5G Network Planning Workshop
Designed to support network, RF, and systems engineers when planning network infrastructure deployments, this course introduces 5G and covers key aspects of network design, including propagation and antenna considerations, link budgets, and coverage analysis. The course provides network planning solutions for a variety of deployment scenarios including SA and NSA, and covers common deployment issues such as physical cell identity (PCI) conflicts and root sequence index (RSI) collisions. The course closes by exploring coexistence considerations for 5G NR planning.
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Why Take This Course?
- Enhance your industry knowledge and skills by gaining a greater understanding of 5G Network Planning.
- Train with engineers at Qualcomm Technologies – a world leader in 5G technology and wireless engineering.
- Learn online and at your own pace with our flexible eLearning format. Or, set up a live training session for groups of at least 15 people.
Course Outline:
- Introduction to 5G Networks
- Propagation aspects and antenna considerations
- Discussion of 5G NR link budget and coverage analysis
- Network planning solutions for indoor environments
- Neighbor Lists
- PCIs and RSIs
- 5G NR deployment considerations
- Coexistence considerations for 5G NR planning
Prerequisites:
- You have taken or are familiar with the content in the following courses:
- This course is part of our corporate program and requires an NDA for access.
Objectives:
- Compare 5G NR Air Interface with LTE.
- Review the 5G NR bandwidth.
- Describe Key 5G NR Features
- Explain typical deployment scenarios.
- Discuss Propagation Considerations at Sub-6 and mmWave.
- Review Antenna Evolution and Gain Considerations.
- Describe 5G-NR Link Budget at sub-6 GHz, at mmW, and with LTE.
- Define the 5G NR radio network coverage analysis process.
- Describe Geo Data requirements and propagation models for 5G NR planning.
- Describe beamforming effect in M-MIMO simulations.
- Identify 5G NR specific parameters and coverage plots.
- Illustrate 5G NR SA and NSA coverage.
- Introduce FCC and EIRP Limits in an Indoor Environment (sub-6 and mmWave).
- Discuss mmWave Propagation Models and why conventional models cannot be used at mmWave.
- Review Propagation Losses (sub-6 and mmWave).
- Walk through a sample Network Planning Project Procedure.
- Review the neighbor-list planning process.
- Explain the PCI planning procedure.
- Discuss the RSI planning approach.
- Review deployment based broadcast/traffic beam options.
- Discuss antenna choice considerations.
- Explain operations and management associated with active antenna systems, GAP based challenges, and coexistence requirements.
- Discuss 5G-NR coexistence with incumbents for sub-6 GHz.