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Exploring WiMAX
Detailed Course Description
This course provides an in-depth overview of the mobile WiMAX network architecture and 802.16 technical features.  Important aspects of the airlink such as subchannel usage, frequency reuse, the TDD frame structure, scalable OFDMA, connection setup and bandwidth management are discussed along with an overview of the key MAC layer messages such as DCD, UCD, and DL/UL MAP and a discussion of the link budget parameters for the WiMAX airlink are provided.  The use of advanced features including Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC), Space Time Coding (STC) and Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) to achieve better throughput and coverage are explored.

Course Length:  2 days
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WiMAX & Wireless Broadband Technologies (LTE, HSPA, EVDO)
Detailed Course Description
This course is brought to you by the authors of the best-selling book Fundamentals of WiMAX (Prentice Hall, 2007), the definitive resource on WiMAX with over 10,000 copies sold and the first comprehensive guide to WiMAX - its technical foundations, features, and performance.  The course will provide students with a broad understanding of WiMAX and will provide wireless engineers, network architects and system designers with the essential information for succeeding with WiMAX-from planning through deployment.  The course also offers insights to other network technologies such as LTE, HSPA & EVDO.

The first day of the course provides a treatment of the technical building blocks of wireless broadband networks.  It starts by teaching the technical foundations of broadband wireless systems such as channel modeling and cellular design.  The first day also provides a substantial introduction to OFDM and OFDMA, Multi-antenna techniques like Space Time Coding and MIMO, multiple access techniques and scheduling.  A comparison between WiMAX, LTE, EVDO and HSPA networks is also presented.  These concepts provide a solid foundation that is needed in order to understand the PHY and MAC Layers of WiMAX.

On the second day of the course we provide an overview the PHY and MAC Layers of WiMAX.  We also provide a description of the network architecture of WiMAX and explain how essential service level functions such as QoS management, authentication, security, and mobility management are provided in WiMAX.

Course Length: 2 days
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WiMAX Forum® RF Network Engineer ™ Certification Boot Camp
Detailed Course Description
This course is a four-day Boot Camp event, which covers all of the necessary topics to prepare a technical student to take the WiMAX Forum® RF Network Engineer™ certification exam.  This course is targeted at students who are planning a WiMAX deployment, and who need the skills to design the network, balancing the requirements of service quality (including throughput and performance) with minimum capital and operations cost.  The emphasis is on the design of the RF access network, including base station engineering and siting, and propagation analysis to serve fixed and mobile subscriber stations.

The boot camp is structured as 50% tutorial content, and 50% hands-on exercises, illustrated with case studies.  Through a special arrangement with EDX Wireless, a demonstration copy of the EDX SignalPro® software tool, including the Network Design Module, is provided to each student, and used for in-class exercises. You’ll have the experience of designing the RF network for a sample WiMAX-served community.  Ten spreadsheet tools are provided to enhance hands-on experience.  Bring your laptop, or arrange for us to provide one for you.  At the end of the four-day boot camp, students will have the opportunity to complete the proctored WiMAX RF Network Designer™ certification exam.

Course Length: 4 days
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