2G to 6G Mobile Networks
Course Overview
This five-week, self-paced course explores the mobile networks in operation today, and in so doing describes the technologies, services, and markets.
Comprising eight modules, this course begins by reviewing the current market position prior to describing how mobile technology has evolved over the past 30 years – from the early networks through to the potential of 6G. Emphasis is placed on the networks which are in commercial operation today as a means of describing evolving services and applications. The growth in machine-type communications is explored, and the new critical communication-based services such as V2X, extended reality and the metaverse are analysed, before finally taking a brief glimpse into what 6G has in store.
This course has been created by Mpirical.
Course Objectives
- Understand the current mobile ecosystem, the coexistence of different generations of mobile networks, and the complexities of managing these networks.
- Describe the basic building blocks of a mobile network.
- Understand the importance of data and the impact of video streaming services on data usage in mobile networks.
- Understand the basics of digital radio communication in mobile networks, including frequency bands, channel bandwidths and modulation.
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Explore the services and capabilities of legacy networks (2G and 3G).
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Explore the development and evolution of 4G networks.
- Understand the basic principles of voice telephony and the difference between circuit-switched voice and IP-based voice.
- Explore the rise of the smartphones and mobile app marketplaces.
- Understand how 4G and 5G networks can interwork with Wi-Fi and other access technologies.
- Explore cellular IoT and mMTC (Massive Machine Type Communication) applications.
- Outline the key performance capabilities of 5G.
- Understand how MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) is used to support URLLC (Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communication) applications.
- Understand the relationship between modern mobile networks and the Cloud.
- Explore the SBA (Service Based Architecture) of the 5G core.
- Explore potential use cases such as V2X, AR/XR and private cellular networks.
- Look ahead to the potential capabilities of a future 6G network.
Who Should Enrol on This Course?
This course has been designed for all audiences but is particularly suitable for those with some technical experience. The course will provide a foundational understanding of the evolution and relationship between different generations of mobile technology, as well as key terminology and use cases.
Course Structure and Study Time
The course consists of eight modules, which you will gain access to as soon as you complete your enrolment. You will need to view the modules sequentially.
We estimate that it should not take you more than two and a half hours of study time per week to complete the course in five weeks. You will have, however, eight weeks from enrolment to complete the course.
Course Completion Certificate
To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the tests of understanding at the end of the modules. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the tests. You will also need to fill out the course survey.
Course Fee
The course fee is US$999.
For group registrations, email [email protected].
The Legacy Networks – 2G and 3G
Course Overview
This three-week, self-paced course provides an introductory overview of the technologies that underpin 2G and 3G mobile networks. Learners will explore the key concepts and principles of both generations, including the architecture, protocols, and services offered by these networks.
The course covers fundamental 2G technologies such as GSM and GPRS, as well as 3G technologies such as UMTS and HSPA. Learners will gain knowledge of the services and capabilities of both generations, including telephony, data services, and SMS. The course also delves into the circuit-switched and packet-switched cores of these networks, as well as the specifics of connecting to the network, making calls, and transferring data.
This course has been created by Mpirical.
Course Objectives
- Understand the origins and early development of GSM and UMTS networks.
- Explore the evolution of data services from early circuit-switched data through to the emergence of packet-switched data with GPRS and later HSPA.
- Examine the transition from 2G to 3G, including technical advancements and new capabilities.
- Understand key procedures, including registration, call establishment and data transfer.
- Identify factors relating to the drawdown of legacy 2G and 3G networks and the impact on the current mobile landscape.
Who Should Enrol on This Course?
This course has been designed for a non-technical audience who require an overview of the foundational technologies upon which the cellular industry was built.
Course Structure and Study Time
This is a self-paced course and you will gain access to all of its content as soon as you complete your enrolment.
We estimate that it should not take you more than one hour of study time per week to complete the course in three weeks. You will have, however, six weeks from enrolment to complete the course.
Course Completion Certificate
To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the test of understanding. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the test of understanding. You will also need to fill out the course survey.
5G and Transport Networks
Course Overview
The introduction of 5G, both in the non-standalone and standalone derivates, has placed an additional burden on the packet transport networks that support the underlying data transfer taking place within the network.
This four-week, self-paced course seeks to outline the key considerations for the packet transport network when deploying 5G, including the areas of the network affected, the impact on the RAN and core, the technologies involved, and bandwidth requirements.
