Course Modules

1. Planning process

1.1. Preparing a planning project
1.2. Planning targets
1.3. Planning steps

2. Coverage planning

2.1. Basics of radio wave propagation
2.2. Diversity
2.3. Environments Types
2.4. Free space propagation model
2.5. Okumura-Hata Model
2.6. Walfish–Ikegami Model
2.7. Knife-edge Model
2.8. COST 231 Walfish–Ikegami Model
2.9. COST 231 Okumura-Hata Model
2.10. Link Budget Calculation
2.11. Fading
2.12. Pathloss
2.13. Location probability
2.14. Increasing coverage

3. Capacity planning

3.1. Introducing traffic theory
3.2. Quality and grade of service
3.3. Erlang-B model
3.4. Erlang-C model
3.5. Calculating the traffic volume
3.6. SDCCH planning
3.7. TCH planning
3.8. Increasing capacity

4. Frequency planning

4.1. Cellular concept in GSM network
4.2. Frequency plan in GSM network ( FDD/FDMA/TDMA)
4.3. Interference and adjacencies
4.4. Frequency reuse and reuse pattern
4.5. Frequency hopping

5. Optimizing

5.1. Drive test
5.2. Key performance indicator
5.3. Power control
5.4. Discontinuous transmission and voice activity detection
5.5. Codec planning
5.6. Antenna tilt
5.7. Sectorization of the cell
5.8. Hierarchical cell structure