www.africanedevelopment.org

2nd - 5th March 2010 eDevelopment House

Nairobi, Kenya

GSM/WCDMACore network planning & optimisation

African eDevelopment Resource Center (AeRC) in collaboration with Telehorizon Telecommunications Ltd would like to invite participants to a 4 day unique, authoritative, high-value, hands-on practical course which will provide a technical overview of planning calculations and optimisation tools for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA.AeRC is an organization championing ICT for capacity development initiatives in the region through knowl-edge sharing and skills development programmes,formed in 2005. Telehorizon Telecommunication is a Swedish Company that specializes in Telecom and IP Training, Telecom Network Roll-out, Operation and Maintenance for over 15 years and has worked Telecoms operators around the world.

Our Instructors A number of instructors in this program are experienced academics from both Europe and South Africa with considerable theoretical backgrounds as well as extensive industrial experience related to the Telecommu-nication and IP Networks.

4 Network Evolution5 3GPP Release 4 Circuit Core Network6 CS Core Detailed Network Planning7 User Plane Detailed Planning8 CS Core Network Optimisation

Packet Switched Core Network Planning and Optimisation

9 Introduction to PS Core Network 10 IP Addressing11 IP Routing Protocols12 Dimensioning13 IP backbone Planning and Dimensioning

Program Sessions

Session Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

1 Introduction: First, Second and Third Generation Cellular Networks

2 Network Design Process3 Detailed Network Planning

14 Mobile Packet Core Architecture15 Packet Core Network Optimisation16 Security17 Quality of Service

Course Lead Trainer

Eng.Damien ChatelainDamien has worked in the Telecommunications environment for over 10 years in both Europe and Africa. He has more recently worked as techni-cal trainer in GSM, GPRS, and UMTS with clients such as Ericson Global Group and MTN Group. His main area of expertise is in Radio Planning on 2G and 3G Networks, Transmission and Cell Planning, GPRS Operation nodes, and Core Net-work nodes.

Damien holds a Doctorate in Telecoms from Tswane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa (WLAN over GSM for Rural areas). He holds a Master Engineering in Electronic with a specialty in Telecommunication and micro-electronics, ES-IEE, Paris, France and co-authored various pub-lication in the same field.

Circuit Switched Core Network Planning and Optimisation

Who should attend? 3-6 Months previous experience in Cellular networks will be an added advantage. This training program is mainly targeted to Radio Planner and Engineers.

What will you learn?

On completion of this Course Students will be able to:• Identify the GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and WCDMA network elements• Perform Circuit Switched Core Network planning and Optimisation• Perform Packet Switched Core Network planning and Optimisation

Prescribed Text for the Course will be provided upon registration: Advanced cellular network, planning and optimization 2G/2.5G/3G…evolution to 4G by Ajay R Mishra

Student Assessments

Detailed Schedule

Session SessionDescription DescriptionContent Content

Circuit Switched Core Network Planning and Optimisation

Day 1 – Tuesday 2nd March 2010 Day 2- Wednesday 3rd March 2010

1 Introduction • First Generation Cellular Network (NMT, AMPS)• Second Generation Cellular Networks (DAMPS, CDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE)• Third Generation Cellular Networks (CDMA2000, UMTS, HSDPA in UMTS)

2 Network Design Process

• Network Assessment • Network Dimensioning

3 Detailed Network Planning

• Detailed Network Planning

4 Network Evolution

• GSM Network • 3GPP Release 99 Network• 3GPP Release 4 Network• 3GPP Release 5 and 6 Networks

5

6

7

8

3GPP Release 4 Circuit Core Network

CS Core Detailed Network Planning

User Plane Detailed Planning

CS Core Network Optimisa-tion

• Release 4 Core Network Architecture• CS Network Dimensioning

• Control Panel Detailed Planning• Control Panel Detailed Routing

• Configuring Analyses in the MSS• Routing Components of the MSC Server• User Plane Routing

• Key Performance Indicators• Network Measurements• CS Core Network Audit• Audit Results Analysis• Network Optimisation Results

Day 3 – Thursday 4th March 2010 Day 4– Friday 5th March 2010

Packet Switched Core Network Planning and Optimisation

Session Description Content

9

10

11

12

13

Introduction to PS Core Network

IP Addressing

IP Routing Protocol

Dimension-ing

IP backbone Planning and Dimen-sioning

• Basic MPC Concepts• Packet Routing (PDP Context)• Interface of the GPRS with the 2G GSM Network

• Types of Networks• Dotted-Decimal Notation• Subnetting

• IP Routing Protocols

• GPRS Protocol Stacks and Overheads

• Current Network Assesment• Dimensioning of the IP Back bone• Bandwidth Calculations

Session Description Content14

15

16

17

Mobile Packet Core Architec-ture

Packet Core Network Optimisa-tion

Security

Quality of Service

• VLAN• Iu-PS Interface• Gn Interface Planning• Gi Interface Planning• Gp Interface Planning

• Packet Core Optimisation Approaches • Packet Core Optimisations MainAspects• Key Performance Indicators• KPI Monitoring

• Planning for Security• Operational Security• Additional Security Aspects

• Introduction to QoS • QoS Environment• QoS Process• QoS Performance Man agement

Student Assessments