A 5-day Training Program to provide participants with essential knowledge of WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies, applications and services, as well as regulatory, marketing and business objectives.
- Present all relevant and important topics from basic RF theory to link budget math, including:
- Standards: PHY and MAC protocol layers, security, QoS and interoperability
- Technology: equipment manufacturers, products, systems and services
- Regulatory: spectrum policies and licensing
- Planning: frequency, capacity, coverage and interference
- Design: site survey and selection, engineering and network design
Deployment: project management, vendor selection, installation and commissionin
Optimization: testing and troubleshooting
- Identify the components of WiMAX and Wi-Fi products and systems
- Explain the detailed layers and protocols covered in the IEEE standards such as 802.16-2004 for WirelessMAN, 802.11 for WirelessLAN and 802.16e for mobility
- Provide an in-depth understanding of wireless voice, video and data access systems from a technical perspective combined with regulatory, market and business objectives
- Develop the skills to plan, design and deploy an efficient and profitable wireless data network
- Plan for growth, operational support and emerging technologies
Topics
Part I - Wireless overview
General Overview of WiMAX and Wi-Fi
- Identify the components of WiMAX and Wi-Fi systems
- Explore the various standards, forums and suppliers
- Understand the network architecture, deployment challenges, marketing and business opportunities
Part II - Wi-Fi
Radio Frequency (RF) fundamentals
Spread spectrum technologies
Organizations and standards
PHYsical and MAC layers
Network operations
Hardware installation, configuration and management
Troubleshooting Wireless LANs
Wireless LAN Security
Part III - WiMAX
Overview
- Basic network architecture
- Regulatory and spectrum policies
- Frequency bands and standards
- Applications and services
- Products and systems
- Current deployments
IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks
- Service specific convergence sublayer
- Medium access control common part sublayer
- Privacy sublayer
- Physical sublayer
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Emerging standards
Engineering planning, design, deployment and optimization
- Project management
- Radio and traffic engineering
- Site engineering and planning
- Network, backhaul and core engineering
- Commissioning and troubleshooting
- Network management systems
Marketing and business opportunities
- Market analysis summary
- Market segmentation and service offering
- Strategy and implementation
- Sales, cost of sales, capital and operational costs
- Personnel plan
Target Audience
- Telecommunications engineers, technicians and personnel responsible for the design, planning, deployment and management of wireless voice, video and data access networks
- Entrepreneurs, managers, marketing and sales professionals looking to complement their skill-set by gaining a good understanding of WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies, applications and services, market and business opportunities
- Telecommunications regulators responsible for spectrum policies, coordination and standard radio system plans
A combination of engaging activities and dynamic presentations to stimulate and maximize participants' learning.