WiMAX NETWORK TRAINING COURSE

DURTION : 2 DAYS

The Evolution Towards WiMAX

  • History of Wireless Transmission
  • Broadband Access
  • The Path Towards Wireless Broadband Access
  • Types of Broadband Services
  • DSL Technology
  • Evolution of Wireless Broadband
  • Narrowband Wireless Local Loop
  • First Generation Broadband Wireless Systems
  • Second Generation Broadband Wireless Systems
  • Emergence of Global Standard Based Wireless Broadband

Fixed Wireless Access

  • Point-to-Point Networks
  • Point-to-Multipoint Networks
  • NLoS Point-to-Multipoint Networks
  • Mesh Networks
  • Broadband Wireless Access
  • Licensed Frequency Bands
  • License-Exempt Frequency Bands
  • Background on IEEE 802.16 and WIMAX
  • IEEE 802.16 Evolution
  • IEEE 802.16a
  • IEEE 802.16-2004
  • IEEE 802.16e
  • Fixed and Mobile WIMAX
  • Personal Broadband
  • WIMAX Forum

Difference Between WiMAX Forum and IEEE 802.16

  • WiMAX Applications and Services
  • Fixed Broadband Wireless Applications
  • VoIP over WiMAX
  • Salient Features of WiMAX
  • Fixed, Portable, and Mobile Terminals

OFDMA WiMAX Physical Layer

  • Introduction
  • History and Development of OFDM
  • Evolution
  • Applications of OFDM
  • OFDM Fundamentals
  • OFDM Versus FDM
  • OFDM Signal Characteristics
  • OFDM Transmission
  • Advantages of OFDM Systems
  • Disadvantages of OFDM Systems
  • Scalable OFDMA
  • Parameters and Principles
  • Reference Model
  • IEEE 802.16 PHY Layer
  • Supported Frequency Bands
  • Channel Bandwidth
  • IEEE 802.16 PHY Interface Variants

Medium Access Control Layer

  • Introduction
  • MAC Sub-layers
  • MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU) and Service Data Unit
  • Service Specific Convergence Sub-layer (CS)
  • Mission and Functions
  • Connections and Addressing, Connection ID (CID)
  • MAC Common Part Sub-layer (MAC CPS)
  • MAC Addressing and Connections
  • MAC PDU Format
  • MAC Header Formats
  • Generic MAC Header
  • MAC Header Without Payload
  • MAC Sub-headers, Special Payloads and Sub-header

Basic, Primary and Secondary Management Connections

  • MAC Management Message Format
  • Fragmentation, Packing and Concatenation
  • Encryption of MAC PDUs
  • Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)
  • Bandwidth Allocation and Request Mechanisms

Quality of Service

  • Introduction
  • Interpretation and Definition
  • Technical and Customer-Specific QoS Parameters
  • QoS Classes
  • QoS Architecture for IEEE 802.16 MAC Protocol
  • QoS Provisioning
  • Service Flow
  • Service Flow Attributes

Security Sublayer

  • Introduction
  • Security Architecture for IEEE 802.16
  • Architecture and Functions
  • Secure Encapsulation of MPDUs
  • Encryption Algorithms
  • Network Aspects of Security
  • Radius
  • Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

Mobility Management Architecture for WiMAX Networks

  • Introduction
  • WiMAX Architecture
  • The WiMAX Forum Network Reference Model
  • The IEEE 802.16 Reference Model
  • Mobility Management in WiMAX
  • IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handover Overview
  • QoS-Aware Mobility Management
  • Integrated QoS and Mobility Management

Radio Resource Management in WiMAX Networks

  • Introduction
  • General Radio Resource Management (RRM)
  • Radio Resource Definition in WiMAX
  • Downlink RRM Algorithms for WiMAX Systems
  • Reuse-One
  • Reuse-Three
  • Soft Re-Use
  • Maximum C/I
  • Proportional Fair (PF)

Radio and Network Planning

  • Introduction
  • Propagation Models
  • Cellular Planning
  • Signal-to-Noise-Plus-Interference Ratio
  • Interference-to-Noise Ratio and Reuse Pattern
  • CNIR and Supported Throughput
  • Fixed WiMAX Planning Platforms
  • Wireless Planning Tool

Business Models and Cost/Revenue Optimization

  • Introduction
  • Business Model Definition
  • Broadband Communications Business
  • Developing a WiMAX Business Plan
  • WiMAX Business Case
  • Market Planning
  • Range of Services Offered
  • Classification of Services
  • Varying Terrain Conditions
  • Cost/Revenue Optimization