📘 Course Title
4G RF Optimization – From A to Z
📝 Course Description
This course provides a complete and practical understanding of LTE (4G) radio network optimization, focusing on idle mode behavior, radio link supervision, handover optimization, scheduler behavior, power control, SON features, and KPI-driven performance analysis.
The course explains how LTE networks operate in live environments, how optimization features impact coverage, capacity, mobility, and user experience, and how engineers analyze and improve network performance using real optimization concepts and parameters.
It is designed to bridge the gap between LTE fundamentals and real-world RF optimization tasks used by mobile operators.
⏱ Course Duration
14 Hours
🎯 Target Audience
- Telecom & Communication Engineering students
- Junior LTE RF optimization engineers
- Drive Test engineers moving toward optimization
- Mobile network engineers working with LTE networks
- Engineers preparing for RF optimization and RAN roles
✅ Prerequisites
- 4G Fundamentals
🌐 Language
Arabic with English subtitles
🎯 Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Review and understand LTE channel structure from an optimization perspective
- Analyze LTE idle mode behavior and parameters
- Understand tracking area update and paging mechanisms
- Analyze radio link supervision and failure conditions
- Optimize intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-RAT handovers
- Understand Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB) behavior and troubleshooting
- Analyze LTE scheduler behavior and its impact on performance
- Understand Connected Mode DRX and its optimization impact
- Analyze pre-allocation features and use cases
- Understand SON concepts and Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR)
- Optimize uplink and downlink power control
- Analyze carrier aggregation behavior
- Understand PCI planning rules and common PCI problems
- Understand LTE transmission modes
📚 Course Content Outline
Section 1: LTE Review
- Course introduction
- LTE channel review from optimization perspective
Section 2: Idle Mode Optimization
- PLMN selection
- Cell selection and reselection
- Tracking Area updating
- Paging mechanisms
Section 3: Radio Link Supervision
- LTE radio link supervision concepts
Section 4: Handover Optimization
- Handover fundamentals
- Intra-frequency handover
- Inter-frequency and inter-RAT handover
Section 5: Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB)
- CSFB concepts and call flow
- CSFB scenarios and troubleshooting
- CSFB Q&A
Section 6: LTE Scheduler
- Scheduler overview
- Scheduling algorithms and impact on KPIs
Section 7: Connected Mode DRX
- Connected mode DRX concepts and optimization impact
Section 8: Pre-Allocation Feature
- Pre-allocation concepts and use cases
Section 9: Self-Organizing Network (SON)
- SON basics
- Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR)
Section 10: Power Control
- Power control overview
- Downlink power control
- Uplink power control
Section 11: Carrier Aggregation
- Carrier aggregation concepts and optimization impact
Section 12: Advanced Topics & Q&A
- PCI planning rules and common problems
- LTE transmission modes
🚀 Course Value
- Complete LTE RF Optimization track in one course
- Strong focus on real operator optimization features
- KPI-oriented optimization approach
- Covers both mobility and capacity optimization
- Ideal continuation after 2G & 3G Optimization courses