2G to 4G Indoor Coverage Planning


3 Days / 5 Live Online Sessions (0900-1230) / Technical Level: Level 3

Course Code: MB1304

Course Summary

This 2G to 4G Indoor Coverage Planning course is intended for experienced cell planners wishing to move into indoor coverage planning. The course details all of the issues of indoor planning from initial site survey to integration.

Who would benefit

Experienced cell planners wishing to move into indoor coverage planning, as well as those who need to understand indoor planning issues.

Prerequisites

Previous attendance on the Cell Planning for UMTS Networks course (MB2005) and Cell Planning for LTE Networks (LT2901) is advantageous.

Topic Areas Include

  • The planning process

  • Initial planning and site survey

  • Traffic dimensioning for GSM, UMTS and LTE

  • Indoor propagation considerations

  • Calculating indoor coverage

  • Equipment for measuring indoor coverage

  • Methods for providing indoor coverage

  • Passive DAS

  • Active DAS

  • Indoor antennas

  • Link budget calculations for GSM, UMTS and LTE

  • Handover and cell reselection parameters for GSM, UMTS and LTE

  • MIMO configurations

  • Coverage in elevators and trains

Includes practical planning exercises.