Wi-Fi HaLow – Certified Administrator (CWHA™)

Why this 802.11ah WiFi HaLow course?

This unique and authoritative course provides a solid grounding of IEEE 802.11ah / WiFi HaLow, including RF concepts, transmission, equipment, protocols, scaling and planning 802.11ah / Wi-Fi HaLow networks. The course also helps attendees prepare for the Wireless Certification Commission™ (WCC™) Certified Wi-Fi HaLow Administrator™ (CWHA™) on-line certification exam.

802.11ah WiFi HaLow Training Course Objectives

On completing this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a solid understanding of how IEEE 802.11ah / Wi-Fi HaLow works.
• Evaluate 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow technology and products.
• Plan, implement and support 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow networks.
• Understand the security implications of 802.11ah / Wi-Fi Halow.

Who should attend this 802.11ah WiFi HaLow course

• People wanting to evaluate 802.11ah / Wi-Fi Halow as an IoT technology solution.
• People responsible for evaluating or testing 802.11ah / Wi-Fi Halow technology or products.
• Technical sales and support staff who will sell or market 802.11ah / Wi-Fi Halow products.
• IT professionals and network engineers implementing or supporting IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow wireless networks.
• IT Security staff, managers and auditors who need to understand the security implications of 802.11ah / Wi-Fi Halow.

802.11ah WiFi HaLow Certification

This course, and the supplied study materials, prepares attendees for the Wireless Certification Commission™ (WCC™) Certified Wi-Fi HaLow Administrator™ (CWHA™) certification exam.

802.11ah WiFi HaLow Examination

After attending the course, delegates can prepare for and sit the on-line Wireless Certification Commission™ (WCC™) Certified Wi-Fi HaLow Administrator™ (CWHA™) certification exam.

Hands-on Practicals

This IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow training course includes demonstrations of 802.11ah WiFi HaLow and the opportunity for hands-on experience with 802.11ah WiFi HaLow products.

Lifetime Post-Course Support

After completing this 802.11ah WiFi HaLow 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.

802.11ah WiFi HaLow Training Course Content

Introduction to 802.11ah / Wi-Fi HaLow™

• Review of IEEE 802.11 standards
  • 802.11abgn: legacy Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ac: Wi-Fi 5
  • 802.11ax: Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E
  • 802.11ad: WiGig
  • 802.1ah: Wi-Fi HaLow
• Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow™

Why 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow?

• IEEE 802.11ah vs Wi-Fi HaLow™
• Wi-Fi HaLow use cases
• IoT, home automation, smart grid, automotive, wearable consumer electronics, and low-power sensors
• IoT and Machine to Machine (M2M) communications
• Advantages of Wi-Fi HaLow
  • Range
  • Power Efficiency
  • Capacity
  • High data rates
  • Security
• Key 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow features
  • Transmission range
  • Channel Bandwidths
  • Data rates
  • Single-hop network topologies
  • Intermittent communications
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow radio frequency spectrum allocation
• 802.11ah versus:
  • Wi-Fi
  • LoRaWAN
  • NB-IoT
  • LTE-M
  • Sigfox
  • Zigbee
  • 802.15.4 / WiSUN
  • Bluetooth and BLE
  • proprietary radio solutions

802.11ah PHY / radio interface

• Operation in license-exempt bands below 1 GHz
• S1G (sub 1 GHz) Spectrum allocations and RF power limits
  • 868 – 868.6 MHz (Europe)
  • 902 – 928 MHz (USA)
  • 950 MHz – 958 MHz (Japan)
  • 314 – 316 MHz, 430 – 434 MHz, 470 – 510 MHz, and 779 – 787 MHz (China)
  • 917 – 923.5 MHz (Korea)
• Wi-Fi HaLow Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
• Enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 MAC layer
• Coexistence with other systems
• Optimised Radio Access Technology (RAT)

IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow new PHY and MAC

• Issues with S1G spectrum and bands
• How does 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow support extended range versus Wi-Fi?
• How is 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow better for IoT?
• 802.11ah PHY and MAC optimisation
• Power efficiency
• Scalable operation
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow link-budget
• 802.11ah mandatory and globally interoperable 1 and 2 MHz bandwidth modes
• 4, 8, and 16 MHz bandwidths
• Mandatory and Optional PHY Features

802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow Applications and Use Cases

• Analysis of Use Cases
  • Sensors and meters
  • Backhaul Sensor and meter data
  • Extended range Wi-Fi
  • Smart Grid: Meter to Pole
  • Environmental and Agricultural Monitoring
  • Industrial process sensors
  • Healthcare
  • Home and Building Automation
  • Home sensors
  • Smart cities
• Commercially available Wi-Fi HaLow products
  • Wi-Fi HaLow Access Points
  • Wi-Fi HaLow Ethernet adapters
  • Wi-Fi HaLow modules
  • Wi-Fi HaLow Development platforms

IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow Channel Model

• 4G Urban Micro and Macro cell channels
• Urban Micro deployments
• Urban and Suburban Macro cell deployments
  • Urban Micro (UMi)
  • SMa: Suburban Macro
  • UMa: Urban Macro
  • InH: Indoor Hotspot
  • RMa: Rural Macro
• LoS (Line of Sight) operation
• NLoS (Non Line of Sight) operation
• O-to-I (Outdoor to Indoor) operation
• Spatial Channel Model (SCM)
• Outdoor Path Loss Models
• Outdoor Device to Device Models
• Indoor MIMO Channel Models

IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow Implementation and Interoperability

• 802.11ah interoperability issues across vendors
• 802.11ah PHY and MAC design
• 802.11ah PHY channelisation and channel models
• 802.11ah Sub 1 GHz spectra channelisation
• Propagation and penetration models
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow communication through walls, indoor and outdoors

802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow Operation In Depth

• Multihop Relay operation
• Fast Association and Authentication
• Subchannel Selective Transmission (SST)
• Transmission Modes
• 2 MHz modes: 2 MHz, 4 MHz
• 8 MHz and 16 MHz transmissions
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
• IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow and MIMO (Multiple Inputs Multiple Outputs)
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow Downlink Multi-User MIMO (DL MU-MIMO)
• 802.11ah power control and usage
• Smaller frame formats
• Sensor traffic priority
• Beaconless paging mode
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow MAC efficient paging and scheduled transmissions
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow MAC throughput enhancements
• Compact MAC Header format
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow QoS and High Throughput (HT)
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow channel access delay
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow ACK transmission overhead
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow MCS (Modulation and Coding Schemes)
• 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow data rates
• Response Indication Deferral (RID)
• Bi Directional TXOP (BDT) (Transmit Opportunities)
• BSS Colouring
• Group Sectorisation
• Station Grouping
• Hierarchichal Association ID and increased TIM size
• Restricted Access Window (RAW)
• MAC power saving and channel access
• Target Wake Time (TWT)

Evaluating IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi HaLow performance

• 802.11ah WiFi HaLow product demonstrations
• Testing Interoperability
• Speed and performance testing
• Hands-on 802.11ah WiFi HaLow opportunity for course attendees