LTE Capacity Planning Training
LTE Capacity Planning Training covers LTE Capacity Planning and Dimensioning to ensure SLAs and Quality of Service are fully fulfilled in the LTE networks including services such as VoLTE, ViLTE, OTT, M2M and IoT.
LTE Capacity Planning training covers the theory and best practices of LTE dimensioning to ensure a Quality User Experience while lowering CAPEX. Traffic capacity planning in LTE is a challenging task considering multiple input multiple output (MIMO) & orthogonal frequency division (OFDM) based long term evolution (LTE) mobile networks.
LTE Capacity Planning Training presents the key practical aspects for capacity and coverage planning of a commercial LTE network. This training course introduces best practices in LTE capacity planning, network planning, dimensioning and design.
LTE Capacity Planning Training provides many powerful tools for LTE network planners, designers, PM to model and calculate efficient, accurate and professional capacity planning process outcome.
Learn about:
- LTE Data, Voice and Multimedia Services and Traffic Requirements
- LTE Capacity Planning Objectives and Approaches
- LTE Basics of Coverage and Capacity Planning
- LTE Services and Subscriber Models
- LTE Coverage and Link Budgets
- LTE Network Architecture
- LTE Node Functions
- LTE Identities
- LTE Interfaces and Protocols
- LTE System Acquisition
- Procedures of Attaching to the LTE Network
- LTE Initial PDN Connection
- LTE Service Establishment and QoS
- LTE Traffic Management
- LTE RAN Dimensioning
- LTE Traffic Process Mechanism
- TONEX Methodology for LTE Capacity Planning and Dimensioning
- LTE Dynamic Real-time Capacity Planning Process
- LTE design and implementation
- Practical link budget examples for data and VoLTE scenarios
- RF prediction for FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE
Course Agenda
LTE Capacity Planning Process
- Introduction to Mobile and Wireless Cellular Network Dimensioning
- Long Term Evolution of GPP (LTE) and Capacity Planning
- Overview of LTE Dimensioning
- Requirements for LTE and LTE Services
- LTE Services and SLA
- LTE Network Architecture
- LTE Multiple Access Techniques
- OFDMA for DL and SCFDMA for UL
- Bandwidth Scalability
- E-UTRAN Interfaces
- LTE Access Network Dimensioning
- Dimensioning of LTE Network
- Typical Inputs of LTE Dimensioning
- Typical Outputs of LTE Dimensioning
- LTE Dimensioning Process
- Coverage Planning and Radio Link Budget
- Radio Link Budget
Radio Network Planning Process
- Initial phase
- Collection of pre-planning information
- Network dimensioning
- Link Budget calculation
- Coverage and capacity calculation
- Propagation model tuning
- Link Budget Thresholds
- Network capacity and Traffic Estimates
- Configuration Planning
- Site surveys
- Site pre-validation and Site validation
- eNodeB Configuration and Parameter Settings
LTE Capacity Planning and Dimensioning KPIs
- LTE Capacity Inputs
- LTE Coverage Inputs
- LTE Traffic models
- LTE Capacity evaluator
- LTE Dimensioning and Forecast
Tools for LTE Capacity Planning and Dimensioning
- Capacity based site count
- Tool for LTE Dimensioning
- Methodology and Structure
- Dimensioning inputs
- Radio link budget calculations
- Capacity Evaluator
- Required SINR
- Spectral Efficiency
- Interference
- Coverage-based Site Count
- Capacity Planning
- LTE Capacity Planning
- Average Cell Throughput Calculations
- Traffic demand estimation and Overbooking factor
- Dimensioning Output
LTE Network Dimensioning
- User Density
- Area Modeling
- User Profiles
- Service Parameters and SLAs
- Data Traffic Class
- Quality requirement,
- Capacity and Demographic Trends
- Starbucks and Einstein Bagel (in U.S.)
- Theory of Capacity
- Terrain and Structure
- Location and Heights of Buildings
- Foliage
- Highway Overpasses
- Morphology
- Elevations or topography
- Rain and all other Atmospheric Absorption
- eNodeB/UE Related
- eNodeB/UE transmit power
- Antenna Type and G
- Other Losses
- Network Dimensioning
- Coverage Analysis
- Capacity Analysis
- Site count and location of sites
- Cell ranges and cell areas
- Site throughput and sector throughput
Coverage and Capacity Analysis of LTE Radio Network
- LTE Operational Parameters
- Bandwidth
- Mobility
- Rural Area
- Suburban area
- Dense Urban Area
- Calculating no of users within the radio resources (RR)
Techniques to Avoid Short Term Network Congestion
- LTE Network Analytics
- Dense Urban, Urban, Suburban and Rural
- RG, RB, RE, CP, RS, PSS, SSS, PCI, TA, PCI planning
- TA planning
- Paging
- TAC-LAC planning
- Modeling Channels: PDCCH, PDSCH, PBCH, PUSCH, PUCCH, PRACH, CFI, CCE, PCFICH, PHICH;
- LTE Coverage Modeling and Prediction
- LTE Link Budget
- Propagation models in LTE
- LTE model tuning
- LTE RF prediction
- LTE path loss
- LTE cell-radiu
- EIRP, Noise Figure, receiver sensitivity
- LTE capacity dimensioning, PRACH dimensioning
- Zadoff–Chu sequences
- PDCCH dimensioning
- PDSCH dimensioning
- LTE Traffic profiles and benchmarks
- Key LTE KPIs: RSSI, RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, and CQI
- Spectral efficiency
- Modulation and code rate
- LTE MCS
- LTE cell-edge throughput, channel model, antenna gain;
- LTE FDD versus LTE TDD