What courses should a telecom engineer take in order to specialize in RF field?

A Telecom Engineer should take RF Engineering Trainings in order to specialize in RF field.

He should be well prepared with ongoing tools such as ATol, genex pro ,mapinfo ,etc he should have a good knowledge about signal strength , handover soft handover hard hand over , short call long call,and altitudes for planning the tower and direction of the tower and about the electrical tilt and mechanical tilt , he should be capable enough to trouble shoot the problems by checking the KPI report and manage a team of drive test Engineer to get good results and customers feed back.  

he sould know about BTS, time slots and much more have good knowledge about 2g,2.5g,3g,lte..and much more

• Microwaves
• Antennas and Propagation
• Radio Relay
• Electromagnetic Field Theory
• Signals and Systems
• Electromagnetic Field Theory
• Wireless and Mobile Communication

Site installation, commissioning and configrationof (BTS Ericsson)Preventive MaintenanceCorrective MaintenanceTrouble shooting for faults occurred in RBS 2202, 2206, 2216, 2116, 6101,6102,6201Reconfigration of RBS (2000,6000) family TRU,DTRU,RUS,RUG.Install connector of TRM cablesMaintenance for site: - RBS ( replacement moudules, tracing problem)- MW problem- Shelter problem (AC, power, VSWR testing…)Software: Winfiol, PNMS, PNMT, OMT for 2G

Site design using planning tool and survey field.Produce Radio Document for site specification.Visible inspection of site installation(Antenna, grounding, Etc …)Site modification to achieve required objective or enhance site performance, and Produce Modification.Produce Site Database.Drive test analysis to verify Site objective (Coverage, Cross Sector…)Check Radio counters

Monitoring and analysis on a daily basis for cell counters.Analyze Drive test, and propose necessary solution.Finds, recommends solutions and prepares relevant work order document(CR, frequency, new feature/technology or modification document)Co-operate with Radio Planning Team to enhance Radio Network Quality, coverage and customer satisfaction on daily basis.

1. RF Optimization Course

2. Fiber Optics

3. Management and Leadership Courses

Major courses i would suggest are:

1) Wireless Communication

2) Digital Communication System

3) Electromagnetic field theory

4) Microwave and Antennas  

Certification and Licensure Information

RF Planning and Optimitaion courses including Training in RF Test tool and analyzers(Ericsson Tems Analyzer, Nemo Analyzer etc.). Knowledge of GSM,UMTS and LTE.

RF Optimization Course, Projectmangement course

understand,concepts, tools, practice and theory in the world of telecommunications continues to grow ..Radio network design, planning and processing optim and database, based on equipment from vendors and operators

The highly specialized field of RF generally deals with GSM, CDMA, UMTS.HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, WiMAX, Satellite Communications,  VSAT, two-way radio, and Public Safety Solutions. Or any other system which transmit or receive EM Signals. A strong understanding of Maths and Physics is a must in this field. following are some of the courses a RF specialist should understand and its application in field along with the different RF softwares.

RF Theory ,RF Engineering Principles,Modulation,Antenna Theory,Interference Analysis,Link Design,Principles of Noise and Interference,RF System Specifications,RF Surveys and Planning,Radio Wave Propagation and Modeling,Frequency Planning