Cisco Operationalizing Cisco Enterprise 5G Solutions (5GCOPS)

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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. The degree of innovation introduced with 5G is driving the adoption of Private and Enterprise network integration. Integrating 5G in the Enterprise is becoming a strategic requirement as companies look to support new use cases and provide new services with improved business outcomes and customer experience.

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 course is for both technical and non-technical students, offering a high-level end-to-end overview of 5G networks.

This course will outline the new technologies introduced with 5G, including the devices, the radio interface, the radio access network (RAN), and the core network. This course focuses on the principles of the 5G core network, its connectivity to the radio network, and interworking with the 4G EPC. We will explore the business drivers, use-cases, and leading practices for Enterprise 5G adoption and explore options for Private 5G networking, as well as topics such as Service-Based Architecture (SBA), PDU Session Establishment, Network Slicing and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC), Private 5G Security, and WI-FI 6 as they relate to 5G and 5G Operations.

The course qualified for 44 Cisco Continuing Education Credits (CE).

Who Should Attend

  • Network Architects
  • Application Developers
  • Implementation Engineers
  • Account Managers
  • Project Managers
  • Pre-sales Engineers

Course Objectives

    • Describe the 5G usage scenarios as defined by the ITU and 3GPP
    • Identify the technology building blocks required for 5G Implementation
    • Explain the key enhancements to the 5G RAN and core network architectures
    • Discuss benefits of enhanced network capabilities, such as MEC, network slicing, and C-RAN
    • Identify the new spectrum bands being considered for 5G
    • Discuss radio interface enhancements
    • Discuss WIFI6 and 5G Interaction and Operation
    • Describe the advantages and opportunities 5G presents to the Enterprise
    • Describe the leading practices in Enterprise and Private 5G use-cases and integration
    • Explain the fundamentals of 5G security in Private and Enterprise deployments

Course Outline

1: Introduction

  • 5G Evolution, Standards and Use-cases
  • Introduction to 5G Architecture and deployment options
  • Qualifying Standalone and Non-Standalone Topologies and Signaling
  • Key Technologies of 5G New Radio (NR)
  • Massive MIMO and Beamforming in 5G

2: Network Architecture

  • Next Generation NodeB (gNB) functions in NG-RAN
  • Packet Data Unit (PDU) session
  • Control Plane and User Plane separation

3: Service-Based Architecture (SBA) Systems Fundamentals

  • Supported Platforms and Services
  • Working with Kubernetes and Helm
  • GitHub Basics
  • Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure (SMI) Overview
  • Deploying the SMI Cluster Manager
  • Creating Kubernetes Clusters with the SMI Cluster Manager

4: 5G Network Architecture-Core Network

  • Access and Mobility Management Functions (AMF)
  • Authentication Server Function (AUSF)
  • Session Management Function (SMF)
  • User Plane Function (UPF)
  • Unified Data Management (UDM)
  • Policy Charging Function (PCF)
  • Application Function (AF)
  • Network Repository Function (NRF)
  • Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF)
  • Network Exposure Function (NEF)

5: Network Function Virtualization and Network Slicing

  • Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
  • Network Slicing

6: UE Identifiers

  • Subscription Permanent Identifier (SUPI)
  • Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI)
  • Permanent Equipment Identifier (PEI)
  • Global Unique Temporary Identifier (GUTI)
  • Data Network Name (DNN)
  • Internal-Group Identifier

7: UE Power-On and Registration UE Power-On Procedure

  • 5G Registration Management State Models
  • RM State Model in the UE
  • RM State Model in the Network
  • Registration Walk-thru
  • AKA Authentication

8: UE Idle and Connected Modes

  • Connection Management
  • Management State Models
  • Local Area Data Network
  • Session Continuity
  • Service Continuity
  • PDU Session Anchor

9: PDU Session Establishment

  • PDU Session Service
  • PDU Session
  • Data Network Name (DNN)
  • DN Access Identifier (DAI)
  • 5G QoS Flow
  • 5G QoS Indicator (5QI)
  • PDU Session Establishment Walkthrough
  • UE Establishment
  • Modification on UE and 5GC Request
  • Release on UE and 5GC Request

10: UE Paging Procedure

  • Service Requests
  • Initiated by Core Network for RRC Idle UE
  • Paging Message Format

11: Handover and Its Types In 5G Xn Based

  • Inter NG-RAN Based
  • Handover walk thru

12: Cisco OpenRoaming

  • Introduction to OpenRoaming
  • OpenRoaming Federations
  • Benefits of OpenRoaming
  • OpenRoaming vs OpenNetwork
  • OpenRoaming Framework

13: Open Roaming Technology Pillars

  • Passpoint
  • Key Feature
  • Use Cases
  • Secure Access
  • WRIX
  • WRIX Functional Blocks
  • Visited vs Home Network Providers
  • Functional Scope of WRIX Blocks
  • HSP Network Endpoints

14: Open Roaming Network Deployment Architecture

  • RCOI and Policy Implementation
  • Identity types
  • PID

15: QoS Types and Service Level

  • Baseline QoS
  • Silver QoS
  • Gold QoS
  • RadSec Secured Interconnect
  • Dynamic Discover of HSPs/IDPs

16: 5G and Edge Computing Architecture

  • Support for Edge Computing in 3GPP
  • Leading practices and use-cases for 5G Enterprise Integration
  • 5G Service Based Architecture & MEC Integration
  • MEC deployment scenarios
  • Traffic Slicing and Steering
  • UE and application mobility
  • Capabilities exposure
  • PDU sessions and Charging
  • UE API over Mx2

17: M2 5G MEC Implementation

  • LTE Migration and Integration
  • Leveraging Third-party Cloud Providers
  • Providing On-Demand Services with Serverless Computing
  • Massive IoT
  • Supporting Enterprise users and apps
  • MEC with SDWAN

18: M1 5G Security Overview

  • Introduction to 5G Security
  • NEA and NIA Algorithms
  • Authentication and Key Agreement
  • AMF and Device Authentication
  • Key Distribution
  • Secure NAS Signaling
  • RRC Signal Security
  • IPsec and AN/CN Security

19: Security Considerations in 5G Private Networks

  • The Private 5G Threat Surface
  • Public data network threats
  • Control and user plane security
  • Securing RAN to core
  • IoT/OT, signaling storms, and bots
  • SBA core and (MEC) sites exposed APIs
  • App Level security
  • Leading practices in end-to-end, core to edge security

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