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Introduction to LTE-Advanced
With features such as carrier aggregation and 8x8 MIMO in the downlink, LTE-Advanced meets the ITU requirements for IMT-Advanced in terms of peak data rates. However, the main concern remains capacity and LTE-Advanced provides a number of solutions to deal with the explosion of data traffic. This webinar will present a technical introduction to some of the functionalities that come with LTE Release 10, as well as an overview of Release 11 and Release 12. Careful network planning and optimization is critical and best practices will be discussed in order to adapt to the new requirements of LTE-Advanced.

4 June 2013
11:00 am New York, 8:00 am San Francisco, 5:00 pm Paris, 11:00 pm Shanghai
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Using Mentum Fusion to Integrate Third-Party Data Sources with Mentum Planet
Several benefits are realized by planning teams that integrate external data with their Mentum Planet projects, such as: having the network configuration from an external data source, using site candidate locations and activation dates from an inventory system and seeing project priorities and responsibilities that are translated from project management data. However, these benefits are often significantly reduced or bypassed because of either the overhead of manual data integration or the delays and  complications associated with scripted and/or programmed processes.  Having an effective integration and distribution strategy for Mentum Planet project data can yield several advantages, such as the ability to: quickly integrate and leverage beneficial external data sources, easily leverage geospatial region and point data stored in maps or a database and make additional data available to engineers without interfering in their work. This webinar will demonstrate how to achieve this by using the data integration platform and new capabilities in Mentum Fusion 1.11 along with Mentum Planet and the Data Manager.

11 June 2013
11:00 am New York, 8:00 am San Francisco, 5:00 pm Paris, 11:00 pm Shanghai
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eICIC and Its Importance for LTE Small Cell Deployment
Small cells are increasingly becoming the leading solution to the growing capacity crunch in cellular networks. However, in many cases, regions of high traffic demand require the deployment of small cells within strong macro cell coverage. This effectively requires enhanced inter-cell interference (eICIC) mechanisms to properly handle the interference between the macro and the small cell layers. As the range of small cells is extended to offload traffic from a macro cell, the range extension region becomes highly vulnerable to high macro cell interference in co-channel deployments and in the absence of eICIC. This webinar will address the techniques and challenges of eICIC in LTE networks, and the importance of properly planning eICIC in heterogeneous networks. Almost blank Subframes (ABS) and Cross Carrier Scheduling will be discussed. The anticipated network capacity gains under eICIC will be discussed as well.

19 June 2013
11:00 am New York, 8:00 am San Francisco, 5:00 pm Paris, 11:00 pm Shanghai
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Prerecorded Webinars

 

With the emergence of small cells and the increasing amount of indoor traffic, the need for 3D modeling in radio network planning tools is becoming critical. The Metro Network Design Package (MNDP) in Mentum Planet has been designed with that in mind. The MNDP in Mentum Planet 5.6 offers a propagation model called "Planet 3D Model" (a.k.a. "P3M"), specifically designed for small cells, 3D propagation, and urban modeling in general. The Metro Designer, also part of the Metro Network Design Package, offers a 3D visualization of the network, including building data, analysis layers, traffic maps, as well as cell sites. It hence allows users to have a full understanding of the coverage, quality, and capacity of cellular networks, for any Radio Access Technology supported in Mentum Planet.

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What's new in Mentum Planet 5.6
Discover the latest release of Mentum Planet, which introduces support for LTE-Advanced functionality such as eICIC and cross-carrier scheduling; both of which are important features in the context of heterogeneous networks. Mentum Planet 5.6 also includes an Automatic Frequency Planning tool for Wi-Fi, support for LTE MBSFN, 3D network analyses, and many other new features.
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Using Planet for Optimal Small Cell Placement
Mobile Network Operators are looking at multiple solutions for coping with ever-growing traffic demand. The use of "small cells" is one solution that many operators are considering moving forward, to increase the capacity of their networks. Mentum Planet is the perfect radio planning tool to find the ideal hotspot locations, and to dimension the number of small cells that are needed. Among other functionalities in Mentum Planet, the Automatic Site Placement and Automatic Cell Planning tools are very powerful and scalable features that users can leverage for automatic dimensioning and placement of small cells.
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Assuring LTE Services with a Next-Gen Backhaul Performance Analysis Framework

