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EPS/LTE Training Program

In cooperation with GreenlightPM and

TheSpecTool 2011-2013

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(customizable)

Introduction

7 h

EPS/LTE Training Program

Basic course for

technical staff

Advanced course for

technical staff

LTE detailed knowledge

for the most advanced

level

Basic

2 h or 7 h

Advanced

7 h or 21 h

Focused

Modules

2 h or 7 h

Green :E-learning

Red: Clasroom

Deeper

modules in

specific areas

To this proposed solution we add our flexibility to tailor the contents, the required length,

format (hours per day and scheduled days) or place of delivery, designing customized

courses to suit the best the needs of our customers.

The courses can be held in Spanish or English.

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EPS from the business

perspective with a

technical approach

intended for any profile

This is the merge of

the other technical

courses

Advanced

11 h or 35 h

TheSpecTool

in cooperation

with 3GPP

3GPP EPS/LTE

Fundamentals

LTE State of Art & Market

Outlook

3GPP EPS/LTE

Overview

3GPP EPS/LTE

Access

3GPP EPS Core

Architecture

3GPP EPS/LTE Fundamentals

- Complete Version -


EPS/LTE Training Program(Example)

TheSpecTool

in cooperation

with 3GPP

LTE detailed knowledge

for the most advanced

level

Classroom Courses

• Time required: 7 hours (for this example)

• Principal Value: The interaction with the

teacher and other participants of the

course, along with a rate that provides

more time to digest the contents of this

course, will make an outstanding

alternative for reaching one of the highest

levels of learning.

E-learning Courses

• Time required: 2 hours (for this

example)

• Principal Value: With a work solution

like this the user can focus the attention

in the subjects that are really interesting

for the daily work. You save a valuable

time and also you can reapply for more

information at any time.

Advanced course for

technical staff

Advanced

7 h o 21 h3GPP EPS/LTE

Fundamentals

Course Level

Course Length

E-learning Classroom

Course Name

Course Comments

Type of Delivery

E-learning Classroom

The course "3GPP EPS/LTE Fundamentals" can be delivered as Classroom course or as a

E-Learning course

TheSpecTool is only available as E-Learning tool



Spain – Portugal – Sweden – UAEMexico – Panama – UK – USA

[email protected]

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LTE (Long Term Evolution) is not only the nextgeneration of mobile technology (also known as 4G),but an on going standard for a wireless broadbandtechnology that paves the way for innovation andemergent opportunities in many fields.

The course will provide you with the necessaryknowledge to understand why LTE appears in themarket, what it offers, who are the agents involved inthe business and how it is being deployed. It also givesa brief technical approach to the network to completethis wide presentation of the LTE (EPS) system.

This course is aimed at anyone who wants to be up-to-date with the latest mobile technology from a businessand technical perspective.

� Evolution in the use of telephony � Why LTE?: rates, latency, and more� Technical Presentation of the network� LTE Ecosystem: Networks, Devices,

Services, Applications and Contents, Enablers

� Threats and Costs: Spectrum, Roaming, Backhaul and Transmission requirements, Antenna installation and Social awareness, Data volumes

� Opportunities and Strategies: Deployment of the LTE network, Coexistence with existing networks, Parallel Technologies, Subscriptions, Charges, Is it a good business?

� LTE Nowadays: Examples� Looking onwards

By using directed questions and cases, we will analyze and discuss all the information provided in the course. This method can be used individually or in groups.

Therefore this course is closer to a workshop than just to an exposition of data and it is adjustable to your needs and availability. The length of the course can be adapted on demand too.

� Understand the evolution of the mobile market from the technological and business perspective

� Know the agents that nowadays built the LTE ecosystem

� Know about the LTE market as an advanced mobile technology and high quality access to data networks

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3GPP EPS/LTE Overview

EPS (Evolved Packet System) is the standardized name and LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the trade name of the development work in 3GPP to satisfy the future vision of UMTS: higher bit rates, band-width efficiency and flexibility, as well as cost efficiency SAE/EPC (System Architecture Evolution/Evolved Packet Core).The course covers EPS/LTE architecture focused in the main functions of the Access and Core parts, basic concepts to understand the new usage of the radio resources, and the protocol stacks of the Control Plane and the User Plane in the main interfaces. The course ends with an example of a basic traffic case.

