolution

• IP in the Core Network
• System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Principles
• Architectural Functions and Reference Points
• Interfaces and Protocols
• Migration Paths to SAE
• Service Control and Delivery

EPC Architecture

• Introduction to the Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
• Gateway Functions in the EPC
• Mobility Functions in the EPC
• Service Control and the IMS
• Policy Control Functions
• Charging Requirements and Functionality
• Quality of Service (QoS) Requirements and  Control
• Interworking with R7 and Earlier Architectures
• Architectural Flexibility and Network Design Considerations

Protocols for SAE/EPC

• Transport Protocols for the EPC
• Transport Protocols for the EPC
• IP Implementation Within the EPC
• LTE/SAE Security Procedures
• Security Protocols and Security Management
• Session Control Principles and Protocols
• Protocols for Real Time and Non-Real Time Traffic Transport

Procedures

• Mobility Management
• Registration Procedures
• Session Establishment and Control
• Interworking with 3GPP Networks
• Interworking with External Networks
• Negotiating and Controlling QoS
• Support of non-3GPP Access

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LTE Technical Overview

1. Introduction to LTE
   • Evolution of Mobile Broadband
   • LTE Capabilities and Services
   • Comparison of Mobile Broadband
   • LTE Market Analysis
2. Service Architecture Evolution (SAE)
   • Basic Network Architecture
   • Network Node Functions
   • eNB, MME, S-GW, P-GW
   • SAE Interfaces
   • S1-U, S1-MME, X2
   • Inter-Working Architectures
   • Trusted Access
   • Non-Trusted Access
   • 3GPP inter-working
3. LTE Radio Interface
   • Broadband Wireless Requirements
   • Multi-Carrier Radio Channels (OFDM)
   • Structure and Timing of LTE Radio
   • LTE Logical/Transport/Physical Channels
   • LTE Reference Signals
   • MIMO in LTE
4. Introduction to LTE Protocols
   • Physical Layer
   • MAC Layer
   • RLC Layer
   • PDCP Layer
   • Radio Control Protocols (RRC)
5. LTE Procedures
   • Radio Resource Management
   • Network Entry and Registration
   • Mobility Procedures
   • Cell Selection/Reselection
   • Handover
   • Location Management
   • Data Session Procedures
   • Permanent Bearer
   • QoS
6. Service Provision in LTE
   • Requirements for LTE Services
   • IP Multimedia Sub-System (IMS)
   • VoIP and IMS
   • Voice

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LTE Explained (1 Day Version)

Mobile Technologies and the Changing Market

• The Evolution from 2G to 3.5G
• HSPA and HSPA+ Features
• Services and Applications
• Service Drivers
• Market Analysis – Trends, figures, growth, strategies
• 3GPP and 3GPP2 Work Efforts
• Standards Status and Technology Trials
• Spectrum for Mobile Services

Long Term Evolution (LTE)

• LTE Capabilities and Services Achieving Spectral Efficiency
• Principles of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
• Multiple Antenna Systems and MIMO Principles
• Uplink Proposals for LTE
• Downlink Proposals for LTE
• Access Network Architecture
• Interfaces and Protocols

Service Architecture Evolution (SAE)

• Basic Network Architecture
• Network Node Functions
  • eNB, MME, S-GW, P-GW
• SAE Interfaces
  • S1-U, S1-MME, X2
• Inter-Working Architectures
  • Trusted Access
  • Non-Trusted Access
• 3GPP inter-working

Service Provision in LTE

• Requirements for LTE Services
• Quality of Service
• IP Multimedia Sub-System (IMS)
• VoIP and IMS
• Voice and VoLGA in LTE

Summary and Brief Technology Comparison

All the above points will be summarised and direct comparisons will be made.

Programme
LTE Explained (2 Day Version)

Mobile Network Technologies

This section reviews the evolution of mobile network technologies from the advanced digital systems of the late 1990s through the introduction of Third Generation (3G) networks and the enhancements to these. The introduction sets the context for mobile broadband services and analysis the market trends and drivers for these services. The advanced 3G systems deployed on a global basis form the foundation from which fourth generation (4G) networks will emerge.

• The Evolution from 2G to 3.5G
• HSPA and HSPA+ Features
• Services and Applications
• Service Drivers
• Market Analysis
• 3GPP, 3GPP2 and IEEE Work Efforts
• Standards Status and Technology Trials
• Spectrum for Mobile Services

Long Term Evolution (LTE)

Mobile communications has been dominated by GSM technology and its 3G partner, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), with ongoing standards work for this family undertaken by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Beyond 3G the 3GPP have created a new radio technology known as Long Term Evolution, which embraces state-of-the-art modulation, coding and antenna technologies to achieve vast improvements in spectral efficiency. This section analyses the functionality and performance of the LTE architecture and the interface between the user devices and the network.

• Achieving Spectral Efficiency
• Principles of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
• Multiple Antenna Systems and MIMO Principles
• LTE Uplink Transmission
• LTE Downlink Transmission
• Packet Scheduling
• Access Network Architecture
• Interfaces and Protocols
• LTE Performance Predictions

Core Network Evolution (SAE)

Hand-in-hand with LTE, the 3GPP standards include an evolution of the core network, known as System Architecture Evolution (SAE). SAE will be a much simplified and flattened core network architecture, when compared to today’s networks, and will be based on standard Internet protocols such as IP. This section analyses the architecture and functionality of SAE and illustrates how it interfaces to the LTE component and to other subsystems and networks. This section also discusses how services are controlled and delivered within SAE and the role of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

• IP in the Core Network
• The Evolution from Circuit to Packet Switching
• System Architecture Evolution (SAE)
• Interfaces and Protocols
• Migration Paths to SAE
• Service Control and Delivery
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • IMS Functionality
  • The IMS Within SAE

LTE/SAE Procedures and Operation

Having previously introduced the features and functionality of both LTE and SAE, this section looks at how the system operates end-to-end and how it interacts with the user device to provide services. The section considers the procedures from switch-on and network acquisition to establishing traffic connections and mobility within and between networks. Also analysed are the vital processes which relate to security and Quality of Service (QoS) which are essential in providing reliable, secure and dependable services for users.

• LTE/SAE Identifiers
• Basic Procedures
  • Detached
  • Idle
  • Connected
• Traffic Scenarios
• Handover Cases and Procedures
• QoS Principles
• Negotiating and Controlling QoS
• Security Procedures
• Interworking with non-LTE Radio Access

Outside LTE/SAE

Although the 3GPP technologies support the majority of networks and subscribers on a global basis, there are other competing or even complimentary wireless technologies in use. This section considers the CDMA family and the UMB proposal, which looks likely to be overtaken by LTE, but also highlights the WiMAX family of technologies which in many markets may prove to be a competitor to LTE. All forms of WiMAX are discussed including fixed and mobile, in addition to the advanced WiMAX technology currently under development.

• The 3GPP2 Family
• The Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) proposal
• Evolution for CDMA Networks – the Integration of LTE
• The Role of WiMAX
• WiMAX Standards
• WiMAX Capabilities and Features
• Mobility and WiMAX
• Global WiMAX Deployments
• The Advanced Air Interface, 802.16m

Fourth Generation (4G) Networks

As with 3G, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is playing a major role in the development of the next generation of wireless systems or 4G. The ITU has created a framework for 4G functionality and capabilities and has invited regional standards organizations to submit proposals that can achieve the objectives of this framework. This phase will be followed by the submission of detailed technical proposals and the selection of applicable technologies by the ITU. This section looks at the ITU framework, concepts and timelines for 4G and relates this to work being undertaken by various standards bodies, including 3GPP.

• The ITU Framework for 4G
• 4G Capabilities and Features
• 4G Standards Bodies
• 4G Research and Trials
• Spectrum Requirements for Future Mobile Networks
• The 3GPP ‘LTE Advanced’ standards

LTE Market Intelligence and Update

With this programme positioned as part of Informa Teleocms & Media’s LTE World Series – Exclusively in conjunction with 3GPP, this section will include the latest facts and figures about LTE from the perspective of network operators, infrastructure vendors, handset vendors and third party service providers. So if you want to know who’s doing what and where this is place to find out.

• 3GPP Standards Update
• Deployment News and Timelines
• Operator Commitments and Statements
• Vendor Developments
• Handsets and Devices
• Spectrum Issues and Licensing

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LTE Air Interface

LTE Architectural Review

• LTE Development
• The E-UTRAN
  • eNB
  • LTE Uu and X2
• Evolved Packet Core (EPS)
  • Serving Gateway (SGW)
  • Mobility Management Entity(MME)
  • Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW)
• UMTS – LTE Inter-working
• Spectrum Requirements of LTE
• Comparing LTE, WiMAX, UMB
• LTE Status
  

LTE Protocol Stack Overview

• (OSI Reference Model)
• Control Plane Protocols
  • Radio Interface and NAS
• User Plane Protocol Stack

LTE Physical Layer

• Introduction to OFDM
  • Defeating Multipath ISI
  • Overcoming high PAR
  • Expected Performance
• Downlink OFDMA
• Uplink Single Carrier-FDMA
• LTE Channels
  • Logical
  • Transport
  • Mapping of Channels
• LTE Frame Timing
• UL/DL Resource Blocks, Symbols and Sub-Carriers
• Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC)
• MIMO and Beam-Forming Antenna Support in LTE
• Physical Layer Procedures
  • Cell Search
  • Time and Frequency Synchronisation
  • CQI/PMI/RI Measurements and Reporting

LTE MAC,RLC and RRC

• MAC/RLC Overview
• MAC Functions
  • QoS and Scheduling
• MAC Messages and PDU Structures
• RLC Modes
  • Ack Operation
  • Un-Ack Operaton
• Resource Allocation and Control
  • ARQ and H-ARQ
  • SDU Sequencing

LTE PDCP

• Packet Data Protocol Functions
• PDCP Operation
  • Header Compression (ROHC)
  • PDCP Ciphering
• PDCP Messages

LTE Resource and Mobility Procedures

• LTE Mobility Modes
  • LTE Detached
  • LTE Idle
  • LTE Active
• Mobility in LTE Idle
  • Tracking Areas (TA)
  • Mobility in Multi RAT
• Connected Mode Mobility
  • Architecture for Mobility
  • Backwards Handover
  • RLC Context Transfer
• Connection Management
  • Resource Negotiation
  • Resource Allocation
• X2 and S1 interfaces

