5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)

<ul>
<li> 5G SA Air interface overview</li>
<li> 5G NR FR1 and FR2 bands</li>
<li> Scalable numerology</li>
<li> NR frame structure</li>
<li> FDD-TDD modes</li>
<li> NR SA signals and channels review</li>
<li> Stand-Alone (SA) architecture</li>
<li> 5G SA FR1 band Service requirements: eMBB</li>
<li> 5G SA FR2 (mmW) service requirements: eMBB</li>
<li> 5GC overview and slicing solution</li>
<li> FWA over 5G SA using slicing examples</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li> 5G MIMO review</li>
<li> FWA 5G SA MIMO TM3-10 modes: gain and performance</li>
<li> 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO) review</li>
<li> 5G gNodeB mMIMO Beam-forming principles</li>
<li> FWA gNodeB mMIMO panels and EiRP</li>
<li> FWA 5G DL SSB & CSI-RS beam power & EiRP</li>
<li> Massive MIMO Digital beamforming gain: FWA Practical approach</li>
<li> Massive MIMO Analog/Hybrid beamforming gain: FWA Practical approach</li>
<li> Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) in 5G RAN</li>
<li> CPE 5G FR1 technical characteristics</li>
<li> CPE 5G FR2 technical characteristics (beamforming)</li>
<li> CPE 5G FR1 antenna characteristics</li>
<li> CPE 5G FR2 mMIMO antenna characteristics</li>
<li> CPE FR1 MIMO performance</li>
<li> CPE FR2 mMIMO performance</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li> FWA Point-to-Point Link</li>
<li> Non-Line of Sight (nLoS) and Rayleigh modeling</li>
<li> LoS and Rice modeling</li>
<li> nLoS and Shadowing modeling</li>
<li> Fresnel zones and Diffraction Losses</li>
<li> FWA Outdoor vs. Indoor losses</li>
<li> FR1 Pathloss models (below 3 GHz, C-Band, 5-6 GHz)</li>
<li> FR2 Pathloss models for mmW (24-30 GHz, 30-40 GHz, 50-60 GHz)</li>
<li> Example: Link budget analysis overview; various cases (rural, urban, dense urban, O2I)</li>
<li> Exercise: Link Budget calculations using Excel</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li> FWA FR1 & FR2 UL quality requirements</li>
<li> CPE FR1 & FR2 UL requirements</li>
<li> FWA 5G SA FR1 & FR2 Power control factor</li>
<li> FWA 5G SA FR1 & FR2 Uplink Interference factor</li>
<li> FWA 5G SA FR1 & FR2 Uplink Optional features</li>
<li> Coverage planning for FR1 & FR2 UL channels (PUSCH, PUCCH, PRACH)</li>
<li> Coverage Planning for 5G SA UL signals (SRS, DMRS)</li>
<li> 5G FWA FR1 & FR2 PUCCH capacity vs. 5G SA formats</li>
<li> 5G FWA FR1 & FR2 PUCCH coverage vs. 5G SA formats</li>
<li> FWA 5G SA FR1 & FR2 UL cell capacity estimations – eMBB service</li>
<li> FWA 5G UL FR1 & FR2 Carrier Aggregation capacity</li>
<li> FWA 5G UL FR1 & FR2 throughput estimation (average, cell edge, max) vs SINR</li>
<li> Exercise: UL capacity estimations using Excel spread-sheet calculator</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li> FWA FR1 & FR2 DL quality requirements</li>
<li> CPE FR1 & FR2 DL requirements</li>
<li> FWA 5G SA FR1 & FR2 DL Interference factor</li>
<li> FWA 5G SA FR1 & FR2 DL Optional features</li>
<li> FWA 5G DL SSB coverage planning</li>
<li> FWA 5G DL SIB1 coverage planning</li>
<li> FWA 5G DL CSI-RS coverage planning</li>
<li> Coverage planning for FR1 & FR2 PDSCH</li>
<li> Coverage planning for FR1 & FR2 PDCCH vs. CCE aggregation levels</li>
<li> Coverage Planning for 5G SA DL signals (DMRS, PTRS, TRS)</li>
<li> 5G FWA FR1 & FR2 PDCCH capacity vs. CCE aggregation levels</li>
<li> 5G FWA SA FR1 & FR2 DL cell capacity estimations – eMBB service</li>
<li> 5G FWA SA DL FR1 & FR2 Carrier Aggregation capacity</li>
<li> FWA 5G UL FR1 & FR2 throughput estimation (average, cell edge, max) vs SINR</li>
<li> Exercise: UL capacity estimations using Excel spread-sheet calculator</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li> RACH Root Sequence planning</li>
<li> RSI and sectorization</li>
<li> RACH Preamble selection and cell size coordination</li>
<li> RACH SINR requirements (mathematical model)</li>
<li> RACH collision probability vs capacity (mathematical model)</li>
<li> Exercise: RACH collision probability Excel spread-sheet calculator</li>
<li> Exercise: RACH decoding vs. SINR Excel spread-sheet calculator</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li> 5G NR Paging review</li>
<li> 5G NR Paging intensity</li>
<li> 5G NR SA Paging capacity estimation</li>
<li> NG interface capacity estimation vs paging intensity</li>
<li> 5G NR SA Paging Success rate estimation</li>
<li> Exercise: Paging Capacity estimations Excel spread-sheet calculator</li>
<li> Exercise: Paging decoding probability vs d Excel spread-sheet calculator</li>
</ul>