Course 90089008: RF Engineering Training Boot Camp - TONEX.com

TONEX RF Engineering training Boot Camp

What will you learn at the TONEX Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering Training Boot Camp?

TONEX RFEngineering training Boot Camp is the answer to your RF planning, modeling, design and engineering in any wireless networks. 

RF Engineering is a subset of electrical engineering that deals with devices which are designed to operate in the Radio Frequency spectrum. These devices operate within the range of about 3 kHz up to 300 GHz.

RF Engineering is a highly specialized field. To produce quality results, TONEX RF Engineering Training Bootcamp covers an in-depth knowledge of Mathematics, Physics, general electronics theory as well as specialized propagation and microstrip design. 

Explore the theory and practice of RF, Microwave, antenna engineering including: antenna theory, antenna types, antenna applications, electromagnetic properties, propogation models for a wide spectrum of frequencies from 550 kHz to 550 GHz. RF Engineering training bootcamp emphasis most in the VHF, UHF, and microwave regions but any other areas can be covered upon request. RF-powered wireless sensors and wireless embedded Internet are among new topics in 2012.

RF Engineering training bootcamp also covers RF security, software defined radios (SDR), cognitive radio, communications and radar, commercial, and military applications, radomes, antenna materials and lens antennas, computer modeling of antennas, simulation, and antenna measurement techniques.

What is a TONEX Boot Camp?

TONEX Boot Camps are intensive learning experiences that cover the essential elements of your chose subject. Boot camps are ideal for busy professionals who want to stay current in their fields but have limited time to be away from the office.

All boot camp includes:

• Experienced instructors including senior technology leaders, project managers, technical authors, engineers, educators, consultants, course developers, and CTOs.
• Real life examples and practices.
• Hands on exercises.
• Small class size.
• Personalized instructor mentoring.
• Pre-training discussions
• Ongoing post-training support via e-mail, phone and WebEx.

RF Engineering Boot Camp provides participants with a solid understanding of RF surveys and planning, electromagnetic modeling and simulation, interference analysis and resolution, coverage analysis, propagation models, RF engineering, system specifications and performance, modulation, antenna theory, link design, traffic engineering, optimization, benchmarking, safety, RF testing and system integration and measurements. Design and production engineers and technicians interested in improving RF engineering skills through a practical approach will benefit from this course.

Topics Covered: 

• RF Theory
• RF Engineering Principles
• Modulation
• Antenna Theory
• Interference Analysis
• Link Design
• Principles of Noise and Interference
• Principles of Jamming
• Communications Control and Jamming Theory of Operation
• RF System Specifications
• RF Surveys and Planning
• Radio Wave Propagation and Modeling
• FrequencyPlanning and
• Traffic Dimensioning
• Cell Planning Principals
• Coverage Analysis
• RF Optimization
• RF Benchmarking
• RF Performance
• RF Safety
• RF Simulation
• RF Testing
• RF System Integration and Measurements
• Planning of GSM, GRS, EDGE, CDMA, W-CDMA Radio Networks
• Advanced Topics in GSM, GPRS and EDGE Cell Planning
• Advanced Topics in CDMA and CDMA2000 Cell Planning
• Advanced Topics in W-CDMA (R-99), HSDPA, HSUPA and LTE Cell Planning
• Advanced Topics in WiMAX (802.16e) Planning and Architecture
• Voice and Data Traffic Engineering
• RAN Optimization

RF Engineering 101

• History of RF
• Basic Problems of Radio and Microwave
• Basic Building Blocks in Radio and Microwave Planning, Design and Engineering
• Fundamentals of RF Systems 
• RF Principles, Modeling, Design, and Deployment
• RF regulatory considerations
• RF Propagation, Fading, and Link Budget Analysis
• Sky wave vs. ground wave propagation
• Line-of-Sight (LOS) and non-Line-of-Sight (non-LOS) propagation
• Free space path loss models
• Principles of Modulation
• Principles of  Antenna
• RF Impairments
• Noise and Distortion
• Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Systems
• Filters
• Amplifiers
• Mixers
• Transistor Oscillators and Frequency Synthesizers
• Modulation Techniques
• Receiver Design
• Eb/No vs. SNR, BER vs. noise, Bandwidth Limitations
• Modulation Schemes and Bandwidth  
• Types of Modulation

