3 Delta BSS B11 – B12 Courses Sheet
Course Number &
Title TMO18074 BSS B11-B12 OAM Evolution Description Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 12 12
Theory/Practical N/A Theory Theory
Maximum
Participants N/A 12 12
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel in charge of maintaining and operating the EVOLIUM Base Station Subsystem in B12 release.
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Describe the IP transport in BSS feature
• Describe the A user plane over IP feature
• Describe the boosted GP feature
• Describe the 1400 TRX feature
• Describe the 6MB on DL on BSII feature
• Describe the optical transmission on Abis feature
• Describe the remote BTS NEM feature
• Describe the enhanced security with IPSec feature
• Describe the 802.1x authentication feature
• Describe the changeable snmp community string from OMC-R feature
• Describe the ftp replacement by sftp on the OMC-NPO interface feature
Pre-requisites Completion of the B11 courses for the relevant Job Profile, or operational knowledge of GSM/BSS B11
Course Contents
• Section 1 - IP transport in BSS - What is the purpose of this feature?
- How does it work?
- BSS hardware support of IP transport - BSS protocols handling
- QoS in BSS IP transport - What is the O&M impact?
• Section 2 - A user plane over IP - What is the purpose of this feature?
- How does it work?
- What is the O&M impact?
Course Number & Title TMO18075 BSS B11-B12 OAM Evolution Operation Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 12 N/A
Theory/Practical N/A Practical N/A
Maximum Participants N/A 8 N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel in charge of the BSS supervision and configuration management in B12 release.
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Create/modify Abis groups
• Create/modify IP chains
• Create/modify IP BTS
• Check IP transport Atermux topology
• Manage extra Abis links
• Manage the boosted GP board
• Handle the MFs IP configuration from IMT
Pre-requisites Completion of the B11 courses for the relevant Job Profile, or operational knowledge of GSM/BSS B12. Completion of TMO18074 BSS B11-B12 OAM Evolution Description.
Course Contents
• MODULE 01 – IP transport on Abis interface - BSS transport configurations
- Abis connection options - Abis group
- Abis topology declaration - Abis group/IP chain creation - Abis bandwidth parameters - Abis bandwidth usage estimation - TDM VS IP Abis dimensioning - BTS IP configuration overview - IP configuration for IPoE1 BTS - IP configuration for IPoEth BTS - Switch BTS transmission mode
• MODULE 02 - IP transport on Atermux interface - Mixed mode CS Atermux transport
- Atermux related SBLS - Atermux topology - TCSL
- Mixed mode PS Atermux transport - BSC-MFS IP links
- BSC-MFS TDM links
• MODULE 03 – BTS transmission capacity increase - BTS capacity increase
- GNC daughter board - Attach extra Abis links - Detach extra Abis links
• MODULE 04 – IMT Evolution - Boosted GP management
- Spare management mechanism - IP transport management
Course Number & Title TMO18090 BSS B11-B12 Telecom Evolution Description Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 18 18
Theory/Practical N/A Theory Theory
Maximum Participants N/A 12 12
Teaching Languages English
Audience Radio Network Engineering team, Radio Network Optimizers and Planners and BSS Managers with basic knowledge of BSS Telecom aspects (Radio Principles, QoS, Algorithms)
Objectives Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Describe the new Telecom B12 features and their telecom impacts
Pre-requisites Basic Knowledge of the radio algorithms (CS and PS) of the Alcatel-Lucent BSS Network.
Course Contents
• IP Transport in The BSS
• A User Plan over IP
• VAMOS
• LTE to GSM HO
• Miscellaneous
• NPO
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4 Complete BSS B12 Training Courses
For each training course, the following information is given:
- Course Title - Course Number - Teaching Languages
- Duration, indicated in hours (1 day is equivalent to 6 hours training) - The “Training Method” column is composed of:
C: c-learning, classroom training
V: v-learning, virtual class
I: i-learning, individual training (web-based training)
- Duration, indicated in hours (1 day is equivalent to 6 hours training) - The type of training is classified as follows:
T: Theory
P: Practical
- The maximum number of participant
Applicable to c-learning and v-learning only
Not applicable to i-learning
- Audience: the job profiles for which the course has been designed
- Objectives: A brief description of the skills participants will acquire during the course
- Pre-requisites (if any)
General areas of knowledge
and/or specific Alcatel-Lucent training course(s)
- Course content: a brief description of the topics presented during the course and the areas covered by the component modules.
