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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Communication History | |
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| Cellular | |
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| PCS | |
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| WLL | |
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| LMDS | |
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| MMDS, MDS, ITFS | |
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| Cable Systems | |
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| WAP | |
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| Bluetooth | |
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| Wireless LAN (802.11) | |
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| VolP | |
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| Typical Central Office | |
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| Radio Engineering Topics | |
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| Electromagnetic Waves | |
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| Radio Systems | |
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| Transmitters | |
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| Transmitter System Building Blocks | |
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| Information Bandwidth | |
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| Modulation | |
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| Antennas | |
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| Filters | |
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| Receivers | |
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| Radio Performance Criteria | |
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| Sensitivity | |
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| Selectivity | |
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| Dynamic Range | |
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| Noise | |
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| 1-dB Compression | |
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| Third-Order Intercept | |
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| Desense | |
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| Propagation Model | |
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| Free Space | |
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| Hata | |
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| Cost231 Walfish/Ikegaml | |
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| Environmental Attenuation | |
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| Diffraction | |
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| Effective Radiated Power (ERP) | |
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| Link Budget | |
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| Path Clearance | |
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| Tower-Top Amplifiers | |
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| Intelligent Antennas | |
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| Wireless Mobile Radio Technologies | |
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| AMPS | |
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| AMPS Cell Site Configuration | |
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| AMPS Call Setup Scenarlos | |
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| Handoff | |
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| AMPS Spectrum Allocation | |
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| AMPS Frequency Reuse | |
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| AMPS Channel Band Plan | |
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| 2G Digital Wireless Systems | |
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| IS-136 and TDMA (D-AMPS) | |
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| Voice Channel Structure | |
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| Offset between Transmit and Receive | |
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| Speech Coding | |
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| Time Alignment | |
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| Control Channel | |
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| MAHO | |
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| Frequency Reuse | |
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| CDMA | |
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| IS-95 System Description | |
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| CDMA2000 | |
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| CDMA Radio Network | |
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| PDSN | |
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| CDMA Channel Allocation | |
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| Forward Channel | |
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| Reverse Channel | |
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| SR and RC | |
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| Power Control | |
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| Waish Codes | |
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| Call and Data Processing | |
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| CDMA Handoffs | |
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| Pilot Channel PN Assignment | |
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| GSM | |
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| GSM Air Interface | |
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| Types of Air Interface Channels | |
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| Air Interface Channel Structure | |
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| Location Update | |
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| Mobile-Originated Voice Call | |
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| Mobile-Terminated Voice Call | |
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| Handoff | |
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| Traffic Calculation Methods | |
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| GPRS | |
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| GPRS Services | |
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| GPRS User Devices | |
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| GPRS Air Interface | |
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| GPRS Control Channels | |
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| Packet Data Traffic Channels | |
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| GPRS Network Architecture | |
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| GPRS Network Nodes | |
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| GPRS Traffic Scenarios | |
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| GPRS Attach | |
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| Combined GPRS and GSM Attach | |
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| Establishing a PDP Context | |
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| Inter-SGSN Routing Area Update | |
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| Traffic Calculation and Network Dimensioning for GPRS | |
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| Air Interface Dimensioning | |
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| GPRS Network Node Dimensioning | |
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| IDEN | |
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| CDPD | |
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| RF Design Guidelines | |
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| RF Design Process | |
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| Cell Site Design | |
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| Search Area Request (SAR) | |
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| Site Qualification Test (SQT) | |
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| Site Acceptance (SA) | |
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| Site Rejection (SR) | |
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| FAA Guidelines | |
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| EMF Compliance | |
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| Planning and Zoning Board | |
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| Design Guidelines | |
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| Performance Criteria | |
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| AMPS | |
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| IS-136 | |
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| IS-95/CDMA2000 (1XRTT) | |
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| IDEN | |
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| GSM/GPRS | |
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| Link Budgets | |
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| Frequency Planning | |
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| Frequency Plan and Alteration Test Plans | |
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| System Radio Channel Expansion | |
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| Antenna Systems | |
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| Base Station Antennas | |
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| Diversity | |
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| Installation Issues | |
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| Wall Mounting | |
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| Antenna Installation Tolerances | |
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| Cross-Pole Antennas | |
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| Antenna Change or Alteration | |
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| Site Types | |
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| Reradiators | |
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| Inbuliding and Tunnel Systems | |
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| Antenna System | |
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| Inbuilding Application | |
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| Tunnel Applications | |
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| Planning | |
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| Isolation | |
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| Isolation Requirements | |
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| Calculating Needed Isolation | |
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| Isolation Requirements | |
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| Free Space | |
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| Antenna Patterns | |
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| Vertical Separation | |
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| Horizontal Separation | |
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| Slant Separation | |
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| Base Station Site Checklist | |
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| RF System Performance and Troubleshooting | |
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| Key Factors | |
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| Performance Analysis Methodology | |
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| Lost Calls | |
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| Access Failures | |
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| Radio Blocking (Congestion) | |
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| Technology-Specific Troubleshooting Guides | |
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| IS-136 | |
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| Lost Calls | |
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| Handoff Failures | |
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| All Servers Busy (ASB) | |
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| Insufficient Signal Strength (IS) | |
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| Static | |
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| iDEN | |
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| Lost Calls | |
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| Access Problems | |
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| CDMA | |
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| Lost Calls | |
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| Handoff Failures (Problems) | |
