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| Online Course L2106:
Wireless Telecommunications |
| 10 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced 2012. |
| Mobility • Cellular Networks • GSM and TDMA • UMTS and 1X CDMA • LTE • WiFi • Satellite |
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Wireless Telecommunications is a comprehensive course on wireless, mobile telecommunications plus wireless LANs and satellites.
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You'll gain a solid understanding of the key principles of wireless and mobile networks:
• Coverage, capacity and mobility
• Why cellular radio systems are used
• Mobile network components and operation
• Registration and handoffs
• Digital radio
• Data over cellular
• Cellular technologies and generations:
- 1G analog FDM
- 2G GSM and IS-136 TDMA
- 3G UMTS and 1X CDMA
- 4G LTE OFDM |
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Plus, you'll receive an overview of the radio frequencies and standards for wireless LANs and an overview of satellite communications.
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The objective of this course is to develop a solid understanding of mobile communications networks and technologies. |
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We'll cut through the jargon to demystify wireless, explaining the jargon and buzzwords, the network, technologies, the underlying ideas, and how it all works together… in plain English.
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| Course Outline |
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| 1. Introduction (watch now) |
| Course introduction and overview. Basic radio principles, analog and digital over radio. |
| 2. Mobile Network Components, Jargon and Basic Operation |
| Handset, base station, airlink, handoffs, connection to wireline systems |
| 3. Cellular Principles and AMPS (1G) |
| Coverage, capacity and cellular radio systems, mobility, spectrum, FDM spectrum sharing |
| 4. 2G: Digital Radio - Voice Communications |
| Components and operation of a digital radio: microphone, codec, RF modem, antenna |
| 5. Digital Cellular: Data Communications |
| Using only the RF modem and antenna of the cellphone as a "tethered" modem for another device |
| 6. Spectrum-Sharing Technologies: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM |
| Sorting out the generations and standards; GSM and IS-136 TDMA vs. CDMA and OFDM |
| 7. 3G Cellular: CDMA (watch now) |
| Basic ideas behind CDMA and its operation; 1X vs. UMTS standards |
| 8. 4G Mobile Cellular: LTE |
| Steve Jobs ends the standards wars; OFDM basic principles of operation |
| 9. 802.11 Wireless LANs - WiFi |
| Basic principles of operation, 802.11 standards, frequency bands and limitations |
| 10. Communication Satellites |
| Basic principles of operation, geosynchronous and LEO |
| 11. Multiple-Choice Exam |
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None. Course L2101 POTS and the PSTN has some relevance, as the mobile networks connect to the wireline Public Switched Telephone Network. Courses L2111 Ethernet, LANs and VLANs and L2113 IP Networks, Routers and Addresses are relevant to Lesson 9. |
| Course Objectives: What You Will Learn
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The objective of this course is to develop a solid understanding of mobile cellular communications networks and technologies. After taking this course, you will be up to speed on the fundamental principles of cellular radio networks, components and operation, digital radio, spectrum-sharing technologies and the four generations of mobile cellular technology. An additional objective is a basic understanding of WiFi and satellites. |
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In particular, on completion of this course, you will be able to explain:
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• The principal components of a mobile communication system
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• Coverage, capacity and mobility
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• The reason for and basic layout of a cellular radio system
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• Basic operation of a mobile network including registration and handoffs
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• How digital cellular is implemented
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• How digital cellular can be used for data communications, either as a tethered modem or using the phone as a data terminal
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• The principles and operation of the different spectrum-sharing technologies: first-generation FDMA, second-generation GSM and TDMA, third-generation UMTS and 1X CDMA and fourth-generation LTE and its OFDM
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• The different radio bands and standards for 802.11 wireless LANs
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• The two main types of communication satellites and their advantages and disadvantages.
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| About Teracom's online telecom, networking, IP, MPLS networks, data communications and wireless telecommunications courses |
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Teracom's online training courses: get up to speed and build a solid base of knowledge in telecom, datacom, networking, IP, MPLS and wireless… with certification to prove it. |
| Based on Teracom's proven instructor-led training courses developed and refined over twenty years providing training for organizations including AT&T, Verizon, Bell Canada, Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm, the CIA, NSA, IRS, FAA, US Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force and hundreds of others, Teracom online courses are top-notch, top-quality and right up to date with the topics and knowledge you need. |
| Teracom online telecom training elearning courses are a full multimedia experience. The text spoken by the instructor is displayed on the right side of the screen while animated diagrams, pictures, bullets and video are displayed on the left. Each lesson in a course has several parts, followed by informal quiz questions to ensure key points are understood. |
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| Teracom online courses are online telecommunications, data communications, networking, IP, MPLS, IPv6, wireless, telecom training courses and certifications… fundamentals and basics to the latest technologies and services. more |
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