Open Enrollments
Aviat offers best-in-class courses at training centers in major regions around the world, using our hands-on equipment. Our courses are developed by instructors with extensive teaching expertise and field experience and designed to give your staff the skills they need to successfully configure and manage your network.
Please refer to our class catalog for full course descriptions, and our class calendar below for upcoming classes. Some classes are offered regularly and at several worldwide locations. Other courses are limited to locations where specialized equipment is available.
Upcoming classes
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Scotland (Glasgow)
4 Bell Drive
Hamilton International Technology Park
Blantyre, Glasgow, G72 0FB, United Kingdom
Contact info (including training inquiries):
Tel: 44 (0) 1698 717200
Fax: 44 (0) 1698 717263
Nigeria (Lagos)
Imperial Plaza
Plot 252E(B) Prince Kayode Akingbade Close
Off Murhi Okunola Street
Victoria Island
Lagos
Contact info:
Tel 1: 234 1 270 7556
Tel 2: 234 1 270 7557
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TR-ECL-01: Eclipse
Course Specifics
Capacity 10 Students
Duration 3-day
Location(s) for open enrolment:
- San Clara, CA
- Hamilton, UK
- Lagos, Nigeria
Materials provided:
- Instruction manual (CD-ROM)
- Student guide
Target Audience
Courses are intended for installation and service personnel requiring a working knowledge of installation, configuration, test and maintenance procedures for the Eclipse radio platform.
Maintenance, Installation and Operation
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Prerequisite
Participants should have a basic understanding of Electronics, Telecommunications and IP Fundamentals, and have basic computer skills.
Each student must bring an IBM compatible laptop PC and have administrator rights on the PC (to allow installation of the Portal craft tool).
The PC must have minimum parameters of:
- 500 MHz CPU, Pentium 3
- 256 MB RAM
- 80 MB of available hard disk space
- USB Port
- Ethernet 10Base-T LAN port with RJ-45 connector for local Ethernet connection
- 800x600 resolution, 256 color display (16-bit color)
- SVGA display adaptor card
- 2 or 3 button mouse
- Microsoft Windows 98, 2000 Pro, XP or Windows 7
- TCP/IP installed and configured for LAN operation
Recommended is a serial COM port or external USB-to-serial adaptor to exercise a local V.24 connection.
Objectives
Upon successfully completing a course participants will be able to install, configure, administer and maintain the relevant Eclipse equipment.
Course Content
Eclipse System Overview
- Introduction to Node and terminal platform
Eclipse Node
- Node concept
- Basic architecture and capabilities
- Indoor Units: INU and INUe
- Slot assignment rules
- Backplane bus
- Node capacity rules
- Plug-in cards
- NCC -FAN RACs -DACs -AUX -NPC
- Node and DAC Protection
- Node licensing
Portal
- Introduction to Portal craft tool
- Portal Installation
- Portal PC configuration for Ethernet and V.24/RS-232 connections
- Eclipse Network Management
- Portal screens
- Lab Exercise
Ethernet DACs
- DAC ES
- Modes of Operation
- Eclipse Packet Node
- DAC GE
- RWPR
- VLANs
- Link Aggregation
- DAC GE3
- QoS and Scheduling
- DAC GE3 Protection
- Lab Exercise
Eclipse Terminals
- Eclipse Terminal Overview
- Eclipse IDU 155o
- Eclipse IDU GE 20x
- Eclipse IDU GE3 16x
- Eclipse Terminal protection Operation
- Eclipse Edge
Eclipse ODUs
- ODU 300ep
- ODU 300hp
- ODU 300sp
- IRU600 (North America only)
- Antenna Mount and coupler
- RSSI
- RAC-ODU Cable
- ODU Block Diagram
Eclipse ODU Configuration
- Protection options
- Hot Standby 1+1
- Space Diversity
- Frequency Diversity
- Dual Protection
- Super PDH Ring Protection
- CCDP with XPIC
Installation and Commissioning
- INU Card Handling and Rules
- Indoor Installation
- Outdoor Installation
- Commissioning
- Configuration Work Flow
- Acceptance Testing
- Records Keeping
- Lab Exercise
Eclipse Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
- Diagnostics Overview
- LEDs
- Alarms
- HTML Help
- Diagnostics Screens
- Loopbacks
- Event Browser
- Performance and History
- Troubleshooting Overview
- Troubleshooting Path Problems
- Troubleshooting Configuration Problems
- Lab Exercise
Preventative Maintenance
- Maintenance Overview
- Inspections
- Trend Analysis
- Fault Analysis and Reporting
- Spares
- Software Management
- Lab Exercise
IRU600 (North America Only) separate course available
- General Overview
- Configuration, diagnostics and maintenance
- Protection
TR-ECL-01: Eclipse
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APR 23-25, 2012 |
3 days |
CA |
$2,000 |
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| MAY 7-9, 2012 |
3 days |
UK |
$2,000 |