LTE Evolved Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service (eMBMS)

• Architecture of eMBMS
  • eMBMS Gateway
  • MBMS Coordination Entity
• MBMS Protocol Structure
• Single Cell Broadcast
• Single Frequency Network (MBSFN)
• Delivering Mobile TV with MBMS

Programme
Informa Certified LTE Radio Planning Professional

The course will cover:

• Overview of RF principles
  • EM waves and the radio spectrum
  • Polarisation
  • Baseband signals – bit rate and baud rate
  • Decibels
  • Thermal, natural, and man made noise
  • Noise factors and noise figures
  • Modulation techniques and impacts on capacity and bandwidth
  • Requirements of error control techniques
  • Introduction to multiple access methods (FDMA/TDMA/CDMA/OFDM/OFDMA)
  • Duplex techniques – TDD, FDD
• Propagation principles
  • The space wave
  • The impact of the earth’s atmosphere
  • Topography and clutter
  • Atmospheric refraction
  • Diffraction, Absorption, Reflection
  • Scattering, Shadowing
  • Abnormal propagation phenomena
  • Multipath propagation
  • Fading (flat and selective)
  • Cellular principles and sectorisation
  • The fixed and mobile environments (including NLOS and LOS)
• OFDM and OFDMA concepts
  • Overview of OFDM/OFDMA principles
  • Determination of the OFDM key parameters
  • Structure of the OFDM symbol, time-domain pulse shaping
  • Orthogonal subcarriers, subcarrier spacing, spectrum of OFDM signal
  • Overview of LTE air interface
  • Role of Cyclic Prefix (CP) – (long and short CP)
  • Logical, Transport and Physical channels
  • Reference signals and channel estimation
  • Synchronisation signals
  • LTE synchronization schemes (time and frequency synchronization)
  • Modulation and coding schemes
  • Random access preamble
  • LTE spectrum options
  • LTE system data rates
  • Adaptive modulation and coding
  • Power control
• Advanced antenna systems
  • The isotropic radiator
  • Practical antennas
  • Antenna gain
  • Front to back ratios and beam width
  • Diversity theory
  • Multi antenna theory – SISO, SIMO, MISO, SU-MIMO, MU-MIMO
  • Spatial multiplexing
  • Smart antennas
• Propagation modelling and link planning
  • Physical, empirical and mixed models
  • ITU-R recommendations
  • Free space loss
  • Diffraction models
  • Fresnel Zones – obstacle clearance
  • Reflection points
  • Fade margins
  • Rain fall loss
  • Building and vegetative loss
  • Multipath models
  • Link budgets
  • Diversity techniques
  • Interference mechanisms
  • The regulatory environment – frequency bands and licence conditions
  • Co-existence of technologies in IMT bands
  • System parameters
• Capacity planning principles
  • The business plan and the market to be served.
  • Base station capacity and coverage – cell edge issues
  • Coverage limited, Capacity limited
  • Service capacity, Oversubscription
  • Traffic profiles and traffic calculations

Programme
Informa Certified LTE Radio Planning and Optimisation Professional

LTE Architecture Review

• LTE Development
• The E-UTRAN
  • eNB
  • LTE Uu and X2
• Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
  • Serving Gateway (SGW)
  • Mobility Management Entity (MME)
  • Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW)
• UMTS – LTE Inter-working
• Spectrum Requirements of LTE

LTE Radio Interface

• Overview of LTE air interface
• Role of Cyclic Prefix (CP) – (long and short CP)
• Logical, Transport and Physical channels
• Reference signals and channel estimation
• Synchronisation signals
• LTE synchronization schemes (time and frequency synchronization)
• Modulation and coding schemes
• Random access preamble
• LTE spectrum options
• LTE system data rates
• Adaptive modulation and coding
• Power control

Link Budgets for LTE

• Defining link budget reference points
  • EiRP, IRL
• Setting coverage objectives
• LTE link budget
  • Parameter definitions
  • CINR, Rx Threshold, Noise
  • Worked examples
• Environmental margins
  • Fading, building, noise rise
• Determining cell radius from pathloss
• Propagation models
  • Common empirical and physical models
  • Model comparisons
  • Worked examples
• UE Radio Measurements
• Limitations of RSRP and RSRQ for Optimisation
• Formulation of RSRP and RSRQ Performance Targets
• LTE Measurement Tools

Coverage Planning

In this section the course will use Mentum Planet to demonstrate coverage planning, this will involve hands-on exercises to demonstrate the planning process and analysis of the prediction output.

• Setting up the planning project
• Single frequency network
• Interference coordination
• Multiple channel system
• MIMO
• Interference analysis
• Capacity and coverage analysis

eNB Configuration

• A Context for LTE Optimisation
• Physical Cell Identifier (PCI)
• Frequency Allocation
• Bandwidth Configuration, LTE Frequency Bands
• Centre Frequencies and EARFCNs
• SFN or Frequency Plan
• Interference Mitigation
• Cyclic Prefix Length
• Downlink/Uplink Switching in TDD Mode
• MIMO Options
• Control Channel Configuration
• SON Concepts

IDLE Mode Parameters

• PLMN selection
• Cell selection
• Cell reselection
• RACH procedure

CONNECTED Mode Parameters

• Intra-LTE handovers
• IRAT handovers
• Neighbour cell concepts in LTE
• Power control
• Timing advance

Capacity Planning for LTE

• LTE radio interface capacity
• Factors affecting capacity
• Setting capacity objectives
• The EPS Bearer Concept
• LTE Defined QoS Values
• Defining a subscriber profile
• Network design based on capacity

Coverage Optimisation

In this section the course will discuss coverage optimisation and offer a hands on exercises using Capesso from Symena.

• Identifying optimisation targets
• Managing optimisation processes
• Running optimisations
• Analysing optimisation results

Programme
Informa Certified Backhaul Planning & Dimensioning for HSPA & LTE

Intro to Link Planning

• Backhaul Link Requirements
• Physical Layer Options 
  • Radio and Fibre
  • Layer 2 design, MPLS, Ethernet
• Architecture for Backhaul Networks
• Basic Link Planning Processes

eNB, NB Performance

• Basic Performance Expectations for HSPA and LTE
• Radio Cell Dimensioning Concepts
• Factors Affecting Cell Capacity
• IuB, S1 Signalling Overheads

Link Planning

• Link Planning
  • Planning Process
  • Creating Path Profiles
  • Repeaters
  • Radio Surveys
  • Frequency Considerations

Reliability and Redundancy

• Quality and Reliability
• Causes of Unavailability
• ITU G.821 and G.826 Performance Objectives
• Planning for reliability
• Redundancy options

Radio Link Equipment

• Radio Equipment Characteristics
  • Configurations
  • Primary Multiplex
  • Secondary Multiplex
  • Modems
  • Transceivers
  • Branching
  • Power

Propagation and Antennas

• Microwave Propagation  
  • Atmospheric Effects
  • Free-Space Propagation
  • Power Budgets
  • Fading
• Antenna Considerations  
  • Antenna Performance
  • Antenna Selection

Frequency Planning for Radio Links

• Frequency Planning  
  • Causes of Interference
  • Effects of Interference
  • Channel Planning
  • Frequency Re-use
• Spectrum Availability
• Spectrum Requirements for short and long links

Margin Planning for Radio Links

• Link Design  
  • Multipath Fading
  • Multipath Outages
  • Rain Fade
  • Diversity Countermeasures
  • Reflection Analysis
• Using Margins in the Link Budget

Link Planning Exercise (Certification Exam)

• Case Study Outline
• Setting Performance Objectives
• Planning to Financial KPIs
• Equipment Selection
• Practical Calculations and Modelling

Programme
IMS for LTE

Introduction to the IMS

• IMS Standards Development and History
• IMS for Fixed and Mobile Operators
• The IMS Market
• IMS Features and Services
• Supporting Voice and SMS on IMS-based Networks
• IMS and Long Term Evolution (LTE)
• Voice Proposals for LTE
• The One Voice Profile

IMS Architecture and Operation

• IMS Architecture and Components
  • The Call Session Control Functions (CSCFs)
  • Application Server
  • Media Resource Function (MRF)
  • Media Gateway Function
  • The HSS and Cx Interface
  • Breakout and Interworking Functions
  • The Application Server (AS)
• Introduction to SIP
  • SIP Architecture and Components
  • SIP Addressing
  • SIP Servers and User Agents
• The SIP Protocol Structure and Procedures
• The Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• SIP Sequences for Session Control
• SIP Security
• The Diameter Protocol
• The Real Time Transfer Protocol (RTP)
• SIP and RTP for IMS Sessions

LTE Architectural Review

• LTE Development
• The E-UTRAN
  • eNB
  • LTE Uu and X2
• Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
  • Serving Gateway (SGW)
  • Mobility Management Entity(MME)
  • Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW)
• UMTS – LTE Inter-working
• Spectrum Requirements of LTE

LTE/EPC Bearers

• LTE Radio Bearers and Capabilities
• Introduction to the Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
• The EPS Bearer Concept
• Gateway Functions in the EPC
• Mobility Functions in the EPC
• Service Control and the IMS
• Policy Control Functions
• Charging Requirements and Functionality
• Quality of Service (QoS) Requirements and Control

Voice Services in LTE

• Voice Service Proposals
  • VoLGA
  • VoLTE
  • CS Fallback
  • Simple VoIP
• The One Voice Proposal
• Architectural and Functional Requirements for One Voice
• Signalling Sequences for Voice Services
• Quality of Service (QoS) Requirements and Control
• The Concept of Voice Call Continuity (VCC)
• Single Radio VCC (SR-VCC)

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HSPA+: A Technical Overview

1. Introduction to HSPA+

• Evolution of Mobile Broadband
  • From 3G to 4G
  • Technology Comparisons
  • Specifications and Release years for HSPA+
• HSPA+ Key Features
  • HSPA+ Expected Performance
  • Variation in performance across the cell
• HSDPA+ Market Outlook

2. HSPA+ Downlink Architecture

• Basic Network Architecture
  • The UTRAN and Functions
  • Enhancement Criteria
  • Architecture Options
  • Architecture evolution to R8
  • UTRAN Interfaces
  • Protocol Overview
  • Transport Channel Overview

