UISP Broadband Wireless Admin

The UISP Broadband Wireless Admin course is a two-day, in-class training course that teaches the most important concepts in Outdoor Wireless Networking, with special emphasis on how to design, build, manage, and troubleshoot WISP networks. Course materials & lab activities teach with airOS-8 using airMAX AC equipment.

Course Outline

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    RF Theory

    • Frequency vs. Propagation
    • Unlicensed Bands
    • OFDM Spectral Masks
    • Licensed Frequencies
    • Decibels in RF Systems
    • Free Space Path Loss
    • EIRP
    • Line of Sight & Fresnel Zones
    • Link Power Budgets
    • Fade Margin

  • Radio Operation

    • Standard RF Circuit
    • Carrier Signals
    • Radio Sensitivity
    • Radio Selectivity
    • Signal, Noise & Interference
    • Chains, Data Rates & MIMO
    • Thermal Noise
    • Channel Flexing
    • airPrism Technology
    • Modulation, EVM & Data Rates

  • Antenna Theory

    • What is Gain?
    • Isotropic Radiators
    • Antenna Function
    • Gain, Efficiency & VSWR
    • Gain, Surface Area & Directivity
    • Polar Plots
    • MIMO, Polarization & XPD
    • Types of Antennas
    • Antenna Alignment
    • Downtilt, Lobes & Nulls

  • Ubiquiti Service Providers

    • TDMA & airMAX Protocol
    • 802.11, CSMA/CA & Indoor
    • Problem of Hidden Node
    • airMAX-AC, airOS-6 & -8
    • Traffic Shaping & Burst
    • Scalability vs. Performance
    • Security & VLANs
    • airFiber Technology & Protocols
    • airOS Tools & Redudancy
    • Bridged vs. Routed ISP