5G NR (New Radio) Technical Training-A Deep Dive

What you’ll learn
Introduction to 5G NR (New Radio)
5G Radio Access Technology (RAT)
Massive MIMO And Beam Forming in 5G
5G NR Protocol Stack
5G RAN/gNB split Options
5G NR Radio Access Network (RAN) Deployment Options
5G NR Air Interface

Requirements
Basic understanding of telecommunications
Principles of wireless communications
Understanding of GSM, 3G or 4G is a plus but not required

Description
5G NR (New Radio) is a new Radio Access Technology (RAT) developed by 3GPP for the 5G mobile networks. In this course you will have an in-depth understanding about 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) based upon the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard and specifications.

The 5G New Radio standards developed by 3GPP is intended to significantly improve the performance, flexibility, scalability and efficiency of mobile networks. In this way 5G was designed to be able to ensure the optimum use of the available spectrum, whether it is licensed, shared or unlicensed, and achieve this across a wide variety of spectrum bands. 5G New Radio is able to provide high bandwidth communication for the transmission of streaming services as well as low latency services.

This course is targeted for

Telecom professionals/ engineers

Telecom students

Networking students

Course Contents

Section 1: Introduction
Main Components of a 5G Network Architecture
Next Generation NodeB (gNB)
PDU (Protocol Data Unit) Sessions
5G Use Cases Mapped to Difference Usage Scenarios
5G NR Frequency Bands
Most Popular 5G Bands

Section 2: 5G Radio (Wireless) Access Technology (RAT)
5G Wireless Access Technology
Basics of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
OFDM in Its Simplest Form
OFDM IN Practice (Simplified Model)
Mutipath Environment And Cyclic Prefix
5G Flexible Numerology and Frame Structure
5G Resource Block (RB) and Resource Element (RE)
5G FDD TDD Modes-SUL and SDL Frequency Bands
Slot Formats and Slot Format Indicators (SFI) in 5G
5G NR self Contained Slots
Mini-Slots in 5G NR
Modulation in 5G
Adaptive Modulation and Coding in 5G
Modulation and the Coding Schemes (MCS) in 5G
Why Lower Numerology-SCS for Larger Cell Size
SCS Vs Cell Size
Advantages of TDD Deployment
5G Frequency Bands in FR1 and FR2

Section 3:Massive MIMO And Beam Forming in 5G
Introduction to MIMO, Beamforming and Massive MIMO
5G NR Transmission Chain
Types of Beamforming-Analog Beamforming
Digital Beamforming
Hybrid Beamforming
5G NR Active Antenna System (AAS)
8T8R & 64T64R Configurations in 5G Active Antenna System (AAS)
Comparison of Antenna Sizes in Sub 6 GHz & mmWave
Virtualized Antenna Representation
Active Antenna Unit (AAU) in 5G
Antenna Configurations for Different RF Planning Scenarios
Single Panel & Multi-panel Antennas
Grid of Beams (GoB)
Antenna Port Vs Physical Antenna
Quasi Co-Located (QCL) Ports
DL MIMO Characteristics in Sub 6GHZ
DL MIMO Characteristics in mmWave
Why DL-MU-MIMO is Limited to Maximum 16 Layers?
UL-MIMO Characteristics
Why Channel State Information (CSI) in Important?
What is Channel State Information (CSI) Report & its Calculation in FDD and TDD?
Why Use TDD with Large Number of Antenna Ports?
Types of CSI (Channel State Inormation)
Types I CSI (Standard Resolution)
Why Co-phasing is Required?
Subtypes of Type-I CSI
Type-II CSI (High Resolution)
Relationship Between Antenna Subarrays and CSI ports
Flow Diagrams for Downlink Single User MIMO Procedures
1. CSI-RS Based DL Single User MMO Procedure
2. Beamformed CSI-RS Based Procedure for DL SU-MIMO
3. SRS Based DL Single User MIMO
UL Transmission Schemes
1. Codebook Based UL Transmission Scheme
2. Non-Codebook Based UL Transmission Scheme

Section 4: 5G NR Protocol Stack
Control and User Plane Separation in 5G
5G NR Control Plane Protocol Stack
5G NR User Plane Protocol Stack
Combined 5G NR Protocol Stack
5G NAS (Non-Access Stratum) Layer
Radio Resource Control (RRC) Layer
Service Data Adaption Protocol (SDAP) Layer
Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Layer
Radio Link Control (RLC) Layer: Transparent, Acknowledged & Unacknowledged Mode
Medium Access Layer (MAC) Layer

Section 5: 5G RAN/gNB split Options
Horizontal gNB Disaggregation: Central Unit (CU) & Distributed Unit (DU)
Different RAN Functional Splits
RAN Split Option 1
RAN Split Option 2
RAN Split Option 8
RAN Split Option 6
RAN Splits Logical View
Option 7.2x for 5G Open RAN
Enhanced CPRI (e-CPRI) Protocol

Section 6: 5G NR Radio Access Network (RAN) Deployment Options
What is Dual Connectivity (DC)?
Signaling Radio Bearers in Dual Connectivity (DC)
Standalone Deployment Options 1 and 2
5G Non-Standalone (NSA) Option 3, 3a, 3x
Data Bearer Protocol Stack in Option 3, 3a, 3x
5G Non-Standalone (NSA) option 4
5G Non-Standalone (NSA) option 7
Option 5 and 6: Unlikely Deployment Options

Section 7: 5G NR Air Interface
Channel Bandwidth & Maximum Transmission BW Configuration
NR-Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (NR-ARFCN)
Difference Between Global And Channel Raster
Bandwidth Part in 5G
Resource Grid on 5G Air Interface
5G NR Model for Air Interface Channels
5G NR Logical channels
5G NR Transport Channels
5G NR Physical Channels
1. Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS)
Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) Location in Time Domain
Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) Location in Frequency Domain
2. Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) Signal:Types and Patterns
3. Sounding Reference Signal (SRS)
4. Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PT-RS)Procedures to understand 5G channels
5G NR Cell Acquisition Procedure
5G NR Cell Acquisition- Beam Sweeping
The Number, Location and Pattern of SSBs in a Burst Set for FR1 and FR2
5G NR Cell Acquisition- Signal Synchronization Block (SSB)
5G NR Cell Acquisition- Physical Cell ID (PCI)
5G Cell Acquisition: Minimum system information
5G Cell Acquisition: Master Information Block (MIB)
5G Cell Acquisition: Control Resource Set (CORESET)
5G Cell Acquisition: System Information Block 1 (SIB1)
Initial Access (RACH Procedure)
Scheduled Data Transmission Procedure
Control Resource Set (CORESET) Revisited
Paging Process

Who this course is for
Network and system engineers who want to pursue their carrier in Telecom Industry
Students and working professionals who want understanding of 5G NR
Anyone who want to learn protocols and procedures involved in 5G NR
Anyone who want to upgrade their skills for better job.