WiMAX Forum Network Associate^TM Certification Boot Camp

WiMAX Forum Professional Certification proves that you have the skills to design or install WiMAX networks. Move your career ahead by distinguishing yourself in the wireless industry with WiMAX Forum professional certification.

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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 Core Network Engineer™ certification exam. The course is designed for engineers who will be implementing the core elements of a WiMAX network. They require knowledge of completed WiMAX Forum working group specifications and skills on appropriate engineering tools. We assume pre-requisite knowledge of IP networking. The course includes hands-on-laptop-based interactive labs and network-design exercises. At the end of the course, the successful student should have the skills to choose among design tradeoffs for a secure, efficient, high-performance core network

Course length:
4 days
 

Course Outline:

Selected highlights of the hands-on labs where you will deploy, install, configure, and test a WiMAX system, including:

• Install a WiMAX base station site while emphasizing safety and best practices

• Assemble the outdoor mounting apparatus to hold the Subscriber Station Outdoor Unit

• Connect AC, Data, and PoE cables before testing and aiming the ODU towards the Base Station antenna.

• Use the Element Management System (EMS) application to add a new Subscriber Station object to the Network Map.

• Apply the configuration settings needed to provide compliance with the customer’s Service Level Agreement (SLA).

• Use the Installation Manager application to determine the optimum placement and orientation of the Subscriber Station.

• Measure the RF characteristics of various WiMAX signals, including RCE, EVM, and CINR, using a precision quality signal analyzer.

• Use the analyzer’s Fixed WiMAX Demodulator Measurements mode to evaluate the modulation quality of OFDM/OFDMA data bursts

• Compare the recorded measurements to applicable specifications to determine passing or failing values.

• Perform measurements for high- and low-CINR conditions.

• Make measurements with the analyzer directly connected to the WiMAX signal source, via coaxial cable, and overthe- air, to simulate measurements that would be frequently performed at the base station.

• Construct a customized pass/fail test which includes measurements and pass/fail criteria that a technician might use for over-the-air (OTA) testing of Fixed WiMAX base stations.

• Check the readings against pass/fail criteria included in a customized script that you create.

• Conduct Mobile WiMAX Drive Tests

End of day 4: In-class Certification Testing Opportunity
At the end of the four-day boot camp, students will have the opportunity to complete the proctored WiMAX Forum Network Associate™ certification exam, which tests relevant knowledge and practical installation skills.

Boot Camp practical experience:
The boot camp is structured as 30% tutorial content in ten chapters, and 70% hands-on exercises in twelve labs, focused by an ongoing case study. Through a special arrangement with Aperto, Anritsu and WirelessLogix, the DoceoTech Lab is equipped with base station, subscriber station and field test equipment from multiple WiMAX Forum member companies, used for in-class exercises. You’ll have the experience of installing and commissioning all of the equipment for a sample WiMAX-served community.