Who Should Attend?

This course is addressed to all radio network designers who need to know the radio signalling behaviour, to all who need to tune and optimize the UMTS radio network.

Course Content

1. UMTS Network Architecture.
2. Radio Interface Protocol Structure.
3. Radio Resource Control (RRC).
   • Interactions between protocols.
   • Protocol termination.
   • Model of RRC.
   • RRC States.
4. RRC Procedures.
   • RRC Connection Management.
   • Radio Bearer Control.
   • Measurement.
   • RRC Connection Mobility.
5. Radio Link Control (RLC).
   • Services.
   • Functions.
   • Transparent Mode.
   • Unacknowledged Mode.
   • Ackowledged Mode.
   • PDUs Formats.
6. Medium Access Control (MAC).
   • Functions.
   • Transport Format.
   • MAC Architecture.
   • PDU Format.

Course Objectives

This two-day course is a comprehensive survey of three radio interface protocols: RRC, RLC and MAC. The course introduces radio protocols’ structure, their behaviour, states. Most of the training covers the Radio Resource Control protocol (RRC) with its procedures both in Idle and Connected mode. The way the information is transmitted (signalling, traffic) within Protocol Data Unit (PDU) on RLC and MAC layers is also explained.

Pre-requisites

Prior to attending this event, the participants should already have an understanding of the UMTS’s WCDMA radio interface principles, its functionality with basic radio procedures.

Training Structure

Two days training divided into logical sessions.

Methodology

Instructor led training.