WCA Announces Major Training & Certification Program Launch at WCA 2008

Business Wire, April 1, 2008

LAS VEGAS -- WCA has announced a major training and certification program to be launched in conjunction with WCA 2008, with follow-ups going forward. The program has three components to start: First is a general session open to all convention registrants at 8:45 a.m. on Monday April 21 led by WCA Board member TESSCO Technologies, which chairs WCA's new Training and Certification Committee. Introducing that session is Scott McClure, TESSCO's Product Business Unit Manager for Wireless Broadband & Networking. Beginning immediately afterward is an intensive three-day course entitled "WiMAX Technology & Network Design" that WCA will offer in cooperation with instructors from member company CelPlan Technologies, Inc. This course addresses the needs of engineers and managers who need to understand in-depth WiMAX technology and its network design. The focus is on the latest revision of the standard, which is IEEE 802.16e-2005, corrigendum 2 and task group 802.16m. The course starts with an overview of WiMAX and the IEEE 802.16 family of standards. Then follows a detailed description of the technology techniques, including e2e architecture, permutations (PUSC, FUSC), and MIMO techniques. Next, a WiMAX Network design will be covered, starting from service and traffic definition and then moving to the calculation of network Key Performance Indicators (KPI). The price is $2,910 per student before April 4, and $3,500 after that deadline. On Tuesday morning, WCA and CelPlan will offer a similar course for two days on Long-Term Evolution (LTE), which is described as the future 4G standard of 3GPP. After an overview of 4G standards the course introduces the requirements of LTE, provides insight to the most relevant changes to L1/L2/L3 and the network architecture of E-UTRAN to UMTS, HSDPA, and HSUPA. It is followed by a detailed description of the e2e architecture and MIMO techniques. Next, an LTE Network design will be covered, starting from service and traffic definition and moving to the calculation of network (KPI). The price is $1,940 per student before April 4, and $2,300 after the deadline.

Registration for either tutorial is via email: training@celplan.com. Details are available by calling 703-259-4036.