Duration for this course is approximately 3 hours.
- Introduction to 5G
- Standards evolution from 1G to 5G
- 4G/5G difference (data rates, traffic density, latency, positioning accuracy)
- 5G use cases: eMBB, URLLC, mMTC, V2X
- mmW and beamforming
- Architecture basics: 5G RAN, 5G CORE
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- 5G New Radio
- Protocol stack (user plane and control plane)
- Dual Connectivity (DC)
- NR PHY
- NR transmission schemes
- Frequency domain structure (operating band, carrier bandwidth, carrier spacing, resource block)
- Time domain structure (frame, subframe, slot, OFDM symbol, cyclic prefix)
- Antenna ports
- Channel mapping
- Logical channels
- Transport channels
- Physical channels and signals
- Resource allocation and timing
- Massive MIMO
- Main technological enablers
- NFV
- SDN
- Network slicing
- MEC