Cellular Academy Training
Certified Cellular Technology Expert
Certified Cellular Technology Expert
Instructor: Andrew Garrett, David Burgess
Location: TBA
Length of course: 5 days
CCTE Cost: $4,000
Detailed syllabus
Objective: Provide overview of cellular systems and 4G
Covered topics:
⦁ Fundamental cellular concepts
⦁ Standardization
⦁ Elements of cellular network
⦁ Radio access
⦁ Major cellular procedures
⦁ Elements of cellular network engineering
⦁ Link budget and coverage estimation
⦁ Fundamentals of 4G LTE
⦁ LTE air interface
⦁ LTE Technical details
⦁ Voice in LTE
⦁ Locating LTE mobiles
Objective: Provide overview of 5G (NR) and dissect various data sources
available to investigators
Covered topics:
⦁ 5G air interface
⦁ 5G technical details
⦁ 5G cell trace measurements
⦁ Locating 5G mobiles
⦁ Millimeter waves in 5G
Covered topics:
-RF engineering
⦁ Building penetration losses
⦁ Vehicle penetration losses
⦁ Link budget and coverage estimation
⦁ Effects of down tilt, frequency, clutter, etc. on coverage
-Analysis of Data Sources
⦁ Antenna types and spec sheets
⦁ Crowdsourced
⦁ NDCAC / CALEA
⦁ Call Detail Records
⦁ NELOS records
⦁ PCMD record
⦁ Truecall
⦁ RTT – Real Time Tool
⦁ Drive Test Data
using multiple data sources including Call Detail Records and understand how
the network predicts location.
⦁ OSS based predictions
⦁ A-GPS
⦁ GPS
-Estimating cellular coverage using various data sources using software
⦁ Crowdsourced
⦁ NDCAC / CALEA
⦁ Call Detail Records
⦁ NELOS records
⦁ PCMD record
⦁ Truecall
⦁ RTT – Real Time Tool
-Legal Workshop
⦁ Critical Analysis of prior testimony
⦁ Document Discovery (Who has the data?)
⦁ History – How the courts came to accept bad theories?
⦁ Educating the court
⦁ Estimation Demonstrations – (Case Studies)