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Overview

includes:
Mobile Networks, WCDMA and HSPA Basics
LTE and HSPA Evolution Standards and System Performance
LTE and HSPA RF Terminals and Design Challenges
LTE and HSPA Protocols

An update of the popular course, explaining the capabilities and operation of 3G Mobile Networks, which includes presentations by some of the world's leading industry experts in the field of LTE and HSPA.

All delegates will receive a free copy of "LTE for UMTS: Evolution to LTE-Advanced" by Harri Holma and Antti Toskala " by Harri Holma and Antti Toskala (Wiley).

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Description

The course provides a detailed end-to-end description and explanation of the global WCDMA, HSPA, LTE and LTE-Advanced radio standards in 3GPP Releases 99, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 including an outlook to Release 12. With presentations from Harri Holma and Antti Toskala, authors of the current definitive works, "LTE-Advanced", "LTE for UMTS", "HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS" and "WCDMA for UMTS".

Real world implementation aspects of the new technology will also be discussed, including the multi-mode radio receiver in multimedia handsets, system dimensioning and design and application performance.

Emphasis throughout the course will be placed on optimizing the data capability of these networks, including efficient packet data capacity, broadband wireless services, radio resource management as well as upgrade paths for operators.

Programme details

Day 1 – WCDMA, HSPA and LTE Fundamentals (Jonathan Moss)

• Introduction and comparison between the radio technologies
• Services offered by mobile operators
• LTE network architecture and interworking with 3G
• Principles of OFDMA and SC-FDMA
• Multipath and interference mitigation
• Use of Cyclic prefix
• Spectral occupancy and interference scenarios
• System link budgets and radio planning comparison

Days 2 and 3 – L-TE and HSPA Evolution Standards and System Performance (Antti Toskala and Harri Holma)

LTE Releases 8-9

• 3GPP Status & LTE Schedule
• LTE Architecture
• S1 and X2 interfaces
• Evolved Packet Core
• LTE Layer 2/3
• OFDMA and SC-FDMA principles
• LTE Physical Layer
• LTE Mobility
• LTE Radio Resource Management
• LTE Data rates, Coverage and Capacity
• LTE Voice solutions
• LTE Frequency variants
• TD-LTE

LTE-Advanced in Releases 10-11

• Carrier Aggregation (CA)
• Terminal categories
• MIMO evolution
• Performance evaluation
• Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet)
• Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP)
• Self Optimizing Networks (SON)
• Relay nodes (RN)
• Machine Type Communication (MTC)

HSPA Evolution in Release 7-11

• Main HSPA features in Releases 7-11
• HSPA Performance
• LTE Benchmarking with HSPA+

Day 4 – LTE and HSPA RF Design and Performance (Laurent Noel and Jonathan Moss)

• The mobile phone chipset designer’s working environment
  • 2G/ 3G mobile phone hardware evolutions and features
• Description of UMTS transceiver architectures
• HSPA Transmitter design challenges:
  • Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR), output power, power consumption trade-off
• HSPA Receiver design challenges:
  • Receiver sensitivity in full duplex systems
  • Adjacent Channel Selectivity (ACS) test cases
• Talk time and battery technology trends in 3G phones
  • Benchmarking of current solutions
  • Power consumption estimates
  • Improvements with discontinuous transmission and reception (continuous packet connectivity CPC)
• The design constraints of the Multi-Mode, Multi-Band (MM-MB) mobile phone
  • Co-existence issues in MM-MB phones
  • Victims and aggressors in MM-MB phones
  • Design challenges in removing external SAW filters in MM-MB phones
• Some LTE RF design challenges
  • LTE reference sensitivity
  • LTE ADC & ACS requirements
  • Some frequency band specific challenges.

Day 5 – LTE and HSPA Protocols (Neil Wiffen)

• Signalling Procedures
  • Signalling Overview
  • Call Control
  • Mobility Management
  • GPRS Mobility Management
  • Session Management
• Security Procedures
  • Security Overview
  • UMTS Security Architecture
  • Security Features
  • GSM-UMTS interoperability
• Layer 2 Protocols (UE-RAN)
  • General Protocol Architecture
  • UMTS Layer 2 Principles
  • RLC Functions and Procedures
  • MAC Functions and Procedures
  • Protocol Termination (Release ’99)
  • HSPA outline

* Please notify us on your registration form if you would prefer to receive a copy of "HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS" by Harri Holma and Antti Toskala (Wiley) instead.

Our congratulations to Antti Toskala who received the 'Award for Individual Contribution to LTE Development' at the inaugural LTE Awards at the 2010 LTE World Summit on 18 May 2010. Click here to read more.

First day registration from 8.30am when course materials will be distributed.
Refreshments from 8.30am on the first day plus two 30 minute breaks during the day and a one-hour lunch break.
The course will begin at 9.00am and end at approximately 5.00pm on each day.

Staff

Dr Harri Holma

Role: Speaker

NSN Fellow - Radio System Performance,
Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland

Harri Holma joined Nokia Research Centre in 1994 and...more received his M.Sc. from Helsinki University of Technology 1995. He has been with Nokia Networks since 1998 and has been located both in Finland and in USA during that time.

