Overview
- The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and its extension HSPA+ belong to the third generation family of 3GPP technologies.
- In UMTS, the air interface was designed to support bidirectional 2 Mbps, Quality of Service (QoS), security and concurrent circuit-switched and packet-switched services
Duration:
Instructor led training , Conducted on regular and fast track program. Contact us.
What you will gain?
After completion of this course, the participant will understand about:
- Overview of UMTS network
- The main objective of UMTS / HSPA /HSPA + air interface.
- Explain channels and frame structures.
- List the layer 1,2 and 3 features such as power control and handover.
- How link adaptation is done in UMTS
Pre-requisites
Individuals with basic understanding of UMTS/WCDMA.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for professionals who are need of detailed understanding of UMTS , HSPA and HSPA+ air interface. Also, suitable for testing and network engineering team members.
Course Outline
1. UMTS (WCDMA) Overview
- Motivation behind UMTS
- Key features, services and supported data rates
- Technology landscape
- Evolution from GSM/GPRS to UMTS
2. WCDMA Technology in UMTS
- Encoding and modulation techniques
- Spreading and scrambling
- OVSF codes in WCDMA
- Importance of power control
- Macro diversity in WCDMA
3. UMTS Core Network Architecture
- Network architecture
- Key components (i.e., SGSN and GGSN)
- Differences between GPRS and UMTS
- Migrating from GPRS to UMTS
4. UMTS (WCDMA) Radio Network
- Functions of UTRAN
- Key components (RNC and Node B)
5. UTRA Channels and Protocols
- Channel structure in UMTS
- Logical, physical and transport channels
- MAC, RLC and RRC
6. Circuit-Switched Scenarios
- Overview of a circuit-switched call
- Call origination and termination
7. Packet-Switched Scenarios
- UMTS attach procedure
- PDP context activation
- Establishing a packet data session
8. System Scenarios
- Radio and core network mobility
- Handovers and SRNS relocation
9. Physical Layer Operations
- Introduction – Life of a UE
- Cell synchronization and network acquisition
- RRC connection and states
- Registration, security and the radio access bearer concept
- Cell selection and reselection
- UE measurements
- UE power control
- Compressed mode and inter-system measurements
10. Overview of HSPA
- HSPA goals
- Air interface strategies
- Impact of HSPA on radio network
- UE categories
11. Key Concepts of HSPA
- Adaptive modulation and coding
- Fast scheduling at NodeB
- UE measurement and feedback
- H-ARQ and incremental redundancy
12. HSPA Channels
- HSDPA UL/DL channel details
- HSUPA UL/DL channel details
13. HSPA Operations
HSDPA
- Channel quality indicator
- HS-SCCH operational detail
- Hard handovers
HSUPA
- Uplink resource allocation
- Absolute and relative grants
- Soft handovers
14. HSPA+
- Key concepts of HSPA+
- Downlink data transmission
- Uplink data transmission
- MIMO in HSPA+
15. UMTS / HSPA planning considerations
- Impacts of operating frequency
- Scrambling code planning
- Parameter settings
- Link budget for UMTS / HSPA
- UMTS capacity planning
- UMTS design KPIs
16.UMTS / HSPA optimization overview
- Coverage optimization
- Neighbour list tuning
- Dropped call performance
- R99 packet data performance
- HSPA performance
- IRAT performance