802.16e (WiMAX) Fundamentals- WiMAX/802.16e Technical Overview

802.16e (WiMAX) Fundamentals- WiMAX/802.16e Technical Overview Course Type: On-site & Public         Course Duration : 3 days Course Price: $ 2199

802.16e Content
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Introduction

• General Overview of WiMAX
• 802.16 Frequency Bands
• 802.16 Family of Standards
• Current WiMAX Deployments
• Future WiMAX Deployments
• 802.16-2004 vs 802.16e and OFDM vs SOFDMA
• 802.16e Applications and Scenarios
• 802.16e vs. 802.16-2004
• 802.16e vs. 802.20
• 802.16e and WiBro
• Components of WiMAX Systems
• VoIP and IPTV Applications over WiMAX
• 802.16e and GSM/UMTS Interwokring
• IEEE 802.16-2004 enhanced support for indoor CPE
  
• IEEE 802.16e as an extension to IEEE 802.16-2004
• 802.16e and data mobility to the current standard
• 802.16-2004: 256 OFDM PHY mode of the 802.16-2004
• 802.16e Network Design
• 802.16e QoS and Security
• What is SOFDMA?
• System Profiles for 2 - 11 GHz
• WiMAX Basic Profiles for WirelessMAN OFDMA
  

Technical Overview of 802.16e

• Network Model for Mobile Communication
• Network Reference Model
• BS Protocol stack
• WirelessMAN-OFDMA PHY
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)
  
• Scalable OFDMA (SOFDMA) Physical Layer in IEEE 802.16e
  
• Scheduling and Link Adaptation
  
• Adaptive Modulation Scheme
• OFDMA Frame Structure
• OFDMA Subcarrier Allocations
• OFDMA Ranging
• Mobile Channel Effects, including simulation or field test results
• Doppler
• Dispersive Multipath ?Fast Fading
• Impact of the mobile environment on the current 802.16e parameters and performance, including:
• Synchronization & Timing
• Ranging
• Power Control
• Channel Coding
• Measurement methods and messaging for handoff support
• Effect on Advanced Antenna Systems
• MAC common Part Sub Layer
• Data Control Plane
• MAC PDU Formats
• Scheduling Services
• MAC Support of PHY
• Network Entry Initialization
• Ranging
• Establish of Multicast Connections
• Multicast and broadcast services ( MBS)
• MAC Layer Functionality
• Radio Link Control
• Frame Structure and Format
• Network Entry and Initialization
• Downlink Channel Synchronization, Ranging, Capability Negotiation, Registration, IP Connectivity
• PDU Construction and Transmission
• Packing, Concatenation, Fragmentation, ARQ
• Convergence Sub Layer
• Service Impacts
• Dynamic Services
• Service Classes
• Service Flow Addition, Change and Deletion mechanisms
• Bandwidth Allocation and Polling
• QoS and Latency
• Data Rate and BER
• Appropriate Frequency Bands
• QoS and Service Classes
• Unsolicited Grant Services (UGS)
• Real-Time Polling Services (rtPS)
• Non-Real-Time Polling Services (nrtPS)
• Best Effort (BE) Services
• MAC Support for H-ARQ
• Privacy and Security Sub Layer
• Security Architecture
• PKM Protocol
• Cryptographic Methods
• PKMv2

802.16e Mobility and Hand-off

• Network Reference Model
• Data Delivery Services for Mobile Network
• Mobility Issues with 802.16e
• Network Structure (Control Plane)
• Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS)
• The 802.16e and Mobile 802.16 Clients
• Base Station Sector (BS)
• Handoff (HO) Process
  • Hard HO
  • Soft HO
• Network topology advertisement
• MSS scanning of neighbor BS
• Example of Handoff Process
• Cell Selection
• Serving, Target and Neighbor BS
• Scanning Interval
• Monitored BS and Selected BS
• MAC Layer HO Procedure
• MAC messages for HO
• Soft Hand over and Fast BS Switching
• MS Ideal Mode
• MSS Service Context
  

802.16e Mobility Operations and Traffic Cases

• Reference System Deployment Scenario
• Multi-cell, macro and/or micro
• Omni-directional or sectored antennas or both
• Frequency reuse and cell-to-cell interference (FDD & TDD)
• Level of Cell network interconnect and handoff
• Mobility Agent (MA) Operations
• Network Entry
• Downlink Channel Synchronization
• Initial Ranging
• Capabilities Negotiation
• Authentication
• Registration
• IP Connectivity
• Transport Connection Creation
• Hand-off Scenarios
• Successful Ho Attempts
• Drops and Corrupted HO Attempts

WiMAX End-to-End Network Systems Architecture

• Impact of 802.16f
• Impact of 802.16g
• Access Service Networks (ASN)
• Primitives for Radio Resource Management (RRM)
• Connectivity Service Networks (CSN)