Harri Holma is currently working as NSN Fellow with Nokia Siemens Networks with special interest on radio system performance. He has completed his PhD at Helsinki University of Technology 2003. Dr. Holma has edited the books "WCDMA for UMTS", "HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS" and "LTE for UMTS" and contributed to a number of other books in the radio communication area.

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Dr Antti Toskala

Role: Speaker

Head of 3GPP Radio Standardization,
Nokia Siemens Networks

Antti Toskala (M.Sc) joined the Nokia Research Center in 1994,...more where he undertook WCDMA system studies. In September 1995 he joined the ACTS FRAMES project, and in the later phase, worked as the team leader for the work package which defined the FMA2 WCDMA concept. During 1997, he worked as a Senior Research Engineer and CDMA Specialist participating in the ETSI SMG2 UMTS standardization work.

He chaired the UMTS physical layer expert group in ETSI SMG2 during 1998, and from 1999 (the start of the 3GPP activity) until 2003 he worked in 3GPP as chairman of the TSG RAN WG1, the group responsible for the physical layer of the WCDMA standard. His group was responsible for the standardization of WCDMA physical layer, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and for the start of uplink packet data evolution (HSUPA).

From 2003 to 2005 he worked as Senior Standardization Manager with System Technologies, at Nokia Networks and contributed to product development as the HSDPA Chief Architect for Nokia Networks.

From 2005 to 2006 he worked with Nokia Networks as Senior Standardization Manager focusing on HSPA and LTE standardization.

Currently he is with Nokia Siemens Networks, in Espoo, Finland working as the Head of 3GPP Radio Standardization, with technical focus on HSPA and LTE evolution.

He has co-authored what are considered to be the 3 definitive books in 3G (“WCDMA for UMTS”, “HSDPA/HSUPA for UMTS” and “LTE for UMTS”). He regularly lectures on WCDMA, HSPA and LTE technologies in various universities and institutions around the world and has a large number of patents and publications in the field.

As part of the 2010 LTE World Summit LTE Awards, he received the “Award for Individual Contribution for LTE Development” recognising his contribution to both LTE standardization and LTE knowledge spreading in the industry.

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Dr Jonathan Moss

Role: Speaker

Telecoms Consultant

Jonathan is an RF Design Engineer and Telecoms Trainer currently focusing on 77GHz vehicular radar...more development.

He was previously Director of Engineering for i-mate, managing the development of Windows Mobile phones and introducing them into the Enterprise space. Prior to joining i-mate, he was responsible for 3G Network Optimisation strategy for O2 UK, Ireland and Isle of Man 3G networks.

Jonathan received M.Eng. and D.Phil. qualifications from University College, Oxford in 1994 and 1998.

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Mr Laurent Noël

Role: Speaker

(Formerly) System Architect ST-NXP Wireless

Until recently Laurent Noel was an RF-BB system architect at ST-NXP Wireless,...more France. He worked on reconfigurable multi-mode, multi-standard, digital RF solutions for LTE, FDD-WCDMA, EGPRS, GPS and TD-SCDMA projects.

Throughout 2007 and 2008 he also actively participated in the definition of the DigRF SM v4 standard within the MIPI alliance. Prior to that he worked at BT Laboratories (Martlesham Heath, UK) where he was involved in 3G testing activities and in research on high speed digital optical systems, including millimetre wave radio systems over fibre.

He received a degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Montpellier II, France, in 1991, and a degree as a microelectronics engineer at the "Institut des Sciences de l'Ingenieur" (ISIM), Montpellier, France, in 1994.

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Neil Wiffen

Role: Speaker

Senior Technical Instructor,
Red Banana Wireless Ltd

Since 2001 Neil has developed and delivered training for the majority of...more the major 3G handset and chipset manufacturers through EMEA, Asia-Pac and North America. Currently his training and consulting efforts are focussed on 3 key topic areas:

3G protocol stack (WCDMA, HSDPA,HSUPA)
Mobile Network Service Provision (Mobile Data Solutions, End-to-end Service Provision, Network Optimisation)
Government Research (Current and Emerging Wireless Systems)

Previously, Neil has worked as a Technical Instructor for Wray Castle Ltd., developing and delivering UMTS technical training material, and prior to this he spent 13 years with GCHQ on various Research and Development projects in both engineering roles and as a technical team leader.

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Certification

Participants who satisfy the course requirements will receive a Certificate of Attendance. The pdf sample above is an illustration only, and the wording will reflect the course and dates attended.

Level and demands

The course is aimed at those wishing to gain a complete end-to-end overview of UMTS technology, in particular RF and baseband engineers, radio planners, service developers, equipment designers and telecoms consultants. In addition, the course will appeal to technical managers, analysts and strategists wishing to increase their technical understanding of the subject area.

Accommodation

Accommodation is available at the Rewley House Residential Centre, within the Department for Continuing Education, in central Oxford. The comfortable, en-suite, study-bedrooms are rated 3-star, and come with free high-speed internet access and TV. Guests can take advantage of the excellent dining facilities and common room bar, where they may relax and network with others on the programme.

Payment

Fees include course materials, tuition, refreshments and lunches. The price does not include accommodation.

All courses are VAT exempt.

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Standard Course Fee: £1995.00

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Programmes including this module

This module can be studied as part of these programmes:

• Telecoms and mobile technologies