Open Enrollments

Management, Installation, Configuration & Operation

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Prerequisite

• Participants should have knowledge and experience in the areas of network operations fundamentals and telecommunications fundamentals.
• The student will need a Notebook computer with an Ethernet port and running on one of the following Operating Systems:
   
  • Windows XP Pro
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2003 Server
  • Windows 2008 Server

Objectives

By the end of this course, the participant should be able to competently install, use, and administer ProVision software.

Course Content

ProVision Introduction

• Functions & features
• Minimum hardware specifications
• Understand ProVision Architecture
• Deployment Options

ProVision Installation and User Administration

• Requirements for ProVision Installation
• ProVision Server and Client Installation
• Verifying ProVision Server is running
• Logging in to Client Software
• Navigating ProVision
• Basic User Account creation and access level 

Navigating ProVision

• Main User Interface
• Menu Bar
• Tree Viewer – Physical and Logical Viewer
• Map Viewer, adding a map background to map viewer
• View and change radio configuration
• View and change network IP addresses 

Deploying and Managing Radios and Generic Devices

• Information required for deployment
• Deploying containers – regions, sites and racks
• Deploy, Manage, Rename, Delete and Unmanage Radios and Generic Devices such as switches, routers, third party microwave radios, multiplexers etc
• Deploying EMS/Proxy in ProVision
• Re-parenting an object
• Create, verify and delete a link
• Reposition Map viewer objects – lock/unlock object moving
• Verify ProVision is receiving events 

Fault Management

• Managing Events – event properties, acknowledge, clear
• Event Browser – filters, browser options, scoreboards
• Viewing Security logs – log on/off, configuration changes
• Configure Event Notifications
• Configure and Interpret Scoreboards

Configuration Management

• View and Change Network IP addresses
• Uploading Eclipse licenses
• Perform Bulk configuration for devices on the Network
• Network Auto-Discovery of Radios and Devices
• Circuit Provisioning and Collection
• Configure Logical Containers
• Creating Map Annotation 

Performance Monitoring

• Configure device data collection
• Interpret performance history & trends
• Set up Performance thresholds
• Interpret Ethernet Bandwidth Utilization
• Produce Inventory & fault reports

Reports

• Generate Helpdesk reports
• Generate Capacity, Inventory and Fault Reports
• Generate Network Health Reports – RF and Ethernet Network Health Reports
• Generate Security Status Report of Radios and Devices
• Configure Schedule Reports
• Customize reports from report fields and objects

Eclipse Features

• Create, trace, view and diagnose circuits
• Perform bulk software loads
• Produce capacity, inventory & fault reports

ProVision Installation and Administration

• Understand ProVision server/Client relationship
• Creating Regional access for users
• Session Manager Administration
• Email Server Configuration
• Understand communication with Network elements
• Administer database manual and scheduled backup and security profiles
• Northbound Interface (NBI)description and configuration
• Configure ProVision Redundancy Controller
• Discuss remote access options
• Understand licensing requirements and procedures

Microwave Communication System course

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Prerequisite

• Ethernet radio training
• Basic Microwave Principles
• Basic IP/Ethernet Concepts 

Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand and apply the basic principles of RF propagation
• Understand microwave applications as applied to basic link engineering for TDM and IP backhaul.

Course Content

Introduction and General Considerations

• Purpose of transmission engineering
• Vocabulary and notation
• RF Design process flowchart
• Network topologies
• Typical design applications
• Ethernet and TDM Ring protection
• Link and hop design
• Ethernet Radio configuration
• Microwave repeaters
• Parabolic antenna types
• Transmission lines
• Radomes
• Antenna coupling units

Path Analysis and Design

• Total loss parameters
• Total gain parameters
• RF Protection schemes
• Diversity arrangements
• Improvement factors
• Objectives and calculations
• Multipath outage
• Rain outage
• Vigants and ITU-R Models
• Geo-climatic factors
• Multipath outage time

Software Design Tools Review

• Sample calculations discussion based on fixed and adaptive coding and modulation using:
  • Path Loss V.4 and V.5

Microwave Propagation

• Electromagnetic field
• Free space equation
• Atmospheric effects
• Terrain effects
• Path clearance criteria
• Principles of path profiles
• Fade mechanisms

Interference Analysis

• Principles of frequency interference
• Principles of frequency planning

Performance Verification

• Paperless Chart Recorder (PCR) Introduction.

Microwave Networking in the RAN

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Prerequisite

• Aviat Networks TR-SD-01 and TR-TE-01 courses
• Basic microwave principles and job experience
• PathLoss V.4 or V.5 software program knowledge
• A laptop running licensed copies of PathLoss V.4 or V.5 is required to complete the tasks associated with the course
   

Objectives

At the end of this advanced course, participants will be able to:

• Analyze path profiles from topographic data
• Download topographic data from the Internet
• Design simple paths as per industry standards
• Profile a path
• Analyze reflections
• Prepare a frequency plan
• Analyze interference
• Understand the RAN topology for IP backhaul in the access, aggregation, and core layers
• Understand how microwave radios links can be engineered to meet the RAN demands for IP traffic with QoS 

Course Content

Introduction and General Considerations

• Ethernet radio technology
• Radio network planning considerations
• RF design parameters review
• Error and quality performance objectives
• dBs review
• Adaptive Coding and Modulation
• L1/L2 link aggregation
• RATs overview

Path Analysis and Design

• Multipath probability
• Vigants’ model
• ITU-R P.530 recommendations
• Diversity improvements factors
• Path calculations sheets
• CCDP/ACAP/ACDP/XPIC in the RAN 
• Objectives (Long haul, short haul, access)
  • North American “Bell”
  • ITU-R

Software Design tools

• Licensed PathLoss V.4/V.5
• Path design workshop using licensed PathLoss V.4/V.5:
  • Profile
  • Multipath error performance objective
  • Rain outage objective
  • Interference analysis
  • Interference objective
  • Reflection study

Microwave Propagation

• Radio meteorology
• Electromagnetic near and far fields
• Geo-climatic effects
• Path clearance criteria
• Path profiles
• Fade mechanisms
• Over-water analysis
• Real meaning of fade margin 
• Path survey principles

Interference Analysis

• Interference performance objectives
• Frequency planning
• Interference case workshop using licensed PathLoss V.4 or V.5:
  • Interference objective
  • T/I review
  • Noise floor discussion
  • Parabolic antenna pattern analysis
  • ATPC and DTPC concepts to mitigate interference levels