- LTE Air-Interface
Course Description
This course is a technical description of the core and radio access networks of 5G with overview of LTE and LTE Advance Pro for the reference in comparison with 5G Systems. It also covers the deployment options as specified by 3GPP for Stand-Alone 5G and Dual-Connectivity with 4G along with Network Slicing and security.
Intended Audience
The course is intended for engineers and other staff who are involved with the architecture, optimization, management (Managers, General Managers), monitoring or testing of the 5G network.
Introduction
- LTE
- LTE-Advance
- LTE Advance Pro
- 5G
5G/4G Requirements and Standardization
- Need for 5G
- 5G Potential Use Cases
- 5G System Requirements
- Timeline for 5G Standards
- 4G Spectrum/Bandwidths and Bands
- 5G Spectrum/Bandwidths and Bands
- 4G and 5G System QoS
5G End to End Architecture
- NG-RAN Architecture
- Service Based Architecture
- Reference point representation
5G/4G Dual Connectivity Deployment Options
- NR-LTE Co-deployment & Coexistence
- NR-NR and NR-LTE Dual Connectivity
- DL and UL sharing
- Supplemental Uplink
- 5G/NR Spectrum Bands and Carrier Bandwidths
5G NR Deployment Options (SA/NSA)
- NR-LTE Co-deployment & Coexistence
- NR-NR and NR-LTE Dual Connectivity
- DL and UL sharing
- Supplemental Uplink
- 5G/NR Spectrum Bands and Carrier Bandwidths
5G Network Slicing
- 5G Architecture for Network Slicing
- Network Slice Instance
- Network Slice Identification and Selection
- Slice Examples in 5G Core and 5G RAN
5GS Security Architecture
- 5GS Security Architecture
- NAS Signaling
- RRC Signaling
- User Plane Data
- 3GPP Security Features
5GS Security Procedure
- Key Hierarchy Generation
- Subscriber Privacy
- Authentication Procedure
- Secondary Authentication