3. HSPA+ Downlink Channels

• Logical, Transport and Physical Channels in the DL
  • Structure of HS-DSCH
  • Structure of HS-SCCH, HS-DPCCH & HS-PDSCH
  • Node-B and UE Algorithms
  • Channel Time structure
  • Channel CQI performance
  • Code Usage
  • HARQ and Incremental Redundancy
  • DL Coding and Modulation
  • QPSK, 16QAM and 64QAM

4. Downlink Radio Resource Management

• RNC and Node-B RRM Algorithms
  • RRM State Model
  • Changes in RRM to R10
• Management of Radio Power in the DL
  • Admission Control
  • Mobility Management
  • Cell Change Procedure
  • Link Adaptation
  • Power Control
  • Scheduling Algorithms
  • MIMO Performance
  • HSPA MIMO Case Study
  • Indoor coverage

5. Downlink UE Capability

• Terminal Capabilities at Release5
• Terminal Capabilities to R10

6. Future DL Enhancements

• Enhancements to DL features to Release 10
• HS-DSCH in Cell_FACH state
• Dual Cell Operation
• Four Carrier Operation

7. Uplink Overview

• Uplink Standards to Release 10
  • Uplink features R6 – R10
  • Node Enhancements to R10

8: Uplink MAC Functions

• Role of the MAC layer within the UL
  • MAC Configuration Summary
  • The MAC-e/es Sub-layer in UE
  • The MAC-e & MAC-es Sub-layers within the UTRAN
  • The MAC-d Sub-layer
  • MAC Layer PDUs & Headers
  • Enhanced UL  MAC layers to R10

9: HSPA+ Downlink Channels

• Logical, Transport and Physical Channels in the UL
  • Structure of E-DCH
  • Structure of E-HICH, E-AGCH, E-RGCH, E-DPDCH and E-DPCCH
  • Node-B and UE Algorithms
  • Scheduling
  • Code Usage
  • HARQ within the UL
  • Happy Bit
  • UL Coding and Modulation
  • 4PAM & BPSK
  • MIMO within the UL
• Future Enhancements to R10
  • E-DCH in Cell_FACH state
  • Dual Cell Operation & Procedures
• RRM Functions within the UL
  • Power Management
  • Scheduling
  • QoS Control
  • Mobility and Soft Handover
  • RRC procedures

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Backhaul for HSPA & LTE Networks

Introduction to the Backhaul Network

• The Overall Mobile Network
• Backhaul Network Requirements
• Link Requirements and Capacity Demand
• Architecture for Backhaul Networks
• Basic Backhaul Planning Processes

eNB, NB Performance for HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE

• The Service Mix and customer experience
• Basic Performance Expectations for HSPA and LTE
• Radio Cell Dimensioning Concepts
• Factors Affecting Demand
  • Voice Requirements
  • Data Provision
  • Affect of Pricing
  • Offloading from the Mobile Network  (Using Copper / Fibre)

Physical Layer Options

• Next Generation Backhaul Requirements
  • Capacity Requirements
  • Redundancy & Resilience
  • Scalability
  • Cost Requirements
• Technology Options for Next Generation Backhaul
  • Radio
  • Fibre
  • Copper
• Network Elements
  • Performance
  • Operation
• Radio Equipment
  • Configurations
  • Primary Multiplex
  • Secondary Multiplex
  • Modems
  • Transceivers
  • Branching
  • Power
• Optical Network Elements & Systems
  • OLTE
  • DWDM
  • Fibre Rings, Architecture & Elements

Next Generation Backhaul Transport Technologies

• IP Networking in the Backhaul
• The ATM Legacy
• MPLS in Next Generation Backhaul
• Use of SDH
• Ethernet Technologies
• Integrating with the MPLS Core Network
• Standard Implementation Options

Reliability and Redundancy

• Quality and Reliability
  • Causes of Unavailability
  • ITU G.821 and G.826 Performance Objectives
  • SDH and Redundancy
• Planning for reliability
• Redundancy options

Backhaul Implementation Options

• Implementation Options
• Single Technology Solutions
• Hybrid Solutions
• Integrating with the MPLS Core Network
• Ensuring Scalability
• Monitoring Demand
• Balancing Revenues & Costs
• Offloading the Network (Embracing Alternative Access Schemes)
• Case Studies and Example Systems

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Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) – Technology and Applications

Introduction to VoIP

• Analysis of Voice Services
  • Revenue Trends
  • Technology Evolution
• The Drivers for VoIP
• Example VoIP Services and Trends
• VoIP Business Models
• Service Providers
• Access Network Evolution
• Packet Switching in Core Networks
• Voice over the Internet and over Intranets
• Components of a VoIP Network

VoIP Services and Applications

• Residential VoIP Services
  • Case Studies
  • Features
  • VoIP Clients/Phones
• Business VoIP Services
  • Case Studies
  • Features
  • IP-PBXs
  • VoIP Clients/Phones
• Integrating Presence and Messaging

Architectures for VoIP Services

• VoIP Standards
  • ITU
  • IETF
• H.323 Multimedia Conferencing
  • Network Components
  • Protocol Overview
  • Application Scenarios
• SIP-based VoIP
  • Network Components
  • Protocol Overview
  • Application Scenarios
• Terminals for VoIP Services
• Internet and Intranet Configurations
• VoIP in Evolved Telecoms Networks
• Softswitching and Media Gateways
• Interworking with Circuit Switched Networks

Protocols and Technologies

• Ethernet Technology and Performance
• Analysis of the “TCP/IP” Protocol Stack
• The IPv4 Datagram – concept and format
• IP Addressing and Routing protocols
• Use of TCP and UDP
• IP Version 6
• ITU H.323, 225 and 245 Protocols
• The Real Time Transfer Protocol (RTP)
• Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
• H.323 Call Sequences
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• SIP sequences for call control
• MEGACO and Media Gateway Control
• Bearer-Independent Call Control (BICC)
• SS7 and IP
  • SIGTRAN Protocols
  • MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)
  • Stream Control Transport Protocol (SCTP)
• Voice Coding Requirements
• Codec Comparisons
• Voice Quality in VoIP Networks

VoIP Performance Requirements

• Packet Network Performance
• Possible Impact on Voice Services
• Comparing Circuit and Packet Switched Performance
• Delivering QoS in Packet Networks
• QoS Mechanisms and systems:
  • ATM, MPLS, DiffServ (Differentiated Services), IntServ (Integrated Services), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• Mixing Voice and Data

VoIP in Telecoms Networks

• Evolved Telecoms Networks
• Access Network Performance
• Access Network Characteristics
  • xDSL
  • 3GPP/Mobile
  • WLAN
  • WiMAX
• Core Network Architectures
  • Packet Switching in Fixed Networks
  • GPRS Principles
• IP Service Control
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• IMS Service Control
  • Architecture
  • Protocols
  • Call Sequences
• Quality of Service in GPRS – DiffServ, IntServ, and RSVP
• Use of E.164 numbering scheme
  • ENUM Protocol
• Evolution to 3G UMTS
• The ETSI TISPAN Model for IMS
• Integrating Wireless LAN into the Network
• VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC)
• Interworking VoIP with Legacy Systems

Security and AAA

• Security Considerations
• Types of Network Attacks
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
• IPSec (IP Security)
• Secure Connections and VPNs
• Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Radius (Authentication, Authentication and Accounting)
• Diameter AAA
• Radius and Diameter sequences
• Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
• Managing the Network

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Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

MPLS Architecture

• Introduction to MPLS Architecture
• MPLS Labels
• Label Switching Routers (LSR)
• Label Assignment and Distribution
• Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
• Distribution Protocol Transport
• Label Swapping and Mapping
• Route Selection
• MPLS Tunnels and Hierarchy

Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)

• LDP Overview
• LDP Operation
• LDP Sessions
• LDP Identifiers
• Loop Detection
• Authenticity and Integrity of Messages
• Protocol Specification
• LDP Messages
• IANA and Security Considerations

Label Distribution Procedures

• Advertising and using Label Procedures
• Downstream LSR Procedures
  • PushUnconditional
  • PushConditional
  • PulledUnconditional
  • PulledConditional
• Upstream LSR Procedures
  • RequestNever
  • RequestWhenNeeded
  • RequestOnRequest
  • RequestRetry
  • RequestNoRetry
• Interoperability Considerations
• Security Considerations

MPLS Label Stack Encoding for Label Switching Routers (LSR)

• The Label Stack
• Encoding the Label Stack
• ICMP Message Generation for IP Packets
• Tunneling through Private and Public Domains
• MTU Path Discovery
• Labeled Packet transportation

Introduction to MPLS Management

• SNMP Management Framework
• MPLS Management Information Base (MIB) Modules
• Structure of the MPLS MIB Object Identifier Tree (OID)
• Management Options
• IETF Working Groups – Module Relationships

MPLS Applications

• Hop-by-Hop Routed Traffic
• Address Prefixes
• Distribution Labels
• LSP Egress and LSP Proxy Egress
• LSP Trees
• LSP Tunneling
• Null Tables
• MPLS and Multicast

Traffic Engineering over MPLS

• Traffic Engineering
• Traffic and Resource Control
• Limitations of Control Mechanisms
• MPLS and traffic Engineering
• Problems faced with Traffic Engineering over MPLS
• Traffic Trunks
• Accounting and Performance Monitoring Considerations

Generalised Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Scalability

• GMPLS Overview
• Routing Aspects
• The General Packet Radio Service
• Traffic Engineering Parameters
• Link Types
• Link ID
• Traffic Engineering Metric
• Maximum Bandwidths
• Interface Switching Capability
• SRLG Information
• Boundary Control
• GMPLS Signaling Requirements

MPLS and GMPLS Security

• Security Reference Models
• Security Threats
• Defensive Techniques
• Authentication
• Access Control Techniques
• Verification of Connectivity
• Monitoring, Detection and Reporting
• General Service Provider Security Requirements
• Inter-provider Security Requirements

Label Switching with Frame Relay

• Special Frame Relay Switch Characteristics
• Label Encapsulation
• Frame Relay Label Switching Processing
• Label Processing – Core FR-LSR
• Label Processing – Egress FR-LSR
• Control Components for Frame Relay
• Label Allocation and Maintenance Procedures

MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching

• Special ATM Switch Characteristics
• Label Switching Control Components for ATM
• Hybrid Switches
• The use of VPI and VCI
• Label Distribution and Maintenance Procedures
• Encapsulation

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IP in Modern Networks

Protocol Suite Overview 

• The “TCP/IP” Protocol Stack
• The IPv4 Datagram
• IP Adressing and Routing – Basics
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Point to Point Protocol (PPP), and Serial Line IP (SLIP)
• Domain Name Service (DNS)
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Management Protocols
• Applications for IP technology
• Quality of Service – Basics
• Standardisation

IP and Data Networks

• Enterprise Applications
• The Local Area Network (LAN)
  • Architectures
  • Technology Choices
  • Routers
  • Bridges
  • Repeaters
• Wide and Metropolitan Area Networks (WANs & MANs)
  • Principles
  • Technology Choices
• The Internet
  • The Architecture
  • Limitations
  • Quality Issues
  • Secure Paths
• Transport Technologies
  • Ethernet
  • ATM
  • Frame Relay
  • PDH
  • SDH
  • Optical / DWDM
  • Token Ring
• Virtual Private Networks

IP Network Operation

• IP Addressing
  • IP Version 4 Address Limitations
  • Network Address Translation
• DNS and ARP
• Routing Protocols
  • Overview
  • Dynamic Routing
  • Distance Vector Routing
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • Other Routing Protocols
  • Tunneling
• TCP and Congestion Control
• QoS Requirements
• Content and Media Types
• QoS Mechanisms in:
  • ATM
  • MPLS
  • DiffServ (Differentiated Services)
  • IntServ (Integrated Services)
  • Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• IP Version 6
  • The IPv6 Header
  • Header Fields Explained
  • Traffic Classes
  • Source and Destination Addressing
• IPv4 to IPv6 – Making the Transition
  • Dual IP Layers
  • Tunneling

IP Telephony and VoIP

• Softswitch Principles
• The Media Gateway
• VoIP Call Control
• Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
• Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
• Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• MEGACO and Media Gateway Control
• Bearer-Independent Call Control (BICC)
• Signalling over IP
  • SS7 and IP
  • SIGTRAN Protocols
    • MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)
    • Stream Control Transport Protocol (SCTP)
      

IP in the Mobile Network

• The Requirements
• Mobile Networks and IP Evolution
• The General Packet Radio Service
• The GPRS Core Network
  • Network Architecture and Network Elements
  • GPRS Support Nodes
  • The GPRS Context
  • Servers (DHCP/Radius)
• GPRS Access
• Best Effort Services
• Advanced Services
  • Streaming / Advanced Media Support
• Quality of Service in GPRS – DiffServ, IntServ, and RSVP
• Use of E.164 numbering scheme
  • ENUM Protocol
• Evolution to 3G UMTS
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • IMS Architecture
  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
    • SIP Messages
    • SIP and SDP
    • Provision of QoS
    • IMS Call Signalling Examples
  • SIP and Quality of Service Issues
• Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
• IP in the Radio Access Network
  • Support for IPv6
  • Header Compression
  • IP on the RAN interfaces
  • Quality of Service in the Radio Access Network
  • Use of ATM in the Radio access Network
• Integrating Wireless LAN into the Network 
  

Security and AAA

• Security Considerations
• Types of Network Attacks
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
• IPSec (IP Security)
• Secure Connections and Virtual Private Networks
• Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

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Connected Television

Introduction to Connected Television

• IPTV
• Web TV
• Homechoice
• Multiplay
• Technologies
• Standards
• Regulation

The Content

• Television Parametres
• Digital Television
• MPEG Transport Formats
• Content Encoding Issues
• Progressive Download Video
• Video on Demand
• Live TV

TV Delivery Protocol Stack

• The overall stack
• IP
• TCP and UDP
• RTP
• RTCP
• RTCP XR
• RTSP
• IGMP
• RTMP
• HTTP
• HTML and XML
• ABRS

Access and Core Networks

• IPTV Domains and Architecture
• System Architecture and Session Control
• IMS and IPTV
• DSL
• Cable Networks
• FTTC and FTTH

Internet Engineering and QoS

• IP Engineering
• Network Issues
• IP QoS
• Application QoS

Key Delivery Methods

• Flash
• Silverlight
• HTML5
• iPlayer, ITV Player etc
• Youview
• Catch-up TV

Content Protection and Security

• Introduction to Network Security
• IPTV Service Misuse
• DRM

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Informa Certified Advanced Core Network Planning Professional

• Core Network Architecture and Protocols
  • The Circuit Switched and Packet Switched Domains
  • Circuit Switched Domain
    • Core Network Elements and their Functions
    • Interfaces and Associated Protocols
    • Basic Functions of Relevant Protocols
  • Packet Switched Domain
    • Core Network Elements and their Functions
    • Interfaces and Associated Protocols
    • Basic Functions of Relevant Protocols
  • Service Delivery Concept
  • Service Delivery Architecture
  • Service Delivery Platforms
  • Transport Protocols
  • Transmission in the Core Network
• IP in the Core Network
  • The Requirements
  • Mobile Networks and IP Evolution
  • Quality of Service Requirements
  • QoS Mechanisms – DiffServ, IntServ, and RSVP
  • Evolution to MPLS Networks
  • The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• Network Planning Processes
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Network Planning Inputs
  • Resulting Planning Outputs
• Network Planning Work Packages
  • Traffic Planning
  • Security Solutions
  • Migration and Expansion Planning
  • Core Network Architecture Solutions
  • Circuit and Packet Switched Solutions
  • Signaling Solutions
  • Interconnection Planning Requirements
  • Transport and Transmission Solutions
  • Audits and Verification Processes
• Traffic Planning
  • Overview of the Traffic Planning Process
  • Traffic Modeling
  • Traffic Analysis
  • Network Traffic Modelling
  • Network Traffic Forecasting
  • Traffic Distribution / Dispersion
• Transport Plane Planning Process
  • Inputs and Outputs to Planning
  • Interconnection Planning
  • Solutions – IP/TDM/ATM and VoIP
  • Transport Principles
  • Cross Connections
• Control Plane Design (Signaling)
  • Overview of the Traffic Signaling Design
  • Signaling Interfaces
  • SS7 / SIGTRAN / IP Requirements
  • Signaling Network Architectures
  • Performance Requirements
  • Redundancy and Reliability
  • Signaling Volume Calculations
• Network Traffic Theory
  • Traffic Types – Signaling and Service
  • Traffic Formulas
  • Erlang Descriptions
  • Busy Call Hours Calculations
  • Traffic Intensity
• Processor Capacity
  • Processor Load Definitions
  • Distributed Traffic Loads
  • Dimensioning Capacity
  • Engineering Capacity
• Node Dimensioning
  • Network Design Activities
  • Service Deliverables
  • Delivery Process
  • Design Considerations
  • Backbone Connectivity
  • Requirements and Assumptions
  • Logical Network Design
  • Physical Network Design
• Bandwidth and Voice Quality
  • IP Bandwidth Requirements
  • Bandwidth Codec and Sampling Time
  • IP Bandwidth Calculations
• Certification Case Study
  • Plan Traffic Intensity
  • Identify Core Network Design
  • Design Network
  • Plan Transport Distribution Requirements
  • Discuss and Evaluate Cost Analysis

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IMS for LTE

Introduction to the IMS

• IMS Standards Development and History
• IMS for Fixed and Mobile Operators
• The IMS Market
• IMS Features and Services
• Supporting Voice and SMS on IMS-based Networks
• IMS and Long Term Evolution (LTE)
• Voice Proposals for LTE
• The One Voice Profile

IMS Architecture and Operation

• IMS Architecture and Components
  • The Call Session Control Functions (CSCFs)
  • Application Server
  • Media Resource Function (MRF)
  • Media Gateway Function
  • The HSS and Cx Interface
  • Breakout and Interworking Functions
  • The Application Server (AS)
• Introduction to SIP
  • SIP Architecture and Components
  • SIP Addressing
  • SIP Servers and User Agents
• The SIP Protocol Structure and Procedures
• The Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• SIP Sequences for Session Control
• SIP Security
• The Diameter Protocol
• The Real Time Transfer Protocol (RTP)
• SIP and RTP for IMS Sessions

LTE Architectural Review

• LTE Development
• The E-UTRAN
  • eNB
  • LTE Uu and X2
• Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
  • Serving Gateway (SGW)
  • Mobility Management Entity(MME)
  • Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW)
• UMTS – LTE Inter-working
• Spectrum Requirements of LTE

LTE/EPC Bearers

• LTE Radio Bearers and Capabilities
• Introduction to the Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
• The EPS Bearer Concept
• Gateway Functions in the EPC
• Mobility Functions in the EPC
• Service Control and the IMS
• Policy Control Functions
• Charging Requirements and Functionality
• Quality of Service (QoS) Requirements and Control

Voice Services in LTE

• Voice Service Proposals
  • VoLGA
  • VoLTE
  • CS Fallback
  • Simple VoIP
• The One Voice Proposal
• Architectural and Functional Requirements for One Voice
• Signalling Sequences for Voice Services
• Quality of Service (QoS) Requirements and Control
• The Concept of Voice Call Continuity (VCC)
• Single Radio VCC (SR-VCC)

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Datacoms for Telecoms Professionals

Protocol Suite Overview 

• Applications for IP technology
• Analysis of the “TCP/IP” Protocol Stack
• The IPv4 Datagram – concept and format
• IP Addressing and Routing protocols
• Use of TCP and UDP
• Point to Point Protocol (PPP), and Serial Line IP (SLIP)
• Domain Name Service (DNS) and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Management Protocols
• Achieving Quality of Service

Demonstration and practical exercise:
Use of software tools to intercept, capture and analyse network traffic

IP and Data Networks

• Enterprise Applications
• The Local Area Network (LAN)
  • Architectures and Technology
  • Use of Routers, Bridges and Repeaters
  • Addressing
  • Configuration
• Virtual Private Networks
  • Use and configuration
• Transport Technologies – an assessment
  • Ethernet, ATM, Token Ring
  • PDH, SDH, Frame Relay
  • Optical / DWDM
• Wide and Metropolitan Area Networks (WANs & MANs)
  • Technology Analysis
• The Internet
  • The Architecture and technologies
  • Limitations and Quality Issues
  • Secure Paths

Practical Exercise
Establishing and configuring a Local Area Network.