Detailed course program

Network Architecture• Drivers for LTE and EPC• High data rates requirements and limitations• Evolved Packet Core nodes• The EPS network reference points

LTE Basics• Radio Resource basic structure, Physical Resource Block, PRB and Resource Element• The OFDMA access method, advantages and limitations• Basic scheduling mechanisms• Modulation and coding scheme

User Plane Protocols• Descriptions of the User Plane protocols with focus on the radio protocols and tunneling function• The relationship between DTCH and DL/UL-SCH• The role of PDN-GW compared to S-GW and eNB

Who would benefit: Those working in the EPS/LTE area requiring an understanding of the architecture and functions of the network solution. Prerequisites: Basic experience of UMTS/UTRAN is an advantage but not compulsory. Length: 2 hours in E-learning and 7 hours as Classroom course.

Control Plane Protocols• Description of the Control Plane protocols with focus on the mobile procedures concerning the UE and the access as well as UE and core• The set-up of the User plane, with correct QoS level

Attach & Registration Procedure• Basic description of the signalling during attach and registration procedures





Network Architecture

• Drivers for LTE and SAE

• Frequency bands, high data rates requirements and limitations

• Evolved Core Network nodes: MME/S-GW, PDN-GW, HSS and PCRF

• LTE/SAE interfaces, S1, X2, S1-flex, S5/S8, S11, S10 S6 and SGi

• Attach/Detach, Paging and TA Update

• Tracking Areas and Pool Areas

OFDM/OFDMA and SC-FDMA

• Frequency-time structure, PRB

• OFDM and OFDMA definitions

• DFT spread OFDMA (SC-FDMA) definitions

• Cyclic Prefix vs Multi-path and Doppler effects

• Subcarriers and OFDM/DFT-spread OFDM symbols

L1, Physical Layer Functions

• Error coding, rate matching and scrambling

• Modulation , layer and resource mapping

• DL and UL frame structure

• Physical Channels

• Physical Procedures


EPS, Evolved Packet System, it is the standardized name and LTE, Long Term Evolution, is the trade name of the development work in 3GPP to satisfy the future vision of UMTS: higher bit rates, band-width efficiency and flexibility, as well as cost efficiency SAE/EPC (System Architecture Evolution/Evolved Packet Core. The course covers the UMTS-LTE/SAE architecture with main focus on LTE (evolved UTRAN, E-UTRAN). The downlink and uplink frame structure of E-UTRA is studied in detail. Also the Physical Layer, including OFDM and DFT-spread OFDM (SC-FDMA), the Layer 2 MAC protocol, scheduling, resource management and HARQ. The protocol RLC with ARQ, and PDCP protocol handling ciphering with the Layer 3 RRC and NAS protocols are studied too. The interoperability with other 3G UTRAN is covered, as well as the comparison with future 4G technologies.

Who would benefit: Those working in the UMTS EPS/LTE and EPC (SAE) area requiring an understanding of the architecture and functions of the protocols. Prerequisites: Basic experience of UMTS/UTRAN is an advantage but not compulsory. Length: 7 hours in E-learning and 21 hours as Classroom course.




Detailed course program (continuation)

L3 RRC and NAS and L2 MAC, RLC and PDCP Protocols

• Protocol functionality description, e.g. authentication, ciphering, ARQ, multiplexing and scheduling

• Logical and Transport Channels

Data Rates and QoS

• Routing and transport of IP packets

• Basic user data rate calculation

• EPC/SAE QoS concept

• Profiles, SDP flows and parameters

• PCRF and IMS

UE states and Mobility

• LTE and RRC UE states

• Mobility handling for active and idle UE

• LTE and NAS UE states (EMM and ESM)