The move from 2G to 3G was fairly straightforward for mobile network operators (MNOs) when compared to what they are facing in the transition to 4G/LTE. The all-IP nature of Long Term Evolution means that complex architectural changes must be implemented and assured across the whole mobile infrastructure, - from the core, all the way to the transport and access networks,.  To cope with the forthcoming challenges, MNOs must restructure how they operate, monitor network performance and ensure service quality. This presentation will discuss how a unified service performance assurance framework for LTE and backhaul networks can help meet service quality expectations and operational excellence objectives.
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Introducing Mentum Fusion 1.10
The latest release of Mentum Fusion, with its best-in-class ETL platform and support for multiple technologies including LTE FDD and LTE TDD, is unmatched when it comes to automated predictive analysis and reporting of network coverage, capacity, and quality. Learn about the latest features and improvements.

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Bringing Science to the Art of Backbone Capacity Planning - A Flow and Analytics Based Approach
New services, plans and devices are being launched daily, and subscribers are taking full advantage of every available byte of capacity. To accommodate this unprecedented growth, communications service providers (CSPs) are being forced to make major investments to upgrade their networks without any guarantee of a return. During InfoVista's webinar, attendees can learn how CSP backbone capacity planners and network architects alleviate pressure on their infrastructure by leveraging a flow-based capacity planning methodology. This innovative process improves the depth and accuracy of data available and allows for informed decisions on when and how CAPEX outlays should be made.

Presentando a Mentum Ellipse 8.2
Mentum Ellipse 8.2 es la última versión de la solución para planificación de backhaul inalámbrico de Mentum. Aprenda sobre sus nuevas funcionalidades, las cuales incluyen: un nuevo módulo de planificación punto-multipunto, un visualizador de la red de transporte que despliega todas las conexiones de enlace por circuito en una forma lógica, cálculos de refracción, exportación de la red a MapInfo, planificación de circuitos y mucho más.
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Introducing Mentum Ellipse 8.2
Mentum Ellipse 8.2 is the latest release of Mentum's next-generation wireless backhaul planning solution. Learn about the new features and functionality in the latest release including: a new point-to-multipoint module, transport viewer that displays all link connections per circuit in a logical way, refraction calculation, network export to MapInfo, circuit forecast capacity and many more new features.
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Automatic Network Planning with Mentum Planet
Learn about Mentum Planet's Automatic and Interactive Cell Planning (ACP/ICP) tools along with best practices to optimize networks in an efficient an optimal manner. Mentum Planet's ACP and ICP support all major Radio Access Network technologies including LTE, UMTS, GSM, Cdma2000 and WiMAX.
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Designing Wi-Fi Networks with Mentum Planet
Learn how to design Wi-Fi networks with Mentum Planet including initial dimensioning, Wi-Fi hotspot selection, network analysis and optimization and cellular network traffic off-loading. Mentum Planet is the ideal radio planning tool for optimal design of Wi-Fi systems.
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What's New in Mentum Planet 5.5?
Discover Mentum Planet's latest release, which introduces many capabilities including a Wi-Fi technology module, Heterogeneous Network features, an Interactive Cell Planning tool, automatic PRACH root sequences for LTE, as well as a "City Designer" tool for 3D visualization of predictions, analyses and traffic.
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LTE Heterogeneous Networks & Carrier WiFi: What is the opportunity?
WiFi is becoming a key concern for network engineers as more and more wireless carriers are considering it as a cost effective solution for tackling skyrocketing consumer data demand (and cable operators wishing to expand their fixed broadband market appeal). While attractive for its simplicity and wide adoption in user equipment today, WiFi, nevertheless, is no silver bullet in terms of the fundamentals of telecommunications. Like other systems, it is not interference-immune and its capacity has limits. The evolution of the standard offers promises, but user equipment is years from being able to leverage that evolution. This webinar will address the design challenges of a carrier WiFi network and assess its potential as a data offloading solution for existing 3G networks.
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Modeling Heterogeneous Networks in Mentum Planet
As traffic demand continues to rise, along with the expectations of mobile consumers, the introduction of heterogeneous networks represents an attractive solution for meeting capacity and performance goals. Learn about how Mentum Planet can help model and plan Heterogeneous Networks.
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