This course was created in conjunction with our partners at Mpirical.
Course Objectives
- Examine the factors associated with 5G that influence and impact the 5G transport network.
- Explain the disaggregation of the NG-RAN, with focus on why this is relevant to the 5G transport network.
- Outline the contributing factors that the 5G radio is responsible for, including adaptive modulation, channel bandwidth, massive MIMO and carrier aggregation.
- Explore the technologies associated with the NG-RAN and their influence on the transport network, including connection density, cell densification and user plane redundancy.
- Focus on the impact network slicing and MEC have on the transport network.
- Summarize the different network topographies associated with the 5G transport network.
- Detail the role that OTN plays within the 5G transport network.
- Examine the utilization of Ethernet based technologies in the 5G transport network, including time sensitive networking.
- Show how MPLS has evolved for 5G packet transport networks, with focus on the use of segment routing.
Who Should Enrol on This Course?
This course has been designed for a technical audience who work directly on the packet transport network or have areas of responsibility within the RAN or the core network. Key job roles include core network engineers, system architects, transport network engineers, and voice core engineers.
Course Structure and Study Time
This is a self-paced course and you will gain access to all of its content as soon as you complete your enrolment. We estimate that it should not take you more than one hour of study time per week to complete the course in four weeks. You will have 12 months within which to complete the course.
Course Completion Certificate
To receive your learning certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the test of understanding. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the test of understanding.
Course Fee
Enterprise pricing provides the best price-per-learner. Speak with our team on licensing this course for your organisation.
The price per individual is $790.
5G and 4G Interworking
Course Overview
This self-paced course seeks to explain how interworking can be supported between 5G and 4G networks, with focus on dual registration as one technique, coupled with N26 connectivity as an alternative technique. In so doing, both idle and connected mode mobility will be examined, with analysis of an N26 handover for 5GC to EPC mobility, and vice versa. The course also includes focus on the EPS and RAT fallback mechanisms available for voice, including emergency services fallback.
This course was created in conjunction with our partners at Mpirical.
Course Objectives
- Examine the concepts of LTE interworking, including single and dual registration mode.
- Explain single and dual registration mode mobility, covering 5GC to EPC mobility (dual registration mode), EPC to 5GC mobility (dual registration mode) and mobility with single registration mode supported.
- Outline the architectural considerations for interworking, with focus on the N26 reference point.
- Track the idle mode mobility procedures (with N26), including 5GC to EPC mobility, EPC to 5GC mobility and 4G GUTI to 5G-GUTI mapping.
- Catalogue the key stages of a 5GS to EPS handover (N26 supported).
- Catalogue the key stages of an EPS to 5GS handover (N26 supported).
- Summarize the key fallback mechanisms used for 5G voice, including ES fallback.
Who Should Enrol on This Course?
This course has been designed for a technical audience who deal with supporting interworking requirements between the 5G and 4G core networks. Key job roles include core network engineers, system architects, transport network engineers, and voice core engineers.
Course Structure and Study Time
This is a self-paced course and you will gain access to all of its content as soon as you complete your enrolment. We estimate that it should not take you more than one hour of study time per week to complete the course in four weeks. You will have 12 months within which to complete the course.
Course Completion Certificate
To receive your learning certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the test of understanding. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the test of understanding.
Course Fee
Enterprise pricing provides the best price-per-learner. Speak with our team on licensing this course for your organisation.
The price per individual is $790.
Deploying Open RAN for 5G
Course Overview
The Open RAN deployment model adopts a new approach for building the Radio Access Network within 5G but also earlier generations of technology.
This two-week self-paced course seeks to explore the concepts of Open RAN, outlining key terminology and standardization efforts. In addition, the course provides focus on the architecture of an Open RAN deployment, examining the CU/DU/RU split, the associated protocols and the role of the O-RAN Alliance RAN Intelligent Controllers.
This course has been created by Mpirical.
Course Objectives
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand the key concepts associated with the Open RAN initiative.
- Describe the end-to-end Open RAN ecosystem.
- Explain the splitting options available for Open RAN, as well as the protocols used.
- Define the architecture standardised by the O-RAN Alliance, including all network elements and reference points.
