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Certified LTE Radio Planning & Optimisation Professional (5-Day Bootcamp) Programme
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