LTE-EPC Capacity Planning Certification Workshop

Instructor Led | Duration: 4 Days

LTE (Long Term Evolution) uses the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) architecture, a distributed and unified IP-based core network, to efficiently deliver Internet
services to mobile wireless subscribers. This course describes typical LTE network architecture and deployment strategies, as the starting point for
understanding the planning and design principles for the EPC. Students build up a network call model, determining the node and interface requirements
needed to support the expected user traffic and signaling demands. Subscriber traffic demand, basic LTE operations, mobility and idle state functions, and
interworking scenarios are all factored in to the model. Finally, redundancy and load balancing considerations are factored in, resulting in a network design
that meets the markets needs. This certification workshop includes several hands-on exercises and concludes with a certification assessment.

Course Outline

Intended Audience
This course is designed for network engineers, architects, and managers
involved in planning, design, deployment and operation of LTE-EPC
networks.

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
Define the key components of the LTE-EPC network models and
determine the necessary inputs and expected outputs
Describe the logical and physical LTE network architecture
Create a subscriber demand (traffic) model and estimate the impact
on the EPC user plane
Map typical LTE signaling operations to the corresponding nodes
and interfaces and model their impacts on the EPC control plane
Quantify the impact of IMS and PCC services on the EPC user and
control planes
Use the resulting network model to design an EPC network capable
of supporting the subscriber demand

Required Equipment
PC laptop

1. EPC Network Planning

1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
1.4.

Network planning process

Subscriber demand modeling
Event impact modeling
Node and link capacity modeling

2. LTE EPC Design Considerations

2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
2.4.
2.5.
2.6.

Logical and physical architecture

Geographic distribution
3G interworking
Network design goals
EPC node and link capabilities
Capacity requirements

3. Subscriber Traffic Modeling

3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
3.4.
3.5.
3.6.
3.7.

Subscriber demand model

Elastic vs. inelastic traffic
VoIP requirements
Effective bandwidth estimation
Subscriber demand estimation
Connection and bearer requirements
Traffic modeling exercise

4. LTE Signaling Event Modeling

Suggested Prerequisites
LTE SAE Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Overview (eLearning)
LTE-EPC Networks and Signaling (Instructor Led)

4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
4.5.
4.6.

Event impact model

Network attach signaling
Default bearer establishment
MME pools and selection
Idle/connected transitions
Signaling event modeling exercise

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5. LTE Mobility Modeling

5.1. X2-based handover signaling
5.2. S1-based handover signaling
5.3. Mobility modeling exercise

6. Idle State Modeling

6.1. Tracking area planning
6.2. Paging strategies
6.3. Idle state modeling exercise

7. 3G Interworking Modeling
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.

Circuit-Switched Fallback (CSFB)

SMS signaling
Inter-RAT mobility
Interworking modeling exercise

8. IMS and PCC Modeling

8.1.
8.2.
8.3.
8.4.
8.5.

IMS network nodes and interfaces

Policy and Charging Control (PCC)
End-to-end VoIP call
Dedicated bearer establishment
IMS and PCC modeling exercise

9. LTE-EPC Design Case Study

9.1.
9.2.
9.3.
9.4.
9.5.

Transaction requirements
Bearer requirements
Subscriber requirements
Bandwidth requirements
Impact of demand changes

Certification Assessment
v1.0