5G Technology Fundamentals (Ohio Timed & Monitored)

In 5G Technology Fundamentals, you'll learn ...

• Brief overview of the evolution of wireless technology
• Challenges to overcome in order to achieve 5G standards
• 5G performance benchmarks (“5G Triangle”)
• Examples of potential 5G use cases

Overview

To meet the Ohio Board's intent that online courses be "paced" by the provider, a timer will be used to record your study time. You will be unable to access the quiz until the required study time of 100 minutes has been met.

Credit: 2 PDH

Length: 20 pages

5G has arrived! In this exciting launch into the next decade of cellular technology, 5G is revolutionizing the modern way of life. Whether you are a wireless industry expert or data consumer, 5G technology devices are everywhere, and you may even own one as we speak. Today’s advancements in 5G leverages many improvements on bandwidth efficiency, power efficiency (battery life), network capacity, lower latency, reduction of multipath effects, and other technological advances that ultimately enable mobile users as well as the Internet of Things (IoT) to be ubiquitously connected to the internet. As the world becomes increasingly data-hungry Cisco Systems estimates global data usage to be in the billions of gigabytes every month! Have you ever considered what makes this possible? Or have you pondered to yourself where all of the wireless bandwidth could possibly come from? This engineering online PDH course will be an exploration of the fundamentals of technological advancements and improvements that make the deployment of 5G possible.

This course is intended for civil, electrical, and mechanical engineers, as well as project managers in construction, who are interested in grasping a fundamental understanding of 5G technologies that can help us not only improve quality of life but also usher into the endless possibilities that this generation of 5G can bring.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the evolution of wireless technology.
• Identify the challenges that must be overcome to achieve 5G standards.
• Describe the 5G performance benchmarks (“5G Triangle”).
• Identify examples of potential 5G use cases.
• Explain the two key questions involved in achieving 5G performance:
  • Identify potential sources of additional spectrum.
  • Describe how the existing spectrum can be used more effectively.
• Explain the use of millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology to expand bandwidth capacity.
  • Identify network congestion in the existing spectrum.
  • Explain propagation vulnerabilities.
  • Describe attenuation trade-offs.
  • Explain how antenna size can compensate for signal loss.
• Describe how MIMO technology uses multiple radio signals.
  • Explain how to overcome small-scale propagation effects (multipath fading).
  • Describe antenna diversity.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 11 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.