Attach and Registration Traffic Case

• Basic description of the signalling during Attach and Registration procedures

• Establishment and Release of RRC connection

Interworking with 3GPP, IP-access

• Direct tunnel

• Voice Call Continuity, VCC

• Handover between E-UTRAN and GERAN/UTRAN

• Access Network Discovery and Selection

• Home-based routing and local breakout

Interworking with Non-3GPP, IP-access

• Mobile IP MIPv4 and MIPv6

• Interworking between IPv4 and IPv6

• Handover between E-UTRAN and other networks e.g. WiMAX, WiFi

Support for Voice Services

• MMTel, Profile VoLTE, SR-VCC and CS-fallback


3GPP EPS/LTE Access(Focused Module)

This one day course covers the area of EPS Access as is specified in 3GPP Release 8. The course focuses on the Air Interface including functions and procedures. The starting point is the Physical Layer processing and procedures, reaching the mapping of the Physical Channels and Signals onto the Radio Resources in detail, and going through the downlink in MIMO, the X2 Protocol and its procedures, and the SON solution (Self Organizing Network). Also the NAS Protocol and procedures, with EMM and ESM, and security are included. The course ends with a handover traffic case.


Physical Layer• Processing functions of the Transport Block• DCI and PDCCH formats, usage and content• PUCCH formats , usage and content• Physical Signals• Physical layer procedures• Mapping of Physical Channels and signals, Primary and Secondary Synch Signal, MIB and SIB mapping in conjunction with RNTI. PRACH, RA-RNTI and Contention Resolution

Multi-antenna transmission in E-UTRAN• MIMO basics• TX/Rx, diversity in E-UTRAN• Beam forming• E-UTRAN / MIMO signalling• DL and UL operation over MIMO

X2: eNB- eNB• Control Plane, X2 AP over SCTP• User plane: GTP-U over UDP• Procedures: Handover related procedures, SN status transfer, and load indication

Who would benefit: Anyone who is working, or will be working, with LTE/SAE and requires a thorough understanding of the EPC Access area. Prerequisites: The course “3GPP EPS/LTE Fundamentals” is compulsory. Length: 2 hours with E-learning and 7 hours as Classroom course.

NAS protocol: UE - MME• NAS sub layers, EPS Mobility Management (EMM) and EPS Session Management, (ESM) states• Message structure• EMM procedures: attach, service request, GUTI reallocation and tracking area update• ESM procedures: EPS bearer and PDN connectivity related procedures• Security, keys and parameters for authentication, ciphering and integrity check

Traffic case• LTE Handover describing dedicated C-RNTI and RRC Connection Reconfiguration• Intra RAT, inter RAT



3GPP EPS Core Architecture(Focused Module)

This course will give a good understanding of the EPS Core area as specified in 3GPP Release 8.The course studies the Core interfaces including functions and procedures. Starting with S1, S5/S8, S11, S10 as well as S6a, where the focus is on the upper layer protocols. The interfaces towards PCRF and AF, Gx and Rx+ are also covered, and general principles of SIP and IMS are also parts of the course. The functions of the S3, S4 and S12 interfaces are explained too. The authentication and security in the network are included, as well as the Offline and Online Charging platforms and functions. The Tracking Area Update is covered with a traffic case.


S1: eNB- MME (CP), eNB – S-GW (UP)• Control Plane: S1 AP over SCTP• User plane: GTP-U over UDP• General message format • Procedures: EPS bearer setup, Initial context setup, Handover related procedures.

S11: MME-S-GW, S5/S8: S-GW – PDN-GW, S10 MME - MME• Control Plane: GTP-C • User plane: GTP-U• Procedures: EPS bearer and Handover related procedures as well as IP address allocation.

The SIP protocol• SIP signalling in the Internet and in IMS, • The traffic cases SIP Registration and SIP Invite in the IMS • RTP and RTCP

General Principles of IMS• From circuit switching to packet switching • The network architecture of IMS • A broad overview of the different nodes: CSCF, MGW, HSS, AS, SLF and BGCF

Who would benefit: Those working in the EPS Core area requiring an understanding of the EPC/SAE architecture and functions. Prerequisites: The course “3GPP EPS/LTE Fundamentals” is compulsory. Length: 2 hours with E-learning and 7 hours as Classroom course.

