5G Network Course: 5G NR Air Interface

Duration for this course is approximately 12 hours.

  • 5G system architecture
    • What is 5G
    • NR non-standalone
    • Exercise 1: 5G system architecture
  • 5G protocol architecture
    • NG-RAN protocol layer
    • Strata
    • User plane
    • Control plane
    • QoS
    • PDU session establishment
    • Radio interface structure
    • 3GPP TS for 5G
    • Exercise 2: 5G protocol architecture
  • NR physical layer structure
    • NR transmission schemes
    • Frequency range and operating band
    • UE channel bandwidth
    • Bandwidth part
    • Basic time unit
    • Numerologies and need for them
    • Time domain structure
    • Antenna ports
    • Channel mapping
    • Exercise 3: NR physical layer structure
  • NR downlink physical layer
    • Cell search
    • SSB
    • P-SS
    • S-SS
    • PBCH
    • DM-RS
    • PT-RS
    • CSI-RS
    • PDCCH
    • PDSCH
    • Exercise 4: NR downlink physical layer
  • NR uplink physical layer
    • PUCCH
    • PUSCH
    • PRACH
    • SRS
    • Exercise 5: NR uplink physical layer
  • Physical layer procedures
    • Random access procedure
    • Timing advance
    • CSI reporting
    • Uplink power control Carrier Aggregation
    • Supplementary uplink
    • Massive MIMO and beamforming
    • Exercise 6: Physical layer procedures
  • Mobility
    • Derivation of cell measurement results
    • Mobility in idle and inactive state
    • Connected mode mobility
    • Exercise 7: Mobility