pdf_gross.gifUMTS, EGPRS & GSM
Updates with Rel. 5, 6, 7 & beyond

[3-day course, Euro 3,450.- (net) per participant]

backtotop.gifOverview of important Release 5 Features

Course Description

  • Major Architectural Changes
    • GERAN in A/Gb- or Iu-Mode
    • Iu-Flex
    • The IP-Multimedia Subsystem
    • Iub- and Iu-cs-Interfaces IP-based
    • Upgrading the HLR to become the Home Subscriber Server
  • Major New Features
    • HSDPA
    • SIP as IP-based Session Control Protocol
    • Additional Multislot Classes

backtotop.gifDetailed Consideration of Selected Release 5 Enhancements and Features

  • The IP-Multimedia Subsystem
    • What is the IMS?
    • Service Perspective of the IMS
      - Service Types and Service Enablers
      - Conversational Services
      - Audiovisual Entertainment Services
      - Service Enablers
    • Description of the IMS-Network Architecture Overview
      - The IMS within the 3GPP-Network Architecture
    • The Perspective of the IMS User Agent
      - Typical User Agents of the IMS
      - Mobile Handset - Today
      - Mobile Handset - Future
      - IMS-related User Identities
    • Protocols of the IMS (Perspective of User Agent)
      - SIP and SIP-Operation
      - Session Description Protocol
      - Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
      - Session Setup Example through SIP
  • GERAN-Operation in Iu-Mode
    • Core Network Interconnection using Iu-Interfaces
    • Protocol Stacks / Packet-Switched Domain
      - Control Plane
      - User Plane
    • Physical Channels in Iu-Mode
      - Logical Channel Mapping Rules on DBPSCH
      - Logical Channel Mapping Rules on SBPSCH
      - Channel Mapping Example
  • The Iu-Flex Feature
    • Packet-Switched Pool Areas
    • Circuit-Switched Pool Areas
    • Core Network Node Selection Function
    • Affected Network Nodes
  • HSDPA
    • Targets
    • Performance Figures
    • HARQ-Techniques with HSDPA
    • New Channels with HSDPA
    • Fast Resource Scheduling in HSDPA
    • Timing Relation between HS-DPCCH and HS-PDSCH

backtotop.gifOverview of Important Release 6 Enhancements and Features

  • Architectural Changes
    • Adoption of Alternative RAT’s
    • Access Network Sharing
      - Architecture Option 1: GWCN
      - Architecture Option 2: MOCN
      - Operation in case of MOCN
    • MBMS
  • Major New Features – UTRA-related
    • Introducing HSUPA
    • Introducing Advanced Receiver Performance
    • The HSDPA-Enhancements
    • Additional Frequency Bands for UTRA
  • Major New Features – 2G and 2.5G Radio Related
    • Packet-Switched Handover in A-/Gb-Mode of Operation
      1 Operation / Message Flow
    • Multiple TBF’s in A-/Gb-Mode of Operation
    • Flexible Layer One (FLO)
  • Major New Features – Upper Layers
    • IMS-Enhancements
    • Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA)
    • UL-TDOA
    • W-AMR+ Codec
    • EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA

backtotop.gifDetailed Consideration of Selected Release 6 Enhancements and Features

  • MBMS
    • Detailed View on the MBMS-Protocol Stack
      - User Service Level
      - Bearer Level
    • New Channels with MBMS
  • HSUPA
    • Performance Considerations
    • Multicode Operation with HSUPA (Category 6 User Equipment with 4 x E-DPDCH)
      - The I/Q-Plane View of HSUPA: Is it really QPSK?
      - Practical Exercise: Determine the Sum-Signal of the Q-Branch for this Category 6 UE
    • The Protocol Stack of HSUPA
    • Operation of HSUPA
      - Review: SIR Considerations in a CDMA-system
      - Resource Sharing of UL-Resources in HSUPA
      - Absolute Grants and Relative Grants
    • Description of the new Channels with HSUPA
  • Adoption of Alternative RAT’s
    • Interconnection Options for Alternative RAT’s
      - I-WLAN Operation from the User’s Perspective
    • Security Procedures in case of alternative RAT’s
      - The EAP-SIM Procedure
      - The EAP-AKA Procedure
      - IKEv2
    • Details of GAN/UMAN-Access
      - Network Architecture
      - Mobile Station Operation Modes
      - Protocol Stacks
      - Operation
    • Details of I-WLAN Direct IP-Access
      - Network Architecture
      - Attachment and Operation
    • Details of I-WLAN 3GPP IP-Access
      - Network Architecture
      - Protocol Stack
      - Attachment and Operation
    • Practical Exercise: Differentiation of Alternative RAT-Interconnection Options

backtotop.gifOutlook to Rel. 7 and LTE (Long Term Evolution)

  • IMS-Enhancements with Release 7
    • Use of Arbitrary IP-CAN
    • Addressing of NAT/NAPT-Issues
    • Security Enhancements
  • Downlink Dual Carrier Operation with Release 7
    • Reasons and Preconditions
    • Operation and Channel Allocation
    • Implications for existing Procedures
  • MIMO in 3GPP-Networks
    • The Basics: Signal Fading Physics between Tx and Rx
    • Multiplexing Dimensions
    • The Multipath Dimension
      - Zoom into Rx1
      - Equalization – Distinction of Tx1 and Tx2
    • Characteristics of SAIC
    • Application in MIMO-Systems
    • Increased Spectral Efficiency and Higher Data Rates
  • The Look Ahead: 3GPP’s Long Term Evolution
    • Overview
    • The AIPN (All IP Network)
    • E-UTRA
      - Ideas and Objectives
      - Network Architecture
      - Introduction to OFDM and its use in E-UTRA

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