Mastering 5G Network Design, Implementation, and Operations: A comprehensive guide to understanding, designing, deploying, and managing 5G networks

✍ Scribed by Shyam Varan Nath, Ananya Simlai, Oguzhan Kara

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 434
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn 5G network design and implement advanced apps using standalone, non-standalone, and private 5G networks with expert guidance from industry leaders

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Key Features

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the 5G end-to-end network architecture
• Build a foundation to successfully design, implement, manage, and monetize a 5G network
• Design and deploy innovative applications based on 5G networks

Book Description

We are living in an era where ultra-fast internet speed is not a want, but a necessity. As applications continue to evolve, they demand a reliable network with low latency and high speed. With the widespread commercial adoption of driverless cars, robotic factory floors, and AR/VR-based immersive sporting events, speed and reliability are becoming more crucial than ever before. Fortunately, the power of 5G technology enables all this and much more.

This book helps you understand the fundamental building blocks that enable 5G technology. You'll explore the unique aspects that make 5G capable of meeting high-quality demands, including technologies that back 5G, enhancements in the air interface, and packet core, which come together to create a network with unparalleled performance. As you advance, you'll discover how to design and implement both 5G macro and private networks, while also learning about the various design and deployment options available and which option is best suited for specific use cases. After that, you'll check out the operational and maintenance aspects of such networks and how 5G works together with fixed wireline and satellite technologies.

By the end of this book, you'll understand the theoretical and practical aspects of 5G, enabling you to use it as a handbook to establish a 5G network.

What you will learn

• Understand the key aspects and methodology of 5G New Radio and NG-RAN
• Get to grips with Voice over New Radio (VoNR) networks
• Get started with 5G radio planning along with the 5G air interface
• Take a deep dive into the 5G core network and explore the overall 5G network architecture
• Gain a clear understanding of various 5G deployment options
• Explore network slicing and the role it plays in 5G
• Get an overview of 5G fixed mobile convergence, autonomous vehicles, and satellite communications

Who this book is for

If you are a telecom enthusiast or work in this domain and are looking to learn more about building a 5G network bottom–up or an application modernization strategy maker, then this book is for you. It provides a consumable understanding of the technology to network engineers, network architects, and infrastructure decision-makers, helping them excel in their day-to-day work involving 5G technology.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to 5G
2. End-to-End Architecture Components, Concepts, Security and Transport
3. Building Blocks- Cloud Native Infrastructure
4. 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 1
5. 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 2
6. 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 3
7. Packet Core Procedures
8. Voice over New Radio (VoNR)
9. 5G Deployment Options
10. 5G Non-Standalone Networks
11. 5G Standalone Networks
12. 5G Infrastructure Design
13. 5G Network Slicing
14. 5G and Autonomous Vehicles
15. 5G Fixed Mobile Convergence
16. 5G and Satellite Communications
17. Automation, Orchestration, and Testing