Course Number & Title 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM Training Method
Standard Duration 9,25 N/A N/A
Theory/Practical N/A N/A N/A
Maximum Participants N/A N/A N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel performing technical or non-technical tasks involving 2G networks. For example : Managers, Radio Engineers, BSS Engineers, Tendering Teams, Sales Teams, Marketing Teams, R&D Teams.
Objectives
This package of courses provides students with insights into what GSM is, how it works and how it is the starting point for 3G UMTS. Packages consist of multiple Courses. Users can choose to enroll in either full package or a few courses, whichever suits the learning need.
Pre-requisites Understanding of wireless systems
Course Contents
3FL99300AAAA GSM Introduction – 1,5hs
This course introduces students to the developmental history and evolution of GSM 2G technology. This non-technical course summarizes the historical challenge of uniting several disparate European markets under a single digital wireless telecommunications standard
3FL99301AAAA GSM Network Aspects – 1,5hs
This course takes students into the inner workings of a typical GSM network infrastructure, introducing the network elements (switch, HLR, VLR,
Authentication Center, etc.), topology, and signaling protocols used within that network.
3FL99277AAAA Intro to GPRS: Data over GSM – 1,5hs
This course introduces students to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), the wireless packet data technology offered by GSM networks. Theories, channel allocations, data rates, authentication protocols, tunneling, roaming and control details used by GPRS.
3FL99302AAAA GSM Traffic Channel - 1,75hs
This course takes a step-by-step approach to exploring the GSM traffic channel.
The course explains how the air interface between the mobile station and the base transceiver station, processes users voices before transmitting
3FL99303AAAA GSM Logical/Physical Channels – 2hs
The GSM standard models its communication paths as logical channel and physical channels. Defined by an expressed purpose and information carried, a logical channel may contain a user's voice, data, or a particular type of control channel.
In practice, a physical channel is a time slot on a frequency channel on the air interface. This course defines the channels, and maps the logical channels onto the physical channels.
3FL99304AAAA GSM System Capacity – 1h
This course explores the capacity of a GSM network. Comparisons are made to older, analog systems and other 2G systems. This course also offers a detailed discussion on interference reduction methods used in GSM.
Course Number & Title TMO18356 - BSS B12 GSM & E-GPRS Overview Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 6 N/A
Theory/Practical N/A N/A N/A
Maximum Participants N/A N/A N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel performing technical or non-technical tasks involving 2G networks. For example : Managers, Radio Engineers, BSS Engineers, Tendering Teams, Sales Teams, Marketing Teams, R&D Teams.
Objectives During the course, the participant will acquire a general knowledge of the GSM (2G) and E-GPRS (2.5G), also known as EDGE & GPRS.
Pre-requisites Understanding of wireless systems
Course Contents
- Locate specification documents on internet - Services and characteristics of GSM and E-GPRS - 2G architecture with its interfaces
- Main characteristics of the radio interface Timeslots, TDMA frames, frequencies - Basic procedures in GSM and in E-GPRS Handover & Reselection
Power Control Call Setup
GPRS Attach and PDP Context Activation
Course Number & Title TMO60021 BSS B12 GERAN Solution Description Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 12 N/A
Theory/Practical Theory Theory Theory
Maximum Participants N/A 12 N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel in charge of maintaining and operating the Alcatel-Lucent GSM network.
Objectives
By the end of the course, the participant will be able to describe:
the Base Station Subsystem
the Alcatel-Lucent 9130 BSC Evolution
the Alcatel-Lucent 9125 Compact Transcoder
the Alcatel-Lucent 9100 BTS and 9110-E µBTS
the Alcatel-Lucent 9130 MFS Evolution
the BSS transmission interfaces
the network operation and maintenance functions
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of GSM:
- Training module 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM or TMO18356 BSS B12 GSM
& E-GPRS Overview
Course Contents
Section 1: BSS B12 GERAN Solution Description
1- Base Station Subsystem introduction 2- Base Station Controller description 3- Transcoder description
4- Base Transceiver Station description 5- MFS description
6- BSS interface description
7- Operation & Maintenance principles Section 2: Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
Course Number & Title TMO60027 9100 BTS B12 Description & Maintenance Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 18 N/A
Theory/Practical N/A Theory/Practical N/A
Maximum Participants N/A 8 N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Customer personnel in charge of operating ALU BSS network
Objectives
By the end of the course, the participant will be able to:
- identify the role and situation of the Alcatel 9100 BTS, - identify its functional subsets,
- identify its hardware modules,
- identify its possible hardware configurations.