Security Mechanisms• NAS signalling between UE and MME• Authentication and Key Agreement • Usage of IKE and IPsec• Security mechanisms in the Network Domain (S-interfaces)

Offline and Online charging architecture• Offline charging architecture with CCF, Charging Control Function and CGF, Charging Gateway Function and the function of ICID, IMS Charging Id• Online charging architecture with SCF Session Charging Function and ECF Event Charging Function

Traffic case • TAU Tracking Area Update




Network Architecture

• Factors behind the design of this system (LTE y EPS)

• The EPS/LTE system and the Full IP transformation

• Frequency bands, high data rates requirements and limitations

• Evolved Core Network nodes: MME/S-GW, PDN-GW, HSS and PCRF

• LTE/SAE interfaces, S1, X2, S1-flex, S5/S8, S11, S10 S6 and SGi

• Attach/Detach, Paging and TA Update

• Tracking Areas and Pool Areas

OFDM/OFDMA and SC-FDMA

• Frequency-time structure, PRB

• OFDM and OFDMA definitions

• DFT spread OFDMA (SC-FDMA) definitions


3GPP EPS/LTE Fundamentals - Complete Version -

The goal of this course is to provide a detailed knowledge of the Evolved Packet System (EPS), known as well as Long Term Evolution (LTE), based on the 3GPP standard. Starting with the needs that led to this system development, this course includes the description of the different areas that build it: from the radio part, going through the interfaces, protocols and functionalities of the nodes, up to the interworking with other networks, and the integration of LTE/EPS in the present telecom scenario.

• Cyclic Prefix vs Multi-path and Doppler effects

• Subcarriers and OFDM/DFT-spread OFDM symbols

L1, Physical Layer Functions

• Error coding, rate matching and scrambling

• Modulation , layer and resource mapping

• DL and UL frame structure

• Physical Channels

• Physical Procedures

• Processing functions of the Transport Block

• DCI and PDCCH formats, usage and content

• PUCCH formats , usage and content

• Physical Signals

• Physical layer procedures

Who would benefit: Those with technical background that want to learn about the EPS/LTE system in detailed. Prerequisites: Having experience or knowledge in other mobile systems is an advantage but it is not compulsory. Length: 35 hours (5 days)


Physical Layer

• Mapping of Physical Channels and signals, Primary and Secondary Synch Signal, MIB and SIB mapping in conjunction with RNTI. PRACH, RA-RNTI and Contention Resolution

Multi-antenna transmission in E-UTRAN

• MIMO basics

• TX/Rx, diversity in E-UTRAN

• Beam forming

• E-UTRAN / MIMO signalling

• DL and UL operation over MIMO

L2 MAC, RLC and PDCP Protocols

• Description of the functions of each protocol

• Structure and message types of each protocol

• Examples the message exchange for MAC and RLC

• Logical and Transport Channels

L3 RRC and NAS Protocols

• Description of RRC functions

• Structure and type of messages in RRC

• RRC example: Measurement Report

• Subcapas NAS, estados EPS Mobility Management (EMM) y EPS Session Management (ESM)

• NAS sub layers, EPS Mobility Management (EMM) and EPS Session Management, (ESM) states

• Message structure

• EMM procedures: attach, service request, GUTI reallocation and tracking area update




• ESM procedures: EPS bearer and PDN connectivity related procedures

• Security, keys and parameters for authentication, ciphering and integrity check

X2: eNB – eNB

• Control Plane, X2 AP over SCTP

• User plane: GTP-U over UDP

• Procedures: Handover related procedures, SN status transfer, and load indication

S1: eNB- MME (Cotrol Plane), eNB – S-GW (User Plane)

•Control Plane: S1 AP over SCTP

• User plane: GTP-U over UDP

• General message format

• Procedures: EPS bearer setup, Initial context setup, Handover related procedures

S11: MME-S-GW, S5/S8: S-GW –PDN-GW, S10 MME - MME

• Control Plane: GTP-C

• User plane: GTP-U

• Procedures: EPS bearer and Handover related procedures as well as IP address allocation

