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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
  • Specify roles of various EPC components
  • Appreciate the purpose of PCC functionality in IMS/LTE networks Understand how voice services can be delivered in LTE networks (CSFB
  • and VoLTE)
  • Appreciate how IMS and LTE-EPC are connected
  • 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
  • Influence of IP convergence
  • EPC as part of EPS
  • Role of IMS
  • Services (VoIP, Web-browsing, and video streaming) in EPC
  • EPC Architecture
  • Core network requirements
  • Pooling of MME and S-GW
  • Legacy core networks
  • Elements of the EPC (HSS, MME, S-GW, and P-GW) and interfaces
 
2. Major Functions of the EPC
  • Authentication and security
  • Policy charging and control and QoS Packet routing
  • Mobility management
  • IP address allocation
  • LTE-EPC network planning
 
3. Network planning process
  • User/Traffic profile
  • Subscriber traffic demand
  • Node and link capacity modelling
 
4. LTE-EPC design process
  • LTE network architecture: nodes and interfaces
  • LTE interworking with UMTS
  • Control-plane user/traffic profile: Network attach, Default bearer establishment, Mobility events, State transition events, and Tracking area updating events
  • Service-plane user/traffic profile: VoIP and other packet services, CSFB
  • The effect of control/user plane traffic separation on LTE-EPC dimensioning
  • User/Traffic profile: signalling events, traffic volume demand
  • MME pools and selection
  • Tracking are planning
  • Design guideline and checklist
  • LTE Signaling Capacity Planning
  • Transport technology options Triggers for establishing a bearer
  • Idle <- -> Connected mo