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| MAY 28-29, 2012 |
3 days |
NG |
$1,300 |
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TR-IRU-01: IRU 600
Course Specifics
Capacity 12 Students
Duration 3-day
Location(s) for open enrolment:
Materials provided:
- Instruction manual, Student guide
Target Audience
The Course is intended for anyone requiring basic theory, maintenance and hands on experience of the Eclipse ď€ IRU600 RFU
Maintenance and Operation Course
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Prerequisite
- Basic digital knowledge
- Basic modulation knowledge
- Digital communications formats
- Basic SONET/SDH
Each student must bring an IBM compatible laptop PC and have administrator rights on the PC. The PC must have minimum parameters of:
- Pentium – class laptop computer
- Microsoft Windows 98, 2000 Pro, XP
- CD ROM
- Ethernet card
- DB9 Serial Port connection (or adapter)
Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the characteristics and operation of the IRU600 Indoor Radio Frequency Unit (RFU).
- List the supporting INU modules and minimum software required for the IRU600.
- Configure, diagnose and troubleshoot Eclipse radios with the IRU600 RFU
Course Content
Overview
- Description
- Features
- System Lay Out
General Product Description
- 3 RMS RFU
- Eclipse plug-ins/Interconnections
- Configurations
Intelligent Nodal Unit Configurations
- Basic architecture and capabilities
- Plug-in cards
- NCC -FAN RAC’s –DAC’s -AUX -NPC
- Backplane bus
- Slot assignment rules
- Node capacity rules
- Path capacity and bandwidth options
- Node licensing
Radio Frequency Unit Configurations
- General Information
- Standard Power
- High Power
- ACU
- Fan
- Protected vs. Unprotected
Software Configuration and Commissioning
- Introduction to Portal craft tool
- Portal PC configuration for Ethernet and V.24/RS-232 connections
- Portal screens
- Configuring a new installation
Diagnostics Tools
- Introduction to Portal diagnostics
- System summary
- Event Browser
- System Controls: locks and loopbacks
- History screens
- Performance screens
- Alarm screens
- Parts
Maintenance
- Maintenance Overview / Annual PM
- IRU600 Software Configuration
- Configuration Lab
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Overview
- Troubleshooting Lab
TR-IRU-01: IRU 600
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MAR 12-14, 2012 |
3 days |
CA |
$2,000 |
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| MAY 7-9, 2012 |
3 days |
CA |
$2,000 |
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| JUN 25-27, 2012 |
3 days |
CA |
$2,000 |
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TR-PRO-01: ProVision Network
Course Specifics
Capacity 8 Students
Duration 2-day
Location(s) for open enrolment:
- San Clara, CA
- Hamilton, UK
- Lagos, Nigeria
Materials provided:
- Instruction manual (CD-ROM)
- Student guide
Target Audience
This course is intended for Network Operations Center (NOC) Operators and Engineers involved in the installation, operation and maintenance of ProVision Software. Training consists of a combination of classroom lecture and practical exercises.
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 2000 Pro
- Windows XP Pro
- Widows 2000 Server w/ Service Pack 2
- 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
Getting Started
- Start and exit a user session
- Basic set up and configuration procedures
- User interface description
Deploying and Managing Radios
- When and why you would deploy radios
- Add, rename and deleted a container
- Deploy, rename, delete and manage and un-manage a radio
- Re-parent an object
- Create, verify, and delete a link
- Reposition map viewer objects
- Verify ProVision is receiving events
- View and change radio configuration
- View and change network IP addresses
Managing Events
- When and why you would manage events
- Views, filters, browser options, network events, log filters, and event states
- Configure & interpret scoreboards
Managing Services
- When and why you would manage services
- Adding, renaming, and deleting services and service links
Performance Monitoring
- Configure device data collection
- Interpret performance history & trends
- Produce Inventory & fault reports
- Understand ProVision Architecture
Eclipse Features
- Trace, view and diagnose circuits
- Perform bulk software downloads
- Produce Inventory & fault reports
ProVision Installation and Administration
- Understand ProVision server/Client relationship
- Understand communication with Network elements
- Administer database and security profiles
- Northbound Interface (NBI) description and configuration
- Discuss remote access options
- Install server and Client software
- Understand licensing requirements and procedures.
