📘 Course Title
5G RF Planning
📝 Course Description
This course provides a practical and end-to-end introduction to 5G NR RF Planning, covering the complete planning lifecycle from planning concepts and dimensioning to tool-based simulations and predictions.
The course explains how engineers design 5G networks to meet coverage, capacity, and performance requirements, considering propagation models, link budget calculations, traffic modeling, and PCI planning.
It also introduces Automatic Cell Planning (ACP) and practical workflows used in real 5G rollout projects.
This course bridges the gap between 5G fundamentals and real-world RF planning execution.
⏱ Course Duration
6 Hours
🎯 Target Audience
- Telecom & Communication Engineering students
- Fresh graduates interested in 5G planning
- 5G NR engineers
- RF planning and rollout engineers
- RF optimization engineers transitioning to planning
✅ Prerequisites
- 5G Basics / 5G NR Fundamentals
🌐 Language
Arabic with English subtitles
🎯 Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand 5G RF planning objectives and workflow
- Perform coverage and capacity dimensioning for 5G networks
- Select and configure appropriate propagation models
- Build and calculate 5G link budgets
- Analyze coverage and capacity trade-offs
- Perform PCI planning for 5G NR
- Prepare planning software and project settings
- Configure sites, antennas, and RF parameters
- Run coverage and traffic simulations
- Analyze prediction results and optimize planning decisions
- Understand Automatic Cell Planning (ACP) concepts
📚 Course Content Outline
Section 1: Introduction to 5G RF Planning
- Course introduction
- Revision of key 5G concepts
- What is RF planning?
- Planning steps and workflow
Coverage & Capacity Dimensioning
- Coverage dimensioning
- Dimensioning steps
- Propagation models
- Link budget fundamentals
- Link budget calculations (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Coverage dimensioning example
- Capacity dimensioning (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Capacity dimensioning example
Advanced Planning Topics
- PCI planning
Planning Tool Preparation & Simulation
- Software preparation
- Adding sites
- Propagation model configuration
- Antenna configuration
- TMA, feeders, and base station settings
- Coverage predictions
- Loading maps
- Traffic map creation and simulation
- Analyzing predictions based on simulations
Automation & Optimization
- Automatic Cell Planning (ACP)
🚀 Course Value
- Complete 5G RF Planning foundation
- Strong focus on real planning workflow and calculations
- Covers both theory and tool-based implementation
- Ideal preparation for 5G Planning, Rollout, and Design roles
- Excellent continuation after 4G RF Planning