WiFi/WiMAX Integration and Interoperability, Mesh and PMP Mode Operation, MAC Layer Framing, Management, and QoS with detailed WiMAX network design case studies

Implementing WiMAX – The “how to” on doing it right

When a hot new technology comes out, the bandwagon starts to roll as product manufacturers begin spinning their marketing engines. WiMAX is hot on the bandwagon circuit. Articles are all over the Internet, the“talking heads” are preaching, and the trade shows are a-buzz — none of which provides you the skills and knowledge you need to Plan, Design and Implement a solution. You need accurate technical details and straight answers to mitigate the risks and confidently take advantage of features and services WiMAX offers.

Gain skills and knowledge – Not hype and fluff

A critical step toward understanding how to work with WiMAX is to obtain a detailed understanding of the standards. Your instructor will break down both the physical and MAC layer standards form an implementation/integration point of view. You will learn the options you have with WiMAX in both the licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. You will understand why and how you can use Advanced Antenna Systems with WiMAX, including Adaptive Arrays and Space-time-coding. You will get a first-time detailed look on how to operate WiMAX in mesh mode to provide enhanced wireless backhaul services.

Live practice leads to mastery of the skills

In a structured classroom environment, you get to practice and make mistakes — mistakes which when made in an actual deployment plan and design document will cost your company tens of thousands. Our course director has compiled real-world data to put together a WiMAX integration case study that will“put to the test” your understanding of the technology and its features and function. Often, fear prevents companies from integrating new technologies and gaining a quicker competitive advantage. Training and skills development mitigates that fear and empowers a company to successfully take on the challenge.

Plan, Design, and Secure WiMAX

In this two-day program, you get technical skills development and hands-on planning and design activities. You will dig into WiMAX and understand what it can do, how it can be deployed, how to conduct the deployments, and how to make everything secure. You will learn how the pieces and parts interconnect, and what to do so those interconnections happen properly. You will also see how WiFi and WiMAX can be integrated. This program lets you dig into the roots of the technology, then shows you how to use that knowledge to get your deployments right.

In-Class Workshops and Group Exercises

During the length of this course you will work with your peers to design a WiMAX community wireless network. This exercise will allow you to apply the concepts being explained in the lecture segments to a real-world network implementation. You will accomplish the following:

• Learn to perform a needs assessment for a WiMAX community network
• Use the results of the needs assessment to design the WiMAX community network infrastructure
• Use the results of the needs assessment to determine a security model
• Perform a virtual site survey for the WiMAX community network
• Use the results of the virtual site survey to optimize the placement of WiMAX base stations and antenna options
• Learn to perform link budget calculations for both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint WiMAX systems
• Learn to calculate Free Space Path Loss, and Fresnel Zone factors as well as antenna tower height and slope calculations
• Use topographical maps and satellite imagery to visualize and design the WiMAX community network
• Discuss various backhaul options and select the ones that are most cost effective and scalable.
• Explore issues having to do with antenna placement such as basic installation and safety, lightning protection, and business aspects like antenna mounting lease considerations.
• Plan the AAA methodology to be used for user and device authentication for the security and billing systems
• Design the Base Station security policy
• Integrate future 802.16e (mobile subscribers) capabilities into the WiMAX community network design
• Design the mobile subscriber security policy
  
  
  

Immediate Benefits of Attending This Class:

1. Design your system security. Understand how PKI is used in a WiMAX deployment and learn how to handle WiFi/WiMAX integration security
2. Gain the skills to take advantage of non-Line-of-Sight transmissions and learn your advanced antenna system options
3. Learn how to channel WiMAX directly into ATM, take advantage of the native QoS capabilities of WiMAX
4. Get hands-on practice designing a WiMAX community network — make your mistakes in the classroom, then do it right back on site
5. Your expert instructor will take you through operating WiMAX in mesh mode, a power option for running a WiMAX network
6. Understand how the physical layer and Mac layer specifications under 802.16a impact your deployment. Learn to use the protocol as your integration blueprint
7. Know your radio frequency band options under WiMAX, understand the impact of selecting either licensed or unlicensed bands
8. Wifi/WiMAX integration and interoperability from a design, configuration, and security perspective
9. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of automated site surveys with manual site surveys
10. Learn how to initiate WiMAX’s built-in security mechanisms to assure subscriber privacy and protection for the system operator against “theft of services
11. Know how to utilize WiMAX real-time QOS to guarantee Service Level Agreements (SLA)
12. Break down the 802.16a MAC Layer specification, learn how to operate WiMAX in Point-to-Multipoint mode
13. Take data from an actual wireless broadband project, convert that project to a WiMAX community network solution
14. Get a detailed technical breakdown of Adaptive Arrays and Space-time-Coding, learn how these antenna solutions are using reflections to increase speeds
15. Document the profiles of your Air Interface options based on your selection of either licensed or unlicensed frequency ranges
16. Break down the different wireless broadband solutions including 3G, proprietary BWAs, and wireless broadband over satellite and compare them to WiMAX
17. Understand the work the different standards bodies are doing (ITU, IEEE, ETSI, and WiMAX Forum) learn how their work will impact the technology in the future
18. Utilize WiMAX QoS capabilities to differentiate between “real-time and “best effort” applications and support delay sensitive traffic transport including Voice and Video over IP
19. Plan for the coexistence of WiMAX Base Stations with nearby Cellular or Wi-Fi transmitters