Understanding Small Cell & DAS Workshop

TIA in partnership with RF Academics is resuming their “Wireless and Cellular Network Workshop Series” with the cutting-edge topics. This is the third in the series  – Small Cell & DAS, Microwave Backhaul & Design, and LTE & LTE-Advanced.

Date: September 30, 2015, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: TIA Headquarters - 1320 N. Courthouse Rd, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22201
**NEW OPTION AVAILABLE - Attend remotely via web conference**
Registration Fee: TIA Member ($639); Non-Member ($799); Government Employee ($400).  During registration, please indicate if you will attend in person or remotely via web conference.

Description: Cellular industry is facing challenges to cope with the increasing number of mobile broadband data users with limited radio resources. Smart and effective network planning is essential. Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) help solve the growing problem of Coverage, Capacity and Spectrum Scarcity for the cellular industry. Also, Small Cell architecture improve network performance and service quality by offloading the burden from the large macro-cells, which results in a heterogeneous network. This workshop will mainly focus on DAS and Small Cell architecture. It plans to cover the fundamental concepts of DAS, recent technical advances, and widely used in-building RF coverage practices. A certification will be provided at the end of each workshop.

Prerequisites:   None

BICSI Credits: Six credits will be awarded for each workshop.

Course Content
DAS:
•  Architecture, Capacity, Connectivity and Scalability aspects, Micro Cell Capacity
•  Essential elements of DAS Infrastructure (Antennas, Repeaters, Amplifiers, Outdoor Vs Indoor Components, Backhaul Options etc).
•  Types of DAS, Active Vs Passive DAS, Indoor Vs Outdoor DAS, Indoor DAS Architecture, ODAS (Outdoor DAS)
•  Passive DAS Components (Hardware), Planning of Passive DAS, Active DAS and Hybrid DAS
•  Radiation pattern consideration and propagation models for indoor DAS, DAS for MIMO Application
•  Indoor Planning Process, RF Design Process, Handover considerations
•  Multi-operator Systems, Co-existence with GSM/UMTS/LTE, Traffic Dimensioning
•  Practical DAS Designs – Examples from the industry, DAS for Sports Stadiums, High Speed Rail Solution

Small Cells:
•  Key technical components of HetNets and Small Cell deployments both indoors and outdoors. Small Cell deployment challenges
•  How Small Cells compare with DAS and WiFi
•  Small Cell coverage and capacity requirements
•  Small Cell Radio Planning, Spectrum Allocation
•  Small Cell – Interference Analysis, Backhaul Planning, Capacity Calculations, Practical Design Examples