LTE EPC Network Design
Price is for 4 days
 
Duration
4 days
 
Objectives
On completion of this course, the participant will:
    	
  • Define the key components of the LTE-EPC network
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  • Specify roles of various EPC components
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  • Appreciate the purpose of PCC functionality in IMS/LTE networks Understand how voice services can be delivered in LTE networks (CSFB
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  • and VoLTE)
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  • Appreciate how IMS and LTE-EPC are connected
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  • Summarize key benefits and challenges of the EPC Describe a high-level session setup using the EPC Discuss how EPC supports inter-technology handover
 
Suitable for
 Professionals in the telecom and datacom business who need technical details on LTE-EPC design. This includes those in a design, test, systems engineering, sales engineering & network engineering.
 
Prerequites
 Mobile or fixed telecom or datacom background is required. GSM and UMTS network architecture & core knowledge.
 
 
Contents
1. Introduction to LTE EPC
    	
  • Overall cellular system architecture Motivation for the EPC
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  • Influence of IP convergence
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  • EPC as part of EPS
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  • Role of IMS
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  • Services (VoIP, Web-browsing, and video streaming) in EPC
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  • EPC Architecture
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  • Core network requirements
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  • Pooling of MME and S-GW
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  • Legacy core networks
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  • Elements of the EPC (HSS, MME, S-GW, and P-GW) and interfaces
 
2. Major Functions of the EPC
    	
  • Authentication and security
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  • Policy charging and control and QoS Packet routing
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  • Mobility management
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  • IP address allocation
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  • LTE-EPC network planning
 
3. Network planning process
    	
  • User/Traffic profile
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  • Subscriber traffic demand
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  • Node and link capacity modelling
 
4. LTE-EPC design process
    	
  • LTE network architecture: nodes and interfaces
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  • LTE interworking with UMTS
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  • Control-plane user/traffic profile: Network attach, Default bearer establishment, Mobility events, State transition events, and Tracking area updating events
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  • Service-plane user/traffic profile: VoIP and other packet services, CSFB
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  • The effect of control/user plane traffic separation on LTE-EPC dimensioning
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  • User/Traffic profile: signalling events, traffic volume demand
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  • MME pools and selection
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  • Tracking are planning
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  • Design guideline and checklist
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  • LTE Signaling Capacity Planning
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  • Transport technology options Triggers for establishing a bearer
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  • Idle <- -> Connected mode transitions
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  • Signaling and data capacity planning for S1, S5, S6a, S10, S11, and Gx
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  • Signaling for iRAT
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  • Network topology
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  • Node Capacity
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  • Signalling capacity exercises
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  • Session Setup using EPC
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  • Overall call flow
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  • Interaction between the E-UTRAN and EPC
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  • Default IP Connectivity in EPC
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  • Engineering requirements Default APN connectivity options QoS rules determination
 
4. Dedicated Bearer and QoS in EPC
    	
  • Transport technology options Dedicated bearer setup operation Service flow and QoS management
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  • Mobility and Roaming in EPC
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  • Transport technology options Tracking area planning Signaling for S1 handovers Inter-RAT mobility
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  • Role of GRX/IPX in EPC roaming
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  • Mobility and roaming dimensioning exercises
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  • Seamless Inter-technology Handover via EPC
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  • EPC architecture for seamless mobility
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  • EPC features in support of mobility Handover scenarios (LTE-UMTS, LTE-GSM) Inter-system handover exercises
 
5. CSFB
    	
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    CSFB architecture overview
    	
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    CSFB options to UMTS
    	
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    CSFB Voice Call MO and MT Signalling
    	
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    Difference between CSFB-CSFB calls versus CSFB – IMS
    	
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    Improving CSFB performance through MSC pooling architectures
    	
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    MT Roaming Forwarding (MTRF) as the newest version of MT Roaming Retry (MTRR) to speed up calls at MSC borders
    	
    IMS basics
    	
    	
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    IMS architecture
    	
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    Nodes (P-CSCF, S-CSCF, I-CSCF, application servers etc) & interfaces
    	
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    Policy Charging & Control: PCRF & PCEF functionality
    	
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    Connectivity between IMS and LTE-EPC layers
    	
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    End-to-End VoIP call
    	
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    Dedicated bearer establishment
    	
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    Policy and Charging Control (PCC)
    	
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    IMS and PCC planning and dimensioning exercises
    	
    LTE-EPC network design case study covering all discussed topics
    	
 

LTE EPC Network Design

RM3,200.00Price