Certified Cellular Technology Analyst

Certified Cellular Technology Analyst

Instructor: Dr. Ivica Kostanic, Dr. Josko Zec, Andrew Garrett, David Burgess
Location: Melbourne, FL
Length of course: 3 Days
CCTA cost: $2,500

Detailed syllabus

Objective: Provide overview of 4G and 5G cellular systems.
Covered topics:
⦁ Fundamental cellular concepts
⦁ Elements of cellular network
⦁ Radio access
⦁ Major cellular procedures
⦁ Elements of cellular network engineering

⦁ Fundamentals of 4G
⦁ Major procedures in 4G
Locating 4G mobiles
Fundamentals of 5G
Major procedures in 5G
Locating 5G mobiles

Objective: To provide an understanding of the various data sources that can be used to
estimate cellular coverage or the location of the user equipment.
Covered topics:
-Various ways of locating mobile phones
⦁ Cell level
⦁ OSS based predictions
⦁ A-GPS
⦁ GPS
Data sources (MNO Methods are not covered in this course – See CCTE for methodology)
⦁ Crowdsourced
⦁ NDCAC / CALEA
⦁ Call Detail Records
⦁ NELOS records
⦁ PCMD record
⦁ Truecall
⦁ RTT – Real Time Tool

Objective: Provide methods for estimating cellular coverage using Call Detail Records and Cell Site Records. (This course does not cover estimates using NELOS, PCMD, RTT or TrueCall)
Covered topics:
-Estimating Cellular coverage using various data sources using software tools

⦁ Crowdsourced
⦁ NDCAC / CALEA
⦁ Call Detail Records
⦁ NELOS records
⦁ PCMD record
⦁ Truecall
⦁ RTT – Real Time Tool

-Legal Workshop

⦁ Critical Analysis of prior testimony
⦁ MNO Document Discovery
⦁ History – How the courts came to accept bad theories?
⦁ Educating the court
⦁ Estimation Demonstrations – (Case Studies)

Certification

Students will be tested after each day of classes. A certificate of successful completion will be issued to students that successfully pass all the tests.