5G O-RAN (Open RAN)- Architecture, Procedures And Use Cases

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You will learn about O-RAN (Open RAN) Concept in detail Evolution to O-RAN (vRAN, C-RAN, D-RAN, RAN Disaggregation) RAN Functional Split Options (specially option 7.2x) Enhanced CPRI (e-CPRI) Protocol O-RAN Architecture (SMO, Non RT RIC, Near RT RIC) Virtualization on O-RAN DEVOPS in O-RAN ORAN Use Cases (Traffic Steering, NSSI Optimization, UAV resource allocarion) This course is ideal for individuals who are Network and system engineers who want to pursue their carrier in Telecom Industry or Students and working professionals who want understanding of 5G O-RAN (Open RAN) or Anyone who want to learn protocols and procedures involved in O-RAN or Anyone who want to upgrade their skills for better job. It is particularly useful for Network and system engineers who want to pursue their carrier in Telecom Industry or Students and working professionals who want understanding of 5G O-RAN (Open RAN) or Anyone who want to learn protocols and procedures involved in O-RAN or Anyone who want to upgrade their skills for better job.

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Title: 5G O-RAN (Open RAN): Architecture, Procedures And Use Cases

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.21

Number of Lectures: 82

Number of Published Lectures: 82

Number of Curriculum Items: 82

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What You Will Learn

O-RAN (Open RAN) Concept in detail

Evolution to O-RAN (vRAN, C-RAN, D-RAN, RAN Disaggregation)

RAN Functional Split Options (specially option 7.2x)

Enhanced CPRI (e-CPRI) Protocol

O-RAN Architecture (SMO, Non RT RIC, Near RT RIC)

Virtualization on O-RAN

DEVOPS in O-RAN

ORAN Use Cases (Traffic Steering, NSSI Optimization, UAV resource allocarion)

Who Should Attend

Network and system engineers who want to pursue their carrier in Telecom Industry

Students and working professionals who want understanding of 5G O-RAN (Open RAN)

Anyone who want to learn protocols and procedures involved in O-RAN

Anyone who want to upgrade their skills for better job.

Target Audiences

Network and system engineers who want to pursue their carrier in Telecom Industry

Students and working professionals who want understanding of 5G O-RAN (Open RAN)

Anyone who want to learn protocols and procedures involved in O-RAN

Anyone who want to upgrade their skills for better job.

O-RAN (or Open RAN) opens new avenues of service innovation and agility for telcos by breaking the Radio Access Network (RAN)  into its component parts, each of which can be separately reconfigured. O-RAN standards are freely accessible to all third-party software developers, who can develop new types of services and innovate on the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) by building xApps and rApps. This enables telcos to make their networks a much more relevant resource for both enterprise and consumer applications.

Arguably the open RAN’s biggest claim is the potential to enable telcos to avoid vendor lock-in by replacing vendor-proprietary interfaces with a fully disaggregated RAN based on open standards.

Automation will be key to managing the lifecycle of disaggregated, cloud-native RAN functions. O-RAN can bring down the network deployment and operation cost by evolving the network in a continuous integration/ continuous delivery (CI/CD) manner rather than through generational investment cycles.

This course covers all the important topics that are required to have a good and comprehensive learning of the O-RAN technology. The relevant standards of the O-RAN alliance have been discussed to describe the O-RAN architecture and working, as well as the O-RAN open interfaces.

The contents of the this course are:

Section 1: Introduction
                 The Main components of a 5G Network
                 Design Goals of Open RAN

Section 2: Evolution to Open RAN
                 Traditional Basestation Architecture
                 Evolution to the Contemporary Basestation
                 Evolution to Virtualized RAN (vRAN)
                 From Virtualized RAN (vRAN) towards Open RAN
                 Difference Between Distributed RAN and Centralized RAN
                 Difference Between Centralized RAN and Cloud RAN
                 Path to 5G Open RAN: Horizontal Dis-aggregation