IP Network Operation

• IP Addressing
• Operation of DNS and ARP
• Advanced routing Protocols
  • Dynamic Routing
  • Distance Vector Routing
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
  • Other Routing Protocols
  • Tunneling
• UDP and TCP message structure
• TCP and Congestion Control
• QoS Requirements
• Content and Media Types
• QoS Mechanisms and systems:
  • ATM, MPLS, DiffServ (Differentiated Services), IntServ (Integrated Services), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
• IP Version 6
  • The IPv6 Header
  • Header Field analysis
  • Traffic Classes
  • Source and Destination Addressing
• Migrating from IPv4 to IPv6
  • Dual IP Layers
  • Tunneling

Practical Exercise
Configuration of an IP router within a multi-router network and analysis of router behaviour and performance

IP Telephony and VoIP

• Softswitch Principles
• The Media Gateway
• VoIP Call Control
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• SIP sequences for call control
• Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
• Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)
• Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• MEGACO and Media Gateway Control
• Bearer-Independent Call Control (BICC)
• SS7 and IP
  • SIGTRAN Protocols
  • MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)
  • Stream Control Transport Protocol (SCTP)

Practical Exercise
Adding and configuring SIP servers to provide VoIP services in IP networks. Analysis of VoIP call sequences and traffic flows

IP in the Mobile Network

• IP Evolution in the Mobile Network
• The General Packet Radio Service
• The GPRS Core Network
  • Network Architecture and Network Elements
  • GPRS Support Nodes
  • The GPRS Context
  • GPRS Access
• Servers (DHCP/Radius)
• Best Effort Services
• Advanced Services
  • Streaming / Advanced Media Support
• Quality of Service in GPRS – DiffServ, IntServ, and RSVP
• Use of E.164 numbering scheme
  • ENUM Protocol
• Evolution to 3G UMTS
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • IMS Architecture
  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
    • SIP Messages
    • SIP and SDP
    • Provision of QoS
    • IMS Call Signalling Examples
  • SIP and Quality of Service Issues
• Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
• IP in the Radio Access Network
  • Support for IPv6
  • Header Compression
  • IP on the RAN interfaces
  • Quality of Service in the Radio Access Network
  • Use of ATM in the Radio access Network
• Integrating Wireless LAN into the Network

Security and AAA

• Security Considerations
• Types of Network Attacks
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
• IPSec (IP Security)
• Secure Connections and VPNs
• Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Radius (Authentication, Authentication and Accounting)
• Diameter AAA
• Radius and Diameter sequences
• Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
• Managing the Network

Practical Exercise
Adding and configuring a Radius server and analysis of Radius-based security sequences

Wireless LAN and other Access Technologies

• Fixed Network Access – Dial-Up Connections and Broadband Connections
• Wireless LAN access
  • Requirements for Wireless Systems
  • Wireless LAN Standards (802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g)
  • The Protocol Stack
  • WLAN PC Cards
  • Wireless Access Points
  • Network Architecture
    • Public Wireless LANs
    • Private Wireless LANs
  • Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
  • Wireless LAN Radio principles
  • Wireless LANs and Mobile Networks
  • 802.11 Security
  • Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
  • Wireless Protected Access (WPA)
  • 802.1x / Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
  • 802.11i / Robust Security Network (RSN)
• WiMAX – the emerging 802.16 Standard
• IP and: Bluetooth; Home RF; ZigBee; HiperLAN and HiperLAN

Practical Exercise
Adding wireless capability to a LAN and configuring WLAN access points and clients, and the analysis of WLAN procedures

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Signalling System No.7

Section 1 – Signalling Requirements, and the Basics of SS7

• Modern Network Architecture – A Brief Overview
• Services and Features of Modern Networks
• Basic Service Support in Fixed Networks – Entities
• Switching In Modern Networks
• Types of Signalling
• Access / Network / User to User
• Circuit Related / Non Circuit Related
• Channel Associated / Common Channel
• Signalling Requirements
• SS7 In Modern Networks – Basics

Section 2 – SS7 Functions, Architecture and the Message Transfer Part

• SS7 as the Network Signalling System – Its Uses
• Signalling Scenarios
• For Call Control – Same Network, Internetwork (National), International
• For Mobility – GSM and UMTS
• Advanced Service Support – Intelligent Networks and CAMEL
• The SS7 Protocol Architecture
• The SS7 Physical Architecture
• SS7 Physical Entities
• Signalling Routes
• Signalling Links
• The Message Transfer Part of SS7
• MTP at the Signalling Point
• MTP at the Signalling Transfer Point
• Signalling Message Handling
• Signalling Network Management
• Level 1
• The Physical Layer
• Level 2
• Signalling Links
• Signalling Units
• Level 3
• The Network Layer
• Routing and Addressing
• Signalling Link Selection and Circuit Identification
• Formats and Messages

Section 3 – Call Control and the ISDN User Part

• Routing and Switching in the Core Network
• Call Control Protocols Compared
• Example Basic Call Scenarios
• The ISDN Concept
• The ISDN User Part
• Functions
• Operation, Including Message Sequences
• Messages and Formats
• Use of ISUP in Mobile Networks
• Use of ISUP with Intelligent Networks
• ISUP and DSS1

Section 4 – Non Circuit-Related Signalling

• Non Circuit-Related Signalling – The Requirements
• Signalling Connection Control Part – Routing Signalling Messages Across Networks
• Transaction Capabilities Application Part – Controlling the Transaction
• The Signalling Connection Control Part (SCCP)
• SCCP Architecture
• SCCP Functions and Services
• Operation
• Connection Oriented
• Connectionless
• Messages and Formats
• The Signalling Point Relay
• The Use of SCCP for Advanced Applications
• The Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)
• TCAP Functions and Services
• TCAP Architecture
• The Component Sub Layer (CSL)
• The Transaction Sub Layer (TSL)
• Operation
• Components (Formats)
• Transactions (Including Messages and Formats)
• Example

Section 5 – SS7 in Use – GSM & MAP, INAP, and CAP

• Use of SS7 in modern networks
• Interfaces and Connections
• Use in GSM based Networks
• The GSM / UMTS Architecture – A Basic View Interfaces and Messages
• Basic GSM and UMTS Operation (Call Control, Mobility, and Service Support)
• The Mobile Application Part (MAP)
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of Mobile Networks
• Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols -
• MAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP
• The Intelligent Network Concept
• The Standard IN Architecture
• The Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP) and Messages
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of Intelligent Networks
• Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols – INAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP
• The Role of CAMEL
• The Modified Mobile Architecture – Incorporating CAMEL into GSM and UMTS
• The CAMEL Application Part (CAP) and Messages
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of Intelligent Networks
• Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols -
• CAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP

Section 6 – The Evolving Network – SS7 over IP

• Why use IP Protocols
• Evolving the Switch
• The Softswitch concept
• The All-IP Network
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem
• SS7 and IP – Requirements
• SS7 over IP Architecture
• SIP, and ISUP / SIP Conversion / SIP Bridging
• SS7 Transport Options
• SIGTRAN
• SCTP Explained
• Services Provided by MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)
• SS7 and IP Example Configurations
• Megaco and H.248

Section 7 – SIGTRAN Network – Operation and Design

• Overview of Control Plane Design
• SS7 over IP (SIGTRAN)
• Failover Procedures
• Recommended Site and Network Structure
• Recommended Redundancy Options
• IP Connectivity
• SIGTRAN Network Design Scenarios
• SIGTRAN Design with Different Network Indictors (NI)
• Communication Between IP-SEP and SS7-SEP
• Associated Signaling Modes
• Signaling Calculation Model
• Signaling link calculation
• Link Loads

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OSS/BSS Systems & Platforms

Section 1 – Telecommunications – Setting the scene for OSS and BSS

Note: this is an optional section and is generally offered only when OSS/BSS is being delivered as a standalone course

• Technologies and Capabilities
  • A Comparison within each category of Technology
• Fixed Network Access Techniques
  • Analogue, ISDN and ADSL
• The “Fixed” Core Network
  • Traditional Switching
  • Switching and Transport Technologies
  • Service Control Platforms
• Mobile Radio Access Technologies
  • A Brief Comparison of different mobile technologies (including GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, UMTS, WiFi)
• The “Mobile” Core Network
  • Switching and Transport
  • Mobility Databases
  • Service Control Platforms
• Accessing the Internet – Mobile and Fixed
  • Access Technologies
• The Converging Network

Section 2 – OSS & BSS – an Overview

• The Basic Requirements
  • Operational Support
  • Business Support
• The Role And Scope of OSS and BSS
• Processes and Procedures
• The TMF and eTOM
• Current And Legacy OSS / BSS Systems
  • Requirements
  • The Supporting Networks
  • Topologies and Infrastructure
  • The Platform (Capacity, Scalability, Features, Cost, Compatibility Issues)
• Technologies and Capabilities
• The Architecture and Framework
• Bringing it all Together – the Integrated Approach
• NGOSS Explained

Section 3 – Focus on OSS

• The Operational Environment
• Systems and Technologies
• OSS Supported Areas
  • Service Provisioning
  • Operations and Maintenance
• Processes and Procedure Flows
• OSS Application Requirements
• Architecture and Framework
• An Example Solution
• Evaluating the OSS Solution
• Next Generation OSS

Section 4 – Focus on BSS

• The Business Environment
• Business Systems
• BSS Supported Areas
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Supplier/Partner Relationship Management (including SLAs)
  • Billing Systems
  • Mediation
  • Revenue Assurance
• Processes and Procedure Flows
• BSS Application Requirements
• Architecture and Framework
• An Example Solution
• Evaluating the BSS Solution
• Integrating BSS and OSS

Section 5 – Products and Key Opportunities within OSS/BSS

• Effective OSS / BSS Infrastructure
  • The Key Elements
  • Functions
  • Characteristics
• Industry Review (Brief)
  • Industry Breakdown –
  • Major Industry Players
  • Equipment Manufacturers and Areas of Expertise
• A Comparison of Different OSS and BSS Systems
• Forecast of the value of the OSS/BSS Market
• Hot Topics for the OSS/BSS Industry

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Mobile Video & TV Technologies