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| All Servers Busy | |
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| Access Problems | |
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| Packet Session Access | |
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| Packet Session Throughput Problems | |
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| GSM | |
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| Lost Calls | |
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| Handoff Failures | |
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| All Servers Busy | |
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| Insufficient Signal Strength | |
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| Packet Session Access | |
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| Packet Session Throughput | |
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| Retunes | |
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| Drive Testing | |
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| Site Activation | |
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| Site Investigations | |
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| New Sites | |
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| Existing Cell Sites | |
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| Orientation | |
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| Downtilting | |
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| Intermodulation | |
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| System Performance Action Plan | |
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| TIC Lists | |
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| Weekly Reports | |
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| Monthly Plan Format | |
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| Circuit Switch Performance Guidelines | |
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| Network Performance Measurement and Optimization | |
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| Switch CPU Loading | |
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| Switch Call-Processing Efficiency | |
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| Switch/Node Downtime (Service Outage) | |
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| Switch Service Circuit Loading | |
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| Switch/Node Total Erlangs and Calls Volume | |
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| Switch/Node Alarms | |
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| Switch Memory Settings and Utilization | |
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| Switch Timing Source Accuracy | |
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| Auxiliary Node Performances | |
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| Node Performance Summary | |
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| Network Link Performance Measurement and Optimization | |
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| Network Link Performance | |
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| Link Traffic Loading | |
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| Link Retransmissions | |
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| Link Errors | |
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| Link Changeovers | |
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| Link Active Time | |
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| Link Performance Summary | |
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| Network Routing Performance Monitoring and Management | |
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| Routing Efficiency (Voice and Data) | |
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| Network Routing Performance Summary | |
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| Network Software Performance | |
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| Network Performance (General Data) | |
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| Network Call Delivery Troubleshooting | |
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| Network Call Delivery Troubleshooting Procedures (Initial Steps) | |
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| Troubleshooting Procedures (First Level) | |
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| Troubleshooting Procedures (Second Level) | |
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| Troubleshooting Call Testing Procedures | |
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| Network Call Delivery Troubleshooting Summary | |
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| Network Call Delivery Troubleshooting Examples | |
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| Billing and Charging in a Wireless Network | |
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| Basic Billing Process | |
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| Billing Process Description | |
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| Billing Cycles and Billing Data Filtering | |
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| Call Detail Record Description | |
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| Call Detail Record Generation and Collection | |
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| Call Detail Record Back-Office Processing | |
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| Call Test Plan for Billing Verification | |
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| Billing Verification Methods | |
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| Nonbillable Billing Events | |
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| Revenue Assurance in a Wireless Network | |
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| Revenue Assurance Basics | |
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| Analysis and Reconciliation of Customer Databases within a Wireless System | |
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| Wireless Network Customer Database Types and Description | |
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| Customer Database Provisioning | |
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| Determining the Total Number of Subscribers in a System Customer Database | |
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| Postpaid and Prepaid Service Issues | |
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| Revenue Assurance Billing Verification | |
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| CDR Volume Benchmarks | |
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| Verification of Bill Contents | |
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| Comparison, Analysis, and Verification of System Usage and Performance Data | |
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| CDR and Switch Statistical Call Data Comparison | |
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| System Usage Data Applications | |
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| Summary | |
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| System Documentation and Reports | |
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| Reports | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Bouncing Congestion Hour Traffic Report (Node and Service) | |
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| RF Network Performance Report | |
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| Packet Switch Performance Report | |
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| Circuit Switch/Node Performance Report | |
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| Telephone Number Inventory Report | |
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| IP Number Inventory Report | |
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| Facility Usage Report | |
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| Facilities Interconnect Report (Data) | |
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| System Circuit Switch Traffic Forecast Report | |
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| Network Configuration Report | |
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| System Growth Status Report | |
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| Exception Report | |
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| Weekly and Regional Exception Report | |
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| Customer Care Report | |
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| System Status Bulletin Board | |
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| Project Status Report (Current and Pending) | |
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| System Software Report | |
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| Upper Management Report | |
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| Company Meetings | |
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| Network Briefings | |
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| Reporting Frequency | |
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| Network and RF Planning | |
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| Planning Process Flow | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Traffic Tables | |
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| System Expansion | |
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| New Wireless System Procedure | |
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| 2.5G or 3G Migration Design Procedure | |
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| Traffic Projections | |
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| Radio Voice Traffic Projections | |
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| IS-136 | |
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| CDMA | |
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| GSM/GPRS | |
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| Radio Data Traffic Projection | |
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| RF System Growth | |
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| Coverage Requirements | |
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| Capacity Cell Sites Required | |
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| RF Traffic Off-Loading | |
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| Fixed Network | |
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| Circuit Switch Growth | |
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| Switch Processor Capacity Study | |
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| Switch Port Capacity Study | |
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| Switch Subscriber Capacity Study | |
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| Network Interconnect Growth Study (Voice) | |
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| Network Interconnect Growth Study (Data) | |
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| PDSN | |
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| IP Addressing | |
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| Head Count Requirements | |
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| Budgeting | |
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| Final Report | |
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| Presentation | |
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| Organization and Training | |
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| Technical Organization's Structure | |
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| Technical Organization's Departments | |
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| Engineering Organization | |
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| Operations | |
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| Real Estate and Implementation | |
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| New Technology and Budget Directorates | |
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| Head Count Drivers | |
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| Hiring | |
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| Smart Outsourcing | |
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| Training | |
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| Erlang B Grade of Service | |
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| Erlang C Grade of Service | |
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| PCS 1900 GSM Channel Chart | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |