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UMTS Radio System Design

This course is intended to provide participants with a technology overview of the UMTS system so as to appreciate the operation and optimization of the UMTS radio network. The course provides a overview of UMTS technology and a high level view of the hardware, function, and associated nodes. This is followed by an intermediate level of understanding on UMTS concepts and terminology associated with the air interface. Major topics discussed include UMTS principles and network architecture, network planning and dimensioning, radio system performance enhancements, micro-cell and indoor solutions, network management and optimization, and HSDPA.

Who should Attend	Class Size	10-15 Participants
The course is designed for RF engineers and technical professionals requiring an intermediate level of understanding of the UMTS system, air interface and basic optimization techniques. System integrators seeking to have an in depth knowledge of UMTS system and radio planning will also find the course beneficial.
Pre-requisite Knowledge	Duration	5 days (35) hours
Participants should have some Telecommunication background, and preferably with some knowledge of RF, Digital Communications and GSM system.

Course Outline
UMTS Overview (2HR)	Wireless Standards Landscape 3GPP Standardization Timeline Basic Features – Radio Access, Network Elements and Spectrum

WCDMA for UMTS-FDD (5HR)	Multiple Access, Channelisation and Scrambling Codes Wireless Channel Characteristics Multipath Diversity Temporal Diversity Radio Resource Management Power Control Handovers and Macro-Diversity Admission and Load Control Packet Scheduling Rate Matching

UMTS Transport and Physical Channels (4HR)	Mapping Between the Channels Dedicated Channels Common Channels Synchronization Channel Common Pilot Channel

Radio Interface Protocols (3HR)	Bearer Services Radio Interface Protocol Architecture Medium Access Control Architecture Radio Link Control Functions and Modes Radio Resource Control Entities Radio Resource Control and Mobile Terminal States

UMTS Radio Access Procedures (3HR)	Cell Search Procedure Paging Procedure RACH Procedure Open Loop Power Control UMTS To GSM Handover Compressed Mode

Radio Network Planning and Dimensioning (4HR)	Cell Loading and Interference Margin Margins and Gains Typical Mobile Terminal and Base Station Parameters Link Budget Case Studies Coverage and Capacity Scrambling Code Planning Backhaul Dimensioning RNC Dimensioning

Radio System Performance Enhancements (5HR)	Handover Parameters Optimization Impact Of P-CPICH Adding New Carrier Tower Top LNAs and Remote Radio Heads Adaptive Multi Rate Speech Coding GSM and UMTS Lowering Inter-Carrier Interference Repeaters Sectorization Techniques Antenna Tilting Multiple Antenna Techniques Multiuser Detection Equalization

Micro-Cell And Indoor Solutions (3HR)	Micro-Cell Characteristics Micro- and Macro-Cell Hierarchy Near-Far Effect Indoor Solutions and Effects Micro- and Macro-Cell Interference Distributed Antenna System

Network Management (2HR)	Management Model and Systems Optimization Loops Quality Cycle Measurements Key Performance Indicators Field Measurements QOS and Service Performance Auto-Tuning

HSDPA (4HR)	UMTS and HSDPA Features Transmission Time Interval Channelisation Codes Resource Sharing Modulation Turbo Channel Coding and Soft Bits Hybrid ARQ Channel Quality Indicator Multiuser Scheduling Mobile Terminal Categories MAC-Hs Power Allocation

UMTS-TDD (1HR)	Features Channels Traffic Burst Slot Allocation Interference Scenarios

Course Review and Discussions (1HR)

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