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Essential 5G NR air interface and NG-RAN  |    A 3 day training course

Essential 5G NR air interface and NG-RAN training course description

This course is designed to give the delegate an indepth foundation in the new radio (NR) interface capabilities in 5G and a general look at the NG-RAN.

It will include information regarding the new numerologies used for various bandwidth and use cases, together with explanations of bandwidth parts, mini-slots and Coresets.

We will also discuss power saving options including eDRX and cDRX extension and scenarios

What will you learn
  • Describe the requirements and scenarios of 5G
  • Describe the 5G architecture
  • Explain bandwidth parts and coresets
  • Describe flexible scheduling
  • Explain the NR initial access process
  • Explain the control and user plane protocols design
  • Explain the RAN role in slicing
  • Explain the RAN role in 5G voice services
Essential 5G NR air interface and NG-RAN training course details

Essential 5G NR air interface and NG-RAN training course contents

    Requirements and scenarios of the 5G system
    Current requirements in 5G, Requirements of high data rates, Enhanced multimedia services, Hotspot services, Immersive multimedia services, Low-latency communications, Reliable communications, IoT communications, High-procession positioning communications.

    5G system architecture
    System architecture requirements, User and control plane end-to-end protocol architecture stack, 5G system identifiers, The 5G RAN architecture and deployment options, Standalone and non-standalone deployments.

    Bandwidth Part (BWP)
    Basic concept of bandwidth part, Bandwidth part configuration, Bandwidth part switching, bandwidth part in initial access, impact of bandwidth part on other physical layer design.

    5G flexible scheduling
    Principles of flexible scheduling, 5G resource allocation, Code block group, Deign of NR PDCCH, Design of NR PUCCH, Flexible TDD, PDSCH rate matching.

    NR initial access
    Cell search, Synch raster & channel raster, The SSB, Cell search procedures, Common control channel during initial access, CORESET#0, NR Random Access, RRM measurements, Radio link monitoring.

    MIMO enhancements and beam management
    CSI feedback for NR MIMO (Multiple-Input, MultipleOutput) enhancement, beam management, beam failure recovery on primary cell(s), beam failure recovery on secondary cell(s), Multi-TRP cooperative transmission.

    5G radio frequency design
    New frequency and new bands, FR1 UE radio frequency, FR2 UE radio frequency, new radio test technology, new radio RF design and challenges.

    User plane protocol design
    User plane protocol stack, Service Data Application, Protocol (SDAP), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), Radio Link Control (RLC), Medium Access Control (MAC).

    Control plane protocol design
    System Information Broadcast (SIB), paging, RRC Connection Control, RRM measurement and mobility management.

    5G network slicing
    General description, network slicing as a service in the 5G system, network slice congestion control, network slice in roaming cases, network slice specific authentication and authorisation.

    Quality of Service (QoS)
    5G quality of service model, end-to-end QoS service control, QoS parameters, reflective QoS, QoS notification control.

    5G voice
    IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), 5G voice solutions and usage scenarios, emergency call.

    5G URLLC PHY layer
    Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications. Physical downlink control channel enhancements, UCI enhancements, UE processing capabilities enhancements, data transmission enhancements, configured grant transmission, semipersistent transmission, Inter-UE multiplexing. URLLC in higher layers Timing synchronisation for industrial Ethernet, dynamic authorization versus configured grant and configured grant versus configured grant, enhancements to the semipersistent scheduling, enhancement to packet data convergence protocol data packet duplication, Ethernet header compression.

    5G V2X
    NR-V2X slot structure and physical channel, Sidelink slot structure, Sidelink resource allocation, Sidelink physical layer procedure.

    5G NR in unlicenced spectrum
    Introduction, channel sensing, initial access procedure, wideband operation and physical channel enhancements, hybrid automatic repeat requests and scheduling, NR–unlicensed with configured grant physical uplink shared channel.

    5G terminal power saving
    Requirements and evaluations of power saving techniques for 5G,Power-saving signal design and its impact on DRX, Cross-slot scheduling, MIMO layer restriction, SCell dormancy, RRM measurement relaxation, terminal assistance information for power saving.

    Introduction to Release 17
    Introduction to Release 17, technologies targeting high data rates, coverage extension technology, vertical application enabling technology,

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C. M. - IX Reach

"Very interesting and informative."


T. W. - LINX

"Kept it interesting and fun!"

Training approach

This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to provide the best possible learning experience. Small class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging and interactive style of teaching with delegates encouraged to ask questions throughout the course. Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of learning.