This one day seminar will cover the evolved 3GPP and 3GPP2 radio interfaces, namely Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Revision C respectively, both based on OFDMA principles. We attempt to provide a comprehensive treatment of the design principles and explain the choices made during the on-going standardization efforts. Although the emphasis is clearly on the evolution of the radio interface technology and its performance, additional material provides an end-to-end view of SIP-based connectivity applications such as VoIP, supported by an evolved network and service architecture.

Targeted Audience: engineers, technical managers consultants, involved in the design, standardization and product development of next generation OFDMA radio access networks.

Benefits of Attending: participants will gain insight into the next generation OFDMA radio interfaces being standardized in 3GPP and 3GPP2.

Part I: Evolution of Network Architectures

The All-IP Architecture

Radio Access Network Architectures

Traditional RAN

Base Station Router

            Packet Data Subsystem (PDS)

            IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

IMS Connectivity Services

The VoIP Service Characteristics

Part II: The Evolved RAN

            A. Evolved RAN Protocol Stacks

Protocol Architecture

RAN Procedures

Handover

Mobility

Paging

Security

Authentication

                        Channel Structure

            B. PHY

OFDM(A) Basics

Transmitter

Receiver

Multiple Access

SC-FDMA Modulation Basics

Frame Structure

Downlink and Uplink Physical Channels

Pilot Structure

MIMO Pilot Configurations

Traffic and Control Channels

Resource Management Control Channels

Access Channel

Numerology

Hybrid ARQ and Interlace Structure                

Coding and Modulation

Hopping Modes

Symbol rate hopping (SRH) and Block Hopping (BH)

 

Layered Superposed OFDMA

Precoded CDMA

            C. MAC

Downlink Resource Management

Supporting PHY Signaling Channels

Scheduling

Rate Control

Power Control for VoIP

Uplink Resource Management

Supporting PHY Signaling Channels

Scheduling

Rate Control

Power Control

Acquisition

Preamble Structure

Handoff

Downlink Server Selection

Uplink Server Selection

Active Set Management

Part III: Packet Data Subsystem

Mobility Management

Session Management

Quality of Service

End to End VoIP Service Provision

Lecturers’ Information

The seminar is delivered by Pantelis Monogioudis and Shirish Nagaraj of Lucent Technologies, NJ. They are actively participating in 3GPP/3GPP2 standardization efforts towards OFDMA-based air interfaces.

Pantelis Monogioudis received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. from the University of Surrey, UK, in 1994 and 1991 respectively. He received his BEng with highest honors from the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens in 1989. From 1991 to 1993 he was a Research Scientist in Philips Research Laboratories (PRL), Redhill, UK. Between 1994 and 1996 he was with Intracom SA, Athens, Greece, where he worked on DECT Radio Local Loop (RLL) and EU funded projects, under the ACTS R\&D framework. During that time he was also part-time employed in ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France as Technical Expert in Project Team No. 10 that standardized DECT. In 1997 he joined Lucent Technologies where he served as Member of Technical Staff initially in the United Kingdom and subsequently in Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, USA. He currently works as a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in Whippany NJ, where he is the lead Lucent representative in 3GPP2 WG3. Over the years he was engaged in R\&D projects related to High Speed Packet Access, Intelligent Antennas, OFDMA and he received the Bell Labs President’s Gold award twice. Dr Monogioudis has an extensive publication record and has co-authored 30 patent applications (13 granted) in the area of wireless communications.

Shirish Nagaraj received his B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in 1995, his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Notre Dame, IN, in 1997 and 2000 respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. Since October 2000, he has been with Lucent Technologies, first in the Wireless Signal Processing group, and since 2005, in the Wireless Standards group. His work is focused on physical and MAC layer algorithm and system design, multiple antenna technologies, performance analysis and standardization of high-speed packet data wireless communications systems. Dr. Nagaraj received the best researcher award from the University of Notre Dame in 2001. His research interests include communications and signal processing, including multiple access techniques, multi-user detection, smart antennas, and statistical signal processing.

Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Course is Friday, Oct 18, 2006

Course Fee Schedule:

On-line Registration and Payment

On-line registration to this course is closed. If you would like to register for this course, you may do so by calling 781-245-5405 or you may register at the Holiday Inn Select, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Road, Woburn, MA on Friday, October 27th between 8:45AM – 9:00AM.

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