Maintaining WiMAX Networks ^TM

Course Description:

This course is designed for students who are familiar with the general configuration of a WiMAX network, and who wish to formalize their approach to maintenance and troubleshooting of WiMAX networks through use of generic approaches. While the tools used to illustrate maintenance and troubleshooting are specific to one vendor’s equipment, the skills learned are transferable to any WiMAX implementation.

With the knowledge and experience they acquire, the student will be able to apply maintenance tools to maintain, optimize and troubleshoot their network, thereby improving their effectiveness and return on investment. The course features hands-on practice with maintenance tools, in hands-on labs. Students must bring a laptop to the class to participate in the class exercises, or arrange with DoceoTech to provide a laptop. DoceoTech will provide sample tools for network management lab exercises.

In public course settings, DoceoTech teaches industry-general maintenance skills, using an industry-leading vendor’s set of maintenance tools. In onsite course settings, we will work with your chosen vendor’s equipment and tools to develop the specific maintenance labs, for network-specific skills training. What follows is an outline for the industry-general training.

Course length:

2 days
 

Course Outline:

Module 1: WiMAX Network Overview
At the end of this module you should be able to:
  Ø       Diagram a WiMAX network
  Ø       List the six major applications of WiMAX technology
  Ø       Converse in the industry-general and vendor-specific
            WiMAX vocabulary
  Ø       Describe the impact of RF regulation on network
            configuration

Module 2: Overview of WiMAX Maintenance Toolsets
At the end of this module you should be able to:
  Ø       Explain and follow each step of the DoceoTech
            Maintenance checklist
  Ø       Understand the operation of sample WiMAX network
            diagnostic tools and maintenance databases
  Ø       Use these tools to maintain and improve WiMAX
            network performance
  Ø       Understand how the tools relate to general network
            management systems

Module 3:  Scheduled Maintenance Actions
At the end of this module you should be able to:
  Ø       List sample steps to take with Urgent actions
  Ø       List sample actions to take Daily
  Ø       List sample actions to take Weekly
  Ø       List sample actions to take Monthly

Module 4:  Optimizing WiMAX Networks
At the end of this module you should be able to:
  Ø       Explain and follow each step of a sample optimization
            checklist
  Ø       Use Module 2’s tools to optimize the network
  Ø       Review the health of operating links
  Ø       Re-configure the network based on the tool data
  Ø       Analyze backhaul reports
  Ø       Evaluate alternate channel assignments
  Ø       Identify and address problems with noise

Module 5: Real Network Lab Exercise
At the end of this module you should be able to:
  Ø       Interpreted data collected from a sample network
  Ø       Worked with a team of students to determine problems within the network
  Ø       Worked with a team to recommend the best solution to overcome
                the problems
  Ø       Reported recommendations for evaluation

Module 6: Practice labs
At the end of this module you will have had practice executing the Maintenance and Troubleshooting procedures to diagnose four trouble cases with a WiMAX network.