Understanding Mobile Backhaul

The mobile environment is evolving rapidly with ever increasing demands for greater bandwidth and guaranteed service delivery for multimedia applications. Mobile Operators have the responsibility of evolving the Radio Access Network infrastructure as well as the Core network itself. Early deployments of 3GPP technologies used legacy transport technology to connect base station equipment to network controllers. The industry is rapidly moving to all-IP packet-based networks. Considerable cost savings can be achieved by migrating to Packet-based Mobile Backhaul, and some Mobile Operators are looking to outsource the Mobile Backhaul to other Operators.

This course provides a high-level appreciation of the mobile environment, the principles and concepts of Mobile Backhaul, mobile network architectures and technologies, and introduces the need for change in mobile backhaul. The technology options and requirements for migration to packet-based networks and the transport technologies that are available for backhaul transport are discussed in a simple to understand manner. Key areas of interest to the Players of the mobile environment such as how is Synchronisation achieved, how Resilience can be supported, how is Quality of Service supported and maintained, and how secure is the infrastructure are examined at a suitable level for the target audience. The role of Carrier Ethernet Services within the mobile backhaul environment and the relevant MEF Implementation Agreements (MEF 22.1 & MEF 23.1) are discussed. The course concludes with a study of MBH solution alternatives to put everything into perspective and to highlight business opportunities within Mobile Backhaul.

Who should attend?

Sales Executives, Technical Sales Executives, and Product Managers working within Carrier Ethernet/Mobile Backhaul Service Provision, and anyone working within the mobile industry requiring a high-level knowledge of Mobile Backhaul, its issues and opportunities, and the role of Carrier Ethernet within mobile backhaul.