LTE RF Planning and Design Certification Workshop

Instructor Led | Duration: 4 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. The LTE system is based on the OFDM-based radio air interface. The LTE system also deploys advanced antenna
techniques 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 workshop 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. This certification workshop utilizes several hands-on examples and exercises using coverage prediction
tool and concludes with a certification assessment.

Intended Audience

Course Outline

This workshop provides practical examples and intertwines the exercises

at every stage of the RF planning and design process and is intended for
LTE system designers, RF systems engineering, network engineering,
deployment and operations personnel.

1. Overview of Radio Network Design

Learning Objectives

2. LTE Air Interface

After completing this workshop, the participants will be able to:

Explain the process of radio network planning and design
Sketch LTE network architecture and describe the frame structure
of LTE air interface in FDD
Describe the link budget for the LTE system
Step through the process of mapping the network requirements to
corresponding system parameters
Explain multiple antenna techniques in LTE and their impacts
Design the radio network based on coverage and capacity
requirements
Step through the data call setup procedure in LTE
Explore site selection and acceptance process
Calculate the cell site and distributed backhaul needs and plan for
the future growth

Suggested Prerequisites
Overview of OFDM (eLearning)
LTE Overview (eLearning)
Mastering LTE (Instructor Led)

1.1. Radio network design goals and

requirements
1.2. RF planning checklist
1.3. RF planning process

2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
2.4.
2.5.

E-UTRAN architecture
OFDMA & SC-OFDMA
FDD Frame structure
PHY channels & signals
Resource element and Resource
block

3. Market /RF Requirements

3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
3.4.

LTE deployment checklist

Coverage & Capacity requirements
Data rate and QoS requirements
Design strategy

4. Link Budget for LTE

4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.

System parameter considerations

Gains and losses
Pathloss for UL and DL
Hands-on exercises

5. Antenna Considerations

5.1. Antenna basics

5.2. Multiple antenna techniques in LTE
5.3. Deployment considerations

6. RF Design

6.1. RF design process and options

6.2. Morphology definition
6.3. Propagation models

6.4.
6.5.
6.6.
6.7.
6.8.

Model tuning process

Site placement
Coverage prediction
Issuing search rings
Hands-on exercises

7. Site Selection

7.1. Site selection criteria

7.2. Designing for coverage and
capacity
7.3. Site candidate selection process
7.4. Hands-on exercises

8. Data Call Setup in LTE

8.1. System acquisition

8.2. Data call setup
8.3. Traffic channel operations

9. LTE RF Parameter planning

9.1.
9.2.
9.3.
9.4.
9.5.

Frequency planning
Sync signal planning
Preamble planning
Handover parameters
Power control parameters

10. Site Shakedown and Acceptance

10.1. Key performance indicators
10.2. Drive testing
10.3. Site shakedowns
10.4. System acceptance

11. LTE capacity Planning

11.1. Air interface capacity

11.2. Backhaul capacity planning