LTE Technology Overview

Instructor Led | Duration: 2 Days

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a radio technology based on OFDM and MIMO technologies. LTE provides much higher data rates (over 100 Mbps) to users while reducing the cost-per-bit for service providers. This is very exciting to wireless operators who are eager to deploy multimedia rich Internet content over a wireless medium with seamless access anywhere at any time. This course describes the simplified architecture of LTE and moves on to OFDM and MIMO. The course also covers the downlink and uplink frame structure, OFDM operations at the physical layer, and resource management and scheduling considerations at the MAC layer. It steps through system acquisition, call setup, traffic operations and handover. The deployment and interworking issues with UMTS/GSM and 1x/1xEV-DO networks are also explored. In summary, this course provides a comprehensive overview of LTE technology.

Intended Audience
This course provides a comprehensive overview and a technical introduction to LTE. It is suitable for engineers in network planning and design, product design and development, network deployment, network performance, and network operations.

Course Outline
1. Introduction
1.1. 4G technology and market drivers 1.2. Goals and requirements of LTE 1.3. LTE/EPC building blocks

5. Dedicated Bearer Setup

5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 6.5. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.4. 7.5. 7.6. EPS bearers and SDFs Dedicated bearer setup QoS in LTE Traffic operations in DL Traffic operations in UL Hybrid-ARQ DRX procedure Idle mode Tracking area update Cell reselection Intra-MME handover Inter-MME handover Deployment considerations Frequency planning Capacity planning Interworking for voice Interworking with 3GPP Interworking with non-3GPP

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to: List the motivating factors for 4G Explain the network architecture of LTE E-UTRAN and EPC Describe the use of OFDM and multiple antenna techniques in LTE Describe the key concepts in the LTE air interface Draw the physical structure of LTE and identify various channels List steps for network acquisition and call setup Describe the traffic operation in DL and UL List handover procedures Explain LTE interworking with 1x/1xEV-DO and UMTS/GSM Identify the planning aspects of deploying an LTE network

2. LTE EPC Architecture

2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 4.7. Evolved UTRAN (E-UTRAN) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) E-UTRAN interfaces and protocols EPC interfaces and protocols Evolution path from current networks Key concepts of orthogonality Use of OFDM in LTE MIMO (SU-MIMO, MU-MIMO) LTE air interface channels System acquisition Random access procedures RRC connection Initial attach Authentication and security Default nearer setup IP address allocation

6. Idle Mode and Mobility

3. LTE Air Interface

7. Interworking and Deployment

4. Default Bearer Setup

Suggested Prerequisites
LTE Overview (eLearning)

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