GSM, UMTS and LTE Advanced Overview – Radio Access Network & Core Network

Course description

Introduction of LTE/4G technology will increase the demand for high capacity transportnetworks. This course meets the requirements from experienced professionals,dealing with operational and planning aspects of the mobile radio, core ortransport level. The course gives a detailed description of post-R99 systemarchitectures, their configuration options and additional features.Multi-RAB options,Flexible Iu and S1 configurations for MOCN and pooled SGSN/MSC-S/MME and S-GWare explained. The new features for operator centric services, like PCRF andCSCF and IP enabled QoS across the UMTS and LTE core and radio infrastructuresare also described.The evolution ofUMTS towards HSPA advanced and LTE is described in terms of systemarchitectures, protocols and operational features like self configuration andself optimization (SON).

Target audience

Target audience is e g staff with engineering background within IP technology, staff with with working experience from a mobile operator’s Network Management Centers / Network Operator Centers, project managers etc.

3 days

2.600 €

WM0088

Content

POST-R99 UMTS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
  • Softswitchbased core network domain for 2G and 3G
  • 3GDirect Tunnel for the PS domain
  • PooledSGSN and MSC resources
  • HSDPAand HSUPA impact on UTRAN and CN
 
PS CN DOMAIN
  • Principlesfor end to end IP connectivity in UMTS and GPRS
  • The use of APN, secondary PDPcontext and service aware control in PS CN domain
  • Internationalroaming and operator interconnect
  • Dependenciesbetween UTRAN and PS CN
 
CS CN DOMAIN
  • Mobile softswitch implementationwith MSC servers (MSC-S) and Media Gateways (MGW)
  • End-to-endcall setup examples in CS domain
  • CS transcoding, Internationalroaming and operator interconnect
  • Dependencies between UTRAN (RNC) andCS CN
 
PROTOCOLS AND FUNCTIONS FOR IP BASED INTERFACES IN UMTS
  • Iub/Iurinterfaces for control and user planes
  • Iuand intra-CN interfaces for CS and PS core domains
  • SIGTRANimplementation in UMTS
  • Requirementson Iu interfaces for Multi Operator CN implementations
 
UMTS QoS AND TRAFFIC SEPARATION FOR IPTRANSPORT
  • Matching the UMTS QoS classes with IP traffic classes
  • DSCP mapping and UMTS node classification requirements
  • Priority, packet loss and delay requirements in traffic separation
 
RADIO ACCESS BEARER TYPES AND THEIR QoSRELATION
  • Conversational, Streaming, Interactive and Background RAB capabilities
  • Multi-RAB concept and implementation options in UTRAN and UE
  • Service level examples using Multi-RABs
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF MOCN, MULTI OPERATOR CORENETWORKS
  • MOCN configuration options with flexible Iu on ATM and IP transport
  • IuCS/PS configurations in RNC and MSC/SGSN
  • Dependencies between flexible Iu, 3G DT and pooled CN resources
  • Nationaland International roaming scenarios using flexible Iu (2G-3G and 3G-3G)
 
EVOLUTION OF UMTS
  • HSPA advanced and above: MIMO, Dual Carrier WCDMA and VoIP
  • What is new and what remains upgrade paths and new radio standards
  • Abandoning CS Domain technology while maintaining existing service portfolios
 
LTE, Long Term Evolution
  • LTE radio access network architecture and protocols
  • Transmission bandwidth and frequency bands for LTE
  • EPC (LTE core network) architecture and functions
  • Service interworking between 2G/3G and LTE
  • Mobility management in LTE networks
 
LTE RADIO- AND CORE NETWORK FEATURES
  • LTEcell throughput calculations in 2,6 GHz spectrum
  • SONfeatures for configuration and optimization of LTE radio
  • Trafficcases for mobile broadband data services
  • Sharingthe radio capacity between different operators
  • Multi-BandLTE implementations (800MHz/2,6MHz)
  • Implementation of Advanced MIMO and Carrier aggregation
 
BEARER QoSAND END-TO-END SERVEICE CONSIDERATIONS
  • Managing the Bearer and services Quality in 2G/3G and 4G: QoS and QCI
  • KPI definitions for CS and PS services in mobile networks
  • Important Bearer level KPI definitions
  • MatchingRAB and E-RAB attributes with QoS and QCI
  • IPbased Transport network QoS implementations
  • Matching the quality attributes on the Transport network: DSCP and .1p/1Q mapping
  • Monitoring KPI in the network
 
LTE RADIO- AND CORE NETWORK FEATURES
  • LTE cell throughput calculations in 2,6 GHz spectrum
  • SON features for configuration and optimization of LTE radio
  • Traffic cases for mobile broadband data services
  • Sharing the radio capacity between different operators
  • Multi-Band LTE implementations (800MHz/2,6MHz)
  • Implementation of Advanced MIMO and Carrier aggregation

3 days

2.600 €

WM0088