Course Name- 5G Core Design Principles

Course Subtitle- 5G Core Network Detail Concepts with Sample Flows and Traces

Course Objective – By the end of this course, the participants would get a detailed understanding of 5G core concepts including Non-Standalone, Standalone core, Service based concepts, AMF, SMF, and NRF concepts with user registration and PDU session flows with traces, SMF and UPF interaction over PFCP protocol and handover flow between 5G and EPC network.

Prerequisites - Participants need to have a basic understanding of Telecom network concepts, a basic understanding of 5G will be beneficial for this course

Target Audience – The course can be beneficial for Telecom core engineers, Telecom professionals, and Technology learners.

Course Outline-

Course details -

Chapter 1 : 5G Non Standalone (NSA) Vs Standalone (SA) Core Understanding

In this course, Concept of 5G Core Non Stand alone and Stand alone architecture is explained and the highlighted the major difference between both the Architecture.

Chapter 2: 5G Service based architecture concepts

In this course, detailed concept of 5G service based architecture which include Network function registration and service discovery via NRF, concept of Service consumer and producer are explained along with practical use cases.

Chapter 3: 5G Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) concepts

In this course, Concept of Access and Mobility management function, Its functionality and interconnection with all 5G network elements are captured.

Chapter 4 : Introduction of 5G Services produced by AMF

In this course, it captures the detailed explanations with use cases of all the services being exposed by AMF as producer like Namf-comm, Namf-EE, Namf-MT, Namf-location.

Chapter 5 : 5G Session Management Function (SMF) concepts

In this course, Concept of Session management function, Its functionality and interconnection with all 5G network elements are captured.

Chapter 6 : Introduction of 5G Services produced by SMF

In this course, it captures the detailed explanations with use cases of all the services being exposed by SMF as producer like Nsmf-pdusession, Nsmf-Event exposure.

Chapter 7 : 5G User Registration flow and concepts

In this section, User 5G registration flow with step by step live pcap traces along with explanation of all the parameters are captured which include AMF interaction with NRF, UDM, PCF etc are captured in detailed.

Chapter 8 : 5G PDU session establishment flow and concepts

In this section, User 5G PDU establishment flow with step by step live pcap traces along with explanation of all the parameters are captured which include SMF interaction with AMF, NRF, UDM, PCF etc are captured in detailed.

Chapter 9 : 5G SMF and UPF interaction over PFCP protocol

In this section, Understanding of CUPS Architecture, PFCP protocol concept, different Sx interface messages between SMF and UPF with live flows like Session activation, deactivation, Throttling, VoNR, Pending Downlink data etc and their corresponding traces are explained in details.

Chapter 10 : User Mobility (IRAT) concept and flow between 5G and EPC network

In this section, User IRAT handover flow between 5G Core and 4G core network along with PCAP traces are explained in detail which also captures the AMF interaction with 4G-MME over N26 interface.