WiFi Training for Non-Engineers

Commitment 1 Day, 7-8 hours a day.
Language English
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Delivery Options Instructor-Led Onsite, Online, and Classroom Live

COURSE OVERVIEW

Clearly, WiFI will continue to be an important force in the market for some time to come. In this WiFi Training For Non-Engineers course, you will learn how WiFi evolved, how it works, its applications, various WiFi standards and flavors, comparisons with related technologies, how WiFi networks are designed and deployed, and the future of WiFi.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?
  • 1 day of WiFi Training For Non-Engineers with an expert instructor
  • WiFi For Non-Engineers Electronic Course Guide
  • Certificate of Completion
  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this WiFi Training for Non-Engineers course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:

  • List the major player involved in WiFi
  •  Describe the major applications of WiFi
  •  Explain the basic principles underlying the operation of WiFi
  •  Describe the capabilities of the various WiFi standards
  •  Diagram the basic components and operation of a WiFi network
  •  Summarize how WiFi networks are designed, deployed, and optimized
  •  Discuss WiFi’s relationship with other technologies
CUSTOMIZE IT
  • We can customize this WiFi Training For Non-Engineers course to your specific needs at little to no added cost, e.g., to make it more or less technical or to focus on the particular issues of interest to you.
  • If you are familiar with some aspects of this WiFi Training For Non-Engineers course, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
  • We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the WiFi For Non-Engineers around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
  • If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the WiFi Training For Non-Engineers course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.
AUDIENCE/TARGET GROUP

The target audience for this WiFi For Non-Engineers course:

  • Managers, planners/strategists, marketing/sales professionals, procurement personnel, and others who need a less technical overview of WiFi. A 2-3 day WiFi course, aimed at technical audiences, is also available.
CLASS PREREQUISITES

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this WiFi For Non-Engineers course are:

  • None

COURSE SYLLABUS

Telecom, RF, and Wireless Basics

  • Networking basics
  • LANs and WANs
  • RF basics
  • Mobile and fixed wireless technologies

Introduction to WiFi for Managers

  • What is WiFi
  • WiFi equipment vendors
  • Wi-Fi applications
  • The current and projected market for WiFi

How WiFi Works

  • Technical principles that underlie WiFi operation
  • Frequency bands
  • Components of a WiFi network

802.11 Standards Evolution

  • Standards review: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ad
  • Standards (contd.): 802.11ah, 802.11aj, 802.11ax
  • Comparison of capabilities, strengths, and limitations
  • Compatibility considerations and issues

Procuring, Designing, and Deploying a WiFi Network

  • Design and optimization process and tools
  • Deployment process
  • Security considerations and issues
  • Campus-wide and city-wide deployments
  • Muni Wi-Fi or Muni-Fi
  • Managing a WiFi system

Flavors, Related Technologies, Future Evolution

  • A bit about WiMAX (though no relation to WiFi)
  • Long-range WiFi
  • Ad Hoc WiFi, WiFi Direct
  • Super ‘WiFi’
  • Comparing WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee
  • Wi-Fi and IPTV
  • Future evolution of WiFi
  • Other issues of interest to the class
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