Course Details
This course provides an insight into key aspects of 5G Radio Planning. It starts with the fundamentals of 5G radio propagation, summarizing the impact of frequency and distance on the path loss and the impact different clutter types and objects have on the signal. The concept of a radio planning propagation model is introduced, as well as the requirement for terrain, building and foliage data. The course then focuses on the various 5G deployment strategies and how these impact the coverage planning process. It discusses the key aspects of 5G Site selection and details how 5G radio, services and devices impact the planning process. The fundamentals of 5G PCI planning are identified, as well as the relation to frequency planning and layer management. It then goes on to detail the impact of antenna choice and antenna placement on the coverage, visualizing the impact of changing an antenna type, height, orientation and tilt. Finally, the various factors that influence 5G capacity are described, along with some capacity enhancement and interference mitigation techniques.
Philip Nugent
Mpirical TrainerIndividual Course
5G Radio Propagation
Radio Propagation:
- Recap 5G Bands.
- 5G Bands vs Propagation.
- Free Space Propagation Loss.
- Propagation Loss in Terrestrial Networks.
- Delay and Multipath.
5G Morphologies:
- 5G GEO Types.
- Clutter Classes.
- Impact of Clutter Resolution.
- Clutter Values.
Impact of Objects and Materials:
- Penetration Loss for Radio Propagation.
- High-band Propagation.
Propagation Models:
- Empirical vs Deterministic Models.
- Example Models.
- Model Tuning.
- Topographical Data.
Link Budgets for 5G:
- Link Budget Purpose.
- Key Link Budget Inputs.
- Key Link Budget Values.
- Cell Coverage.
5G Coverage Planning
5G Coverage Deployment Strategies:
- Deployment Scenarios.
- 5G Spectrum Availability.
- Migration from 4G.
- NSA vs SA Deployments.
- 5G Services Requirements.
Site Selection:
- Nominal Plan.
- Site Selection Priorities.
- Roof Deployments.
- Infrastructure Sharing and Co-location.
- Stealth Design.
5G Radio Aspects for Planning:
- 5G RF Behaviour.
- 5G Measurements for Planning.
- 5G Coverage vs Service.
- Coverage Planning Downlink 5G.
- Coverage Planning Uplink 5G.
Frequency and PCI Planning:
- Layer Management.
- PCI Planning.
- PCI Planning Examples.
- PCI Planning Small Cells.
5G Antenna and Site Planning:
- 5G Antenna Types.
- Antenna Placement.
- Impact of Sectorisation.
- Impact of Antenna Height.
- Impact of Antenna Tilting.
- Impact of Sectorisation and Antenna Beamwidth.
Coverage Planning Scenarios:
- Impact of GEO Type.
- Small Cell Planning.
- Road and Railway Planning.
- Indoor Planning.
- Private Network Planning.
5G Capacity Planning
Introduction to 5G Capacity Requirements:
- Deployment Scenarios.
- 5G Service Groups.
- Factors Affecting Cell Capacity.
- Channel Bandwidth.
- Carrier Aggregation.
5G Service Requirements:
- 5QI.
- Voice.
- Smartphone Apps.
- Video Streaming.
- AR/VR.
- Service Profiles.
5G Capacity Planning:
- Population and Market Share.
- 5G Capacity Dimensioning.
- Capacity Layer Management.
- Simulation of Subscribers and Services.
5G Factors Impacting 5G Capacity:
- 5G Baseline Overheads.
- Impact of Modulation and Coding.
- Impact of Location and Interference on Capacity.
- Impact of MIMO on Capacity.
- Impact of Carrier Aggregation.
5G Capacity Sites/Sectors:
- Capacity Peak Rate.
- Sector Throughput for Capacity.
- Total Sector Throughput.
- Calculating Sectors Quantity.
- Example Sector Calculations.
- Impact of Growth.
Optimization for 5G Capacity:
- Site Location.
- Small Cells.
- DAS Systems.
- Solving Congestion.