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Contributors
About the reviewers
Gallery Quotes
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1:Introduction to 5G
Chapter 1: Introduction to 5G
5G concepts and drivers
Key drivers
5G (IMT-2020) performance synopsis
5G standardization
5G NR and NG-RAN
NG-RAN architecture
5G RAN deployment options
NR and NG-RAN features
Summary
Chapter 2: End-to-End Architecture Components, Concepts, Security, and Transport
A typical 5G network
High-level components
The access network
The packet core network
The transport network
Data center design
5G network concepts
The AMF
The SMF
The UPF
The PCF
The NEF
The NRF
The UDM
The AUSF
The N3IWF
The AF
The UDR
The SMSF
The NSSF
The SEPP
The NWDAF
The SCP
The NSSAAF
5G network concepts
PDU sessions
5G QoS
Session and Service Continuity (SSC)
5G identifiers
Summary
Chapter 3: Building Blocks – Cloud Native Infrastructure
The evolution of telecom infrastructure
Cloud-native infrastructure and applications
Service-based architecture
What is REST?
Client/server – a REST principle applicable to 5G
Cacheable – a REST principle applicable to 5G
Stateless – a REST principle applicable to 5G NFs
A layered system – a REST principle applicable to 5G NFs
A uniform interface – a REST principle applicable to 5G NFs
REST in 5G
AMF services
SMF services
UDM services
UDR services
AUSF services
PCF services
NEF services
NRF services
AF services
Network Slice Selection Function (NSSF) services
Summary
Chapter 4: 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 1
General physical layer procedures
The NR physical layer at a glance
Confinement of the spectrum with improved spectral efficiency
NR channel structure
The downlink reference and synchronization signals
Uplink reference and synchronization signals
NR cell definition
NR cell measurement signals
Waveform, numerology, and frame structure
Waveform
NR numerology
Frame structure
Resource grid
Duplexing scheme
Slot Format Indication
Summary
Chapter 5: 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 2
Initial access and beam management
Initial access procedure
Beam-sweeping and initial access
Other remaining system information
Message 1, 2, 3, and 4 transmissions
Beam management
Physical channels and signals for the initial access procedure
SS block
PSS and SSS
PBCH definition
Random access preamble – the PRACH
Summary
Chapter 6: 5G Air Interface and Physical Layer Procedures – Part 3
Downlink physical channels and signals
The PDCCH
The PDSCH
PDSCH eMBB and URLLC multiplexing
CSI-RS and CSI reports
The TRS
PTRS
Uplink physical channels and signals
The PUSCH
The PUCCH
Channel coding schemes
Transport channel coding chains
Data retransmissions
BWPs
Defining a BWP
BWP operations
BWP use cases
Summary
Chapter 7: Packet Core Procedures
PDU session establishment in 5G
PDU session establishment with 4G/N26/IWF
4G (E-UTRAN) initial attach
IMS 5G PDU session establishment
VoNR call flow
Wi-Fi attach
Summary
Chapter 8: Voice over New Radio (VoNR)
VoNR concepts and drivers
IMS network deployments growth
5G system service requirements
Ultra-high-definition audio
VoNR high-level architecture
5G NR access and core networks
IP multimedia subsystem
VoNR initial procedures
Subscriber provisioning
IMS connectivity establishment
IMS registration
Third-party registration
VoNR call procedures
High-level call procedure activities
SIP signaling exchange
QoS flow establishment
QoS flow tear down
Interworking and voice call continuity
Interworking with legacy voice networks
Packet switched handover from 5G to 4G
Single radio voice call continuity
EPS fallback
Radio access technology fallback
Wi-Fi calling
Summary
Part 2:5G Network Design, Deployment Models, and Advanced Use Cases
Chapter 9: 5G Deployment Options
5G network deployment architectures
NSA network architecture
SA network architecture
The different 5G deployment options defined by 3GPP
SA options
NSA options
A technical comparison of NSA versus SA
An economic comparison of NSA versus SA
4G to 5G migration strategies
The evolution of the EPC to 5GC
A comparison of the EPC and 5GC
Summary
Chapter 10: 5G Non-Standalone Networks
Introduction to NSA networks
Types of NSA networks
A deep dive into NSA networks
The architecture of the option 3 NSA network
5G NSA – option 3 call flows
Advantages and shortcomings
Summary
Chapter 11: 5G Standalone Networks
Benefits and use cases of a 5G SA network
5G SA network design fundamentals
Essential precursors
5G SA network components and end-to-end call flow
Designing a macro network
Designing a non-public (private) network
5G network resilience and failure design
Network performance analysis
Summary
Chapter 12: 5G Infrastructure Design
Understanding NFV
The role of SDN
Understanding MEC C-RAN
Carrier aggregation
Understanding O-RAN
Managing O-RAN infrastructure
Using hybrid cloud
The emergence of the telecom cloud
Summary
Chapter 13: 5G Network Slicing
Understanding network slicing
Network slicing simplified
Network slicing challenges
Overcoming the network-slicing challenges
Security considerations for network slicing
Network slicing architecture and design
5G network slicing at work
Architecture and flow diagram
Use cases of network slicing
Summary
Chapter 14: 5G and Autonomous Vehicles
A background on CAVs and their concepts
Levels of automation
The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA)
The high-level architecture of AVs
Architecture for cooperative and intelligent transportation
The role of cloud providers
AV intercommunication
ADAS
V2X and 5G
Network slicing and V2X
5G V2X
V2X technology
The V2X standards
Platooning
Cloud computing for V2X
Summary
Chapter 15: 5G Fixed Mobile Convergence
Introduction to FMC in 5G
Session Initiation Protocol
Real-Time Transport Protocol
IP Multimedia Subsystem
Unlicensed Mobile Access
The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance
The Broadband Forum
FMC’s architecture
FMC security considerations
SIP security
UMA security
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) security
Summary
Chapter 16: 5G and Satellite Communications
Introduction to satellite communications
The Global Positioning System
Satellite communication in 5G
The role of regulatory bodies
Challenges to satellite communication
Why do we need satellite communication with 5G?
The architecture of 5G and satellite communications
Use cases of 5G and satellite communication
Summary
Chapter 17: Automation, Orchestration, and Testing
Automation infrastructure in 5G
Introduction to network orchestration
Auto scale-in and scale-out
Automatic failure recovery
Congestion control by configuration management
Implementation of network slicing
Integration planning in a multivendor environment
Monetization via AI and ML
Summary
Further reading
Appendix
Interview on 5G with Rob Tiffany, founder and CEO of Sustainable Logix
Interview on 5G with Sunil Dadlani, global CIO and CISO of Atlantic Health System
Interview on 5G with Aayush Bhatnagar, senior vice president of Reliance Jio
Interview on 5G with ChatGPT
Index
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