Length: 2 Days
Small Cell Training by TONEX
Small Cell Training, LTE Small Cell Training, covers the technology and planning of Small Cells where coverage and capacity are enhanced along with improved Quality of Experience (QoE),lower latency and delays, flat IP architecture and cost-effective.
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Learn how Small cells and HetNet can offer mobile service providers (MSPs) with cost-effective alternative to macro-only deployments for enhancing coverage and capacity demands.
Small Cell Training also covers heterogeneous (HetNet) network, small cells’ flat IP architecture, radio access options, coverage and capacity planning. Learn about key components of HetNets and small cells deployments both indoors and out.
Small Cell course is designed for technical and non-technical professionals, especially anyone involved with planning, design, development, integration, and testing of small cell. Upon completion of this course, the attendees will be able to:
- Describe technologies behind HetNet and small cells
- Describe the market drivers for HetNet and small cells deployment
- List small cell deployment challenges for mobile service providers (MSPs)
- Describe how small cells, DAS and WiFi relate
- List the various types of small cells and key challenges for its deployment
- Describe relationships between small cells, metro cells, macrocells, residential femtocells, enterprise femtocells and picocells
- Determine small cells coverage and capacity requirements
- Sketch the HetNet architecture
- List key components of HetNet
- Identify the security requirements and risks for HetNet and small cells
- Sketch small cell flat IP architecture
- Identify the various equipment used in deploying small cells
- Identify the key RF measurements, design targets and testing of small cells
- Prepare a small cell link budget
- Analyze and calculate capacity and coverage for a small cell
- Identify small Cell solutions for home, urban hotspots and rural notspots
Lesson Plans
Executive overview of Small Cell
- What is a Small Cell?
- What is HetNet?
- Small cell applications
- Small cell selection
- Small cell coverage and capacity
- Small cells versus macrocells, metrocells, microcells, picocells and femtocells
- Quality of Experience (QoE)
- small cells technology
- Small cell air interface
- Small cell reliable data connections
- Small cell higher data throughput
- Small cell network architecture
- Flat IP architecture in small cell
- Small cell solutions and products
Overview of Urban Small Cells
- Small cell services in the urban environment
- Business case for urban small cells
- Market drivers for urban small cells
- Deployment issues for urban small cells
- Urban small cell network architectures
- Backhaul for urban small cells
- Urban SON use cases
Small Cell Technologies and Network Architecture
- Small Cell Technologies
- Small cell key functions and components
- Coverage and capacity requirements
- Capacity improvement
- QoE
- RF considerations
- EMI/EMC considerations
- Timing requirements
- Co-existence with other cells and technologies
- Auto-provisioning and SON applied to small cells
- HetNet key components
- Macrocell integration with small cells
- Small cells versus WiFi and DAS
- Traffic management and capacity planning
- Load balancing
- Interference management
- Small cell security and risks
Small Cell Planning and Design
- Indoor vs., outdoor applications
- Capacity and coverage
- Power management
- Backhaul options
- Small cell management
- Network and service management
- Security management
- Network offloading
- Hotspot 2.0
- Network discovery and selection
- Small cell provisioning
- Small cell network management
- Streamlined network access
- Security considerations
- Over-the-air transmissions
- Encryption and access control
- Small cell certification process
- Small cell optimization
- Deployment challenges
Small Cell Planning and Design Processes
- Small cell design guidelines
Site survey and tests - Macro site considerations
- LTE for small cell
- LT E and small cell Planning Considerations
- Capacity planning
- Performance prediction
- Coverage analysis
- Security requirements
- Interference coordination
- Common hardware and installation issues
- Common control and management issues