LTE Advanced from A-Z
[2-day course, Euro 2,350.- (net) per participant]
Review and Assessment
- LTE History
- Evolution Path of LTE
- LTE Release 8/9 Performance
- 4G Requirements
- LTE, WiFI and WIMAX Evolution
- LTE Advanced Features
- Release 10 UE Categories
- LTE in Release 8 and 9
- LTE Architecture
- LTE Protocols
- FDD and TDD modes
- Channels in LTE
- Basic HARQ Operation
- Service Concept of LTE Networks
- LTE and the Interworking between other RATs
- Towards HetNETs
- LTE and other RATs
- Interworking with 3GPP Systems
- SON in LTE
- SON History
- Neighbor List Optimization
- Coverage and Capacity Optimization
- Mobility Robustness Optimization
- User Quality Improvements
- Energy Saving
Carrier Aggregation
- The Concept of Carrier Aggregation
- Primary and Secondary Serving Cell
- Asymmetric Allocations
- The Control Channels
- Activation/Deactivation of SCells
- Carrier Indication Field
- HARQ Operation
- PUCCH Format 3
- CQI Reporting
- PHR Reporting
- The UE and Carrier Aggregation
- Relevant Parameters
- Antenna Design
Enhanced MIMO
- Transmission Modes in LTE
- Release 8/9 Transmission Modes
- Introduction to the Release 10 Enhancements
- Antenna Ports
- UE Support
- Downlink MIMO
- Channel Status Information (CSI)
- CSI Modes / Reporting Enhancements
- PRB Bundling
- Protocol Changes
- Performance Evaluation
- Uplink MIMO
- Antenna specific Sounding
- Precoding for the Uplink
- New DCI Format
- PUCCH Operation with multiple Antennas
- UCI Piggybacking
- Performance Evaluation
- Interworking with Release 8/9
- Antenna Virtualization
- Channel Status Information and legacy UE's
Coverage Extension by Relay Nodes
- Categorization of Relay Nodes
- Relay Nodes and Repeaters
- Type 1 and 2 Relay Nodes
- The Relay Node as Architectural Element
- Type 1 Relay Nodes
- The Un Interface
- Interference Avoidance
- MBSFN Configuration
- Backhaul HARQ
- TDD for Backhauling
- Configuration Example
- Protocol Modifications
- Protocol Architecture
- Modifications of the RRC Protocol
- The RN Startup Procedure
- Security for Relay Nodes
- Example of a Radio Bearer Mapping
Other Enhancements of Release 10
- LTE Home eNodeB
- Architecture in 3GPP
- Access Control
- Selected IP Offload
- Mobility Support
- Enhanced Inter Cell Interference Coordination
- Legacy Inter Cell Interference Coordination
- Almost Blank Subframes
- Scenarios
- Time Domain Measurement Configuration
- X2 Enhancements
- Mobility Enhancements
- Enhanced Interworking with CDMA 2000
Beyond Release 10
- Coordinated Multipoint Transmission/Reception
- Introduction to CoMP
- Scenarios
- CoMP and the X2 Interface
- Enhancements for Carrier Aggregation
- Flexible Timing Advance
- Scenarios
- Non compatible Carriers
- new Band Combinations
- SON Enhancements
- Minimization of Drive Tests
- Energy Saving
- Evolution towards 5G
- Hetergenous Networks
- Meshed Networks
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