📘 Course Title
MIMO, Massive MIMO and Beamforming – From A to Z
📝 Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of MIMO technologies, starting from basic antenna and MIMO concepts, then moving into beamforming techniques, and finally covering Massive MIMO systems used in modern 4G LTE and 5G NR networks.
The course explains how spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and Massive MIMO improve capacity, coverage, and spectral efficiency, with a focus on real deployment scenarios, transmission modes, KPIs, and planning considerations.
It is designed to help learners clearly understand how advanced antenna systems work in real networks, beyond theoretical definitions.
⏱ Course Duration
6 Hours
🎯 Target Audience
- Telecom & Communication Engineering students
- Mobile network engineers (RAN & RF)
- LTE and 5G engineers
- RF optimization and planning engineers
- Anyone interested in advanced antenna technologies
✅ Prerequisites
- No prerequisites required
🌐 Language
Arabic with English subtitles
🎯 Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand antenna and equalization basics related to MIMO
- Explain MIMO principles and operation
- Analyze MIMO transmission modes and tuning strategies
- Understand the relationship between MIMO and carrier aggregation
- Explain beamforming concepts and types
- Differentiate between analog, digital, and hybrid beamforming
- Understand beam selection, refinement, and recovery
- Explain Massive MIMO architecture and principles
- Analyze multi-user MIMO concepts
- Understand common Massive MIMO KPIs
- Analyze Massive MIMO planning scenarios
- Design tilting and beam strategies for different scenarios
📚 Course Content Outline
Section 1: Introduction
- Course overview
Section 2: MIMO Fundamentals
- Equalization basics
- Antenna fundamentals
- MIMO principles (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Transmission modes tuning
- MIMO and carrier aggregation strategies
Section 3: Beamforming
- Beamforming fundamentals
- Analog, digital, and hybrid beamforming
- Beamforming transmission modes
- Multi-user beamforming
- Beam selection
- Beam refinement and beam recovery
Section 4: Massive MIMO
- Massive MIMO concepts and architecture
- Multi-user MIMO
- Key Massive MIMO KPIs
- Massive MIMO planning scenarios
- Tilting design
- Beam design and scenario selection (practical example)
🚀 Course Value
- Clear explanation of advanced antenna technologies
- Strong link between theory and real deployment
- Covers LTE and 5G use cases
- Ideal for RF planning and optimization engineers
- Excellent complement to 4G/5G RF Optimization courses