📘 Course Title
Microwaves Basics and Planning – From A to Z
📝 Course Description
This course provides a complete and practical introduction to microwave transmission systems, starting from microwave fundamentals and system components, then moving into transmission technologies, and finally covering professional microwave link planning and design.
The course explains microwave concepts in a clear and structured way, focusing on real-world deployment aspects such as line-of-sight analysis, antenna and frequency considerations, topology selection, and link budget calculations.
It is designed to give learners a strong foundation in microwave backhaul networks, widely used in mobile and fixed telecom infrastructures.
⏱ Course Duration
7 Hours
🎯 Target Audience
- Telecom & Communication Engineering students
- Fresh graduates
- Transmission and backhaul beginners
- Microwave and radio engineers
- Mobile network engineers interested in backhaul planning
- Anyone seeking a solid foundation in microwave transmission
✅ Prerequisites
- No prerequisites required
🌐 Language
Arabic with English subtitles
🎯 Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand microwave transmission fundamentals and applications
- Identify microwave frequency bands and their characteristics
- Explain microwave system components and link configurations
- Understand PDH and SDH transmission technologies
- Analyze microwave planning requirements and constraints
- Perform line-of-sight and antenna considerations
- Select appropriate frequencies and topologies
- Understand repeater and relay considerations
- Perform microwave link budget calculations
- Design and document microwave links professionally
📚 Course Content Outline
Section 1: Introduction
- Course overview and objectives
Section 2: Microwave Basics
- Microwave transmission overview
- Microwave applications and use cases
- Microwave frequency bands
- Advantages and disadvantages of microwave systems
- Microwave system components
- Microwave link configurations
Section 3: Transmission Technologies
- PDH fundamentals
- PDH frame structure
- PDH limitations
- SDH fundamentals
- SDH frame rate calculations
- SDH frame structure
Section 4: Microwave Planning
- Microwave planning considerations
- Line-of-sight (LOS) analysis
- Antenna considerations
- Antenna design basics
- Frequency selection considerations
- Network topology considerations
- Repeater and relay considerations
- Link budget calculations
- Microwave link design
- Link reporting and documentation
🚀 Course Value
- Complete Microwave Basics + Planning in one course
- Strong focus on practical design and real deployment scenarios
- Ideal for backhaul and transmission roles
- Excellent stepping stone toward advanced transmission and fiber courses