| Prerequisites |
Participants must have advanced knowledge of LTE Air Interface and LTE/EPC |
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Network. For background knowledge, we recommend the TEKonsult course |
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LTE Air Interface |
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| Target groups |
Participant from all areas who wish to get an overview of the advanced |
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LTE network |
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- Telecom engineers and technicians
- Project Managers
- Customer Managers
- Sales Managers
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| Duration |
3.0 days |
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| Course content |
StandardizationHistory |
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- LTE/LTE-A standardization
- The IMT Advanced process
- IMT Advanced Performance Requirements
LTE Release 8/9
- LTE Channel Architecture
- OFDM basics
- LTE Radio Frames
- DL/UL Radio Channels
- DL/UL Transmission Procedures
Enhanced MIMO Support
- Transmission Mode 8 (Dual Layer Beamforming)
- Transmission Mode 9
- Non-Codebook Based Precoding
- New Reference Signals (DM-RS & CSI-RS)
- Uplink MIMO Transmission
- Other UL Features (SORTD, multi-cluster allocation)
Carrier Aggregation (CA)
- CA Concept and Options
- Carrier Combinations and Bandwidth Classes
- Primary and Secondary Serving Cells
- Impact of CA on Control Channel Usage
- New PDCCH/PUCCH Formats
- Cross-carrier Scheduling
- New UE categories for R10 and R11
Relay Architecture
- Network elements for relay operation (Relay Node, Donor eNB, embedded SGW/PGW)
- S1 and X2-Interface Proxying via D-eNB
- Mapping and multiplexing of UP bearers
- Tx/Rx timing between Relay and Donor eNB (Scheduling, HARQ and use of MBSFN Subframes)
- New control channel: the R-PDCCH
- Start up and configuration of the Relay Node
Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet)
- HetNet Deployment Scenarios
- Problems in a HetNet Deployment Scenario
- Inter-cell Interference Coordination (ICIC, R8)
- Enhanced ICIC- Frequency Domain Solution
- Enhanced ICIC- Time Domain Solution
- X2-Interface Signaling Supporting Hetnet
Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP)
- CoMP Concept
- Joint Processing
- Coordinated Scheduling/Beamforming
- New Control Channel: the E-PDCCH
- CSI Reporting for Multi-Cell Operation
- Summary of 3GPP Simulation Results for CoMP
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