The SIP protocol

• SIP signalling in the Internet and in IMS,

• The traffic cases SIP Registration and SIP Invite in the IMS

• RTP and RTCP




General Principles of IMS

• From circuit switching to packet switching

• The network architecture of IMS

• A broad overview of the different nodes: CSCF, MGW, HSS, AS, SLF and BGCF

Security Mechanisms

• NAS signalling between UE and MME

• Authentication and Key Agreement

• Usage of IKE and IPsec

• Security mechanisms in the Network Domain (S-interfaces)

Offline and Online charging architecture

• Offline charging architecture with CCF, Charging Control Function and CGF, Charging Gateway Function and the function of ICID, IMS Charging Id

• Online charging architecture with SCF Session Charging Function and ECF Event Charging Function

Data Rates and QoS

• Routing and transport of IP packets

• Basic user data rate calculation

• EPC/SAE QoS concept

• QoS and E2E solutions

• Profiles, SDP flows and parameters

• PCRF and IMS

UE states and Mobility

• LTE and RRC UE states

• Mobility handling for active and idle UE

• LTE and NAS UE states (EMM and ESM)

• The reason for a “permanent” IP assignment

Attach and Registration Traffic Case

• Basic description of the signalling during Attach and Registration procedures

• Establishment and Release of RRC connection

Other Traffic Cases

• LTE Handover describing dedicated C-RNTI and RRC Connection Reconfiguration

• Intra RAT e inter RAT

• TAU, Tracking Area Update

• CS Fallback (CSFB)

Interworking with 3GPP, Non-3GPP and IP Access

• Direct tunnel

• Mobile IP MIPv4 and MIPv6

• Handover between E-UTRAN and GERAN/UTRAN

• Interworking between IPv4 and IPv6

• Access Network Discovery and Selection

• Home-based routing and local breakout

LTE/EPS Rollout

• Voice Call Continuity, VCC

• MMTel, Profile VoLTE, SR-VCC y CS Fallback

• CS Fallback Traffic Case

• SON, Self-configuring and Self-optimizing Network



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Product Information

TheSpecTool is an on-line support tool for engineers working with the LTE/EPS specifications. It is vendor neutral, explaining the EPS/LTE specifications as defined by 3GPP only.

Pre-requisites:

The engineers must have a good understanding of the basic procedures and signaling of the LTE/EPS system to experience the full value of the tool.

Basic LTE competence for engineers new to LTE/EPS, please consider the traditional and e-learning courses from Greenlight/ aWaves offered in the “EPS/LTE Training Program” . TheSpecTool is the last fifth step for the advanced engineer.

Technical Requirements:

A web browser with the capability to read flash files. (iPad does not support Flash )

Complexity of TheSpecTool:

The tool requirements was captured from participants, who just passed a LTE advanced signaling course; as a consequence, most of the content in TheSpecTool goes deeper than traditional courses.

How to work with the tool:

TheSpecTool is a new and effective way to get an understanding of the LTE specifications in shorter time for engineers with basic LTE skills.

It is NOT a traditional e-learning tool with assessments, tests and diploma, it is just the facts presented with over 300 easy to understand educational technical illustrations and animations!

Instead of looking for a colleague to ask or start reading the original specifications for days, you can start with TheSpecTool, and you will have a good grip of about 70% of a 3GPP protocol within less than an hour.

User benefits:

- Learn with 300 LTE illustrations and animations, the fastest way to understand the LTE details.

- The technology level of the content goes deeper than any other solution on the global market

- Gives support anytime needed when connected to internet.

- The co-operation with 3GPP and the leading LTE vendor gives us an unique global quality indication – It’s safe working with us - we are on leading edge, explaining LTE.

Complement or instead of course?

For engineers that must know every detail of the specifications, it is a complement to courses describing LTE/EPS and a compliment to the original 3GPP specifications. The tool follows the structure of the original 3GPP specifications, explaining about 70% of the 3GPP content in an easier way. It will save several days of reading the original specifications!.

Background:

TheSpecTool is the only training supplier in the world present at www.3gpp.org/Tutorials

Under our brand aWaves Academy, we have delivered over 90 advanced LTE courses to leading LTE vendors. We are true Training experts, training Experts.

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