Section 3: RAN Splits-Logical View
                 Different RAN Functional Splits
                 RAN Split Option 1
                 RAN Split Option 2
                 RAN Split Option 8
                 RAN Split Option 6
                 RAN Splits Logical View
                 Option 7.2x for Open RAN
                 Enhanced CPRI (e-CPRI) Protocol

Section 4: Overview of O-RAN Architecture
                 Difference Between Open RAN and O-RAN
                 Control Plane & User Plane Dis-aggregation in O-RAN
                 Entities & Interfaces Introduced in O-RAN Alliance Architecture Functions
                 Options For Aggregation of O-RAN Nodes
                 O-RAN Control Loops
                 Major Entities in O-RAN Ecosystems

Section 5: Virtualization techniques for O-RAN
                 Evolution of Virtualization: Physical Network Functions (PNFs)
                 Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
                 Monolithic Applications as VNFs
                 Cloud Native Network Function-Distributed Applications
                 O-Cloud Deployment Options
                 DEVOPS CI-CD in O-RAN
                 Network Automation to Reduce CAPEX and OPEX

Section 6: Detailed O-RAN Architecture
                 Service Management and Orchestration (SMO)
                 Non Real Time RIC (non-RT RIC)
                 JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) Format Example
                 A1 Policy Format and Examples
                 Near Real Time RIC
                 Centralized and Distributed Near-RT RIC

Section 7: O-RAN Traffic Steering Use Case
                 O-RAN Traffic Steering (TS) APP Example-Problem of Traditional TS
                 Advantages of TS using O-RAN
                 Required Data (KPI) collection for TS
                 Role of Non-RT RIC in TS
                 Role of Near RT RIC in TS
                 Role of E2-Node in TS
                 TS Example Scenario

Section 8: Network Slicing in 5G O-RAN
                 What Is A Network Slice
                 Example of Network Slicing in 5G
                 Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI)
                 Network Slice Subnet Instance (NSSI)
                 Network Slicing Management Model: CSMF, NSMF,NSSMF
                 Network Slice Template (NST)
                 Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) Architecture
                 ONAP based O-RAN Network Slicing Architecture
                 Network Slice Instance Creation Procedure Using ONAP based Network Slicing

Section 9: Other O-RAN Use Case
                 Use Case: NSSI Resource Allocation Optimization
                 NSSI Resource Allocation Optimization Procedure
                 Flow Diagram: NSSI Resource Allocation Optimization
                 Use Case: Flight Path Based Dynamic UAV Radio Resource Allocation
                 Flight Path Based Dynamic UAV Radio Resource Allocation Procedure
                 Flow Diagram: Flight Path Based Dynamic UAV Radio Resource Allocation

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: The Main components of a 5G Network

Lecture 2: Design Goals of Open RAN

Chapter 2: Evolution to Open RAN

Lecture 1: Traditional Basestation Architecture

Lecture 2: Evolution to the Contemporary Basestation

Lecture 3: Evolution to Virtualized RAN (vRAN)

Lecture 4: From Virtualized RAN (vRAN) towards Open RAN

Lecture 5: Difference Between Distributed RAN and Centralized RAN

Lecture 6: Difference Between Centralized RAN and Cloud RAN

Lecture 7: Path to 5G Open RAN: Horizontal Dis-aggregation

Chapter 3: RAN Splits-Logical View

Lecture 1: Different RAN Functional Splits

Lecture 2: RAN Split Option 1

Lecture 3: RAN Split Option 2

Lecture 4: RAN Split Option 8

Lecture 5: RAN Split Option 6

Lecture 6: RAN Splits Logical View

Lecture 7: Option 7.2x for Open RAN

Lecture 8: Enhanced CPRI (e-CPRI) Protocol

Chapter 4: Overview of O-RAN Architecture

Lecture 1: Difference Between Open RAN and O-RAN

Lecture 2: Control Plane & User Plane Dis-aggregation in O-RAN

Lecture 3: Entities & Interfaces Introduced in O-RAN Alliance Architecture Functions

Lecture 4: Options For Aggregation of O-RAN Nodes

Lecture 5: O-RAN Control Loops

Lecture 6: Major Entities in O-RAN Ecosystems

Chapter 5: Virtualization techniques for O-RAN

Lecture 1: Evolution of Virtualization: Physical Network Functions (PNFs)

