The Advanced RF training course, through The Fiber School, is an interactive, hands-on program intended for anybody working with Radio Frequency (RF) communications, who require a technical level of advanced RF principals. RF principles are employed in various communication technologies, such as Microwave, SATCOM, VSAT, GSM, GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, RFID, NFC and more.
This course covers:
RF System design and Engineering Principles
•Overview of RF Systems
• HF, VHF, and UHF Radio Systems, including Analog, Digital, and Trunk
• RF System Design & Integration
• Capturing RF System Requirements
• RF System Requirements Analysis and Design
• Transceiver and Receiver Architecture
• High-Speed PC Board Layout and Design
• Software Defined Radio and Next Generation Hardware
• Modulation Techniques
• DSP Digital Signal Processing
• RF Testing and Measurement
RF Systems Simulation and Behavioral Modeling
•RF Modeling
• EM Shielding/EMC Engineering
• Shannon and Nyquist Theorems
• Modulation, Demodulation and Multiple Access Techniques
• Spectral efficiency vs. Power Efficiency
• Antenna Types
• RF system Performance based on C/N and Eb/No
• Link Budget Calculations
• Power Settings for a Balanced Path
• Modeling RF Path Loss
• Noise Figure
• Eb/No vs. SNR
• Receiver Sensitivity
• Dynamic Range
• Intermodulation Distortion
• Power Output
• Spectral Efficiency and System Limitations
• RF Performance Engineering
• Traffic Engineering applied to RF Systems
• System Noise Management
• Scattering Parameter Analysis
• RF Regulatory and Safety Considerations
Practical RF System Design Guidelines
• Basic Building Blocks in Radio and Microwave Design
• Tradeoffs in designing wireless systems
• Design Trade-off between Modulation Scheme, Data Rate, RF Bandwidth, Channel Filter, Power, Noise, Phase Noise, and Bit-Error Rate
• RF Impairments
• Noise and Distortion
• Transistor Oscillators and Frequency Synthesizers
• Receiver Design
• Eb/No vs. SNR, BER vs. noise, Bandwidth Limitations
• Low Noise Amplifiers and Mixers Design
• Oscillator, Frequency Synthesizers and Filter Design
• Oscillators/Phase Noise
• Basic Concepts of Oscillator Design
• Phase Noise in Oscillators
• Calculating the Allowable Phase Noise from the System Specifications
• Power Amplifier Design
• Design Tradeoffs between Linearity, Power, and Efficiency
• Phase-Locked Oscillators
• Modulators
• Power Amplifiers
• Antennas
• Low Noise Receivers
• Mixers
• Overall Receiver Performance
• System Design
• System Operating Margin (SOM)
• Block diagram
• Baseband signaling
• Forward error correction
• Modulation/demodulation
RF Transmitters/receivers
• Circuit and system level Design
• Circuit and system level in radio transceivers and other RF systems
• Typical Radio Architectures
• Exploring the Design Tradeoffs
• RF Systems Engineering, Integration, and Installation
• RF System Design Principals
• Evaluation, Design and Implementation Management of Reliable, cost-effective RF Systems
• Fundamentals of Digital RF Communication
• Circuit Level RF Design
• RF System Components
• RF Circuit Design
• System Level RF Design Considerations
• RF Surveys
• Measure Signal level, Walking or Driving
• Coverage Analysis
• Examine Terrain-based Coverage, including urban, suburban, rural, tunnels, bridges, campus, and in-building
• Antenna Design Considerations
• Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation
• Define Antenna Types and Locations to fit Application
• Interference Analysis and Resolution
• Perform intermodulation and Collocation Analysis, Filter Definition
Evaluate system specifications and performance
• RF Optimization Principles=
• RF coverage and service performance measurements
• Propagation in Urban Environments, from Simple to Extremely Dense
• Propagation Inside Buildings
• Design, analysis and optimization of wireless networks
• Site Acquisition
• Verification of network deployments for wireless networks
• Network planning resources
• Link budgets, scheduling and resource allocation
• Preparation and Report generation
• Real-time coverage maps
• True-up RF modeling software
• System Setting Parameters
• Initial optimization testing of installed networks
• Antenna and Transmission Line Considerations
• System field-testing and parameter optimization
• Functional testing and optimization for implemented sites
• Test plan development
• System drive test and data analysis
• System parameter settings and interference control
• Key RF Performance Indicators
• FER, Mobile Receive Power, Ec/Io, Mobile Transmit Power
• System accessibility analysis
• Available radio resources and network trunking issues
• System parameter optimization
• Regression analysis to measure benefits
• Self-generated system interference
• Cell site integration
• Construction coordination
• Equipment installation/antenna system verification
• Radio testing
• Initial drive testing
• Performance monitoring
• Site migration planning and testing
• ERP changes
• Orientation changes
EM Shielding/EMC Engineering
• Understand Shielding Mechanisms and Problems
• EMC/Shielding/Grounding Techniques for Chip & PCB Layout
• EMC Design, Bench Top Measurements and Troubleshooting Techniques
• Successful Shielding Strategies
• EMC and Signal Integrity Design Strategies
• Signal Integrity from the Ground Up
• Shielding Enclosures and Cables for Wired and Wireless Products and Systems
• Cost Effective and Optimal Shielding System Engineering and Integration
• Shielding Evaluation
Technical personnel involved with RF system design/operations, Engineers and managers engaged or expect to be engaged in the specification, procurement, design and development, testing, and operation of current and future RF systems.
This course does not require labs.
Certificate: Advanced RF – TFS – (TC-RFA)
Identifies you as a technician, engineer or other professional who understands the basics of Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s operation.
Description | Item Code | Price |
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Advanced RF Training – The Advanced RF training course, through The Fiber School, is an interactive, hands-on program intended for anybody working with Radio Frequency (RF) communications, who require a technical level of advanced RF principals. RF principles are employed in various communication technologies, such as Microwave, SATCOM, VSAT, GSM, GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, RFID, NFC and more. | TR-RFA | $1,695.00 |
Exam: RFA – 50 Question Multiple Choice – This exam must be passed in order to be certified in Gigabit Ethernet Fundamentals. | TE-RFA | Included |
Certificate: Advanced RF – Awarded to students who pass the exam and demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of Advanced RF | TC-RFA | $150.00 |
Schedule |
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Jan 9 – Jan 10, 2020 Quakertown, PA $1,845.00 |
Mar 19 – Mar 20, 2020 Quakertown, PA $1,845.00 |
Jun 11 – Jun 12, 2020 Quakertown, PA $1,845.00 |
Oct 8 – Oct 9, 2020 Quakertown, PA $1,845.00 |
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On-Site Training
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