WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access Training Course |
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| This course provides a complete overview of the key IEEE WiMAX standards : 802.16d-2004 and 802.16e-2005and will also look at future standards such as 802.16j wireless mesh networking and the acceptance of 802.16e-2005 into IMT-2000. |
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About the Training Course |
WiMAX is an emerging standard for wireless broadband access. This two-day course provides a complete overview of the key IEEE WiMAX standards : 802.16d-2004 and 802.16e-2005. WiMAX is proving to be of great interest in countries where there is no existing copper infrastructure or where the local regulations limit access to the last mile of cable. In recent times, WiMAX has also proven to be very useful in disaster zones such as in Aceh, Indonesia, after the 2004 tsunami and also in the USA after the 2005 hurricane Katrina.
This course will provide a detailed overview of the network, call admission and administration as well as a detailed overview of the physical layers (PHY) for the different variants. The PHY layer presentations will focus on the WiMAX forum systems profiles and include details of the newer MIMO and adaptive antenna systems.
In addition to covering the current fixed WiMAX and mobile WiMAX standards this course will also look at future standards such as 802.16j wireless mesh networking and the acceptance of 802.16e-2005 into IMT-2000 |
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Who is this training course for? |
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This course is aimed at those who have already basic understanding of WiMAX technology and wish to get themselves up to date with the latest technology development. The course is intended for engineers, radio planners, service developers and operators, equipment designers, telecoms consultants and 3G applications developers. In addition, the course will appeal to technical managers, analysts and strategists wishing to increase their technical understanding of the key subject area currently in the limelight of the telecoms world. |
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Training Course Content |
- Day 1
WiMAX Overview Part 1 (1 Hour)
WiMAX Introduction
Is WiMAX a 3G or 4G technology ?
Integration within IMT-2000 (What is IMT-2000, which technologies are in it, what will it change now that ‘WiMAX’ is part of the document)
Spectrum and issues
Maximum range, maximum throughput, and realistic values in practice.
Competing technologies from a political point of view: Wifi, HSPA(+), LTE and UMB
WiMAX and the mobile web 2.0, applications taking advantage of mobility, mobile social networks, etc.
Flatrate or limited usage? How to control usage (prepaid, postpaid, throttling, soft boundaries, limits, etc.).
Complexity of getting into the network. An opportunity for WiMAX vs. 3G vs. DSL?
National and international roaming. An opportunity for WiMAX vs. 3G?
Usage patterns.
WiMAX Overview Part 2 (1 Hour)
Current state, e.g. maturity of the technology, deployed networks, number of users, first experiences
Service Provider viewpoint – who are the players, what are their motivations and opportunities
Success Factors – what has prevented BWA from mass market success – what will enable WiMAX to be a mass market success
WiMAX device integration - Notebooks, Ultra Mobile, Consumer Electronics etc
Applications for Mobile WiMAX – what is the killer app ? what services does it enable?
Ecosystem Landscape – WiMAX Forum – who are the players – what are their opportunities etc
Sprint Nextel – what is happening in the US – what can we learn and extrapolate from this deployment? Same for Clearwire perhaps??
Quick peek at 16.m – where it is – what features are being considered – when might it become available
The WiMAX Network (4 Hours)
Introduction of WiMAX (fixed, mobile 11d and e)
IEEE Standards (access network) including Today’s profiles and potential future profiles
WiMAX Forum Standards (for core network) including conformance and interoperability
WiMAX network nodes in the core network and in the access network
Different ASNGW implementation options
Interfaces (R3, R4, R6, R8), protocols, air interface protocol stack, procedures between the network nodes
Mobility management (micro, macro), mobile IP
Mobile state management (idle, active), requirements for it
Authentication
Use indoor/outdoor/mobile, large scale deployment, rural areas, hotspot coverage and influence on usage in the future
Competing technologies from a technical point of view: Wifi, HSPA(+), LTE, potentially UMB
Network capacity and cell capacity from different angles
Base station backhaul (copper, fiber, microwave) and technologies (Sonet, Metro Ethernet)
Voice over WiMAX (SIP, IMS, other VoIP systems), the challenge of offering QoS at least as good as today and with at least as many supplementary services (e.g. call forwarding, conferencing) as today.
WiMAX for WiMAX backhaul, 802.16j
802.16m (in case there are is material available about this next year)
Comparison of WiMAX to Wi-Fi
Content Overview
Day 2
WiMAX MAC Overview ( 2 Hours)
WiMAX protocol stack introduction
Data Link / Network and Transport Layers
802.16 Medium Access Control (MAC) layer overview.
MAC Frame Types and Classes and WiMAX frame structure
PDUs – fixed and variable length
Link adaptation and Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)
UL and DL scheduling
Bandwidth request/grant scheme
Service classes and QOS incluing - UGS, rtPS, nrtPS, BE etc.
Synchronization
Power management
Convergence sub-layers
Call set-up and control
PHY Section ( 2.5 Hours)
Brief Introduction To Modulation - Adaptive Modulation - BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM
Time Division Duplexing (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD)
OFDM, OFDMA
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), Adaptive Antenna Systems (AAS)
Space Time Coding (STC) and Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA)
WiMAX Physical (PHY) Layer overview
Architecture and specifications
WirelessMAN - SC PHY Layer, OFDM PHY Layer, OFDMA PHY Layer
WiMAX Physical Medium Dependent Layer (PMD)
Physical Layer (PHY) Implementation
WiMAX Wrap Up, Q&A And Summary (1.5 Hours)
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Benefits |
- Introduction to 802.16d-2004 (Fixed WiMAX), 802.16e-2005 (Mobile WiMAX) and future standards.
- WiMAX network architecture overview
- Physical layer overview including MIMO and AAS architectures
- Presentations by experts in the field of WiMAX with complimentary expertise in the field
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About the Lecturer |
Chris Beardsmore - WiMAX Market Development Manager - Europe, Middle East and Africa
Applications Design-In Centre
Intel Corporation.
Chris Beardsmore has worked for Intel for 20 years and is WiMAX Market Development Manager covering Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is responsible for Intel's Marketing and Initiatives to bring this exciting new technology to market. He works with Equipment Manufacturers and Carriers on successfully deploying WiMAX in the EMEA geography.
Chris has a long history of technology and marketing: starting from the very first microprocessors and Ethernet equipment thought to the latest wireless and WiMAX installations. From a hardware and software engineering background he specialises on how new technology can be brought to market successfully.
John Edwards
Senior Field Applications Engineer, picoChip Designs Ltd
Since obtaining his BEng(Hons) from the University of Bradford, John has worked as a Signal Processing Applications Engineer for companies such as Loughborough Sound Images, Blue Wave Systems and Motorola.
John now works as a Senior Field Applications Engineer, picoChip Designs Ltd. He has worked with DSPs in a wide range of DSP applications including Voice Over IP, voice band and broadband modems, control, medical instrumentation and noise and vibration analysis.
John is a member of the IET , IEEE and is a regular contributor of papers at international DSP conferences.
Martin Sauter
Wireless Consultant
Nortel
Martin works as a Wireless Solution Architect for Nortel and is responsible for end-to-end project solutions for wireless network operators. Martin joined Nortel in 2000 and since then had various positions ranging from MSC software development, wireless engineering, terminal integration and customer consulting. His extensive wireless network knowledge ranges from 2G to beyond 3G wireless systems, the mobile web and mobile devices.
Besides his work for Nortel, Martin has published two books on wireless topics, with 'Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society' currently available from John Wiley and Sons and a book about wireless topics in German from Vieweg. Current projects include a third book, due to be published in 2008, and an active participation in the blogging community with his blog at http://mobilesociety.typepad.com.
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Further Information |
- Date : The next Public presentation is Thursday 27-28 November, 2008
- Price : £895.00 + VAT (where applicable) per delegate. Fees include course materials, tuition, refreshments and lunches. The price does not include accommodation.
- Certification: Delegates will receive a University based Certificate of Attendance.
- Venue :Oxfordshire, UK
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