End-to-End Mobile Networks: from the Handset to the Core
Connect the pieces of a mobile network into one picture.
About this course
Connect the pieces of a mobile network into one picture. You will follow traffic from the handset through the radio network, transmission and backhaul into the core and out to the internet, and learn how the parts work together when things go right and when they fail.
What you'll learn
- Describe each segment of a mobile network and its role.
- Follow a data session end to end.
- Explain how radio, transmission and core interact.
- Trace typical faults across network segments.
Curriculum
- Network segments and interfaces
- Generations side by side
- Base stations and controllers
- Radio resource basics
- Microwave, fibre and IP backhaul
- Synchronisation
- Core functions
- Internet and service platforms
- Following a fault across segments
- Case exercises
Who it's for
Engineers who know one part of the network (radio, transmission or core) and want the full end-to-end view.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
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