| UMTS/WCDMA Network Planning
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Length:
16 hours (2 days)
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Prerequisites:
Knowledge of RF network planning or UMTS/WCDMA physical layer and upper Layers, release 99 (preferred requirement).
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Audience:
RF network engineers involved in UMTS/WCDMA network planning. System engineers/project managers involved in a UMTS/WCDMA deployment who need to understand the planning aspect.
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Course Description:
This two day course presents, in a practical way, the parameter necessary to plan a WCDMA RF network or assess the quality of a RF network plan for WCDMA. A reminder of the WCDMA reference network is given, with emphasis on the parameters that affect the RF plan. Fundamentals to understand coverage and capacity are discussed. Network planning tool are then introduce to discuss the type of performance evaluation that can be done at time of planning. Parameters that can be optimized to improve the planned performance are finally introduced. Last practical considerations, such as site selection, are presented.
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Objectives:
The following topics are covered:
- Optimization life cycle
- Pre-deployment optimization
- Initial optimization
- In-service optimization
- Continuous optimization
- Naming conventions
- Reference network
- Interfaces
- UMTS releases and features
- UMTS functions
- WCDMA coverage estimation & definition
- Coverage types
- Ec, Eb, Io, No, Nt, and the like
- Physical channels
- Coverage comparison
- Uplink link budget
- Propagation component
- Handoff gain
- Fade margin
- Uplink coverage plot examples
- Downlink link budget
- Downlink coverage plot examples
- COST 231 propagation models
- Hata model
- Walfisch-Ikegami model
- Model comparisons
- Other models
- Propagation model tuning
- General traffic engineering
- Uplink WCDMA capacity
- Downlink capacity
- Resource estimation
- Traffic engineering
- Network planning tools
- Bins
- Network coverage simulations
- Tool consideration
- Performance estimation plots
- Soft handover
- Optimizing SHO
- Impact of SHO
- Hard handover considerations
- Cell reselection and HO
- Compressed mode
- Estimating boundaries
- Power setting
- Scrambling Code (SC) planning
- Channel assignment
- Neighbor cell list planning
- LAC/RAC/RNC planning
- Antenna and antenna near parts
- Site selection
- Multi-carrier systems
- Hierarchical Cell Structure (HCS)
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Media:
The UMTS/WCDMA Network Planning course is a combination of instructor lecture and student text.
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Upcoming Class Dates |
There are currently no sessions
scheduled for this class.
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Course Book |
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UMTS and HSPA Network Planning |
$100.00 |
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DVD-ROM |
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UMTS/WCDMA Network Planning (DVD-ROM) |
$49.00 |
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Set of four UMTS/WCDMA DVD-ROMs |
$156.00 |
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Handbook |
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*WCDMA (UMTS) Deployment Handbook: Planning and Optimization Aspects (FREE DVD with purchase) |
$107.00 |
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