Course Code: 5goranbesp
Duration: 21 hours
Course Outline:

  • LIVING IN A 5G ERA

    • What is IoT – new era of technology

    • Technological layers of IoT (UX, functional, technical, business)

    • Why is business interested in new technology?

    • Adaptation of new technologies that impact 5G

    • 5G evolution for tech

  • 5G - CONCEPTS AND ACRONYMS AND WHAT CHANGED

    • Electromagnetic spectrum, latency, frequency selection

    • eMBB, mMTC, uRRLC

    • Latency requirements based on IoT

    • Why is virtualization so important?

    • Why Open Ran?

    • 5G Core visibility and its complex problem

  • EDGE COMPUTING 

    • Role of edge computing in IoT and 5G

    • Business - why Edge is important (especially for 5G)?

  • HOW IS 5G DIFFERENT?

    • What changed in 5G (compared to 4G)?

    • 5G Latency & speed

    • Naming conventions

    • Dual Connectivity Concept

    • 5G Core Network Services Framework

    • 5G core control plane

    • Service-Based Interface

    • 5G network components: AMF, SMF, UPF, UDM and others

    • Migration from 4G to NSA to SA

    • Principles of 5G Core Network

    • Service based interface - why HTTP/2?

    • What is NRF, NSSF, UMD, PCF, SCP in 5G?

    • General Functionalities in SBA

    • 5G core design principles

    • Protocol Data Unit and Flows

  • BASIC PDU SESSION FOR 5G

    • Full session with discussion about each packet and stage of connection

  • 5G SLICING AND VIRTUAL NETWORKS

    • Network Function Virtualization – what and why?

    • Virtual Network Functions

    • VNF Design and implementation

    • Why and when is NFV?

    • What is a Software Defined Network?

    • Business value of NFV+SDN

    • Where to start with NFV?

    • Hypervisor or container?

    • Slicing – lifecycle of network slicing

    • How to slice – all about E2E slicing network 5G

    • Lessons from a network slicing implementation

  • 5G STRATEGY FOR BUSINESS

    • 5G ecosystem business modeling

      • Actors & business relationships

      • V2PARK - Huawei’ modeling system for 5G (with events affecting the ecosystem)

      • Use cases around the world: 5GROWTH; 5G-SMART; 5G-VICTORI; EVOLVED 5G; 5G-SOLUTIONS; 5G-RECORDS; 5GZORRO; 5GENESIS; 5GMediaHUB; 5G-TOURS and more

      • 5G policy readiness

      • 5G Value capture for operators

      • Fixed Wireless Access opportunity 

      • Enterprise opportunity - IoT deep dive

      • 5G enablers: horizontal API, operator cloud, network slicing

    • Business case model for 5G:

      • 5G value creation

      • Deployment scenarios

      • Cost model - assumptions

      • Revenue model - assumptions

      • Model Outputs and results

  • 5G CONSIDERATIONS AND COSTS

    • Network capacity

    • Network coverage

    • Network flexibility

    • Network energy efficiency

    • Network automation

    • Network ownership

    • Network equipment sourcing

    • Capex and opex evolution

    • Study report - implementing 5G E2E system for future rail operations

    • O-RAN - what I should know (C-RAN, vRan, OpenRAN, functional Split, RAN automation with CI/CD, real life examples)?

    • 5G RAN - Open RAN and difference with 4G

  • SECURITY IN 5G

    • Security challenges of 5G

    • 5G Threats f.e. Physical Attacks, DDoS, Edge Attack and how to protect yourself 

    • Path to integrated SIM – how does it impact 5G?

    • IMSI slicing

    • Device DOS and silent downgrade

    • Device tracking

    • Security advantage of 5G

    • New vector attacks in 5G

    • Zero trust model - how to protect data?

  • ANTENNAS, TOWERS AND WIRING 5G

    • Different types of antennas

    • Antennas for eMBB, mMTC, uRRLC

    • 5G small cells

    • Fronthaul challenge

    • All about beamforming

    • Null steering

    • Frequency reuse

    • Quadrature amplitude modulation

    • All about MIMO

    • How to upgrade to MIMO?

    • MIMO – is it worth it?

    • Thermal Issues - how to cool antennas?

  • 5G CHARGING AND BILLING ARCHITECTURE

    • Online charging vs offline charging

    • Charging in 5G

  • 5G IMS - IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM

    • How does a Session Border Controller work?

    • What is SIP?

    • IMS for 5G

  • BLOCKCHAIN - WHAT AND WHY WITH 5G?

    • What is Blockchain?

    • Blockchain example – Amazon

    • Hashing, asymmetric encryption, smart contracts

    • Is blockchain for my company?

    • Real life implementation of 5G and blockchain – Nicolaus Bank, MediLedger, WienEnergie, Alibaba

  • 5G QUALITY OF SERVICE IN AI/IOT ERA

    • Continuous evolution of power saving features

    • 5G and AI – possibilities

    • Spectrum sharing

    • What is a good Quality of Service and how to measure it?

    • Quality of Everything - 5G vs autonomous cars and smart factories

    • Power saving mode and 5G

    • Self Healing

    • What is – and how to measure – QoS in 5G?

    • Network performance score under 5G Req

    • 5G and IoT market – how does it fit business?

    • Analyzing connection – apps/dapps, RPC, IoE

    • Protocols – HTTP/HTTPS/COAP/MQTT

    • QoS and deployments around the world - spectrum range – how each country handles 5G differently

  • 5G FUTURE & AI

    • 5G technology ecosystem – now and tomorrow

    • AI enables intelligent 5G network management

    • 5G mmwave topology optimization

    • Merging worlds – virtual world, digital world, physical world AND 5G

    • 5G NR for NTN and IoT

    • 6G - how to prepare?

    • Summary