LTE Radio Network Planning and Design

Instructor Led | Duration: 3 Days

The LTE system supports broadband wireless access in a mobile cellular environment, and is considered the next generation (beyond 3G) wireless system,
offering data rates in the range of 100 Mbps. Wireless service providers see great potential in offering broadband wireless access experience to subscribers in
a cost-effective manner. Unlike the 3G systems based on the CDMA air interface, the LTE system is based on the OFDM-based radio air interface. The LTE
system will also deploy advanced antenna systems to increase the throughput, coverage and capacity of the network. Thus deploying the LTE system is going
to provide a unique and challenging opportunity. This course covers the radio network planning and design aspects of an LTE network and describes the
process of mapping the service and market requirements to RF system parameters.

Intended Audience Course Outline

This course provides practical examples and intertwines the exercises at 1. Introduction to LTE System Design 6. Cell Planning Considerations
every stage of the system design process and is intended for LTE system 1.1. Process of wireless network design 6.1. Site selection criteria
designers, RF systems engineering, network engineering, deployment and and deployment 6.2. Designing for coverage and
operations personnel. 1.2. LTE network requirements capacity
1.3. Market and service requirements 6.3. Designing for traffic and QoS
Learning Objectives 1.4. RF planning checklist 6.4. Configuration parameter selection
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
1.5. Network planning checklist 7. Site Shakedown and Acceptance
2. LTE System Planning Considerations 7.1. Drive testing
Explain the process of wireless network design 2.1. Bandwidth options 7.2. Site shakedowns
Describe the link budget for the LTE system 2.2. Frequency reuse patterns 7.3. Site acceptance
Discuss the process of mapping the network requirements to 2.3. Sync signal planning 7.4. Cluster acceptance
corresponding system parameters 2.4. Reference signal planning 8. LTE Network Planning
2.5. Random access preamble planning 8.1. Air interface capacity
Describe the impact of operating frequency spectrum and 2.6. Key performance indicators 8.2. Cell site capacity planning
bandwidth 2.7. Inter-radio access technology 8.3. Distributed backhaul planning
Explain multiple antenna techniques in LTE and their impacts 3. Advanced Antenna Considerations
Design the radio network based on capacity, coverage and quality 3.1. Diversity techniques in LTE
requirements 3.2. SU-MIMO
3.3. MU-MIMO/SDMA
Explore site selection and acceptance
4. Link Budget for LTE
Calculate the cell site and distributed backhaul needs and plan for 4.1. System parameter considerations
the future growth 4.2. Gains and losses
4.3. MAPL for UL and DL
Suggested Prerequisites 5. RF Design
Overview of OFDM (eLearning) 5.1. Morphology definition
5.2. RF design process and options
LTE Overview (eLearning) 5.3. Propagation models
Mastering LTE (Instructor Led) 5.4. Site configurations
5.5. Search rings