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Mastering 5G Network Design, Implementation, and Operations

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Product type Book

Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838980108

Pages 434 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Information Architecture

Authors (3):

Shyam Varan Nath

Ananya Simlai

Oğuzhan Kara

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Introduction to 5G

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to 5G

3. Chapter 2: End-to-End Architecture Components, Concepts, Security, and Transport

4. Chapter 3: Building Blocks – Cloud Native Infrastructure

5. Chapter 4: 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 1

6. Chapter 5: 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 2

7. Chapter 6: 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 3

8. Chapter 7: Packet Core Procedures

9. Chapter 8: Voice over New Radio (VoNR)

10. Part 2:5G Network Design, Deployment Models, and Advanced Use Cases

11. Chapter 9: 5G Deployment Options

12. Chapter 10: 5G Non-Standalone Networks

13. Chapter 11: 5G Standalone Networks

14. Chapter 12: 5G Infrastructure Design

15. Chapter 13: 5G Network Slicing

16. Chapter 14: 5G and Autonomous Vehicles

17. Chapter 15: 5G Fixed Mobile Convergence

18. Chapter 16: 5G and Satellite Communications

19. Chapter 17: Automation, Orchestration, and Testing

20. Index

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21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix

The evolution of the EPC to 5GC

Let’s now talk about 5GC and understand how the evolution of 5GC happened. We will first look at the main points that have driven the evolution of 5GC. After that, we will analyze the different functions that are defined in 5GC.

So, at first glance, the 5GC architecture looks very different from that of the EPC, but this is not the case. 5GC evolved from the EPC. The first step of this evolution involved Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS) for the EPC. The EPC’s CUPS functions were reorganized into a Service-Based Architecture (SBA).

You should also know that there are three principles behind the evolution of the 5GC network. The first one is a smooth evolution, the second one involves maximizing the future value of 5G, and, finally, the third one is maintaining service continuity.

CUPS and SBA have already been introduced throughout the book in relevant chapters. Now, we will just summarize the main differences between the...

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Authors (3)

Shyam Varan Nath

Specialist Leader - AI & Analytics, Deloitte

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Ananya Simlai

Ananya Simlai is a Solutions Architect with primary focus on Wireless- 4G-5G Mobility Networks, Cloud Native and NFVI, she is a Trusted Advisor for service providers helping them address their technological challenges thereby enabling them to smoothly transition across technologies like 4G- 5G. She has been a speaker on 5G on international forums and also interacts with CTO teams to design their 5G story. She has published multiple papers on 5G and holds granted patents. She has been instrumental in designing, implementing and successfully rolling out one of the largest 5G mobile networks in the globe. She is currently working as an architect in Google and has previously worked in Vmware, Cisco, Altiostar Networks and Starent Networks.

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Oğuzhan Kara

Oğuzhan Kara is a microelectronics engineer with 12 years of mobile technologies experience including 5G NR, VoLTE, LTE-A, O-RAN, IoT, AI and autonomous systems. He is an expert in Radio Access Network (RAN) design and network optimization. He worked as consultant for different mobile network operators such that AT&T, Partner (f.k.a. Orange in Israel), Hot Mobile, and Yota. In 2021, he founded his own telecommunications consultancy company based in London, UK and he is currently providing 5G consultancy services to Qualcomm and Vodafone.

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