Course 502: Intro to Wireless Technologies

Introduction to Wireless Technologies is a comprehensive two-day course covering all the important aspects of the wireless networks, applications and services.

Upon the completion of this course, the participants will:

• Have a comprehensive overview of wireless technologies, networks, services and applications
• Understand wireless fundamentals
• Understand fundamental radio communications concepts
• Understand mainstream wireless technologies and applications
• Understand cellular, TDMA/GSM, CDMA, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA2000 and the transition to 3G
• Form a solid knowledge base to build on

Overview

• Background
• Evolution of Wireless Communications
• Wireless Data
• Services and Applications Technologies
• Wireless LANs, PANs, MANs and WANs
• 802.11a, 802.11b (WiFi) and 802.11g
• Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)

Radio Spectrum

• Radio 101
• Radio and Regulation
• Spectrum
• Bands
• Microwaves
• Interference

Analog vs. Digital

• Amplitude Modulation (AM)
• Frequency Modulation (FM)
• Phase Modulation
• Spectrum Regulation
• Licensing Methods

Wireless Infrastructure

• Fixed vs. Mobile
• First generation AMPS Basics
• Hand-off
• Roaming
• Analog to Digital Transition
• 2G vs. 2.5 and 3 vs. 4G
• Antennas and More

Cellular Telephoney

• Cell
• Duplexing
• Multiplexing
• Voice Coding
• Growth of Cellular
• Standards for Cellular
• PCS Standards
• Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS)
• Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD)
• Mobitex
• Paging
• Private Mobile Radio
• TERTA
• iDEN
• Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
• Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
• Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
• Personal Digital Cellular (PDC)
• D-AMPS and D-AMPS+
• HSCSD
• GPRS
• EDGE
• cdmaOne
• CDMA2000
• W-CDMA/ UMTS
• 4G

Inside a Mobile Network

• The Air Link
• BTS
• Voice Infrastructure
• BSC
• MSC
• GMSC
• Data Infrastructure
• Core Network
• IP
• ATM and FR Backbone
• VoIP

SS7 in Wireless

• What is SS7
• How are Wireless Voice Calls Processed with the PSTN
• SS7 in the Core Network

Wireless Data

• Mobile Data Service
• Satellite Communications
• Mobile Communications via Geostationary Satellites
• Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), MEO and GEO Satellites
• Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
• Wireless Data Applications
• WAP and iMode
• Messaging
• SMS and MMS

Protocols

• IP Basic: Terrestrial vs. Wireless IP
• Potential Problems with Wireless IP (hand off, link stability, IP addresses and more)
• IPv4 vs. IPv6
• Limitations of Wireless Terminals (screen size, data rates, terminal power and more) and Other Challenges
• Wireless and IP Multimedia
• Java and BREW
• WAP and iMode

Mobile e-Commerce

• m-Commerce
• Location
• Security

Wireless Messaging

• SMS: What’s Short Messaging Service and How Does it Work
• Wireless Alternatives
• Satellite
• ISM Band Approaches
• Integration with Terrestrial Instant Messaging

OSS/BSS

• Wireless Billing
• Billing Mediation