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LTE Advanced – From 3GPP Release 11 to 13

By December 23, 2020 No Comments

Course Objective

This course provides an overview of the specified features, services, and applications. Participants will become familiar on the RAN and Core network enhancements that will support 3GPP specifications. 

Contents

By participating in this course, the participants will ideally be able to: 

  1. Describe 3GPP standardization principles
    • Understand the 3GPP specification numbering
    • Identify the historic evolution of releases
    • Describe the major milestones per release
  1. Describe the features of releases 10 and 11
    • Introduce the early stages of LTE Advanced
    • Discuss the features of releases 10 & 11
    • Identify features implemented and their network impact
  1. Describe LTE Advanced progress with Rel. 12

Understand the enhancements of LTE on:

  • Small cell and heterogeneous networks,
  • LTE multi-antennas (e.g., MIMO and beam forming),
  • LTE proximity services,
  • LTE procedures for supporting diverse traffic types
  • UMTS/HSPA+ enhancements
  1. Describe LTE Advanced progress with Rel. 13

Understand the enhancements of LTE on:

  • LTE in unlicensed spectrum
  • Carrier Aggregation enhancements
  • LTE enhancements for Machine-Type Communications (MTC)
  • Elevation Beamforming / Full-Dimension MIMO
  • D2D and Positioning
  1. The future 3GPP releases (14 and on)

Describe on high level the forthcoming specifications towards 5G

Entry Requirements

Telecom RAN and Core knowledge and working experience.

Target Group

Service Engineers, Network Design Engineers, Strategy Planning Engineers

Mode of Delivery

Instructor-led training, theory.

Duration

2 days

Maximum number of participants

16

Language

English