LTE Training Programs: Course Outlines
LTE Training Programs: Course Outlines
LTE Training Programs: Course Outlines
Course Outlines
Training
Sl # Training Topics Duration (days)
1 LTE Network Overview 2
2 LTE Air Interface 3
3 LTE RAN Signaling 2
4 LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC)- Explained 2
5 LTE EPC Signaling 2
6 LTE Radio Network Planning and Design 2
7 LTE Network Optimization and KPI 2
8 LTE Advanced (LTE-A)- Explained 2
9 VoLTE, IMS, SIP - Overview 3
10 LTE-U/LAA Overview 1
11 VoLTE Implementation and Performance Management 4
12 IoT Wireless - Cat M0/eMTC/NB-IoT Explained 2
EPC Architecture
E-UTRAN Architecture
Voice in LTE
CSFB in LTE
SRVCC
IMS Voice Call flow
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LTE Air Interface (3 Days)
Day 1
Overview of LTE/SAE
Day 2
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UL frame description
Channels in UL
Random access in LTE
UE identifiers
Day 3
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LTE RAN Signaling (2 Days)
LTE Access Stratum and Non Access Stratum – An Overview
Layer 3 Signaling
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RRC Layer interaction with other layers
X2AP signalling protocol Overview and Procedure
S1AP signalling protocol Overview and Procedure
GTP-C Protocol Overview
Functions of PDCP
Functions of RLC and different RLC Modes
RLC Data Structure
MAC Layer Functionality and Architecture
MAC layer mapping to logical, transport and Physical Channels
MAC Packet Data Unit (PDU) format
GTP-U Overview
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LTE Evolved Packet Core – Explained (2 Days)
LTE EPC Overview
Introduction
EPC Bearers
EPC Procedures
Attach / Detach
Service Request
Security in EPC
Authentication Procedure
IPSec
PCC Architecture
Nodes
PCRF
PCEF
3GPP AAA
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Dedicated Bearer Activation
Interfaces
Gx
Rx
Sp
LTE Mobility
VoLTE
VoLGA
SRVCC
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LTE EPC Signaling (2 Days)
Introduction
Overview of 3GPP releases
Current status of the LTE/EPC standardization work
DIAMETER Protocol
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DIAMETER interfaces
Procedures, commands and AVPs
Baseline protocol and extension applications
S6a/S6d procedures and HSS data
Rx/Gx procedures
Signaling Flows
Initial Attach and establishment of default bearer
Dedicated bearer establishment
Tracking Area Update with MME relocation
S1-based handover with SGW relocation
Inter-RAT handover to S4-SGSN
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LTE Radio Network Planning and Design (2 Days)
Planning Expectations
RSRP and RSRQ measurements in LTE
Noise and Interference
Thermal Noise Calculations
LTE receiver's noise floor based on bandwidth and Noise Figure
Use of Cascade analysis to determine a system Noise Figure
Determination system performance based on C/N and C/I+N
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Designing the frequency reuse plan for your LTE network
Fractional Frequency Reuse
Frequency Reuse Options for LTE networks
Coverage Planning
Capacity Planning
Morphology Classes
Using a simple model for initial business plan inputs
Matching cell density with customer demand
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LTE Radio Network Performance Management and KPI
E-UTRAN Performance Management solution
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LTE Advanced (LTE-A) – Explained (2 Days)
Overview of LTE-Advanced
Air-interface enhancements
Carrier Aggregation
o Intra-band and inter-band aggregation
Control plane protocols
Cross carrier scheduling
User plane protocols
Acquisition and connection establishment
Component carrier management
UL MAC enhancements
UL transmitter and receiver enhancements
HetNets
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o Backhaul HARQ
Pico eNB / small cells support
o Enhanced Inter-cell interference coordination (EICIC)
o Almost blank sub frames (ABS) and their usage
o X2 interface enhancements for EICIC
o Interference cancellation methods
Home eNB
o Managing interference in Home eNB deployments
o CSG issues and their management
Remote radio heads
Other topics
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VoLTE, IMS and SIP – Overview (3 Days)
IMS Evolution
What is IMS?
How IMS related to convergence – which convergence?
How IMS is related to 3GPP Initiative?
Multimedia over IP – can we discuss those design challenges?
Are we not doing Multimedia communication already, why then IMS?
What/whose purpose does IMS serve – SSP, end user, vendor, CSP,…
Are we bringing IP and Mobile together with IMS, or we doing more?
What are the big design challenges of IMS?
What are IMS Objectives and Requirements?
IMS Services
Presence
Push To Talk over Cellular
Multimedia Messaging
Conferencing
Group management Services
On-line real-time games
Some Service usage scenario
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Enterprise Networks
Internet Backbone
Signaling – SIP
Session Description – SDP, XML, …
Transport RTP, RTCP
QoS – COPS, RSVP, LDAP
Address Mapping – DNS, ENUM (NAPTR), DCHP
AAA – Diameter
Security – IPSec
Some IMS Procedures
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LTE-U / LAA – Overview (1 Day)
3GPP LAA
Qualcomm MuLTEfire
o Motivation
o General idea and challenges
Conclusions
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VoLTE Implementation and Performance Management (4 Days)
VOLTE Network Readiness Assessment
LTE/IMS Overview
Accessibility KPI
o Initial Registration Success Rate of S-CSCF
o Session Setup Time (Mean)
o Session Establishment Success Rate
o Third Party Registration Success Rate
o Re-registration Success Rate of S-CSCF
o Session Setup Time Originated from IMS (Mean)
o Session Setup Time Originated from CS (Mean)
o Immediate Messaging Success Rate
Retainability KPI
o Call Drop Rate of IMS Sessions
Utilization KPI
o Mean Session Utilization
RTP Jitter/Latency/Packet Loss
Test Case for VoLTE Readiness Check
o UE Initial Attach with default bearer establishment and IMS SIP registration
o UE Initiated IMS call setup(LTE to LTE)
o UE Initiated IMS call termination(LTE to LTE)
o IMS Voice Session Establishment (between LTE UE in Home N/W & LTE UE in Visited
N/W)
o Communication Barring of All Incoming Calls
o Communication Barring of All Outgoing Calls
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o Barring of Incoming Calls – When Roaming
o Communication Hold
VOLTE Troubleshooting
VOLTE Call Flow for different Scenarios with PCAP Trace (S1-U/S1-
C/S11/S6a/Gx/Rx/Gm/Cx/Mw/Mg/ISC)
o SIP REGISTER Flow
o LTE to LTE Call Flow (MO/MT)Analysis
o LTE to PSTN Call Flow Analysis
o LTE to UMTS Call Flow Analysis
Voice quality improvement (includes One way audio, low MOS, SIP 481 and RTP Timeout
failures)
o Speech Quality Impacted by Codec
o Voice Quality (e.g. POLQA algorithms, for wideband or narrowband codecs)
o Packet Loss & Delay Drive QoE for VoLTE
o SIP Timers
o RTP Timeout Issue
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IoT Wireless - Cat M0/eMTC/NB-IoT - Explained (2 Days)
Introduction
o What is IOT/IOE?
o Components of a typical IOT system
o Wireless Standards relevant to IOT/IOE; BT, BLE, Wi-Fi, 802.15.4, cellular
o Non-standard WAN technologies for IOT; LORa, Sigfox, weightless
o Frequency bands and ranges relevant for IOT
IOT and Cellular
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