COURSE # TOO-318
WIRELESS AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
A comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of the Wireless, Cellular and PCS Technologies presented by an author of the course text book.
Public demand, availability of cost-effective technology, and recent regulatory actions have contributed to the explosive growth in telecommunications in general and cellular communications in particular. Cellular coverage expansion along with improved service quality including migration toward digital and PCS are the cornerstone of the next generation telecommunications.
This course presented by the authors of the recent book by the same title covers the fundamentals of wireless communications and focuses on the North American and European Cellular and PCS Communications Standards. It covers different access technologies, North American digital cellular/PCS systems and the European GSM system. In addition, the course offers coverage of important topics such as Network Management, Security and Growth Planning for Cellular/PCS systems.
Applications and benefits:
You will benefit by enhancing your understanding of the :
- Wireless Technology evolution.
- Latest Access Technologies and the evolving standards.
- Cellular and PCS standards and modern modulation techniques.
- Network Management, Security and Privacy issues.
Who should attend:
This course presents the latest operational and engineering aspects of cellular and PCS technologies. It has been developed as an introduction and information resource for Telecommunication Managers, Network Analysts, Designers, Engineers and those involved in the Security and Privacy issues. This course has no prerequisites; however, prior technical training in engineering, sciences or equivalent experience will be helpful.
Course Outline:
- Introduction of Wireless Technology
- Standards
- First Generation Systems
- Second Generation Systems
- TDMA
- CDMA
- GSM
- Cordless Phone/Teleport Systems
- Access Technologies
- Narrowband Digital Systems
- Wideband Digital Systems
- Spectral Efficiency
- Comparisons of PDMA, TDMA and DS-CDMA
- Radio Communications
- Multipath Characteristics of a Radio-wave
- Capacity of a Communication Channel
- Propagation Models
- Cellular Communications
- Geometry of a Hexagonal Cell
- Cellular System Design with Omni and Directional Antennas
- Modulation Techniques used in Cellular Communications
- An Introduction
- Antennas, Diversity and Link Analysis
- Gain
- Free Space Path Loss
- Path Loss with Reflecting Surface
- Relationship between Directivity, Gain and Beamwidth
- North American Cellular & PCS Systems
- Reference Models
- Services
- Operation of a PCS system
- Call Origination
- Call Termination
- Call Flows, Air Interfaces
- TDMA
- CDMA
- Wideband CDMA
- PCS-2000
- PCS-1900
- European & Japanese Cellular Systems
- Reference Model
- Services
- Architecture
- Channel Structure
- Call Flows
- Security & Privacy in Wireless Systems
- Needs
- Methods and Procedures
- Authentication Schemes used in North America and Europe
- Network Management for PCS & Cellular Systems
- Requirements
- Standards for PCS OAM&P
- Introduction to TMN
- Design of a Cellular System
Text: Wireless and Personal Communications Systems, by Vijay K. Garg and Joseph E. Wilkes.
About the Instructors
Dr. Joseph E. Wilkes is with Bell Communications Research, Inc., Red Bank, NJ, where he is working on issues related to interoperability between the wireless systems designed for Europe (GSM) and those designed for North America (AMPS, CDMA, PACS, TDMA). He is also involved in tradeoffs between different digital technologies. While at AT & T, Dr. Wilkes worked on PCS Security Standards, ISDN A-interface for PCS, interoperability issues, cellular fraud control and wireless e-mail. In the 1970's, Dr. Wilkes was part of the design team for the world's first cellular phone system and is the principal author of the AMPS standard used for analog cellular phones in the U.S.A. and other countries. Dr. Wilkes received his M.S.E.E. and Ph.D.E.E. at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now Polytechnic University).
A Director at Telcordia Tecnologies (formerly Bellcore), a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC, Dr. Zablocky is a recognized expert on Personal Communications Systems, PCS. His extensive knowledge of CDMA and IS-41 has earned him recognition from major telecommunications service providers and CDMA equipment manufacturers. Dr. Zablocky developed specifications for interfacing an IS-95 based CDMA radio system to the Local Exchange Company's (LEC's) network utilizing the LEC's transport mechanisms and database capabilities. He developed Authentication Center (AC) specifications for Bellcore's Personal Access Communication System (PACS). He is also involved in analyzing and performance modeling of new and existing radio system designs, including new Wideband CDMA systems, in various indoor and outdoor RF propagation environments. Currently, Dr. Zablocky is developing CDMA RF planning algorithms for a major RF planning tool vendor that will enable the vendor to use their existing Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) RF planning tool for CDMA. He is also managing the development of a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) test plan for a major Local Exchange Company (LEC). Prior to joining Bellcore in 1995, Dr. Zablocky worked at Science Applications International Corporation, SAIC, and at the Center for Naval Analysis, CNA. He holds a BSEE and BS (Physics) from Fairleigh Dickinson University, MSE from University of Central Florida, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.
Details:
Course: TOO-318 Duration: 3 Days FEE: $1,195 CEUs: 2.16
Please direct any additional inquiries regarding this course to Anita Hellstrom, Program Coordinator, by e-mail, FAX: (301) 871-4942 or TELEPHONE: (301) 871-9608.
Call toll free 1-800-683-7267 from anywhere in the Continental U.S. or CANADA.
Last modified May 17, 1999.