RF system engineering Principles 

• Communication channel Characterization
• Network Planning Fundamentals
• Capacity and Frequency Planning
• Link Analysis and Design
• Network Benchmarking
• RF surveys
• Interference Analysis
• Principles of Noise and Interference
• RF Surveys and Planning
• Radio Wave Propagation and Modeling
• Measure signal level, walking or driving
• Coverage analysis
• Terrain-based coverage, including urban, campus, in-building
• Antenna design
• Create custom applications
• Fixed sites and mobile platforms
• Electromagnetic modeling and simulation
• Define antenna types and locations to fit application
• Interference analysis and resolution
• Perform intermodulation and collocation analysis, filter definition
• Engineering system specifications and performance
   

Deployment of RF Systems

• Evaluation, design and implementation management of reliable, cost-effective wireless voice and data communications systems
• Design, integrate, and deploy wireless systems

  Public safety, commercial, industrial, utility, and local government
• Military
• Satellite and terrestrial applications
• VSAT
• HF, VHF, and UHF radio systems, including analog, digital, and trunk
• Microwave data links
• In-building and outdoor coverage augmentation
• Distributed antenna system
• Custom and special antenna design
• Cellular Networks
• GSM and CDMA Networks
• CDMA2000 and UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ Networks
• WiMAX and LTE Networks
• Wireless LANs Networks

RF Engineering applied

• Cellular and Mobile RF (TDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA and CDMA2000, UMTS/W-CDMA,  HSPA/HSPA+,  WiMAX and LTE)
• Fixed Wireless RF (802.11, 802.16, HF, UHF, Microwave, Satellite, Radar and GPS)
• 2-Way Radio Communications
• Handheld Radios
• Truck Radios
• Shack Radios
• Radio Repeaters
• Cellular Communications
• Digital Bag Phones
• Increasing signal strength 
• Yagi antenna
• 3-watt booster
• Digital Handheld Cellular Phones
• Cellular Repeaters
• Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems
• Handheld Satellite Phones
• Intro to Radio Planning for Mobile Networks
• RF Planning and Design for GSM, CDMA, UMTS, HSPA/HSPA+, LTE and WiMAX Networks
• Intro to Radio Planning for Fixed Wireless Networks Path Survey

RF System Planning, modeling and Design Considerations

• RF System Planning and Design
• Multiple Access Methods and Comparative Capacities
• Wireless Multiple Access Methods, Applications, and Comparisons
• FDMA
• TDMA
• CDMA
• OFDM
• MIMO
• Factors Affecting the Behavior of Radio Waves: Path Attenuation
• Reflection
• Refraction
• Scattering
• Diffraction
• Earth’s curvature
• Fresnel Zones
• Multipath fading
• Rician, Raleigh and Nakagami fading
• Threshold crossing rate and average fade duration
• Delay spread
• Scatter function, WSSUS model and SCRM model
• Doppler shift effects
• Coherence time and coherence bandwidth
• Dealing with channel impairments
• Forward error correction (FEC)
• Interleaving
• Channel Coding
• Modulation, Bandwidth, Interference, Performance
• BER vs. Noise
• Bandwidth Limitations
• Noise Figure
• Eb/No vs. SNR
• Receiver Sensitivity
• Desensitization and Blocking
• Dynamic Range
• Intermodulation Distortion
• Power Output
• Spectral Efficiency and System Limitations
• Sample Link Budget Calculations
• Link Structure
• Design Engineering
• Performance Engineering
• Traffic Engineering
• System Noise Management
• Propagation Modes
• Scattering Parameter Analysis
• RF Regulatory Considerations

RF Propagation Principles

• Estimating Path Loss
• VHF/UHF/Microwave Radio Propagation
• Physics and Propagation Mechanisms
• Propagation Models and Link Budgets
• Practical System Design Considerations
• The Physics of Propagation: Free Space, Reflection, Diffraction
• Local Variability: Rayleigh fading and multipath cancellation
• Free Space Path Loss
• Area Propagation Models: Okumura, HATA, Cost 231 and others
• Point-to-Point Models: techniques and commercial software
• Analyzing measured data to produce models
• Reliability of Service
• Macro-cell Indoor Penetration
• Micro-cellular systems and techniques
• Propagation Prediction Tools and Measurement Tools
• Propagation Losses
• Refraction and Fresnel Zones
• Reflection and Scattering Loss
• Multipath
• Rayleigh Fading Models
• Noise and interference
• Polarization distortion
• Diversity implementation
• Link Budgets and High-Level System Design
• Link Budget Basics and Application Principles
• Traffic Considerations