- identify the main functions of the BTS Terminal, - handle the Security Blocks (SBL),
- manage the alarms and handle the measurement menus, - update the internal data (Remote Inventory),
- configure the transmission parameters,
- change a replaceable Item (RIT) using the task procedures and analyse the defence reactions.
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of GSM:
- Training module 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM or TMO18356 BSS B12 GSM
& E-GPRS Overview
- Training module TMO60021 BSS GERAN Solution Description
Course Contents
MODULE 01 - BTS General Introduction Introduction
Macro BTS Functional Architecture
Macro BTS Hardware Architecture, including all type of TRxs (except MC-TRX) Special cell options
Macro BTS Configurations
MODULE 02 – Macro BTS MAINTENANCE BSS Customer Documentation
Hardware Identification 9100 BTS Connection
9100 BTS NEM and SBL concept Exercises: Corrective Maintenance Annex - Preventive Maintenance
MODULE 03 - MC-TRX DESCRIPTION & MAINTENANCE MC-TRX Description
Summary & Exercises
Replace a Single TRX by an MC-TRX
Extend the BTS Capacity by Modifying the MC-TRX Configuration MODULE 04 - MC-RRH/SUMX-19” DESCRIPTION & MAINTENANCE MC-RRH Description
Summary & Exercises Comfigure a distributed BTS
Course Number & Title TMO18067 9130 BSC B12 Evolution Description & Maintenance Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 18 N/A
Theory/Practical N/A Theory/Practical N/A
Maximum Participants N/A 8 N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel in charge of supervising and maintaining the Alcatel-Lucent 9130 BSC Evolution
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Locate and define the rule of the 9130 BSC Evolution in the GSM network - Describe the functions implemented in the 9130 BSC Evolution
- Describe the hardware architecture of the 9130 BSC Evolution - Describe the software architecture of the 9130 BSC Evolution - Describe the IP architecture of the 9130 BSC Evolution
- Describe the defense mechanism of the 9130 BSC Evolution in case of hardware or software failure
- Describe the configuration and the capacity of the 9130 BSC Evolution.
- Identify the board location - Read the Leds status
- Describe the 9130 BSC connection - Understand the SBL concept - Install the BSC terminal - Check the board status
- Launch O&M commands (reset/restart/lock, etc.) on the BSC board - Check the BSC process
- Establish a BSC connection (ftp/sftp/ssh/telnet) - Perform corrective maintenance
- Describe the benefits of the STM1 in the BSS ( 9125 TC and 9130 BSC sides) - List the new equipments for the introduction of the STM1 in the BSS - Identify the new SBL and STM1 Alarms
- Identify the steps for the activation of the STM1 in the BSS - Activate, Operate & Maintain the STM1 feature
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of GSM:
- Training module 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM or TMO18356 BSS B12 GSM
& E-GPRS Overview
- Training module TMO60021 BSS GERAN Solution Description
Course Contents
MODULE 01 - DESCRIPTION - 9130 BSC Logical Description - 9130 BSC Functional Description - 9130 BSC Hardware Description - Internal IP Architecture - Defense Mechanisms - Configurations & Capacity - BSC Terminal
- STM1 Description
MODULE 02 - MAINTENANCE - BSS Customer Documentation - Hardware Identification
- 9130 BSC Connection and Process Check - BSC Terminal and SBL Concept
Course Number & Title TMO18069 9130 MFS B12 Evolution Description & Maintenance Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 12 N/A
Theory/Practical N/A Theory/Practical N/A
Maximum Participants N/A 8 N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel in charge of supervising and maintaining the Alcatel-Lucent 9130 MFS Evolution.
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Locate and justify the equipment in the Alcatel-Lucent GPRS network
• Describe the Telecom functions of the equipment
• Describe the hardware organization
• Describe the software organization
• Describe the SW and HW cooperation for defense mechanisms
• Discover the Man to Machine Interface possibilities useful for equipment maintenance and supervision.
• Identify the 9130 MFS hardware and cabling;
• Supervise the 9130 MFS hardware elements using the Installation and Maintenance Terminal (IMT);
• Identify and check the 9130 MFS Ethernet architecture;
• Apply corrective maintenance tasks to the 9130 MFS RITs;
• Apply a backup/restore procedure to the 9130 MFS;
• Apply preventive maintenance tasks to the 9130 MFS.
