5G Technology Fundamentals (Ohio T&M)
Credit: 2 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: John Liu, P.E.
In 5G Technology Fundamentals, you'll learn ...
- Brief overview of the evolution of wireless technology
- Challenges to overcome in order to achieve 5G standards
- 5G performance benchmarks (“5G Triangle”)
- Examples of potential 5G use cases
Overview
To meet the Ohio Board's intent that online courses be "paced" by the provider, a timer will be used to record your study time. You will be unable to access the quiz until the required study time of 100 minutes has been met.
Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 20 pages
5G has arrived! In this exciting launch into the next decade of cellular technology, 5G is revolutionizing the modern way of life. Whether you are a wireless industry expert or data consumer, 5G technology devices are everywhere, and you may even own one as we speak. Today’s advancements in 5G leverages many improvements on bandwidth efficiency, power efficiency (battery life), network capacity, lower latency, reduction of multipath effects, and other technological advances that ultimately enable mobile users as well as the Internet of Things (IoT) to be ubiquitously connected to the internet. As the world becomes increasingly data-hungry Cisco Systems estimates global data usage to be in the billions of gigabytes every month! Have you ever considered what makes this possible? Or have you pondered to yourself where all of the wireless bandwidth could possibly come from? This engineering online PDH course will be an exploration of the fundamentals of technological advancements and improvements that make the deployment of 5G possible.
This course is intended for civil, electrical, and mechanical engineers, as well as project managers in construction, who are interested in grasping a fundamental understanding of 5G technologies that can help us not only improve quality of life but also usher into the endless possibilities that this generation of 5G can bring.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Brief overview of the evolution of wireless technology
- Challenges to overcome in order to achieve 5G standards
- 5G performance benchmarks (“5G Triangle”)
- Examples of potential 5G use cases
- Achieving 5G performance by addressing two questions:
- Where can we get more spectrum?
- How can we better utilize the existing spectrum?
- Millimeter-wave (mmWave) for expanding bandwidth capacity
- Network congestion in existing spectrums
- Propagation vulnerabilities
- Attenuation trade-offs
- Antenna size compensating for signal loss
- MIMO technology multiplying radio signals
- Overcoming small-scale propagation effects (multipath fading)
- Antenna diversity
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 11 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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