- Outline the role of the O-RAN RAN Intelligent Controllers, both Non Real Time and Real Time.
Who Should Enrol on This Course?
This course has been designed for a technical audience who deal with or are impacted by the changes taking place in relation to Open RAN in the 5G access network. Key job roles include RAN engineers, system architects, transport network engineers and core network engineers.
Course Structure and Study Time
Course Completion Certificate
5G Core Network Overview
Course Overview
5G promises to enable a wide variety of new wireless communications services and capabilities, ranging from high-speed, high-capacity broadband access to extremely reliable low-latency communications to machine-type communications on a massive scale. To deliver on these promises, everything about the wireless network must change, including the devices, the radio interface, the Radio Access Network (RAN), and the core network.
This two-week, self-paced course provides an overview of the 5G core network, its connectivity to the radio network and interworking with the 4G EPC.
This course has been created by Awards Solutions.
Course Objectives
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
- List the key principles behind the evolving 5G core network.
- Sketch the 5G core network, its connectivity to the radio network and interworking with the 4G EPC.
- Describe the purpose behind Service-Based Architecture (SBA).
- Describe the QoS framework of 5G and compare it with 4G.
- Step through the network operations of registration and PDU session establishment.
- Describe network slicing and how it is used in 5G.
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Describe Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) and how it can be used in 5G.
Who Should Enrol on this Course?
This course has been designed for a broad audience of wireless network engineers. This includes those in network planning, engineering, operations, troubleshooting and support groups.
Course Structure and Study Time
This is a self-paced course and you will gain access to all of its content as soon as you complete your enrolment.
We estimate that it should not take you more than one hour of study time per week to complete the course in two weeks. You will have, however, five weeks from enrolment to complete the course.
Course Completion Certificate
To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the final assessment. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the final assessment.
Course Fee
The course fee is US$500.
For group registrations, email [email protected].
Welcome to Security in 5G
Course Overview
In an all-digital world, 5G wireless is a key enabler for fundamental transformation for many industry segments. Security is of the utmost importance for successful adoption.
This two-week, self-paced course provides a technical overview of vulnerabilities and mitigation mechanisms in 5G networks, the end-to-end framework of security in 5G for the device as well as the RAN and core networks in virtualized telco networks.
This course has been created by Awards Solutions.
Course Objectives
- List threats and vulnerabilities in 5G networks.
- Match various mitigation measures with vulnerabilities.
- Sketch the end-to-end 5G security architecture.
- Identify unique security features of 5G networks.
- Identify roles of 5G network functions related to security procedures.
- Describe security mechanisms for infrastructure and network workload.
Who Should Enrol on This Course?
This course has been designed for a broad audience of personnel working in the wireless industry.
Course Structure and Study Time
This is a self-paced course and you will gain access to all of its content as soon as you complete your enrolment.
We estimate that it should not take you more than one hour of study time per week to complete the course in two weeks. You will have, however, five weeks from enrolment to complete the course.
Course Completion Certificate
To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the final assessment. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the final assessment.
Open Gateway Operator Onboarding
Course Overview
This free course has been produced by the GSMA’s Open Gateway team, providing real-world examples of how Open Gateway is gaining in popularity, as well as links to key resources for the developer community. Key topics covered include an introduction to the Open Gateway initiative, the GSMA Open Gateway MoU, Product Portfolio Workstream (Open Service APIs – CAMARA), Business Workstream (Open Service Gateway Agreement and Partnerships), Technical Workstream and finally, marketing and commercial considerations.
This course has been created by the GSMA.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
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Show how Open Gateway can be used as an enabler for digital industries, with focus on Open Gateway’s readiness for the market.
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Outline the Open Gateway Memorandum of Understanding.
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List the Open Gateway workstreams currently in operation.
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Identify the responsibilities of the product, technical and business workstreams.
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Explain the concept of GSMA Market Champions, including where this has been launched and the associated blueprint.
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Explore the Open Gateway community, with focus on the Early Adopter Programme and the Open Gateway Communications Plan.
Course Structure and Study Time
This is a self-paced course and you will gain access to all of its content as soon as you complete your enrolment.
We estimate that it should not take you more than one hour of study time per week to complete the course in two weeks. You will have, however, four weeks from enrolment to complete the course.
Course Completion Certificate
To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content.
Course Fee
This course is free of charge.