TR-PRO-01: ProVision Network
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MAR 15-16, 2012 |
2 days |
CA |
$1,500 |
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| MAY 10-11, 2012 |
2 days |
CA |
$1,500 |
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| MAY 10-11, 2012 |
2 days |
UK |
$1,500 |
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| MAY 30 - JUN 1, 2012 |
2 days |
NG |
$975 |
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| JUN 28-29, 2012 |
2 days |
CA |
$1,500 |
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TR-TE-01: Introduction to Transmission Engineering
Course Specifics
Capacity 12 Students
Duration 5-day
Location(s) for open enrolment:
Target Audience
The course is intended for network planners, transmission/network engineers and network support staff requiring basic microwave transmission knowledge
Microwave Communication System course
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Prerequisite
- Radio Product Training
- Basic Microwave Principles
- A laptop is required to complete the tasks associated with the course.
Each student must bring an IBM compatible laptop PC and have administrator rights on the PC.
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.
Course Content
Introduction and General Considerations
- Purpose of transmission engineering
- Vocabulary and notation
- Design process flowchart
- Network topologies
- Typical design applications
- Ring protection
- Link and hop design
- Radio configuration
- Microwave repeaters
- Antenna types
- Transmission lines
- Radomes
- Antenna coupling units
Path Analysis and Design
- Total loss parameters
- Total gain parameters
- Protection schemes
- Diversity arrangements and improvement factors
- Objectives and calculations
- Multipath outage
- Vigants and ITU-R Models
- Geo-climatic factors
- Multipath SES outage time
Software Design Tools Review
- Sample calculations discussion with:
- Star link
- Magic
- Path Loss
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
Verification
- Paperless Chart Recorder (PCR)
TR-TE-01: Introduction to Transmission Engineering
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MAR 26-30, 2012 |
5 days |
CA |
$2,500 |
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| JUN 11-15, 2012 |
5 days |
NG |
$1,950 |
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TR-TE-02: Advanced Transmission Engineering
Course Specifics
Capacity 12 Students
Duration 5-day
Location(s) for open enrolment:
Target Audience
The course is intended for network planners, transmission/network engineers, and network support staff requiring advanced microwave transmission knowledge for the current IP/LTE evolution.
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Prerequisite
- Aviat Networks TR-SD-01 and TR-TE-01 courses
- Basic microwave principles and job experience
- PathLoss V.4 software program
- A laptop is required to complete the tasks associated with the course
Each student must bring a laptop running PathLoss V.4
Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze path profiles from topographic data
- Upload topographic data from the Internet
- Design simple paths as per industry standards
- Profile a path
- Analyze reflections
- Prepare a frequency plan
- Analyze interference
Course Content
Introduction and General Considerations
- Microwave radio technology
- Radio network planning considerations
- Design parameters review
- Radio specifications
- Error and quality performance objectives
- dBs review
- Adaptive Coding and Modulation
- L1/L2 link aggregation
Path Analysis and Design
- Multipath probability
- Vigants’ model
- ITU-R P.530 recommendations
- Diversity improvements factors
- Path calculations sheets
- CCDP/ACAP/ACDP/XPIC cases
- Objectives (Long haul, short haul, access)
- North American “Bell”
- ITU-R
Software Design tools
- PathLoss V.4
- Path design workshop using PathLoss V.4:
- Profile
- Multipath error performance objective
- Rain outage
- Interference analysis
- Reflection study
Microwave Propagation
- Radio meteorology
- Electromagnetic field
- Geo-climatic effects
- Path clearance criteria
- Path profiles
- Fade mechanisms
- Over-water analysis
- Passive repeaters overview
- Path survey principles
Interference Analysis
- Frequency Interference
- Frequency Planning
- Interference case workshop using PathLoss:
- Interference objective
- T/I Review
- Noise floor discussion
- Antenna pattern analysis
TR-TE-02: Advanced Transmission Engineering
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JUN 18-22, 2012 |
5 days |
CA |
$2,500 |
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