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of GSM:
- Training module 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM or TMO18356 BSS B12 GSM
& E-GPRS Overview
- Training module TMO60021 BSS GERAN Solution Description
Course Contents
MODULE 01 - DESCRIPTION 1 9130 MFS Evolution Introduction
2 9130 MFS Evolution Telecom Function Description - PCU Functions
- Gb Interface Management
3 9130 MFS Evolution Hardware Description - An Architecture Based on the MX Platform
- General View of the 9130 MFS Evolution Hardware Architecture - Hardware Description of ATCA Modules & LIU Modules
- Power Distribution Unit Cabling 4 9130 MFS Evolution Performance
- 9130 MFS Evolution Standalone Configuration - 9130 MFS Evolution Rack-Shared Configuration
- Capacity: MFS Capacities in Terms of Board & Basic Engineering Rules - Capacity: Synchronization Modes & Configurations
- Capacity: Autonomous & Centralized Synchronization 5 9130 MFS Evolution IP Architecture
- 9130 MFS Evolution IP Architecture Presentation
- Internal & External IP Addresses in the 9130 MFS Evolution 6 9130 MFS Evolution Software Description
- MFS O&M Application - O&M Agents
- Installation and Maintenance Terminal 7 9130 MFS Evolution Defense Mechanism - Software Supervision
- Hardware Redundancy: Redundancy Scheme MODULE 02 - MAINTENANCE
1 BSS Customer Documentation - Description
- Main leds, GPU leds, SSW leds
2 Ethernet Architecture and IP Addressing - Internal Network Concept
- Cabling and IP Addressing Synthesis 3 Connection to the MFS
- How to connect to the MFS
- Configure the PC, Connect the PC to the MFS - Using TELNET
4 MFS Management - IMT Menu Bar Description
- Site View, Physical View, Sub-BSS View - Alarm Lists & Detail for a Particular Alarm - A GP Does not Process the Same E1s all the Time 5 Backup/Restore
- Difference between System and Data Backup - Data Backup/Restore & System Backup/Restore 6 Corrective Maintenance
- Front RITs
Course Number & Title TMO60025 9125 TC B12 Description & Maintenance Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 6 N/A
Theory/Practical N/A Theory/Practical N/A
Maximum Participants N/A 8 N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience O&M Personnel in charge of operating the 9125 TC (Transcoder).
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Situate the Evolium Transcoder in the PLMN - Describe the Functional Architecture of the 9125 TC - Describe the Hardware Architecture of the 9125 TC - Describe the Transmission Interfaces
- Use the Customer Documentation - Identify the TC Hardware
- Connect the TC using the TC NEM Application - Use the TC Nem in order to:
- Check the TC Configuration - Manage Alarms
- Perform the corrective maintenance Tasks using the GCD Documentation - Describe the benefits of the STM1 in the BSS (including both 9125 TC and 9130 BSC sides)
- List the new equipments for the introduction of the STM1 in the BSS - Identify the new SBL and STM1 Alarms
- Identify the steps for the activation of the STM1 in the BSS - Activate the STM1 feature
- Operate & Maintain the STM1 feature
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of GSM:
- Training module 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM or TMO18356 BSS B12 GSM
& E-GPRS Overview
- Training module TMO60021 BSS GERAN Solution Description
Course Contents
MODULE 01 - DESCRIPTION 1 Transcoder Situation in the PLMN - Transcoder Situation
- Transcoder Telecom & OAM Functions - Network Design for 9125 TC
2 Transcoder Functional Architecture 3 Transcoder Hardware Architecture - Rack presentation
- MT120 board, STM1 option, TCIF board - Power Supply, Rack Cabling
4 Transmission Interfaces - Cluster Definition - Transmission Mapping - STM1 option
MODULE 02 - MAINTENANCE 1 BSS Customer Documentation
- Documentation Overview & GCD Documentation
- Main Maintenance guide, Documentation Access and Navigation 2 Hardware TC identification
- TC shelf Identification - TC boards Identification - Leds Status Meaning 3 9125 TC NEM application
- Physical connection on MT120 board and TCIF board - Opening the TC NEM & Connections settings - Cluster concept
4 Managing the MT120 board
- Alarms management & MT120 board Configuration 5 Corrective Maintenance
- MT120 / TCIF / FAN board Replacement MODULE 03 - STM1 ACTIVATION
1 Introduction
- Architecture
