This course serves as a comprehensive guide to the foundational concepts of 4G LTE technology, as defined by the 3GPP standards and specifications. The content and structure of the course are carefully designed to provide a thorough understanding of the LTE air interface, with a special focus on the principles of PHY, MAC, and RRC layer design, and their impact on performance and deployment.
Assuming the audience’s familiarity with Basic Networking concepts the course starts directly with discussions on 4G requirements, system architecture, and protocol layers.
Physical layer structure and channels are described in detail. Resource allocation schemes, channel Sounding, MIMO features, and beam management are also explained. The course also presents the step by step process followed by a UE from down-link synchronization to Uplink access and operation in the connected mode under power-saving and mobility procedures.
course Highlights
1) Introduction to the Cellular evolution over generations
2) Introduction To Basic terminology:
3) LTE Air Interface eg. TDMA,FDMA,CDMA,WCDMA,OFDMA,SC-FDMA
4) Modulation techniques (AM,FM,PM,BPSK, QPSK,16QAM, 64QAM etc)
5) LTE Layer1 processing
6) Resource allocation on time and frequency domain.
7) Discussion on channel mapping (logical-transport-physical)
8) Detailed discussion of individual physical channel and its mapping on the resource grid
9) Layer2 and its processing
10) Call flow layer 3:
11) Other Important Topics like
-Introduction to Advance LTE features (carrier aggregation, DLFSS, ULFSS, ANR, SON, DRX,etc)