Tekonsult

Prerequisites	Participant should have advanced knowledge about GSM network
	design and functions. GSM network elements course is highly recommended

Target groups	Personnel involved in planning and building a GSM network

Duration	4.0 days

Course content	Planning process
	Preparing a planning project Planning targets Planning steps Coverage planning Basics of radio wave propagation Diversity Environments Types Free space propagation model Okumura-Hata Model Walfish–Ikegami Model Knife-edge Model COST 231 Walfish–Ikegami Model COST 231 Okumura-Hata Model Link Budget Calculation Fading Pathloss Location probability Increasing coverage Capacity planning Introducing traffic theory Quality and grade of service Erlang-B model Erlang-C model Calculating the traffic volume SDCCH planning TCH planning Increasing capacity Frequency planning Cellular concept in GSM network Frequency plan in GSM network ( FDD/FDMA/TDMA) Interference and adjacencies Frequency reuse and reuse pattern Frequency hopping Optimizing Drive test Key performance indicator Power control Discontinuous transmission and voice activity detection Codec planning Antenna tilt Sectorization of the cell Hierarchical cell structure