LTE In-Depth

Why this LTE course?

This in-depth course covers all aspects of LTE, including:

• The environment and the forces shaping it.
• The physical changes involving MIMO antennas.
• The move from CDMA to OFDM.
• The logical air interface channels to the necessary architectural and core network changes.
• Specific aspects such as security and handover to non-3GPP technologies.
• The co-existence, or otherwise, of LTE and WiMAX.

LTE Training Course Objectives

On completing this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the mobile arena and the goals of LTE
• Appreciate the evolutionary path towards LTE
• Be aware of major air interface features including SC-FDMA
• Gain an understanding of the radio channels at both physical and logical levels
• Know the principles of LTE security
• Appreciate the manoeuvreings between LTE and Mobile WiMAX

Who should attend this LTE course

• Technical personnel needing an in-depth understanding of LTE (Long Term Evolution).
• Technical staff employed by or contracted to mobile network operators, manufacturers, integrators or regulators.
• People needing to understand the LTE air interface or LTE core network should attend this course before attending the LTE Air Interface or Core Network courses.

LTE Course Pre-requisites

The course assumes some familiarity with existing UMTS systems such as can be acquired by attending Lever Technology course 663, UMTS System Overview.

Lifetime Post-Course Support

After completing this LTE training course, delegates receive lifetime post-training support from LEVER Technology Group, to help them apply the technologies and skills they have learned with us, to provide career-long support, and to ensure they are better equipped for their future roles in IT and networking.

LTE Training Course Content

The Mobile Arena

• UMTS and HSPA
• The IEEE Alternatives: Mobile WiMAX and WiMAGIC
• 3GPP2`s Approach: UMB – Ultra Mobile Broadband

Goals of LTE

• Performance Aims and Objectives
• Capability Goals
• System Performance Aims
• Deployment Requirements
• Architecture and Migration Requirements
• Complexity Targets

The Players

• The ITU`s Beyond IMT-2000 Initiative
  • Likely Impact of Study Group 19
• The 3GPP LTE Programme and Expected Outputs
• Manufacturers Positions and Announced Events

Evolution of UMTS

• LTE Architecture

Physical Layer: Moving Antennas On

• MIMO Concepts
• Space Time Diversity Coding and Spatial Multiplexing

Physical Layer Downlink : Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing – OFDM

• Proposed use in LTE
• Changes to Modulation
• Turbo Coding Refresher

Physical Layer Uplink: SC-FDMA

• Overall Description
• Benefits and Capabilities

Physical Layer: Radio Interface Channels

• Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)
• Radio Channels and their Usage

Layer 2: MAC, RL, PDCP, etc.

• MAC Sublayer
  • RLC Sublayer
  • PDCP Sublayer
• RRC
• E-UTRAN Entities
• ARQ and HARQ
• Mobility Management
• Scheduling and Rate Control

Core Network Aspects

• LTE Architectural Concepts
• SAE System Architecture Evolution
• Reference Points:
  • The S Series of Reference Points
  • The Application Protocol Interface X2
• Handover and Mobility to Non-3GPP Technologies
• Security Aspects
• Principles
• Access Security Management Entity (ASME)

LTE and WiMAX

• Capability Comparison
• LTE versus 802.16m
• Competition or Collaboration