Who Should Attend?

The course is intended for the staff, who wants to extend their GSM and GPRS knowledge with issues regarding UMTS architecture and functionality on a basic level. The detailed description of technical solutions is not included in the course.

Course Content

1. Evolution of cellular networks from the first to the third generation, particularly evolution of GSM/GPRS toward UMTS.
2. UMTS network structure.
3. UTRAN Base Station System (WCDMA technology, code assignment and how it affects the connection capacity, soft handovers).
4. UMTS backbone network (layer structure of backbone network, transportation layer based on ATM or IP transmission, control layer consisting of MSC servers, GMSC, SGSN and GGSN, application layer).
5. Signalling procedures (connection set-up for voice and packet data transmission).

Course Objectives

UMTS Basics course will make the participants familiar with the third generation cellular systems – UMTS – a descendant of GSM system. The course presents aspects of evolution of GSM system toward the UMTS system. This includes new Base Station System UTRAN, which uses WCDMA technology and the evolution of GSM Switching System toward UMTS backbone network capable of transferring both telephone calls and computer data using IP packets or ATM cells.

Pre-requisites

The participants should have attended the following courses:

• GSM Basics
• GPRS Basics

or they should have equivalent knowledge.

Training Structure

One day training divided into logical sessions.

Methodology

Instructor led training.