Objective: Provide overview of cellular systems and engineering concepts.
Covered topics:
–Fundamental concepts of cellular communication
⦁ Coverage
⦁ Frequency reuse
⦁ Handover
⦁ MAHO measurements
⦁ Neighbors
⦁ Roaming
–Elements of cellular architecture
⦁ User equipment
⦁ Radio access network
⦁ Core Network
-Fundamental network procedures
⦁ Network acquisition
⦁ Registration
⦁ Idle mode / reselection
⦁ Paging
⦁ Random access
⦁ Handover
-Basics of RF engineering
⦁ Antenna types and spec sheets
⦁ Building penetration losses
⦁ Vehicle penetration losses
⦁ Link budget and coverage estimation
⦁ Effects of down tilt, frequency, clutter, etc. on coverage
-Overview of 4G /5G

Objective: Provide fundamental overview of 4G and 5G cellular networks
Covered topics:
–Various way of locating mobile phones
⦁ Cell level
⦁ OSS based predictions
⦁ A-GPS
⦁ GPS
–Overview of Data sources
⦁ NELOS records
⦁ PCMD record
⦁ NDACA data
⦁ CDRs
⦁ Drive test data (interpolation)
⦁ Open-sourced data
–Demonstration – Estimations of cellular coverage

⦁ Critical Analysis of prior testimony
⦁ Cross Examination Questions
⦁ Challenging junk theories and estimations
⦁ Document Discovery (Who has the data?)
⦁ History – How the courts came to accept bad theories?
⦁ Educating the court
⦁ Cellular Estimation Demonstrations – (Case Studies)