- STM1 in the BSS, Advantages of the SDH & BSS network architecture with SDH - STM1 Frame
2 STM1 in the 9125 TC
- STM-1 Introduction for the A9125 TC
- A9125 STM-1 TC Housing and Cabling, JSTCIF Rack Description - STM-1 Module Presentation & Engineering Rules
- STM-1 Configuration Operating Mode
- TC Remote O&M Features & O&M Impacts : SBL and STM1 Alarms 3 Activation of the STM1 in the BSS
- Configure the STM1 for the 9125 TC
Course Number & Title TMO60033 9153 OMC-R BSS B12 Description Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 6 6
Theory/Practical N/A Theory Theory
Maximum Participants N/A 12 12
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel in charge of operating the BSS via the Alcatel-Lucent 1353 RA OMC-R.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Describe the architecture of the 9153 OMC-R and its external interfaces Describe the Human-Machine Interface navigation
Describe the OMC-R Fault Management
Describe the OMC-R Configuration Management Describe the OMC-R Performance Management Describe the OMC-R Administration
Describe the Generic Customer Documentation
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of GSM:
- Training module 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM or TMO18356 BSS B12 GSM
& E-GPRS Overview
- Training module TMO60021 BSS GERAN Solution Description
Course Contents
1 9153 OMC-R overview
- OMC-R architecture and Hardware configurations - OMC-R external interfaces
- BSS/OMC-R interconnection - Software description 2 9153 OMC-R HMI navigation - Principles of navigation - Radio Network management - BSS and MFS management - Interfaces
3 Fault management - Fault management process - Current Alarm List (CAL) - Historical Alarm List (HAL) - Managed objects
4 Configuration management - Logical configuration
- The Supervised Configuration (SC)
- The Provisioning Radio Configuration (PRC) - The Massive Logical Update (MLU)
- Database synchronization -Hardware configuration - BTS hardware auto-detection - Autonomous resource allocation - Online BSS extension/reduction - Software configuration 5 Performance management - Overview
- Network Performance Optimization (NPO) - Permanent Measurement Campaign (PMC) - On-Demand Measurement Campaign (ODMC) - Counter types
6 Administration - Overview
- Users & rights administration - OMC-R administration
7 Generic Customer Documentation (GCD) - GCD description
- Document access and navigation
Course Number & Title TMO60034 9153 OMC-R BSS B12 Supervision Training Method
Standard Duration N/A 18 N/A
Theory/Practical N/A Practical N/A
Maximum Participants N/A 8 N/A
Teaching Languages English
Audience Personnel in charge of the BSS Supervision.
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
understand the general O&M principles
Understand the SBLs and the Managed Object states Identify the hardware and functional structure of a BSS Check the topology of a BSS
Handle the BSS files Check the BSS software
Handle measurement campaigns Check the telecom resources Check the configuration of the MFSs
Check the logical parameters of the BSCs and of the cells Manage the current and historical alarms
Configure the alarms
Pre-requisites
- Training module 3FL99299AAAA - Understanding GSM or TMO18356 BSS B12 GSM
& E-GPRS Overview
- Training module TMO60021 BSS GERAN Solution Description - Training module TMO60033 9153 OMC-R Description
Course Contents
1 Introduction
- Operation & maintenance principles - Operation & maintenance sub-system - Fault management processing
- SBL and RIT definition (internal BSC/BTS view) - SBL states
- Managed object definition (OMC view) - Managed object states
- SBL and managed object state mapping - Connection to the OMC-R
- Iconbox
- Generic customer documentation 2 BSS supervision
- BSSUSM main window - BSC, BTS, TC supervision - Alarm reporting on the abis - File and software management - Hardware/functions relationship - Navigation from the BTS to the abis - Navigation from the sector to the cell - Permanent Measurement Campaign (PMC) - On-Demand Measurement Campaign (ODMC) - Usage State on Demand (USD)
- USD cell overview - USD A interface 3 MFS supervision
- MFSUSM – Ater supervision, configuration, navigation - MFSUSM – Gb supervision
- Gb, links configuration - IMT site view, front view
4 Radio network supervision - RNUSM icon
- RNUSM main window
- RNUSM main window