Course Description:

It is an overview course on 4G LTE advanced. The key concepts behind LTE-advanced (LTE R10 and future releases) will be covered as part of this course. The participants will be able to understand the key ideas being pursued by 3GPP as a part of LTE evolution. The benefits due to the new technologies and the impacts on the various elements of the network will be highlighted.

Target Audience:

The target audience for this course includes:

• Mobile Device Engineers
• Field Engineers, BSS Engineers
• Network Engineers and Design Engineers, O&M Engineers
• Software Developers and Testers

Delivery Method:

The delivery will be instructor-led classroom training with extensive practical case studies, interactive discussions and Q&A / quiz sessions.

Course Outline

Overview of LTE-Advanced

• Expectations of 4G wireless technology
• IMT-Advanced specifications
• 3GPP Evolution
• Key components of LTE advanced (R10 and future)
• UE categories
• Deployment Aspects

Air-interface enhancements

• Carrier Aggregation
  • Intra-band and inter-band aggregation
• Control plane protocols
• Cross carrier scheduling
• User plane protocols
• Acquisition and connection establishment
• Component carrier management
• UL MAC enhancements
• UL transmitter and receiver enhancements

MIMO advances and their impact

• DL MIMO schemes; 8-antenna MIMO and enhanced MU-MIMO
• Enhanced reference signals
• CoMP – principle , challenges, and scenarios

HetNets

• Types of HetNets in LTE-Advanced
• Relay operation with self backhaul
  • Relay protocol architecture
  • Backhaul physical channels and scheduling
  • Backhaul HARQ
• Pico eNB / small cells support
  • Enhanced Inter-cell interference coordination (EICIC)
  • Almost blank sub frames (ABS) and their usage
  • X2 interface enhancements for EICIC
  • Interference cancellation methods
• Home eNB
  • Managing interference in Home eNB deployments
  • CSG issues and their management
• Remote radio heads

Data Transmission Aspects

• System acquisition and synchronization signals
• PDCCH changes from LTE to LTE-A
• DL data transmission; reference signals, MIMO modes
• UL data transmission; MIMO modes
• Data rate calculations in DL and UL

Other topics

• Self organizing networks (SONs) and their role
  • Automatic neighbour discovery
  • Physical cell ID management
  • RACH optimization
  • Minimization of drive testing
  • Energy savings
• Location services in LTE networks
  • ECID,OTDOA, A-GNSS, and other methods
  • LPP and SUPL protocol
  • New elements in EPC
• Release update summary
• Migration from LTE to LTE-Advanced