The Mobile Video & Television Market

• what services are being proposed?
• what services or trials have been launched?
• who are the players?
• what are the predictions for the market?
• revenue predictions
• handset/handheld availability
• content availability
• Digital Rights Management (DRM)
• standards and standards bodies

Overview of Mobile Video & Television Technologies

• introduction to mobile television technologies
• spectrum issues
• content formats for mobile television

Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Services

• unicast v multicast models
• multicast in 3GPP networks
• the architecture of the Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS)
• protocols for MBMS
• impact of MBMS on the network and other services
• the 3GPP2 Broadcast and Multicast Service (BCMCS)
• the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) broadcast requirements

Digital Broadcasting

• the Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) and Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standards
• Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), terrestrial and satellite modes
• DVB-Handheld (DVB-H) technology and its relationship to DVB
• coupling DVB-H and 3GPP networks
• the principles of IP-Datacasting (IPDC)
• the DVB-H Open Air Interface (OAI)
• other regional standards (ATSC and ISDB-T)
• Electronic Service Guides (ESG)
• Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology

Streaming Services

• the 3GPP Packet Switched Streaming (PSS) service
• architecture and protocols for PSS
• alternative streaming technologies

Audio and Video Coding for Digital Television

• parameters of audio signals and coding requirements
• ISO, ITU and proprietary audio codecs
• parameters of video signals and coding requirements
• video formats (Common Intermediate Format and Video Graphics Array)
• ISO and ITU video codecs (MPEG and ‘H’ series)

IETF Protocols

• Real Time Transport Protocol (RTP) and RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
• Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
• Session Description Protocol (SDP)
• File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE)
• related coding, format and markup protocols

Wireless Technologies

• characteristics and comparison of wireless delivery technologies:
  • 3GPP/3GPP2
  • WiMAX
  • WiBro
  • Satellite
  • terrestrial broadcast
  • wireless LANs
• spectrum for mobile television
• the regulatory view

Device Requirements

• screen technologies and display capabilities
• architecture of a dedicated handheld receiver
• impact of mobile television on cellular handset architecture
• energy requirements

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Mobile Applications & Ecosystems

Section 1 – The Mobile Application Industry

• History of mobile application development
• Divergence from desktop equivalents
• Device developments and capabilities
• Early standardised mobile platforms
• Operator initiatives
• Games and ringtones
• Customer profiles
• The iPhone effect

Section 2 – Distribution Models

• Monopoly application stores
• Operator-hosted app stores
• Embedded applications
• Physical media distribution
• Sideloading
• Mobile application piracy

Section 3 – Application Markets

• Popular application types
• Average revenue
• Successful promotional strategies
• Regional variations
• Developing markets
• Application demand

Section 4 – Mobile-Specific capabilities

• Security
• The operator SIM
• Application certification
• Application certifiers
• Billing relationship
• The billing relationship model
• The third-party billing relationship
• The forth-party billing relationship
• Location tracking
• Continuous operation
• Remote wake-up
• Active polling
• Social monitoring
• Data integration
• Address book
• Calendar
• Social networking
• Ubiquitous presence
• Trusted relationship
• Lifestyle integration

Section 5 – Development Platforms

• iPhone and coco
• Objective C
• Specific platform capabilities
• AJAX Development
• Wireless Application Community
• W3C Widgets
• Palm WebOS
• Microsoft Windows Phone
• Windows Mobile
• Windows Phone 7
• Android
• Symbian
• Samsung’s Bada
• Java
• Micro Edition
• JavaFX
• Adobe’s Flash

Section 6 – Revenue Models

• Operator billing integration
• Third party billing
• Forth party billing
• Embedded advertising
• AdMob
• iAd
• Applications as promotional vehicles
• Public service applications

Section 7 – Market development

The mobile applications industry is still very young, and developing fast, but as trends emerge it becomes possible to see how the market will develop – or, at least, to identify the critical factors that will influence that development.

• Vertical application distribution models
• Vertical monopolies
• Imposition of cultural homogeneity
• The potential for regulatory intervention
• Operator initiatives
• Joint Innovation Lab
• Open Mobile Terminal Alliance
• Customer ownership

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Connected Television

Introduction to Connected Television

• IPTV
• Web TV
• Homechoice
• Multiplay
• Technologies
• Standards
• Regulation

The Content

• Television Parametres
• Digital Television
• MPEG Transport Formats
• Content Encoding Issues
• Progressive Download Video
• Video on Demand
• Live TV

TV Delivery Protocol Stack

• The overall stack
• IP
• TCP and UDP
• RTP
• RTCP
• RTCP XR
• RTSP
• IGMP
• RTMP
• HTTP
• HTML and XML
• ABRS

Access and Core Networks

• IPTV Domains and Architecture
• System Architecture and Session Control
• IMS and IPTV
• DSL
• Cable Networks
• FTTC and FTTH

Internet Engineering and QoS

• IP Engineering
• Network Issues
• IP QoS
• Application QoS

Key Delivery Methods

• Flash
• Silverlight
• HTML5
• iPlayer, ITV Player etc
• Youview
• Catch-up TV

Content Protection and Security

• Introduction to Network Security
• IPTV Service Misuse
• DRM

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IN & CAMEL (with pre-paid)

Section 1 – Services in Modern Networks

• Modern Network Architecture – A Brief Overview
• Services and Features of Modern Networks
• Advanced Services and Applications
• Basic Service Support in Fixed Networks – Entities
• SS7 In Modern Networks – Basics

Section 2 – Intelligent Networks

• Switching and Signalling In Modern Networks
• Call Control – ISUP (ISDN User Part)
• Example Basic Call Scenarios
• The Intelligent Network Concept Explained
• Benefits of Using the IN Concept
• Basic IN Services
• Service Creation
• The IN Capability Sets
• The IN Conceptual Model Explained
• The Standard IN Architecture and Functional Entities
• Basic Call State Models (BCSMs)
• The Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP)
• IN Operation – Basic Calls and Services
• The Underlying SS7 Network, INAP, TCAP, and SCCP
• Protection and Resilience
• Example Service Scenario

Section 3 – Basic GSM and UMTS Operation

• The GSM / UMTS Architectures – A Basic View
• Defining Mobility and Roaming
• Procedures – Location Update, Routing a Call, Sending a Short Message
• GPRS – Its Role and Basic Operation

Section 4 – CAMEL – Introducing IN into Mobile Networks

• IN Techniques In Mobile Networks – The problems
• Roaming Issues
• The Role of CAMEL
• The Features of each CAMEL Phase
• Example Services Provided by CAMEL
• Example Prepaid Architecture

Section 5 – CAMEL – the Architecture and Protocols

• The Modified Mobile Architecture – Incorporating CAMEL into GSM and UMTS
• The CAMEL Application Part (CAP) and Messages Explained
• CAMEL Operation, including:
  • Basic – Mobile Originated, Mobile Terminated, Forwarding
  • With User Interaction
  • With GPRS
  • With SMS
  • With Location Information / Handovers
  • In Fraud Prevention
  • As a Prepay Feature
  • Interaction with the GSM Databases
• The Underlying SS7 Network
• Example Service Scenario
• Using CAMEL For Prepaid Solutions
  • In The Home Network
  • Whilst Roaming
  • Circuit-Switched, GPRS, Short Message Service

Section 6 – The Evolving Mobile Network

• The Role of CAMEL in the Evolving Mobile Network
• The Virtual Home Environment
• The Open Services Architecture
• CAMEL in an IP Core Network Environment

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3G & 3.5G Explained

Evolution to 3G and Services Overview

• Standardisation, ITU/IMT2000, ETSI, 3GPP and 3GPP2
• Evolution to 3G
• UMTS Services
  • UMTS Bearers
  • UMTS Teleservices,
  • Service Capabilities and
  • Supplementary Services
  • Multimedia Services
  • Role of Service Platforms
• CDMA 2000 services (Dave)
  • Standard Services
  • Service Capabilities
• Example 3G Content and Services
  

The Network Infrastructure

• The network – what does it do?
• Circuit or packet switched?
• The Core Network (from 2G to 3G)
• Switches and routers
  • Circuit Switched – Mobile Switching Centres
  • Packet Switched – GPRS Support Nodes
  • Signalling – SS7
• Controlling the network
  • Mobility
  • HLR, VLR, EIR and AUC
  • Services Platforms
• Evolving the 3G core network
• The Radio Network
• 2G / 2.5G Radio Elements
  • Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
  • Base Station Controller (BSC)
  • The Transcoder and Rate Adaption Unit (TRAU)
• 3G Radio Elements
  • Node B
  • Radio Network Controller
  • HSDPA / HSUPA Infrastructure
• WiFi and the wireless / 3G network

3G Radio Access

• CDMA in Operation
• Data Rates and Capacity (Spreading Factor and Processing Gain)
• Channels in 3G UMTS
• Planning a 3G Network
  • Traditional cell planning
  • CDMA Cellular Planning Principles
  • Soft Handover Regions and Cell Breathing
  • Interference Effects
  • Contributors to Interference
  • Limitations
  • User Data Rates and the Number of Users
• Reducing Interference / Increasing Capacity
  • Sectorisation
  • Smart Antennas
  • Multi-carrier Cells
  • Planning the Frequency Spectrum
  • The Layered Architecture
  • GSM Co-Planning and Use of Existing Sites
  • W-CDMA, EDGE and GSM Coverage Areas
• Planning Tools

The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

• IMS Basics
• UMTS and IMS
• IMS Standards
  • 3GPP/3GPP2
  • IETF
  • OMA
  • ETSI/TIPHON
• Why IMS
  • The IMS Market
  • Benefits to the Operator
  • Benefits to the End User
  • IMS Players
  • IMS Technologies
• IMS Features
  • Multimedia Session Management
  • Mobility Management and Roaming
  • QoS
  • Service Execution
  • Third Party Service Support
• IMS Services
  • Introduction to Services
  • PoC (Push to Talk over Cellular)
  • Push to See
  • Interactive Gaming
  • File Sharing
  • Instant Messaging
  • Voice Messaging
  • Voice Telephony over IMS
  • Video Conferencing
  • Content Streaming Services

Procedures – Bringing it all together

• Making Calls
• Receiving Calls
• Data Services
• Messaging
• Content Delivery
• Video
  • Calls
  • Clips
  • Streaming
• Roaming Scenarios
• Billing Processes

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UMTS Infrastructure & Operation

