Description

This training will allow you to navigate the evolution of technologies towards 4G, pre-4G solutions, its technical solutions, its economic future, 4G services and its inclusion in "full IP".

Who is this training for ?

Computer scientists and network engineers, mobile network managers and research managers.

Training objectives

Training program

• Next generation architecture
  • Introduction to 4G technologies.
  • 4G OFDMA and SOFDMA techniques.
  • Advantages and disadvantages compared to 3G and CDMA.
  • The architecture of 4G networks.
  • Which architecture for which application in 4G? All-IP: the advantages and disadvantages.
  • Convergence fixed mobile: IMS.
• Next generation architecture
  • Introduction to 4G technologies.
  • 4G OFDMA and SOFDMA techniques.
  • Advantages and disadvantages compared to 3G and CDMA.
  • The architecture of 4G networks.
  • Which architecture for which application in 4G? All-IP: the advantages and disadvantages.
  • Convergence fixed mobile: IMS.
• Pre-4G networks
  • Fixed and mobile WiMAX networks.
  • WDSL and the performance to expect from it.
  • Standards for future generations of IEEE such as 4G.
  • IEEE 802.
  • 22 and regional networks for interactive television.
  • New generations of Wi-Fi and their impact on 4G.
• 4G mobile networks
  • The fourth generation (4G), HSOPA and LTE.
  • The 4G revolutions.
  • Very high speeds: more than 100 Mbit/s in crest.
  • 4G with LTE (Long Term Evolution) and UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband).
  • WWI (World Wireless Initiative).
  • The first 4G operators.
  • 4G terminals.
  • LSTI tests (LTE/SAE Trial Initiative).
  • 4G services.
  • Audio video services.
  • P2P services and more generally T2T.
  • Web services and security.
• Convergence and integration in the Internet
  • Fixed mobile convergence.
  • IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem): IP-Telecom convergence.
  • The architecture of IMS.
  • The TISPAN working group.
  • The mobile IP solution: advantages and disadvantages.
  • The IPv4 and IPv6 versions.
  • Cellular IP and micromobility.
  • Comparison with the mobility of cellular networks.
  • Which solution for the fourth generation: Home Agent and Foreign Agent or HLR/VLR? The optimization of the road; smooth handovers.
• Ad hoc networks and MANET for 4G
  • Ad hoc network architectures.
  • Optimization of spectrum use.
  • The impact of the IP world on ad hoc networks.
  • The standardized OLSR and AODV protocols.
• Perspectives et conclusion
  • The place of DTT (digital terrestrial television) in 4G.
  • 4G networks and ?Full IP.
  • The new autonomous architectures for control of 4G.
  • The virtualization of 4G equipment.
  • Developments such as LTE-Advanced.
  • Exercise: Calculating the throughput of a network WiMAX.