WiMAX Forum RF Network Engineer

Fast Lane Consulting and Education Services, Inc.
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, United States

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Course Description:

'' This course is a four-day Boot Camp event, which covers all of the necessary topics to prepare a technical student to take the WiMAX Forum® RF Network Engineer�certification exam.

The emphasis is on the design of the RF access network, including base station engineering and siting, and propagation analysis to serve fixed and mobile subscriber stations.

Course Content
Module 1: WiMAX Network Design Options

List six applications of WiMAX technology
Match each application to its WiMAX specification, frequency band, and architecture
Describe 5 802.16e mobile WiMAX enhancements

Module 2: Review of RF Fundamentals

Calculate power levels in dBm, Watts and μV/m
Apply Nyquist and Shannon observations to calculations of the bandwidth of channels, and to WiMAX’s adaptive modulation and coding

Module 3: Antennas for WiMAX

List 3 antenna diversity techniques
Describe the operations of 2 types of MIMO systems and 2 types of Advanced Antenna Systems

Module 4: RF Design Considerations for WiMAX

Describe the sources of noise based on bandwidth and operating frequency
Determine the system noise floor based on bandwidth and Noise Figure
Determine systerm performance based on C/N and Eb/No

Module 5: Performing a WiMAX Link Budget

Determine LOS and NLOS Maximum Allowable Path Loss (MAPL) based on system parameters
Determine power settings for a balanced path
Use spreadsheets to design for specified lognormal fading probability
Perform a link budget based on manufacturer’s equipment parameters and system requirements

Module 6: WiMAX Path Loss Modeling

Determine expected point-to-point link performance using an analytical path loss model
Calculate expected NLOS performance using an empirical path loss model
Determine the amount of margin required, based on log-normal fading

Module 7: Frequency Reuse in Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Networks

Design the frequency reuse plan for your WiMAX network, working with your equipment vendor
Diagram FUSC and PUSC permutation zones
Discuss several reuse proposals for mobile WiMAX networks

Module 8: WiMAX Performance and Coverage Considerations

Explain and follow each step of DoceoTech’s WiMAX Three-Phase Network Design process
List eight WiMAX-specific network design considerations
Model a flat-earth WiMAX network with the DoceoTech Design spreadsheet, and determine sensitivity of the estimated economic payback to changes in market and technical factors
Determine site selection criteria
Determine cell density required for a desired level of service, performance, and coverage.
Choose backhaul options to support throughput requirements

Module 9: WiMAX Coverage and Performance Planning with modeling tools

Employ a modeling tool to prepare an RF plan for your network in a three-part case study
Illustrate the effect of frequency, power, terrain, clutter and CPE location on coverage
Import terrain and clutter databases
List options for accommodating system and subscriber growth

Module 10: Capacity Design, and Oversubscription

Mathematically relate oversubscription and subscriber quality of service
Validate vendor design rules for capacity planning

End of day 4: In-class Certification Testing Opportunity

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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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United States

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