1) The Need For 3rd Generation Systems

• Modern Mobile Networks – A Brief Overview
• Review of Services Provided by GSM / GPRS / EDGE / WAP
• The Requirement for the Next Generation of Networks
• The ITU Requirement for IMT 2000
• ETSI, 3GPP and UMTS Standardisation

                                                              

2) UMTS Services and Applications

• UMTS Bearer Services and Teleservices
• Quality of Service Classes
• The Virtual Home Environment Concept
• Mobility Services
• Security, including encryption and authentication
• Use of WAP, MeXE, xTML etc
• Mobile Equipment
• UMTS Subscriber Identity Module (USIM)

 

3) UMTS Architecture

• Overall UMTS Architecture
• The Functional Groupings – User Equipment, UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network and Core Network
• Elements of the UE
• The UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
• Elements of the UTRAN
• Node B
• Radio Network Controller
• Transport Within the UTRAN
• The Core Network
• Elements of the Core Network
• Circuit Switched Domain
• Packet Switched Domain
• The Purpose of IN and CAMEL
• Transport and Transmission in the Core Network
• The Use of the Internet Protocol
• Interfacing with Other Systems

 

4) WCDMA Applied to UMTS

• Direct Sequence CDMA – Operation (Spreading / Despreading)
• Spreading Factor and Capacity
• Channelisation Codes for UMTS                                                                                                 
• Scrambling Codes for UMTS
• Use of The Rake Receiver
• The Near-Far Effect
• Fast Power Control
• Handovers
• Soft Handover
• Softer Handover
• Hard Handover
• Cell Breathing
• Beam Forming Antennas and Multi-user Detection
• TDD, FDD and ODMA Operation
• Coding and Channels in:
• FDD
• TDD

 

5) Radio Planning Issues

• The Requirements
• Cell Planning in UMTS
• Traditional Cell Planning
• W-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
• W-CDMA, EDGE and GSM Coverage Areas
• Planning Tools

 

6) Evolutionary Strategies

• The Move to All-IP Networks
• Evolution of the UMTS Architecture
• The Basic Release ’99 Core Network
• SIP and Multimedia in the Core Network
• Evolution of the UTRAN
• IP to the Node B and User
• A Conceptual Multi-access UMTS / IP Network
• The Introduction of UMTS Terminals
• Evolution Issues for UMTS Terminals
• The Evolution of New UMTS Value Chains

• Deciding Factors for the Success Of UMTS