WiMAX Fundamentals ^TM

Course Description:

This course is designed for students in non-technical or semi-technical job titles, who require a well-rounded tutorial on WiMAX applications, services, operations, architecture, and technology. It is an ideal foundation course for students who will be planning, financing, managing, marketing, selling, or supporting a WiMAX product or service.

WiMAX Fundamentals gives a two-day briefing on the key
characteristics of the variety of networks which feature WiMAX standard equipment. Whether you are planning fixed or mobile services, or backhaul or access services, or Line of Sight or non-Line of- Sight services, this course can give you an appreciation of the opportunities, issues and obstacles to each application.

DoceoTech features expert instructors, interactive class experiences, and cutting-edge perspective on the issues. DoceoTech is the full service WiMAX training company, with standards-based WiMAX course offerings for design engineers, fundamental courses for managers, and certification tracks for implementers.

Course length:

2 days
 

Course Outline:

Module 1: Overview of Broadband Wireless Markets, Applications, and Requirements
  Ø       Architecture of a broadband wireless access network
  Ø       The variety of WiMAX Operators
  Ø       WiMAX Access from a Laptop
  Ø       WiMAX Access from Residence
  Ø       WiMAX Access from a Small Business
  Ø       WiMAX Quality of Service
  Ø       WiMAX and mobility
  Ø       The role of the WiMAX Forum™
     Ø       WiMAX Profiles

Module 2: WiMAX Products
  Ø       Product types
  Ø       Base Stations: 802.16, 802.16e, dual mode
  Ø       Subscriber Stations: outdoor, indoor, PCMCIA, PDA,
            laptop
  Ø       WiMAX Certification process
  Ø       Government regulation and spectrum licensing
  Ø       North American view
  Ø       Global view

Module 3:  WiMAX Competitive Environment
  Ø       Competing technologies
  Ø       Fixed: DSL, Cable Modem, BPON, Pre-802.16
            proprietary
  Ø       Nomadic/Mobile: 2.5G, 3G, Wi-Fi, 802.20, Pre-
            802.16e proprietary
  Ø       Competing vendors
  Ø       Value proposition for 802.16 in fixed subscriber
            stations
  Ø       Value proposition for 802.16 in nomadic/mobile
            subscriber stations
  Ø       Competing network operators
  Ø       Value proposition for 802.16

Module 4:  WiMAX Applications
  Ø       Backhaul (WiFi, 2.5G, 3G)
  Ø       Public Networks
  Ø       Business customers, MTUs,
  Ø       Single Family Residences, SOHO, urban/rural
  Ø       Hotspots (e.g. airports)
  Ø       Private Networks
  Ø       Campus networks (business parks, corporate/education campuses)

Module 5: Planning a WiMAX Service
  Ø       Analyzing Requirements and Defining Services
  Ø       Determining which of the six business models are best for you
  Ø       Developing an order-of-magnitude network cost estimate
  Ø       Network Architecture and Equipment Choices
  Ø       Forecasting demand and service penetration
  Ø       Quantifying financial investment, cost and return

Module 6: WiMAX High-level Technical Architecture
  Ø       Physical Architecture
  Ø       How do Subscribers share the wireless link?
  Ø       Uplink and Downlink Issues

Module 7: WiMAX Operations
  Ø       Steps for Joining an 802.16 network
  Ø       Bandwidth Requests and Allocation
  Ø       Security
  Ø       Quality of Service

Module 8: Wireless Issues for the subscriber
  Ø       Coverage
  Ø       Noise and Interference
  Ø       Multipath: Why multi-carrier approaches?
  Ø       Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) for more-reliable service
  Ø       Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA)

Module 9: The Mobile future: 802.16e subscriber
  Ø       Why a mobile version of 802.16?
  Ø       802.16e adoption forecast
  Ø       Handover
  Ø       Cell Selection