5G NR Signalling 2 Days
Protocols and Procedures
Intended Audience: Telecom Engineers or anyone interested in details of NR
Delivery Method: Live slides and Active Learning Methodology
Prerequisites: 5G Overview Knowledge
Source: 3GPP, IETF, GSMA, ETSI, etc
5G System Overview
-
5G System Architecture and UE identities within the 5G System(5GS)
-
NG-RAN Architecture including NR Sidelink & IAB (R16)
-
Stand Alone (SA) and Non-Stand Alone(NSA) solutions
-
5GS, Control Plane Protocol Stack
-
5GS, User Plane Protocol Stack
-
PDU Connectivity Service and PDU session
-
NR supported transmission numerologies
-
5G NR Frame, subframes and slots structure
-
5G NR Channel Structure
Open RAN(O-RAN), F1AP and E1AP
-
NG-RAN split Architecture
-
Functional split between central and distributed unit
-
F1 and E1 general principles
-
F1 Control plane (F1-C) and F1 User Plane (F1-U) protocol structure
-
E1 interface protocol structure
-
Elementary Procedure concept
-
E1AP and F1AP function and services
-
E1AP and F1AP Elementary procedures
-
Procedures in gNB-CU/gNB-DU Architecture
Initial cell search
-
Synchronization Signal and PBCH block (SSB)
-
SSB Burst concept
-
Synchronization Block Pattern
-
Master Information Block Content
-
Control and Resource Set (CORSET) concept
-
NR Channel Structure
-
NR Signals and Physical channels
-
Initial cell search procedure
-
Procedure to get SIB1 in initial cell search
Radio Resource Control(RRC)
-
RRC protocol structure
-
UE RRC state and state transitions
-
Signaling Radio Bearer
-
Main functions of NR RRC protocol
-
RRC Connection Establishment
-
AS Security procedure
-
RRC Reconfiguration
-
RRC procedures corresponding with Initial registration
-
RRC_Inactive to RRC_Connected procedures
Xn Application Protocol (XnAP)
-
Xn general principles
-
Xn Control plane (Xn-C) and Xn User Plane (Xn-U) protocol structure
-
XnAP function and Services
-
XnAP Elementary procedures
-
Handover Procedure procedure
-
Secondary Node Addition procedure
-
Paging procedure and RAN-Based Notification Area
NG Application Protocol (NGAP)
-
NG general principles
-
NG Control plane (NG-C) and NG User Plane (NG-U) protocol structure
-
NGAP Function and services
-
NGAP Elementary procedures
-
NGAP procedures corresponding with Initial registration
-
NGAP procedures corresponding with UE Context management
-
NGAP procedures corresponding with PDU Session establishment
Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP)
-
Layer 2 Structure for DL/UL with CA configured
-
SDAP Architecture, Functions and Services
-
SDAP procedures, SDAP entity, QoS flow to DRB mapping
-
GPRS Tunneling Protocol User plane(GTP-U) structure
-
PDU formats – Control PDU – Data PDU
-
QoS parameters distribution in 5GS
-
Reflective QoS Flow
Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol
-
NAS protocol structure
-
NAS main functions
-
5GS NAS message formats
-
5GS Integrity and Ciphering
-
NAS 5GS Session Management procedures
-
NAS 5GS Mobility Management procedures
-
Initial Registration procedure
-
PDU Session Establishment procedure
-
PDU Session Authentication and Authorization