Evolution to 3G and UMTS Services Overview

• Standardisation, ITU/IMT2000, ETSI and 3GPP
• UMTS Bearers
• UMTS Teleservices, Service Capabilities and Supplementary Services
• Multimedia Services
• Role of IN/CAMEL and toolkits
• IMT2000 spectrum

UMTS Architecture

• Assumptions for Network Standardisation
• Overall UMTS Architecture
• Modes of Access – Overall Characteristics (FDD, TDD, HSDPA, HSUPA)
• Elements of the Use Equipment (UE)
• Elements of the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)
• Elements of the Core Network (CN)
• UMTS Release 99, Release 4, Release 5, and Release 6
• Interfacing With Other Systems

The Radio Interface

• W-CDMA Access Methods – Frequency Division Duplex and Time Division Duplex CDMA
• Direct Sequence CDMA – Operation (Spreading / Despreading)
• The use of Channelisation and Scrambling Codes for UMTS
• Power Control and Handovers
• The UMTS Air Interface Channels and Protocols
  • Use Of Channels
  • The Use Of Protocols – Overview
• The General Protocol Model (Non Access and Access Stratums / User and Control Planes)
• Non Access Protocols
• Access Protocols – Overall Aims
• Radio Resources Control (RRC)
• Radio Link Control (RLC) and Media Access Control (MAC)
• The Channels (Logical, Transport and Physical)
• Mapping Information Through The Channels

The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN)

• Requirements Of The UTRAN
• UTRAN Nodes And Their Functionality
  • Node B
  • Controlling Radio Network Controller
  • Serving Radio Network Controller
  • Drift Radio Network Controller
• General Interface Structure
• The UTRAN Interfaces
  • Uu
  • Iu (Circuit Switched and Packet Switched)
  • Iub
  • Iur
• Radio Resource Control (RRC) In The UTRAN
  • Idle Mode
  • Dedicated Mode
• Transfer Of Logical and Transport Channels Through The UTRAN
• Connection Establishment
• Soft Handover and Macro Diversity
• Transmission within The UTRAN

Core Network Architecture and Protocols

• The Circuit Switched and Packet Switched Domains
• Circuit Switched Domain
  • Core Network Elements and Their Functions
  • Interfaces and Associated Protocols
  • Basic Functions of Relevant Protocols
• Packet Switched Domain
  • Core Network Elements and Their Functions
  • Interfaces and Associated Protocols
  • Basic Functions of Relevant Protocols
• Service Delivery Concept
• Service Delivery Architecture
• Service Delivery Platforms
• Core Network to UE Protocols
• The purpose of IN and CAMEL – Brief Overview (accessing services in home network)
• Transport Protocols
• Transmission in the Core Network

IP in the Mobile Network 

• The Requirements
• Mobile Networks and IP Evolution
• The General Packet Radio Service
• The GPRS Core Network
  • Network Architecture and Network Elements
  • GPRS Support Nodes
  • The GPRS Context
  • Servers (DHCP/Radius)
• GPRS Access
• Best Effort Services
• Advanced Services
  • Streaming / Advanced Media Support
• Quality of Service in GPRS – DiffServ, IntServ, and RSVP
• Use of E.164 numbering scheme
  • ENUM Protocol
• Evolution to 3G UMTS
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
  • IMS Architecture
  • Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
    • SIP Messages
    • SIP and SDP
    • Provision of QoS
    • IMS Call Signalling Examples
  • SIP and Quality of Service Issues
• Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
• IP in the Radio Access Network
  • Support for IPv6
  • Header Compression
  • IP on the RAN interfaces
  • Quality of Service in the Radio Access Network
  • Use of ATM in the Radio access Network
• Integrating Wireless LAN into the Network
  

Security and AAA 

• Security Considerations
• Types of Network Attacks
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)
• IPSec (IP Security)
• Secure Connections and Virtual Private Networks
• Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Radius (Authentication, Authentication and Accounting)
• Diameter AAA
• Managing the Network
  

SS7 Functions, Architecture and the Message Transfer Part 

• SS7 as the Network Signalling System – Its Uses
• Signalling Scenarios
  • For Call Control – Same Network, Internetwork (National), International
  • For Mobility – GSM and UMTS
  • Advanced Service Support – Intelligent Networks and CAMEL
• The SS7 Protocol Architecture
• The SS7 Physical Architecture
  • SS7 Physical Entities
  • Signalling Routes
  • Signalling Links
• The Message Transfer Part of SS7
• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3
• Formats and Messages
• Routing and Switching in the Core Network
• Call Control Protocols Compared
• Example Basic Call Scenarios
• The ISDN Concept
• The ISDN User Part
  • Functions
  • Operation, Including Message Sequences
  • Messages and Formats
  • Use of ISUP in Mobile Networks
  • Use of ISUP with Intelligent Networks
  • ISUP and DSS1

Signalling and Procedures

• Non Circuit-Related Signalling – The Requirements
  • Signalling Connection Control Part – Routing Signalling Messages Across Networks
  • Transaction Capabilities Application Part – Controlling the Transaction
• The Signalling Connection Control Part (SCCP)
  • SCCP Architecture
  • SCCP Functions and Services
• The Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)
  • TCAP Functions and Services
  • TCAP Architecture
• The Mobile Application Part (MAP)
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of Mobile Networks
  • Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols -
  • MAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP
• The Modified Mobile Architecture – Incorporating CAMEL into GSM and UMTS
• The CAMEL Application Part (CAP) and Messages
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of CAMEL / Intelligent Networks
  • Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols -
  • CAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP
    

The Evolving Signalling Network

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• SS7 and IP Protocols
• Evolving the Switch
• The Softswitch concept
• SIGTRAN
• SCTP
• Open Services Architecture

Overall UMTS Procedures and Techniques

• Identities and Addressing
• Idle mode procedures
• Connected mode procedures
• Handover
• Location services (LCS)
• Security
• UMTS-GSM intersystem operation
• Streaming and Content Delivery
• WAP and Access to Content
• Access to Messaging Servers
  

Evolving the UMTS Network

• UMTS – The Fully Evolved Network
• Identifying The Areas For Evolution
• Options For The Air Interface And Radio Access Network
  • Alternative Access Types
• Options For The Core Network
• Open Service Access and Other APIs
• Interworking Issues

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GSM, GPRS & EDGE Explained

Section 1 – GSM Introduction and Network Architecture

• Historical Perspective
• Development and Specifications
• GSM – Basics
• Other Second Generation Technologies
• GSM Network Architecture
• Network and Switching Sub-System NSS
• Base Station Subsystem BSS
• Operations and Maintenance
• Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
• General Packet Radio Service GPRS

Section 2 – GPRS Protocols

• The OSI 7 Layer Model
• GPRS and the OSI 7 Layer Model
• GPRS Tunnelling Protocol GTP
• Routing Function of GGSN
• GTP Header
• TCP / UDP
• IP Header
• Sub Network Dependent Convergence Protocol SNDCP
• Routing from SGSN to MS
• SNDCP Header
• Logical Link Control LLC
• Base Station System GPRS Protocol BSSGP
• Network Service
• Frame Relay
• Signalling Protocol Stacks

Annex to Section 2

• The Overall Protocol Architecture

Section 3 – GPRS Air Interface

• GPRS Air Interface Basics
• GPRS Radio Block
• Allocation of Resources To GPRS
• Radio Link Control RLC
• Medium Access Control MAC
• GPRS Variable Coding Schemes
• Use of Multiple Timeslots

Section 4 – GPRS Procedures

• Cell Selection and Reselection
• GPRS Mobility Management
• Location Management
• Paging
• PDP Contexts
• Handovers
• GPRS Terminals and Device Classes
• Quality of Service
• GPRS Multislot Operation
• Authentication and Ciphering

Section 5 – Internet Protocol (IP) and GPRS

• Services Offered by the Internet – Email, World Wide Web, Newsgroups and Chat rooms, File Download
• Internet Infrastructure / Architecture
• Internet Addressing and the Domain Names System
• Intranet and Internet Access
• “Push” and “Pull” Services
• Roaming in GPRS – PLMN and ISP Roaming
• Intra and Inter PLMN Backbone Networks
• Mobile IP
• Nomadic Operation
• Billing – General Issues
• Billing – Technical Issues

Section 6 – EDGE and E-GPRS

• Introduction to EDGE
• EDGE Modulation and Coding
• Modulation and Coding Schemes and Data Rates
• Data Transfer at the Air Interface
• Error Control and Link Adaptation
• Enhancing GPRS with EDGE
• Operator Requirements for EDGE Deployment

Section 7 – Evolution to Third Generation

• Evolution to Third Generation
• New Markets
• Software Developments – The SIM Application Toolkit (SAT), Mobile Execution Environment (MExE)
• The PDA / Handheld Market
• Bluetooth
• Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
• Improving The Data Capabilities Of GSM – 14.4kbps, High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data Rates For Global Evolution
• (EDGE)
• The 3G Standards and Specifications
• Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
• Frequency Re-Use With CDMA
• UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access – UTRA
• Radio Spectrum and Licensing
• Service

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GSM/GPRS Infrastructure and Operation

Section 1 – GSM Introduction and Network Architecture

• Historical perspective
• Regulatory bodies
• Development and Specifications
• Other Second Generation Technologies
• Mobile station
• SIM
• Base Station Subsystem
• Network Switching Subsystem
• InterconnectionsBilling – Technical Issues
• Operations and Maintenance
• Air Interface
• Radio Spectrum

Section 2 – An introduction to Radio Channels and the GSM Radio Spectrum

• The Electromagnetic Wave
• Radio Spectrum
• The GSM radio Spectrum 900/1800 MHz
• Propagation
• Cellular principles
• C/I ratio
• Traffic and Grade of Service
• Path Loss and Cell Planning Tools

Section 3 – GSM Air Interface

• Time Division Multiple Access
• Physical channel
• Structure of Air Burst
• Traffic channels – 26 frame multiframe
• Signalling channels – 51 frame multiframe
• Typical cell example
• Introduction to Network Planning
• Example E1 link network planning calculation

Section 4 – GSM Procedures, Features and Services

• Idle mode operation
• Dedicated mode operation
• Power measurement report
• Drive Test Equipment
• Handovers
• Mobility management
• Summary of other procedures
• Teleservices, Bearer Services and Supplementary Services
• Voice Services
• Voice coding Principles
• Short Message Service
• Authentication and encryption
• Data over GSM
• Billing options

