Thank you for sending your enquiry! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Thank you for sending your booking! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Course Outline
Foundations: 6G Vision and Technical Drivers
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and service classes for 6G (including latency, reliability, throughput, and sensing).
- Critical technology enablers and projected implementation timelines.
- Impacts on network architecture and infrastructure design.
Transport Network Evolution: Fronthaul, Midhaul, Backhaul
- Requirements for ultra-low-latency transport and deterministic tunneling.
- Fronthaul technologies (CPRI/eCPRI, RoE, split options) and bandwidth scaling.
- Enhancements in optical transport and fiber densification strategies.
Cloud-Native RAN, vRAN, and O-RAN Integration
- Cloud-native network functions and containerized RAN principles.
- vRAN design patterns, hardware acceleration, and disaggregation trade-offs.
- O-RAN architecture, open interfaces, and integration challenges.
Edge & Distributed Compute Design
- Edge placement strategies for Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) and ultra-low-latency services.
- Capacity planning, resource orchestration, and multi-access edge compute.
- Integration between central cloud, edge, and on-premises resources.
Timing, Synchronization & Determinism
- Precision timing requirements for 6G use cases.
- Considerations and hardening strategies for PTP, SyncE, and GNSS.
- Architectures for deterministic packet transport and redundancy.
Spectrum, RF, and Antenna System Readiness
- Propagation challenges of mmWave and THz and their impact on cell planning.
- Antenna system upgrades: evolution of massive MIMO and active arrays.
- Densification, backhaul provisioning, and site power/thermal planning.
Integrated Sensing and Communication Infrastructure
- Co-design of sensing-capable radios and network-aware sensing pipelines.
- Data fusion, timing, and edge processing for real-time sensing.
- Use cases: positioning, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing.
Network Automation, AI-Native Management & Orchestration
- Intent-based networking, closed-loop automation, and model-driven operations.
- Application of AI/ML for traffic prediction, fault detection, and resource optimization.
- CI/CD for network functions and automated validation practices.
Security, Resilience & Trustworthy Infrastructure
- Threat models for highly distributed 6G topologies.
- Hardware and software supply-chain security considerations.
- Operational resilience, redundancy, and disaster recovery planning.
Testing, Validation & Digital Twin Approaches
- Verification methodologies for latency, jitter, and throughput SLAs.
- Utilization of digital twins for planning, what-if analysis, and capacity forecasting.
- Interoperability testing with 5G legacy systems and multi-vendor stacks.
Migration Strategies and Roadmaps
- Phased upgrade paths and coexistence strategies with minimal disruption.
- Developing business cases, cost estimation, and ROI considerations.
- Pilot planning, KPIs, and stakeholder engagement for rollout.
Workshop: Design Review and Readiness Plan
- Hands-on architecture design exercise addressing a real deployment scenario.
- Gap analysis and prioritized remediation plan for infrastructure readiness.
- Presentation of proposed roadmap and risk mitigation measures.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Professional experience in telecom network engineering and design.
- Understanding of 4G/5G RAN and core network concepts.
- Practical knowledge of IP transport, timing/synchronization, and RF fundamentals.
Target Audience
- Telecom engineers and Radio Access Network (RAN) architects.
- Network planners and transport/optical engineers.
- Infrastructure and cloud architects focused on next-generation network evolution.
21 Hours
