5G Core Associate Level

Engineers that require a solid knowledge of 5G Core technology.

This 5G Core Associate Level course is intended to give a strong understanding of 5G from an architecture perspective to Voice, Network Slicing, Interworking, QoS, and Security.

Attendees will gain a strong knowledge of the main 5G topics with enough detail to improve their daily work, from design to support 5G Core networks.

5G Concepts and Drivers Review

ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS AND CALL FLOWS
High-Level architecture
Evolution 4G to 5G: NSA
Deployment view
Block diagram view

5G Concepts
5G Identities SUPI, GUTI, GUAMI, DNN
5G Core Protocols and Signaling
Control Plane
User Plane

MEC & Service Continuity
Multi-access Edge Computing
Architecture: Functional, Reference

Voice in New Radio 5G
VoNR drivers
Future of Voice
VoNR Architecture

5G Network Slicing
Network Slice concepts
Network Slice Architecture
Slice Identification
Binding an Application to Slice
Selection of AMF, PCF, SMF
Radio Slicing

QoS Model
QoS in 4G evolution to 5G
QoS in 5G
QoS model: Parameters, QoS Id
Bearers and Connections

5G NSA Non-Standalone Architecture
NSA architecture
Initial Procedures: Registration, Authentication

5G CORE PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
Rest Principles
Rest API, Open API
Rest in 5G
5GC APIs

5G INTERWORKING
Interworking with LTE
PDN Connection/PDU Session establishment aspects:
Single and dual registration mode UEs.
Interworking with and without N26 interfaces between 4G and 5G
Interworking with Wi-Fi
N3IWF

5G SECURITY
5G Security Overview: Basics, Aspects, Threats
5G Access security
Security setup signaling
Non-3GPP Access Security

5G Cloud Native and Networking
Cloud-Native Overview
Containers
Kubernetes Architecture
Kubernetes Concepts
Istio

It is highly recommended to attend the 1-day course 5G Core Beginner Level.