Section 5 – Introduction to the GSM Protocol Stack

• The OSI 7 Layer Model
• The GSM Protocol Stack
• The Physical Layer
• Data Link Layer 2 (LAPDm)
• The Network Layer 3 (CC, MM, RR)

Section 6 – GSM Layer 2 (LAPDm)

• Typical Layer 2 Functions and Procedures
• LAPDm Frame Formats and Fields
• Setting up a Datalink
• Numbered Information Frame Exchange
• Terminating a Datalink

Section 7 – GSM Layer 3

• RR Procedures and Messages
  • Assignment to Channel
  • Channel Modification
  • Channel Release
• MM Procedures and Messages
  • Service Request
  • Identification and Authentication
  • Location Updating
• CC Procedures and Messages
  • Mobile Originating Call
  • Mobile Terminating Call
  • SS Service Modification
• SMS Procedures and Messages
  • SMS Protocol Stack
  • Mobile Originating SMS
  • Mobile Terminating SMS

Section 8 – Layer 3 Example Signalling Sequences

• Mobile Originating Call, Successful / Abnormal
• Mobile Terminating Call, Successful / Abnormal
• Location Update
• Handovers
• SMS Delivery to Idle Mobile
• SMS Delivery to Dedicated Mode Mobile

Section 9 – Evolving Mobile Technology

• High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD)
• Packet Switching and Circuit Switching Principles
• General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
• Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE)
• Wireless Access Protocol (WAP)
• Intelligent Networks & CAMEL
• SIM Application Toolkit
• Bluetooth
• Intelligent Networks and CAMEL
• Summary of other relevant technologies

Section 10 – GPRS Protocols

• The OSI 7 Layer Model
• GPRS and the OSI 7 Layer Model
• GPRS Tunnelling Protocol GTP
• Routing Function of GGSN
• GTP Header
• TCP / UDP
• IP Header
• Sub Network Dependent Convergence Protocol SNDCP
• Routing from SGSN to MS
• SNDCP Header
• Logical Link Control LLC
• Base Station System GPRS Protocol BSSGP
• Network Service
• Frame Relay
• Signalling Protocol Stacks

ANNEX TO SECTION 2

• The Overall Protocol Architecture

Section 11 – GPRS Air Interface

• GPRS Air Interface Basics
• GPRS Radio Block
• Allocation of Resources To GPRS
• Radio Link Control RLC
• Medium Access Control MAC
• GPRS Variable Coding Schemes
• Use of Multiple Timeslots

Section 12 – General Information

• Cell Selection and Reselection
• GPRS Mobility Management
• Location Management
• Paging
• PDP Contexts
• Handovers
• GPRS Terminals and Device Classes
• Quality of Service
• GPRS Multislot Operation
• Authentication and Ciphering

Section 13 – Internet Protocol (IP) and GPRS

• Services Offered by the Internet – Email, World Wide Web, Newsgroups and Chat rooms, File Download
• Internet Infrastructure / Architecture
• Internet Addressing and the Domain Names System
• Intranet and Internet Access
• “Push” and “Pull” Services
• Roaming in GPRS – PLMN and ISP Roaming
• Intra and Inter PLMN Backbone Networks
• Mobile IP
• Nomadic Operation
• Billing – General Issues
• Billing – Technical Issues

Section 14 – SS7 in Mobile Networks

• The Intelligent Network Concept
• The Standard IN Architecture
• The Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP) and Messages
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of Intelligent Networks
• Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols - 
  • INAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP
• The GSM / UMTS Architecture – A Basic View
  • Interfaces and Messages
• Basic GSM and UMTS Operation (Call Control, Mobility, and Service Support)
• The Mobile Application Part (MAP)
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of Mobile Networks
• Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols –
  • MAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP
• The Role of CAMEL
• The Modified Mobile Architecture – Incorporating CAMEL into GSM and UMTS
• The CAMEL Application Part (CAP) and Messages
• The Use of SS7 in Support Of Intelligent Networks
• Example Procedures and the Use of SS7 Protocols –
  • CAP, TCAP, SCCP, and MTP

Section 15 – Third Generation

• Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UMTS
• Other 3G technologies
• Code Division Multiple Access CDMA
• Spectrum and Licensing status
• UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access UTRA – key features
• UMTS Radio Spectrum
• GSM Evolution to 3G

Programme
GSM Air Interface

Section 1 – An introduction to Radio Channels and the GSM Radio Spectrum

• The Electromagnetic Wave
• Radio Spectrum
• The GSM radio Spectrum 900/1800 MHz
• Propagation
• Cellular principles
• C/I ratio
• Traffic and Grade of Service
• Path Loss and Cell Planning Tools

Section 2 – The Physical Channels and Logical Channels

• Time Division Multiple Access
• Physical channel
• Structure of Air Bursts
• Logical Traffic channels – 26 frame multiframe
• Logical Signaling channels – 51 frame multiframe
• Typical cell configuration example
  

Section 3 – GSM Idle Mode Procedures

• General Mobile Power Up Procedure
• Initial Cell Selection C1
• Monitoring of Channels BCCH, PCH
• Cell Reselection C2
• Location Updating Events
• DRx

Section 4 – GSM Dedicated Mode Procedures

• Neighbour Cell Measurements
• Measurement Reporting
• Dynamic Power Control
• Timing Advance Mechanism
• Handovers

Section 5 – Introduction to the GSM Protocol Stack

• The OSI 7 Layer Model
• The GSM Protocol Stack
• The Physical Layer
• Data Link Layer 2 (LAPDm)
• The Network Layer 3 (CC, MM, RR)

Section 6 – GSM Layer 2 (LAPDm)

• Typical Layer 2 Functions and Procedures
• LAPDm Frame Formats and Fields
• Setting up a Datalink
• Numbered Information Frame Exchange
• Terminating a Datalink

Section 7 – GSM Layer 3

• RR Procedures and Messages
  • Assignment to Channel
  • Channel Modification
  • Channel Release
• MM Procedures and Messages
  • Service Request
  • Identification and Authentication
  • Location Updating
• CC Procedures and Messages
  • Mobile Originating Call
  • Mobile Terminating Call
  • SS Service Modification
• SMS Procedures and Messages
  • SMS Protocol Stack
  • Mobile Originating SMS
  • Mobile Terminating SMS

Section 8 – Layer 3 Example Signaling Sequences

• Mobile Originating Call, Successful / Abnormal
• Mobile Terminating Call, Successful / Abnormal
• Location Update
• Handovers
• SMS Delivery to Idle Mobile
• SMS Delivery to Dedicated Mode Mobile

Programme
Mobile Networks Explained

Section 1 – Introducing Mobile Networks

• A Telecommunications Network
• Components of a Cellular Network
• Cellular Networks
  • Drivers for mobility
  • The requirements of a Mobile Telecoms network
• The market place
• Trends and Forecasts
• Regulation and Standards
• GSM and GPRS – The Global Standard
• Projecting ahead – The evolution to 3^rd Generation

Section 2 – Radio and Cellular Principles

• What is a cellular system?
• Radio characteristics
  • Analogue
  • Digital
• Spectrum – a scarce resource
  • The value of spectrum
  • Sharing the resource
    • FDMA
    • TDMA
    • FDMA/TDMA
    • CDMA and W-CDMA
• Maintaining the call whilst mobile
  • Handover
• Planning the network
  • Technical
  • Costs
  • The roll-out

Section 3 -  The User Experience (Services, Applications and Handsets)

• What are services?
• Who provides them?
• What is their value
  • To the operator?
  • To the user?
• How do we pay?
• Services – a time line
• The next step – Personalised, Location-based, High value, More-capable services
• Example services
  • Messaging
  • Ticketing/vending
  • Vehicular
  • Multimedia information
• Content
  • WAP
  • XHTML
  • i-Mode
• Accessing the services
  • A Virtual Home Environment?
• The requirements for User Devices
• The user interface
• Forms and Form Factors
• Design considerations – Size, Functionality, Display, and Power considerations
• Multi-band and multi – system handsets
• Future devices
• Other technologies
  • Bluetooth
  • Wireless LAN
• Selling the handset
• Current Handsets and capabilities
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Choosing the strategy and access scheme)

Section 4 – the GSM and GPRS Network Infrastructure

• The network – what does it do?
• Circuit or packet switched?
• The Core Network
• Switches and routers
  • Circuit Switched
  • Packet Switched
  • Signalling – SS7
• Controlling the network
  • Mobility
  • HLR, VLR, EIR and AuC
  • Services – IN and CAMEL
• The Radio Network
• Radio Elements
  • Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
  • Base Station Controller (BSC)
  • The Transcoder and Rate Adaption Unit (TRAU)
• Evolution to 3rd Generation
  • The Core Network
  • EDGE
  • UMTS and W-CDMA
  • HSDPA
• IP Network Infrastructure
• IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• Convergence and the evolving network
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Designing the Network)

Section 5 – Procedures and Operation

• Identities
• Location and Routing Areas
• Procedures
  • At switch-on
  • Finding the network
  • The Location update
  • Making & receiving a call
  • Supplementary service examples
  • GPRS RA Update
• Establishing the session (MM and PDP Contexts)

Section 6 – Network Building Blocks

• Transmission – Connecting the network together
  • PDH
  • SDH
  • DWDM
  • Leased Lines
• Transport and switching technologies
  • ATM
  • IP
  • Frame Relay
• Signalling and Control
  • SS7
• Operations and maintenance
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Building the infrastructure)

Section 7 – Supporting Systems

• Messaging Systems
  • SMS
  • MMS
• Voicemail
• Location Based Services
• Access to Content
• IN and CAMEL
• Open Service Access
• The Operational Support System (OSS) and Business Support System (BSS)
• Billing Systems in the Mobile Environment
• Exercise – an Island Telco (Operating Profitably)

Section 8 – a Typical Network – Bringing it all Together

Reviewing the operator / network model, including:

• Infrastructure
  • Architecture, Vendors
• Branding
• Services and Applications – Strategies
• Data access mechanisms
  • Circuit switched, GPRS
• Content
  • Portals & Content types
• Evolution Strategies – GSM with GPRS, UMTS
  • (This section is used to review the exercises and discussions and builds on previous sections)