Satellite and VSAT Systems Engineering

• Principles of Microwave Communications
• Microwave Systems
• Commercial Bands, Footprints, Bandwidths, Polarizations
• Propagation, Losses and Fading
• Antenna Alignment
• Beacons, Magnetic Offset and Known Signals
• Systems Elements
• Encoders, Modulators, Upconverters, SSPA, HPA, KPA, Waveguides, LNBs and LNAs
• System Integration
• IFs, LNB Noise Floors, Cable Losses, Impedance's and Level Checks
• Redundant Systems
• 1:1, 1:N, 2:N
• Link Calculations
• Eb/No, EIRP, Antenna Gains, G/T, Power/bandwidth trade offs
• Commissioning Tests and Documentation

Details Of Propagation Models And Their Uses

• Free space, Okamura/HATA, Okamura with Knife Edge Diffraction, Longley-Rice, and the proprietary BIBY-C
• Simple Analytical models
• General Area models
• Point-to-Point models
• Local Variability models
• The Okumura Model
• The Hata Model
• The EURO COST-231 Model
• Walfisch-Betroni/Walfisch-Ikegami Models
• Morphological Zones
• Commercial Propagation Prediction Software

Calculating Path Loss

• Free Space Propagation
• Path Loss on Line of Sight Links
• Diffraction and Fresnel Zones
• Ground Reflections
• Effects of Rain, Snow and Fog
• Path Loss on Non-Line of Sight Paths
• Diffraction Losses
• Attenuation from Trees and Forests
• General Non-LOS Propagation Models

RF Modulation principles

• Fundamentals of analog transmission
• Quantization
• Pulse-code modulation
• Geometrical representations of waveforms
• Modulation techniques (QAM, PSK, QPSK, DPSK, FSK)
• The additive Gaussian noise channel
• Optimal detectors
• Performance analysis of digital receivers

Antenna Theory & Design Principles

• Principle of Antennas and Wave Propagation
• Antenna properties
• Impedance, directivity, radiation patterns, polarization
• Types of Antennas, Radiation Mechanism (Single Wire, Two-Wires, Dipole)
• Current Distribution on Thin Wire Antenna
• Radiation Pattern
• Gain Antenna types, composition and operational principles
• ERP and EIRP
• Antenna gains, patterns, and selection principles
• Antenna system testing
• Fundamental Parameters of Antennas
• Radiation Pattern and types
• Radiation Intensity and Power Density
• Directivity, Gain, Half Power Beamwidth
• Beam Efficiency, Antenna Efficiency
• Bandwidth, Polarization (Linear, Circular and Elliptical)
• Polarization Loss Factor
• Input Impedance
• Antenna Radiation Efficiency
• Effective Length, Friis Transmission Equation
• Antenna Temperature
• Infinitesimal Dipole
• Small Dipole
• Region Separation
• Finite Length Dipole
• Half Wavelength Dipole
• Ground Effects
• Loop Antennas
• Small Circular Loop
• Circular Loop of Constant Current
• Circular Loop with Non-uniform Current
• Ground and Earth Curvature Effects
• Mobile Communication Systems Application

Types of Antennas

• Resonant antennas
• Traveling wave antennas
• Frequency Independent antennas
• Aperture antennas
• Phased arrays
• Electrically small antennas
• Circularly polarized antennas
• Elementary Antenna Elements
• Omnidirectional Antennas
• Microstrip Antennas
• Achieving circular polarization
• The helix antenna
• Electrically Small Antennas
• Fractal Antennas
• Ultra Wideband (UWB) Antennas
• Low Profile Antennas
• Linear Wire Antennas
• Monopole configurations
• Feed considerations
• Dipole configurations
• Ground plane considerations
• Bandwidth improvement techniques
• Antenna Arrays

VHF/UHF/Microwave Radio Propagation

• Estimating Path Loss
• Free Space Propagation
• Path Loss on Line of Sight Links
• Diffraction and Fresnel Zones
• Ground Reflections
• Effects of Rain, Snow and Fog
• Path Loss on Non-Line of Sight Paths
• Diffraction Losses
• Attenuation from Trees and Forests
• General Non-LOS Propagation Models

