LTE Planning Primer
- Duration: 1 day or 6 hours
- Level: Level 3
LTE Planning Primer
Course Outline
Divided into 6 sections, the topics covered will include:
Section 1: Introducing the E-UTRA (0.5 hours)
- LTE Performance, Flexible Spectrum and Channels, MIMO in LTE, STC and SM, Adaptive MIMO Switch.
- LTE Development, R7 Study Phase, R8 Work Phase, Testing and Certification, the role of the LTE / SAE Trial Initiative and the GSM Certification Forum.
- LTE Architecture, E-UTRAN, E-UTRA.
- eNB and E-UTRAN Interfaces, EPC, MME, S-GW, PDN-GW and UE.
Section 2: E-UTRA Interface and States (1.5 hours)
- The E-UTRA Interface, Stratums, NAS Control Plane, NAS User Plane, NAS Messages, EMM Messages and ESM Messages.
- LTE States, EPS Mobility Management States, EMM States in the UE, EMM States in the MME.
- EPS Connection Management States.
- The E-UTRA Protocols, Radio Resource Control, RRC Messages, RRC States,
- Establishment of an RRC Connection.
- E-UTRA and LTE Security, Authentication, Algorithms and Keys, Ciphering and Integrity Algorithms.
Section 3: E-UTRA Physical Layer (1 hour)
- E-UTRA Physical Layer, Multiplexing using OFDMA and SC-FDMA.
- LTE Generic Frame Structure, Type 1 Radio Frames, Slots and Subframes, Type 2 Radio Frames, Slots and Subframes, Frequency Bands, Carrier Frequencies and EARFCN.
- The LTE Downlink Physical Channels, PBCH , PCFICH, PDCCH, PHICH, Downlink Synchronization Signals, Primary Synchronization Signal, Secondary Synchronization Signal, Downlink Reference Signals and Cell Specific Reference Signals for MIMO Operation.
- The LTE Uplink Physical Channels, PRACH, PUCCH, PUSCH, Uplink Reference Signals, Demodulation Reference Signals.
Section 4: LTE Procedures (1 hour)
- LTE Initial Procedures, Power On, Cell Search, Location of Downlink Synchronization Signals, Broadcast Information and Scheduling.
- PLMN Selection, Initial Cell Selection Algorithms, Cell Reselection Algorithms.
- Random Access, RRC Connection Process, Initial Attach, Establishing the Dedicated Bearer.
- Radio Link Monitoring, Paging, Downlink and Uplink Power Control.
Section 5: LTE Mobility (1 hour)
- LTE Mobility, LTE Cell Planning, Capacity and Coverage Planning, Frequency Deployment Options.
- Mobility Functional Architecture, Role of the eNB and MME, Tracking Areas.
- Idle Mode Procedures, SIB 1 to SIB 6, LTE Idle Mode Monitoring Requirements.
- Cell Reselection, Intra-frequency Measurements, Inter-frequency or Inter-RAT Measurements, High and Medium Mobility State, Ranking of Cells, Tracking Area Update.
- Mobility in the LTE Active State, Measurements and Gap Configurations, Event Triggers, Timing, the Handover Process.
- Evolved Packet Core Mobility (Relocation), Mobile IP in LTE, Proxy Mobile IP Operation.
- Femto Cells, Scenarios and Assumptions, Home eNB Reselection.
Section 6: LTE Interworking (1 hour)
- Interworking Considerations, Network Discovery and Selection, Network Identities, IP Address Allocation, Authentication, Security and QoS Continuity.
- 3GPP Interworking, E-UTRAN to UTRAN / GERAN RAU Procedure, E-UTRAN
- to UTRAN / GERAN Handover Procedure.
- Non 3GPP Interworking, Trusted and Un-trusted non 3GPP IP Access Networks, Network Based and Host Based Mobility for non 3GPP Networks, Handover from 3GPP Access to Trusted non 3GPP Access, Handover from 3GPP Access to Trusted non 3GPP Access using PMIP.
- Roaming.
The LTE air interface provides a spectrally efficient radio carrier capable of supporting multi megabit packet channels between the mobile and E-UTRAN. This course provides the ideal lead in to mpirical’s LTE Radio Network Planning and Design course by examining the procedures employed across the air interface. OFDMA and SC-FDMA multiplexing techniques are also discussed as well as the physical, transport and logical channels that make up the LTE radio interface. A good knowledge of the LTE architecture and operation as would be gained from mpirical’s LTE System Engineering course is advisable to anyone attending this course.
Who Should Attend
Radio Engineers involved in the design, deployment and maintenance of the LTE Radio Network. Project Managers and staff requiring a comprehensive explanation of the LTE Air Interface.