Introduction to Wireless Network Planning

In Introduction to Wireless Network Planning, you'll learn ...

• The process of planning a wireless network
• How the choice of technology will impact the effort of the engineering team
• How a network is dimensioned
• How interference impacts performance, along with various methods to overcome interference issues
• Various testing methods used to validate performance of the network

Overview

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Credit: 4 CPD

Length: 39 pages

This introductory course is intended for RF engineers and non-RF engineers involved in the design, deployment and testing of wireless communication systems. These systems exist in today’s society as cellular phone service, police and fire radio networks, remote metering and control systems, automatic vehicle location, distributed antenna systems and Wi-Fi, to mention a few.

This course provides an introduction to the process of planning a wireless network and how the choice of technology and service to be offered (e.g. voice, data, or both) will impact the effort of the engineering team in terms of sizing the network, establishing costs, and determining a project timeline.

The course begins with a high level description of the network planning elements and challenges, and describes how a network is dimensioned, including how range is estimated and what elements play a role in determining how communication sites are distributed (e.g. propagation model, diffraction, confidence). This course will also discuss how interference impacts performance, and will review the various methods of interconnecting sites in order to have successful communication. Finally, the course will cover the various testing methods for ensuring a wireless communications network meets the intended performance.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• State the objective of wireless network planning.
• Identify elements that influence wireless network design and performance.
• Analyze common challenges encountered during network planning.
• Explain the purpose and components of a wireless link budget.
• Estimate wireless range from representative design inputs and influencing factors.
• Design interconnections among communication sites for a planned network.
• Evaluate acceptance-testing methodologies for verifying wireless network performance.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 24 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.