Certified Wireless Analysis Professional (CWAP) Course
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CWAP (Certified Wireless Analysis Professional) Course Description:

The CWAP certification is known as a professional level wireless LAN certification within the CWNP Program. The CWAP certification will help to advance your career by ensuring that you have the necessary skill set to successfully analyze, optimize, and troubleshoot any enterprise Wi-Fi network. You will be able to do this no matter which brand of Wi-Fi gear your organization deploys.

CWAP’s main subject areas

802.11 PHY (Physical) Layer Frame Technologies and Formats
802.11 MAC Layer Frame Technologies and Formats
802.11 Frame and Operation Exchanges
Spectrum Troubleshooting and Analysis
Protocol Troubleshooting and Analysis

CWAP (Certified Wireless Analysis Professional) Outline:

802.11 WLANs Introduction

Discover the standards organizations that are responsible for shaping the protocol for 802.11 Wireless LAN
Discover how standards compliance is being enforced for vendors of 802.11 WLAN
Take a close look at the 802.11 standard and its various amendments
Discuss the additional networking standards commonly used in order to enhance 802.11 WLANs

Fundamentals of Radio Frequency

Discover the physical aspects of RF propagation
Learn about the types of losses and attenuation that can have an affect on RF communications
Find out about the types of modulation and coding schemes (or MCS) used for 802.11 communications
Discover how channels and bandwidth are related to one another within various wireless networks
Learn about the various types of Spread Spectrum that are used in wireless networking

Regulations of a RF Power Output

Gain an understanding of regional, international, and even local organizations involved with RF spectrum management
Gain an understanding of RF channels within the unlicensed 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency ranges
Discover how the power output limitations are being enforced by the FCC for wireless connections like Point-to-Multipoint (PtMP) and Point-to-Point (PtP)

Power over Ethernet

Students will learn to be able to recognize the two different types of devices that are used in Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Students will be able to recognize the differences between the two various types of Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE)
Students will gain an understanding as to the two different ways power can be delivered using PoE
Gain an understanding of the importance of the planning involved to maximize the efficiency of Power over Ethernet
Understand the two different standards that are currently available for PoE
Powering 802.11n APs

Basic WLAN Analysis

Analysis of Protocol
Types of 802.11 Frames
Data Frames
Control Frames
Management Frames
Protection Mechanisms
Operations involved with Legacy Power Saving
Rates of Transmission

Coordinating Various 802.11 Frame Transmissions

Discover the differences between CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA
DCF (Distributed Coordination Function)
NAV (Network Allocation Vector)
CCA (Clear Channel Assessment)
IFS (Interframe Spacing)
CW (Contention Window)
Discover Quality of Service in 802.11 WLANs
PCF (Point Coordination Function)
HCF (Hybrid Coordination Function)

RF Math as well as System Operating Margin

RF units of measure
Basic RF mathematics
RF signal measurements
Understand of link budgets

Sets of 802.11 Service

Discover the three types of service sets that are defined for use within 802.11 WLANs
802.11 association and authentication
802.11 network infrastructure
Roaming within a WLAN system
Learn about load-balancing as a method to improve the congestion within WLANs
The 802.11n Amendment

Challenges that are addressed by 802.11n

802.11n PHY/MAC layer enhancements
SISO and MIMO systems
802.11n coexistence mechanisms
802.11n deployment and integration considerations
802.11n site analysis and surveying

Operation of Wireless LAN

WLAN Hardware Devices
WLAN Software
Evolution and Architecture Types
Infrastructure Connectivity & Ad Hoc Operation
AP Modes
Repeating & Bridging
Mesh Networking
WLAN Controller Deployments
WLAN Profiles
MCA (Multichannel Architecture)
SCA (Single Channel Architecture)
WNMS (WLAN Management Systems)

WLAN Security

Discover the The Importance of WLAN Security
Security Policy
Legacy WLAN Security Mechanisms
Modern WLAN Security Mechanisms
Baseline WLAN Security Practices

Site Surveying

Learn how to Define a RF site survey
Spectrum Analysis
Various types of RF site surveys
Manual RF site surveys
Predictive Modeling
Dense AP deployments

Antennas

Learn about the types of antennas and the antenna systems that are commonly used within 802.11 WLANs
Antenna Gain and Polarization
Antenna safety and implementation
Various types of antenna cables, connectors, as well as other accessories

CWAP (Certified Wireless Analysis Professional) Testing and Exam

CWAP (PW0-270) Exam Summary

Exam Number: PW0-270
Cost: $225.00 U.S.
Availability: Register at Pearson VUE
Duration: 105 minutes + 15 minutes for comments
Questions: 60
Question Types: Multiple choice / multiple answer
Passing Score: 70% (80% for Instructors)
Available Languages: English

Phoenix TS is a certified testing center for both Pearson VUE & Prometric. Students are able to register for their CWSP Certification Exam at the Phoenix TS test centers located in: Washington DC, Baltimore, or Columbia, Maryland. Students need to simply go to the Pearson VUE or Prometric website and/or call us directly at 301-258-8200.

CWAP Standard Price

Total Price $2895

The Price Includes:

Training instruction and in class exercises
Coursework books, along with pens, highlighters, notepads and other related materials
Voucher for the Exam
Option to Retake the Exam
Option to Retake the Course
Sample Exam Questions derived from from leading industry vendors
Full breakfasts including a various combination of doughnuts, fruits, bagels, yogurt, and juices
Coffee/tea/soda available throughout day
Fresh Baked Cookies in the Afternoon (participating locations)