LTE/SAE System Overview - Online

LTE/EPC System Overview - Online

The LTE/SAE System Overview course offers a comprehensive – yet easily understandable – overview of the basic functionality of the Evolved Packet System (EPS). EPS consists of the evolved Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) as defined in the 3GPP Release 8 standardisation projects ‘Long Term Evolution’ and ‘System Architecture Evolution’.

The course focuses on the network architecture, nodes and mode of operations of the Evolved Packet System (EPS). It accounts for EPS’ relation to – and interoperability with - the legacy 2G/3G network as well as non-3GPP networks. The course outlines key radio technologies selected for LTE e.g. OFDM and MIMO. Basic message-level traffic cases are shown throughout the course to demonstrate important functions and concepts.

EPS (LTE/EPC) System Overview

• Evolution history of the 2G and 3G networks in operation today
• EPS architecture and nodes, overall mode of operation
• EPS motives and performance targets
• Relation to legacy 3GPP networks and other networks

E-UTRAN – the evolved radio network

• Radio Fundamentals (fading, modulation, channels,  radio resource sharing – FDMA TDMA, CDMA)
• E-UTRAN nodes and mode of operation
• Frequency bands
• OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) basics
• What is MIMO and what can it do?
• High level requirements on the EPS terminal
• E-UTRAN Traffic cases

E-UTRAN Protocols and Channel Architecture

• NAS Protocols – EMM and ESM
• RRC 
• PDCP, RLC and MAC
• E-UTRAN channel architecture and resource mapping

EPC – the evolved core network

• Core network architecture
• EPC nodes – MME, SGW, PGW and HSS
• EPS Security
• Context storage and context transfer
• Main protocols – NAS, GTP and DIAMETER
• Bearers, tunnelling and Quality of Service (QoS)

Mobility in EPS

• Mobility in EPS and impact on the core network
• Tracking Areas and Pool concepts
• Traffic cases

Interworking Aspects

• Mobility between EPS and legacy 3GPP networks (UTRAN and GERAN)
• CS Interworking scenarios
• Mobility between EPS and non-3GPP access networks
• Mobile IP
• ANDSF – Access Network Discovery and Selection

IMS – the IP Multimedia Subsystem

• Multimedia over IP using SIP
• IMS  architecture and basic traffic cases

PCC – Policy and Charging Control

• What is Policy and Charging Control?
• PCC architecture
• The PCRF and the PCEF

The LTE/EPC System Overview training course is developed for telecom professionals working with project and product management, marketing and sales, business development, system engineering, testing and verification, operations engineering.

Introduction

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As a participant of our on-line training, you will first receive a comprehensive documentation set which includes our FoldOuts® which forms a basis for the engaging methodology. You thereafter log in to our easy-to-use learning portal, where you start your course. You can attend the training, in your own pace and in your own time.

Apis’ on-line training is based on videos professionally recorded in a custom designed studio. Our course methodology is mind mapping based and highly structured – just like in our classroom deliveries. Most importantly, we use real subject expert trainers to deliver the training, also in the studio.

Unlike traditional e-learning, our on-line training is engaging. It gives you the opportunity to attend Apis’ quality training with all the cost advantages and flexibility that typically is associated with e-learning. Do you not think it will work? Contact one of our sales representatives to try a demo course.

Customer Benefits

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Is this e-learning?

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However, it provides the same benefits when it comes to giving the customer the ability to do the training anywhere and anytime.