RF & Wireless Fundamentals

5-day training event
6100-3010

This intensive 5-day program builds a solid foundation in radio frequency (RF) theory and wireless network fundamentals for engineers, technicians, and IT professionals entering or advancing in the wireless field.

Participants will learn core RF concepts — propagation, antennas, link budgets, modulation, and spectrum management — alongside practical, hands-on exposure to real-world wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, cellular, and fixed wireless systems.

By the end of the course, attendees will have the technical knowledge and confidence to plan, design, and troubleshoot wireless networks, setting the stage for more advanced, technology-specific training.

Course Outlines

Basic Radio and RF Concepts

• RF Energy

• RF Generation, Transmission, and Reception

• Oscillators and Power Amplifiers

• dB and dBm power conversions

• Digital Modulation of RF Signals

• Amplitude, Frequency Modulation, QAM & QPSK

• Filtering

• Equalizers

• Multiple Access Techniques

• TDMA, FDMA, CDMA

• OFDM, W-OFDM, SOFDMA

• Duplexing, TDD vs. FDD

• Channel Coding

• Spread-Spectrum Modulation

RF Propagation Principles

• Path / Propagation Losses

• Fading

• Fade Margin and Fresnel Zone

• Link Budgets

• Receiver Sensitivity

• Noise Figure

• Guard Band

• BER vs. Noise

• Link Budget and High-Level System Design

• Sample Link Budget Calculations

Antennas

• Antennas Basics

• Effective Radiated Power (ERP)

• Directivity and Gain Antenna Types

• Antenna Radiation Patterns

• Polarization

• Diversity Antenna Systems

• MIMO Antenna Systems

System Planning

• Wireless Topologies: PTP and PMP

• LOS, NrLOS, NLOS

• Licensed & Unlicensed Frequency Bands

• Frequency Planning

• Frequency Reuse

• RF Site Survey

• RF Site Survey Tool