Site Survey and Acquisition

• Design, analysis and optimization of wireless networks
• Verification of network deployments for wireless networks
• RF engineering principals
• Good quality network and services
• Network planning resources
• Link budgets, scheduling and resource allocation
• Preparation and Report generation
• Real-time coverage maps
• True-up RF modeling software
• RF System Optimization
• RF coverage and service performance measurements
• RF System Setting
• Initial optimization testing of installed networks
• Antenna and Transmission Line Considerations
• System field-testing and parameter optimization
• Functional testing and optimization for implemented sites
• Test plan development
• System drive test and data analysis
• System parameter settings and interference control

RF Optimization Principles

• Site Acquisition
• Design, analysis and optimization of wireless networks
• Verification of network deployments for wireless networks
• RF engineering principals
• Good quality network and services
• Network planning resources
• Link budgets, scheduling and resource allocation
• Preparation and Report generation
• Real-time coverage maps
• True-up RF modeling software

RF System Optimization

• RF coverage and service performance measurements
• System Setting
• Initial optimization testing of installed networks
• Antenna and Transmission Line Considerations
• System field-testing and parameter optimization
• Functional testing and optimization for implemented sites
• Test plan development
• System drive test and data analysis
• System parameter settings and interference control

Key RF Performance Indicators

• FER, Mobile Receive Power, Ec/Io, Mobile Transmit Power
• System accessibility analysis
• Available radio resources and network trunking issues
• System parameter optimization
• Regression analysis to measure benefits
• Frequency/PN offset planning
• Self-generated system interference
• Cell site integration
• Construction coordination
• Equipment installation/antenna system verification
• RF parameter datafills
• Radio testing
• Initial drive testing
• Performance monitoring
• Site migration planning and testing
• ERP changes
• Orientation changes

RF Troubleshooting

• Safety
• Basic troubleshooting steps
• Signal tracing
• Signal injection
• Lead dress
• Heat sinks

Labs and calculations

• Wireless Network Link Analysis
• System Operating Margin (SOM) Calculations
• Free Space Loss Calculations
• Freznel Clearance Zone Calculations
• Latitude/Longitude Bearing Calculations
• Microwave Radio Path Analysis
• Line-of-Sight Path Analysis
• Longley-Rice Path Loss Analysis
• United StatesElevation Analysis
• Parabolic Reflector Gain and Focal Point Calculations
• Urban Area Path Loss Analysis
• Antenna Up/Down Tilt Calculation
• Distance & Bearing Calculations
• Omnidirectional Antenna Beamwidth Analysis
• Return Loss Calculation
• Knife Edge Diffraction Loss Calculation
• Scattering: gamma in/out from s-parameters analysis
• Lumped Component Wilkinson Splitter / Combiner Designer
• Pi & Tee Network Resistive Attenuation Calculator
• RF Safety Compliance Calculation
• Microstripline Analysis & Design
• Calculating Phase Line Length Analysis
• 3-Pole Butterworth Characteristic Bandpass Filter Calculation
• RF Pi Network Design
• PLL 3rd Order PassiveLoopFilter Calculation
• Antenna Isolation Calculation

Detection, Measurement, and Training Applications

• Detection of unauthorized or incidental RF sources at low level
• Deliberate jammers, bugs, or incidental radiation from legitimate equipment
• Contraband electronics detection by junction stimulation, even when powered off
• Measurement of Propagation loss for communications systems
• Link Budget verification, antenna gain measurement, fault identification/location
• Measurement of Propagation Loss in structures and building materials
• Injection and measurement of transmitted and reflected radiation
• Detection/analysis of “waveguide” properties down halls, HVAC ducts
• Identification of optimum locations and techniques for outside-building detection of in-building sources
• Interference Identification and mitigation
• Intermodulation distortions from active electronics
• Intermodulation distortions from passive metallic and incidental junction devices
• Link Design/Link Budget
• Field Survey
• Spectrum Clearing
• Spectrum Monitoring
• Path Loss and Link power budget design
• Post-construction Link Budget/Hardware Integrity commissioning
• Radiation Hazard Analysis for Human Exposure
• E-field and H-field EMC analysis for standards compliance near radiating sources
• Detection of Improvised Explosive Device RF triggering subsystems, such as mobile telephones

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