Description

This training presents an overview of cellular networks and their competitors. You will see methods of access and data transfer, the structure of mobile networks, wireless and the transition to mobile Internet. So much knowledge necessary to decide on a mobile network policy.

Who is this training for ?

Network engineers wishing to specialize in high-speed mobile networks. Mobile network managers and study managers.

Training objectives

Training program

• General
  • Introduction.
  • History: mobile service, radio transmission.
  • Fixed networks vs mobile networks.
  • Frequencies and radio spectrum.
  • Propagation and directionality.
  • Cells: sizes, obstacles, performance.
  • The four generations of mobile networks.
  • Analogue networks : radio-mobiles (1 G).
• Basis of cellular systems
  • Mobile networks: waves and propagation.
  • TDMA, CDMA and FDMA access methods.
  • The solution of the future: OFDMA.
  • Radio duplexing methods.
  • Random access methods: Aloha, CSMA, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA.
  • Methods for estimating radio quality 'cellular communication.
  • Speed ​​and range settings.
  • Compatibility with the Internet and the IP standard.
• General structure of mobile networks
  • Radio link.
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE networks.
  • 3G, 3G+ networks.
  • The transition to 4G ( LTE).
  • License allocation methods.
  • Frequency allocation methods (cellular patterns, sectorization.
  • ).
  • The evolution of mobile services.
  • Mobility mechanisms: roaming, handovers, roaming, nomadism.
  • Session management mechanism.
  • Security mechanisms and protocols.
  • 4G systems: functionalities (cognitive radio, spectrum aggregation.
  • ) and performance.
• Wireless networks and the shift to mobility
  • IEEE cellular networks.
  • Wireless personal networks.
  • Wi-Fi networks.
  • Wi-Fi architectures and planning .
  • Security in Wi-Fi.
  • Application: ToIP.
  • QoS in Wi-Fi.
  • Networks Wimax.
  • Wimax applications: BLR and bakhauling.
  • Fixed Wimax vs mobile Wimax.
  • Sustainability of Wimax in the face of LTE.
  • Horizontal and vertical handovers.
• The evolution towards mobile Internet
  • IP mobility.
  • Ad hoc and mesh networks.