Course Length: 2 Days
Prerequisites:
A fundamental understanding of telecommunications transmission principles will be useful for students taking
this course.
Course Objectives:
The course covers majors areas of importance including, analog or digital traffic, specific microwave equipment (customized to customer network), antennas and propagation, the microwave link and budget, recent FCC and OSHA safety regulations. This course can be conducted with or without equipment and can be
customized to meet specific needs.
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Course Outline:
Introduction to Microwave
- Why Microwave
- Radio Vs Fiber Vs Cable
- Bandwidth Defined
- Attenuation and Noise
- Radio Regulation
Baseband and Interfaces
- Types of Traffic
- T1 Applications
- DS3 or SONET Interfaces
Understanding Microwave Equipment
- Microwave Transmitters
- Digital Modulation
- Microwave Receivers
- Microwave Alarms
Microwave Propagation
- Maxwell & Waves
- Wave Attenuation
- Free Space Loss & Absorption
- Ducting & Fades
- Reflections & Multi-Paths
- Fresnel Zone Clearance
Microwave Antenna Systems
- Antenna Gain & Bandwidth
- Directivity & Beam Width
- Antenna Types & Connectors
- Waveguide and Coax
- Antenna Testing
The Link Budget and System Evaluation
- Link Budget
- System Gain and Loss
- FCC & OSHA RF Safety