Lecture 2: Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)

Lecture 3: Monolithic Applications as VNFs

Lecture 4: Cloud Native Network Function-Distributed Applications

Lecture 5: O-Cloud Deployment Options

Lecture 6: DEVOPS CI-CD in O-RAN

Lecture 7: Network Automation to Reduce CAPEX and OPEX

Chapter 6: Detailed O-RAN Architecture

Lecture 1: Service Management and Orchestration (SMO)

Lecture 2: Non Real Time RIC (non-RT RIC)

Lecture 3: JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) Format Example

Lecture 4: A1 Policy Format and Examples

Lecture 5: Near Real Time RIC

Lecture 6: Centralized and Distributed Near-RT RIC

Chapter 7: O-RAN Traffic Steering Use Case

Lecture 1: O-RAN Traffic Steering (TS) APP Example-Problem of Traditional TS

Lecture 2: Advantages of TS using O-RAN

Lecture 3: Required Data (KPI) collection for TS

Lecture 4: Role of Non-RT RIC in TS

Lecture 5: Role of Near RT RIC in TS

Lecture 6: Role of E2-Node in TS

Lecture 7: TS Example Scenario

Chapter 8: Network Slicing in 5G O-RAN

Lecture 1: What Is A Network Slice

Lecture 2: Example of Network Slicing in 5G

Lecture 3: Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI)

Lecture 4: Network Slice Subnet Instance (NSSI)

Lecture 5: Network Slicing Management Model: CSMF, NSMF,NSSMF

Lecture 6: Network Slice Template (NST)

Lecture 7: Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) Architecture

Lecture 8: ONAP based O-RAN Network Slicing Architecture

Lecture 9: Network Slice Instance Creation Procedure Using ONAP based Network Slicing

Chapter 9: O-RAN Use Case

Lecture 1: Use Case: NSSI Resource Allocation Optimization

Lecture 2: NSSI Resource Allocation Optimization Procedure

Lecture 3: Flow Diagram: NSSI Resource Allocation Optimization

Lecture 4: Use Case: Flight Path Based Dynamic UAV Radio Resource Allocation

Lecture 5: Flight Path Based Dynamic UAV Radio Resource Allocation Procedure

Lecture 6: Flow Diagram: Flight Path Based Dynamic UAV Radio Resource Allocation

Lecture 7: Use Case: 5G Massive MIMO Beamforming Optimization

Lecture 8: Massive MIMO Beamforming Optimization Procedure

Chapter 10: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) in O-RAN

Lecture 1: Introduction to AI/ML

Lecture 2: Machine Learning & Its Types: 1. Supervised Learning

Lecture 3: Linear Regression & Its Application

Lecture 4: Classification using Neural Networks

Lecture 5: Training of Neural Networks using Gradient Descent

Lecture 6: Neural Networks usage Example in Mobile Networks

Lecture 7: Logistic Regression for Classification

Lecture 8: 2. Unsupervised Learning: K-Mean Clustering

Lecture 9: Steps in K-Mean Clustering

Lecture 10: Example of K-Mean Clustering Usage in Mobile Networks

Lecture 11: 3. Reinforcement Learning

Lecture 12: Reinforcement Learning usage Examples in RAN

Lecture 13: AI/ML Application in Radio Access Network (RAN)

Lecture 14: AI/ML Framework for O-RAN: Data Source & Collection

Lecture 15: AI/ML Framework for O-RAN: ML Training Host, Model Management, ML Inference Host

Lecture 16: AI-ML Framework for O-RAN: Actor

Lecture 17: Mapping AI-ML Functionalities into O-RAN Control Loops

Lecture 18: Deployment Scenario 1.1

Lecture 19: Deployment Scenario 1.2

Lecture 20: Deployment Scenario 1.3

Lecture 21: Deployment Scenario 1.4

Lecture 22: ML Model Life-cycle Implementation Example

Instructors

Dr. Moazzam Tiwana
Assistant Professor/Telecom Engineer

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