5G Core Network Training

Why Take This Course?

• Enhance your industry knowledge and skills by gaining a greater understanding of the 5G Core Network.
• Train with engineers at Qualcomm Technologies – a world leader in 5G technology and wireless engineering.
• Learn online and at your own pace with our flexible eLearning format. Or, set up a live training session for groups of at least 15 people.

Course Outline:

• Introduction to 5G Core Networks
• 5G network architecture
• 5GC protocols
• Session management
• 5GC policies
• Network slicing
• 5GC security
• EPC Interworking
• Roaming
• 5GC services

Prerequisites:

• You have taken or are familiar with the content in the our 5G NR Technical Training course.
• You are familiar with 5G NR network architecture.
• This course is part of our corporate program and requires an NDA for access.

Objectives:

• Describe the motivation for 5G Core Network evolution.
• Identify the Key goals for 5GC.
• Recognize the major components of 5G Core Network.
• Describe the 5GC building blocks.
• Illustrate 5G Core network architecture.
• Describe Service Based Representation.
• Explain Deployment options.
• Identify key UE identifiers in 5GS.
• Identify the 5GC – UE and 5GC – RAN signaling connections.
• Explain the protocol stack of the 5GC signaling interfaces.
• Describe how user plane data is forwarded and transferred between the NG-RAN and external data networks.
• Introduce Session Management.
• Illustrate PDU Session Establishment Procedures.
• Discuss 5G QoS functionality and list QoS characteristics and parameters.
• Describe Session and Service Continuity.
• Explain Policy Control Function functionalities
• Describe AMF – PCF Policy Association and PCF –SMF Policy Establishment
• Illustrate AF-PCF call flow
• Explain UE policies : URSP and the ANDSP
• Explain Network Slicing in 5G.
• Describe network slice selection and setup procedure.
• Describe network slicing during roaming.
• Discuss Network slicing interworking with EPS.
• Recognize the security architecture in the 5G Core Network.
• Identify security requirements and features in 5G RAN and the 5G CN.
• Describe the security procedures between UE and 5G network functions.
• Explain security for Interworking between EPS and 5GS.
• Describe Security Management for network slices.
• Describe mobility interworking with NSA and SA mode.
• Explain the UE Registration modes for EPC interworking.
• Identify the role of the N26 interface during handover between NR and LTE.
• Describe the interworking options with and without N26.
• Compare the 4G and 5G roaming architecture and application scenarios.
• Describe network slicing architectures in 5G roaming.
• Discuss the role of steering of roaming in the 5G architecture.
• Describe authentication and security procedures in 5G roaming.